As Joe Biden was sworn in as president on January 20th, about half of the United States and most of the world, breathed the sigh of relief. Finally, the orange buffoon as Exited Stage left. It can only get better from here, right? Right? Yeah, well, I hate to be the bear of bad news, but this train wreck is just getting started. The Biden-Harris presidency is a disaster in the making. It will leave moderates, disillusioned, while fueling insurrection on the far left and right. The chaos we saw at the Capitol on January 6th, that was nothing. As a country, you guys are sleepwalking into very dangerous territory. Let's start with the elephant in the room. A large percentage of conservatives, up to 83% of Republicans according to one poll, don't believe that Biden won the 2020 election. Now you might say that these people are delusional. You might say that they're crazy, but nothing you say is going to change the fact that they feel cheated. And nothing you do will increase the legitimacy of the Biden administration in their eyes. It's worth noting that a large percentage of the police and military count themselves among conservatives. So the implications here are quite serious. The outrage from the left on this issue rings hollow. After all, they just spent the last four years refusing to accept the outcome of the 2016 election, while peddling half-baked conspiracy theories about Russian interference. Evidence? Who needs evidence? In this regard, both sides have some growing up to do. Big text current strategy of silencing and de-platforming anybody who talks about this stuff or expresses any opinion they don't like is going the backfire. These policies are feeding the perception that peaceful avenues of political change have been closed, and they're pushing moderates into the arms of extremists. You take away someone's voice, you make them feel powerless. Where do you suppose that leads? What many don't seem to realize is that during the Trump administration, militia and survivalist movements were largely pacified. Their men was in power, and he was going to make America great again. So most of them stopped talking about overthrowing the government or preparing for the collapse, instead focusing their attention on the antics of Antifa and BLM. As of January 20th, this demographic has begun to absorb some bitter realities. Not only has their hero been kicked to the curb, but Democrats now control the House in the Senate. This means new laws. And some of these laws are not going to go over very well. For example, gun control. What are the chances that Biden resists the urge to kick that on its nest? Unless not pretended that the right is the only chaotic variable in this equation, the Democrats might not believe that Antifa exists, but that certainly didn't stop them from smashing the DNC's windows on inauguration day. These people don't want Biden. They want revenge. And they're not going to go away. Nor is it likely that the BLM movement is going to stand down for this administration, especially after being overtly snubbed once the election was over. The fact that Biden and Harris both have a long history of supporting policies that put thousands of African Americans behind bars certainly doesn't help matters. The potential for an insurgency on all sides hasn't been lost on the establishment. That's why they're signaling that the full force of the National Security apparatus will now be pointed inward. We deal with, quote, domestic terrorist. So I know looking forward that the members of the Biden team who have been dominated or have been appointed are now moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about what looks very similar to insurgency movements that we've seen overseas, where they germinate in different parts of the country and they gain strength. And it brings together an unholy alliance frequently of religious extremists, so the archarians, fascists, bigots, racists, nativists, even the veterans. Surprise, don't be. In Biden's own words, he practically wrote the Patriot Act. Right after 1994, and you can ask the Attorney Generalist because I got a call when he introduced the Patriot Act, he said, Joe, I'm introducing the act basically as you wrote it in 1994. It was defeated then, not many liberals. It was defeated then by the folks who worried that we'd have the Minutemen would get in trouble by the Mr. bars of the world who were worried about the right wing, not anything else. So just has nothing to do with you all, but just to set the record straight. Almost the same thing that got passed, the Patriot Act, was introduced by me in 1994, and it was the right wing that defeated it. You guys tried to help get a pass. So clearly a train wreck on the domestic front. What about foreign policy? Let's take a look at Biden's cabinet picks. For one third of Biden's Pentagon transition team, this thermos recent employment is organizations, corporations or think tanks that directly receive money from the weapons industry. Biden's pick for Secretary of Defense retired forced our army general Lloyd Austin, since on the board of Raytheon. Austin is also known for leading the third infantry division which spearheaded the invasion into Iraq. But hey, none of that matters. The appointment is historic because skin color. And then there's Kathleen Hicks, the first woman to be chosen as Deputy Defense Secretary. Wow, truly inspirational. Never mind the fact that Hicks is the Henry Kissinger chair at the Center for Strategic International Studies, a warmongering think tank, or that are podcasts sponsored by Weapons Corporations BAE Lockheed Martin and the author of Gromand. Just listen to the intro. Hi, I'm Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President and Director of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. And this is Defense 2020. A CSI's podcast examining critical defense issues in the United States's 2020 election cycle. We bring in defense experts from across the political spectrum to survey the debates over the US military strategy, missions and funding. This podcast is made possible by contributions from BAE systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Gromand and the Tows Group. Biden's nominee for Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, supported the wars in Iraq and Libya, and is currently advocating for regime change in Venezuela. That the situation that our sand source Venezuela should change in essence that we should no longer recognize one Guaidó and in and in negotiations with Maduro. No, it is not. I very much agree with you. Senator, first of all, with regard to a number of the steps that were taken toward Venezuela in recent years, including recognizing Mr. Guaidó, recognizing the National Assembly is the only democratically elected institution in Venezuela seeking to increase pressure on the regime led by a brutal dictator in Maduro, as well as to try to work with some of our allies and partners. The hard part is that for all of those efforts which I support, we obviously have not gotten the results that we need. And one of the things I would really welcome doing, if confirmed, is to come and talk some of that through with you and with others on this committee because we need an effective policy that can restore Venezuela to democracy starting with free and fair elections. But how can we best advance that ball? Biden is also bringing back Victoria Newland as U.S. Undersecretary of State. In case you've forgotten, Newland is the one who worked with neo-Nazi extremists in Ukraine to topple Unicovic back in 2014. And of course we have Biden's pick for the head of the Office of Management and Budget, near a Tandon, who's gone on record calling for Libya to pay for the privilege of being bombed. But we have a giant deficit. They have a lot of oil. Most Americans would choose not to engage the world because of that deficit. If we want to continue to engage the world, gestures like having oil-rich countries partially pay us back don't seem crazy to me. As Caitlin Johnson so eloquently put it, Biden will have the most diverse intersectional cabinet of mass murders ever assembled. Nice. But at least Biden will turn things around for the environment, right? Well, not really. On his environmental protection agency transition team, Biden installed Michael McCabe, a former Dupont chemical executive who worked to fight regulations in the chemical industry. McCabe led Dupont's defense against the regulation of a chemical called C8, which has been linked to cancer, liver damage, and infertility. Biden's pick for agricultural secretary, Tom Vilsack, aka Mr. Monsanto, is an ardent advocate for the biotech industry. During Vilsack's previous tenure at the agricultural department, he sped up approval for GMO crops and made policy changes to allow poultry slaughter facilities to essentially police themselves. Now there's no way to sugarcoat this picture. Biden's victory doesn't represent the end of an era of chaos, but merely a new chapter. Those who want to avert the worst case scenario need to be working to unify a coalition of the same, a strain of opposition that doesn't fall for the left-right paradigm trap, a contingent that's not so naive to believe that they can vote their way out of this mess. To accomplish this, we need to establish networks of communication that tech companies can't censor or shut down. 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