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Two more stories about @Transition46's self-sabotaging pick of Tom Vilsack to the USDA, in the @Nytimes and this one from @GeorgeGoehl director of @PplsAction:
The Biden team has united the multi-racial working class â in opposition to Vilsack. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/joe-biden-tom-vilsack-agriculture-secretary
The Biden team has united the multi-racial working class â in opposition to Vilsack. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/joe-biden-tom-vilsack-agriculture-secretary
In 2017, @PplsAction embarked on a massive listening project across rural America, having 10,000 conversations. 81% said the biggest barrier to their community getting what it needed was a govt captured by corporate power.
Vilsack is a corporate lobbyist. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/joe-biden-tom-vilsack-agriculture-secretary
Vilsack is a corporate lobbyist. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/joe-biden-tom-vilsack-agriculture-secretary
Black farmers, civil rights organizations, family farmers, labor, and environmentalists all came out against Vilsack for the substantive policy failures under his tenure.
But re-appointing a corporate lobbyist like Vilsack is also stupid politics. https://twitter.com/mhildreth/status/1336456541789163522?s=20
But re-appointing a corporate lobbyist like Vilsack is also stupid politics. https://twitter.com/mhildreth/status/1336456541789163522?s=20
Out of all Biden's cabinet appointments, who would have thought that USDA would generate weeks of opposition?
@arappeport and @mcorkery5 report on the controversy around Vilsack in the @nytimes, but there are a couple major issues with the framing. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/us/politics/vilsack-usda-small-farmers.html
@arappeport and @mcorkery5 report on the controversy around Vilsack in the @nytimes, but there are a couple major issues with the framing. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/21/us/politics/vilsack-usda-small-farmers.html
The @nytimes lets former Vilsack deputy chief of staff Ann McMillan start the piece defending her old boss and end it defending his pro-corporate policies.
They don't mention that she's a corporate ag lobbyist too, as @tomphilpott lays out in this thread https://twitter.com/tomphilpott/status/1341020386062987265
They don't mention that she's a corporate ag lobbyist too, as @tomphilpott lays out in this thread https://twitter.com/tomphilpott/status/1341020386062987265
The @NYTimes also lets Vilsack portray getting the task of cleaning up the mess of Dems failure in rural areas this month with his appointment.
Vilsack made that mess.
More than anyone else, Vilsack SET Biden's rural policy as his "rural whisperer." https://prospect.org/politics/corporate-democrats-are-rural-americas-biggest-losers/
Vilsack made that mess.
More than anyone else, Vilsack SET Biden's rural policy as his "rural whisperer." https://prospect.org/politics/corporate-democrats-are-rural-americas-biggest-losers/
This story doesn't challenge Vilsack's political assertions, despite his repeated failures to deliver rural votes.
Vilsack stumped for Biden in IA. Vilsack said that @ewarren and @BernieSanders's plans to break up big ag was "not a winning message."
Biden came in a distant 4th.
Vilsack stumped for Biden in IA. Vilsack said that @ewarren and @BernieSanders's plans to break up big ag was "not a winning message."
Biden came in a distant 4th.
While @GeorgeGoehl's piece quotes multiple family farmers, the @nytimes only quotes the former head of one of the largest commodity lobbying groups that represent massive corporate interests.
They should have talked to @FarmActionUS. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/joe-biden-tom-vilsack-agriculture-secretary
They should have talked to @FarmActionUS. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/21/joe-biden-tom-vilsack-agriculture-secretary
