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President-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater on November 24, 2020, in Wilmington, United States [AP/Carolyn Kaster]
As President-elect Joe Biden announces the final choices for his cabinet, many in the American political establishment are breathing a sigh of relief. Predictability, moderation and centrism in policymaking are the words of the day.
Though progressive Democrats like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loomed large in efforts to bring Democrats out to vote in record numbers, Biden seems to have turned his back on them and their progressive agenda as he fills federal agencies and cabinet positions.