Clinton Transition Team Head is TPP-Advocate. UPDATE Progressives Speak Out

From Politico 8/16/16:
Clinton campaign transition chief has pushed for TPP

Ken Salazar, a former U.S. senator and secretary of the interior, praised the 12-nation Asia-Pacific trade deal late last year for its economic and environmental benefits. He called the pact the "greenest trade deal ever" and said it would help middle-class families get ahead.

"The TPP promotes and rewards American firms that export our clean energy ingenuity, creating good jobs at home while shaping a renewable energy future abroad," Salazar co-wrote in a USA Today op-ed in November alongside Bruce Babbitt, another former interior secretary.

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"Current rules of international commerce stack the deck against our state, but opponents of [the TPP] have responded by turning inward, clamoring to turn back the clock, and shutter ourselves from the increasingly interconnected economy," Salazar co-wrote in December in a Denver Post op-ed with two former Colorado governors. "But the TPP is about looking forward," they added. "Congress should pass the TPP."

Salazar did not respond to Politico's request for a comment. Clinton still says she's against it.

New Politico article up:
Progressives lament Clinton's choice of transition chair

"Grassroots climate advocates and landowners concerned about fracking and eminent domain are looking for clues that Secretary Clinton is taking us seriously,” said Jane Kleeb, president of the green group Bold Alliance and a leader of the campaign that killed the Keystone XL oil pipeline. “We have yet to see anyone reflected in top leadership that has our backs.”
Then again, climate activist Bill McKibben quipped, picking Salazar “certainly demonstrates her commitment to recycling.”

Ans this on his positions on fracking:

Salazar, who was Interior secretary during Obama’s first term, has also defended the safety of fracking for oil and natural gas. Just last month, he joined industry supporters in criticizing anti-fracking proposals that greens want to place on Colorado’s November ballot, saying the “ill-conceived, vague” measures would “undermine businesses across the state, damage our economy and kill jobs.”

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Salazar is a longtime defender of fracking for oil and gas, telling an industry conference in 2014 that "there's not a single case where hydraulic fracking has created an environmental problem for anyone."

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as Interior secretary he also defended the administration's push for fracking regulations on federal and tribal land.

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and not surprised she's a liar. I don't comment much, but I do appreciate you keeping me updated on what she is up to. Saves me time and pain.

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"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon

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(TPP isn't going to sink her, it's just a lie she tells, so I point it out.)

I want to watch that from the first possible dawning of that thing that sticks all the way until it concludes...

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'What we are left with is an agency mandated to ensure transparency and disclosure that is actually working to keep the public in the dark' - Ann M. Ravel, former FEC member

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Add Salazar to Kaine.
Nope. No surprise.

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Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.

Wonder what plum post Rahm Emanuel is in line for?

Hillary's administration is going to make George W. Bush's look like Eisenhower's.

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be in charge of teaching others within the administration on how to tweet dick pictures.

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Regardless of the path in life I chose, I realize it's always forward, never straight.

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spoke out so strongly against the TPP recently, imho, is because she knows Obama will get it pushed through before he leaves. She can say anything she wants because it will be a done deal before she is ever elected, if she is elected.

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I am positive that Obama has not passed the TPP because he knows it would be death for the Democrats in November. So the only chance for TPP is to get it passed after the election, and before the inauguration. Not a lot of congressional action during that period.

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“He may not have gotten the words out but the thoughts were great.”

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Is like calling Herman here...badger.jpg
The friendliest badger, ever!

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with that lightning bolt on his forehead, I would have thought he'd be called Harry Potter.

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We don't need no stink'n badgers!

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which finds access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
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I used to park in Randall Stadium lot, never went to a UW-anything game. Badgers don't live near Madison, farther N.

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And I've never met one, and never hope to, judging by reputation. (and this charming photo).

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which finds access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
George Washington

Salazar will bring directly to the Oval Office through his employer everything Bernie ranted about. Let the bidding begin.

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I wasn't aware we'd had the election.

Perhaps transition refers to replacing the surely failing humanoid known as "Hillary", with the bot that will actually inhabit the WH.

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Gëzuar!!
from a reasonably stable genius.

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so if one believes that part was done fairly, than this would be the time for those names to be released.

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Not happy at all, Obama 3.0.

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