This afternoon when Joe Biden introduced his new Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland....

[George II]

I got a lump in my throat.

Then she got up and gave a synopsis of her life and her family's life in the Pueblo Nation.

It started again.

If he accomplishes nothing else in the next four years, this appointment and all the others in his already historic cabinet are spectacular.

BTW, I didn't realize that Jennifer Granholm was a "Canuck". She said mother was a "Newfie"!

[whistler162]

1. Good need more Scandinavians

in government, Haaland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Haaland

[mcar]

2. Same here, George

When Rep Haaland teared up at the start of her remarks, I was happy to join in.

[George II]

4. Yes, she was very emotional at the beginning and looked overwhelmed with the whole idea.

[mcar]

15. This rollout is so impressive

Highly experienced nominees who are eager to do the actual job. I feel like we've gotten so jaded in the past 4 years that this is a surprise.

[iluvtennis]

17. ++ agree. All have been excellent!! nt

[elleng]

3. Lumps and tears, great introduction(s.)

Canuck so not eligible for POTUS.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Especially Newfies.

They are large, hairy and inclined to slobber.

[elleng]

8. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[George II]

12. Newfies get a bum rap in Canada, but they're great people. Are you familiar with "Operation....

....Yellow Ribbon" after the September 11 attacks?

It's a great story.

Basically the people of Gander (population 10,000) accepted about 6,600 Transatlantic passengers that were in the air when the World Trade Center was attacked. They housed and fed them for several days until it was safe for air traffic in the US again.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. The people or the dogs? Both are great.

I do remember when they took in a lot of passengers on 9/11. I was working for a large airline at the time and we were told right away that some of our planes had landed at Gander.

[George II]

21. I didn't even make the dog connection before, sorry! Yes, 38 wide body airliners were rerouted....

....to Gander.

The people of the town treated those 6200 passengers like royalty. They opened their homes to people and converted churches into dormitories. Never a question about "who is going to pay for this?"

Here's a view of their airport on September 12:

[Hortensis]

5. One appointment could make up for failing to stop a planetary crisis? Come on.

This is an existential emergency for billions of human beings. That we might accomplish "nothing else" is completely, incredibly unacceptable.

Deb Haaland has a hugely important job in a team with an incredibly enormous mandate. Let's be big enough to at least realize that.

We owe it to ourselves and all those who are already dying, most of whom are neither white nor nonwhite privileged Americans. Though some already in big trouble are, and it's threatening more of us every day.

Btw, 33 Americans dying every minute from pandemic disease right now? Climate crisis.

[Budi]

7. Her Twitter is full of all the reasons why America needs Deb Haaland

https://mobile.twitter.com/RepDebHaaland?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

She covers it all.
My god, about time huh? Thank you Joe Biden !
THANK YOU

[panader0]

9. She is from the Laguna Pueblo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Pueblo

[OAITW r.2.0]

10. Finally, someone who cares about the Interior.

What a novel concept.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

11. A historic move; she's got some work she needs to do on the Chickasaw/Choctaw Freedmen, though.

[healthnut7]

13. They lived in Vancouver B.C. before moving to the USA.

[Wellstone ruled]

16. Great choice.

[Tikki]

18. I teared up...

I wish my mother was still here to see that moment.

Tikki

[TNNurse]

19. So happy for Haaland, hope those nasty Republicans are decent to her.

I wanted Granholm to run for President after 2012 Democratic Convention...then learned she was born in Canada.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. We need the Senate so Pres. Joe's cabinet is not filled with "Acting" ...

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/dufor2020runoff

A few questions: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14520874

and answers: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14520972