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Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia) had his microphone cut off when he called out the Republican House delegation for being “100 percent white.”The openly gay candidate for lieutenant governor made the comment to highlight the irony that the Republican legislators making rules for wo ....
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I think every day about the values that my Army officer parents instilled in me, Sims said. To take responsibility, to show empathy, to have courage and to be authentic. I want to put those values to the direct service of the commonwealth. I have a lot of hope when I look at the people across the country that decided over these last number of years that they d had enough. That they looked at a lack of leadership and thought that they could do better, because oftentimes they re right. We are the antidote to broken politics. Sims, a Democrat, has served the 182nd District since he was elected in 2012. The district consists of Rittenhouse, Fitler Square, Logan Square, the Gayborhood and parts of Washington Square West, Bella Vista, Hawthorne and East Passyunk. ....
January 21, 2021 Many of Joe Biden’s cabinet and sub-cabinet nominations have been puzzling. BuzzFeed’s Matthew Zeitlin compared it to a British prime minister’s method having “a list of guys who need jobs and a list of jobs who need guys, how they match up is kinda secondary.” Every administration has some mismatches, usually born out of the need to include someone from a crucial geographic, factional, or demographic constituency. That sort of political appointment is as old as politics itself. Biden’s selection of Pennsylvania’s Rachel Levine for the job of assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Service is a particularly egregious example of choosing political concerns over practical competence. This is even worse than usual given that, amid a worldwide pandemic, public health jobs matter more than ever. ....
Biden selects transgender doctor, Rachel Levine, as assistant health secretary John Wagner and Teo Armus, The Washington Post Jan. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he will nominate Pennsylvania s top health official, Rachel Levine, to be his assistant secretary of health. Levine, a pediatrician, would become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic - no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability - and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond, Biden said in a statement. She is a historic and deeply qualified choice to help lead our administration s health efforts. ....