| − | '''Neera Tanden''' (born September 10, 1970) is a notorious [[Twitter]] [[troll]] and president of the hard left [[Center for American Progress]] (CAP),<ref>Montanaro, David (February 12, 2021). [https://www.foxnews.com/media/meghan-mccain-neera-tanden-twitter-worst-trolls 'View' co-host Meghan McCain rips Biden budget nominee Neera Tanden: One of Twitter's 'worst trolls']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 17, 2021.</ref> succeeding [[Clinton]] [[crony]] [[John Podesta]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last= McDuffee |first= Allen |date= October 24, 2011 |title= John Podesta stepping down from Center for American Progress |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/john-podesta-stepping-down-from-center-for-american-progress/2011/10/24/gIQA4u9eDM_blog.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=|archive-date= December 7, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191207093619/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/john-podesta-stepping-down-from-center-for-american-progress/2011/10/24/gIQA4u9eDM_blog.html |url-status= live }}</ref> She has been associated with CAP since its founding in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|date=November 3, 2011|title=Think-tank post puts spotlight on veteran Democratic operative Neera Tanden|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house/think-tank-post-puts-spotlight-on-veteran-democratic-operative-neera-tanden/2011/11/01/gIQAn6fpjM_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231151449/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house/think-tank-post-puts-spotlight-on-veteran-democratic-operative-neera-tanden/2011/11/01/gIQAn6fpjM_story.html|archive-date=December 31, 2019|quote=On Nov. 1, Tanden assumed the presidency of the Center for American Progress, Washington's leading liberal think tank, which is an incessant advocate for a broad progressive agenda and as such a sharp thorn in President Obama's left side.}}</ref> After being nominated by the [[Biden/Harris junta]] to take over the [[Office of Management and Budget]], Tanden deleted over 1,000 tweets.<ref>Jacobs, Emily (December 1, 2021). [https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/neera-tanden-deletes-over-1k-tweets-amid-omb-nomination/ Neera Tanden deletes over a thousand tweets amid Biden OMB nomination]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved February 17, 2021.</ref> | + | '''Neera Tanden''' (born September 10, 1970) is a notorious [[Twitter]] [[troll]] and president of the hard left [[Center for American Progress]] (CAP),<ref>Montanaro, David (February 12, 2021). [https://www.foxnews.com/media/meghan-mccain-neera-tanden-twitter-worst-trolls 'View' co-host Meghan McCain rips Biden budget nominee Neera Tanden: One of Twitter's 'worst trolls']. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 17, 2021.</ref> succeeding [[Clinton]] [[crony]] [[John Podesta]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last= McDuffee |first= Allen |date= October 24, 2011 |title= John Podesta stepping down from Center for American Progress |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/john-podesta-stepping-down-from-center-for-american-progress/2011/10/24/gIQA4u9eDM_blog.html |work=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=|archive-date= December 7, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191207093619/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/think-tanked/post/john-podesta-stepping-down-from-center-for-american-progress/2011/10/24/gIQA4u9eDM_blog.html |url-status= live }}</ref> She has been associated with CAP since its founding in 2003.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|date=November 3, 2011|title=Think-tank post puts spotlight on veteran Democratic operative Neera Tanden|work=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house/think-tank-post-puts-spotlight-on-veteran-democratic-operative-neera-tanden/2011/11/01/gIQAn6fpjM_story.html|url-status=live|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231151449/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house/think-tank-post-puts-spotlight-on-veteran-democratic-operative-neera-tanden/2011/11/01/gIQAn6fpjM_story.html|archive-date=December 31, 2019|quote=On Nov. 1, Tanden assumed the presidency of the Center for American Progress, Washington's leading liberal think tank, which is an incessant advocate for a broad progressive agenda and as such a sharp thorn in President Obama's left side.}}</ref> After being nominated by the [[Biden/Harris junta]] to take over the [[Office of Management and Budget]], Tanden deleted over 1,000 tweets.<ref>Jacobs, Emily (December 1, 2021). [https://nypost.com/2020/12/01/neera-tanden-deletes-over-1k-tweets-amid-omb-nomination/ Neera Tanden deletes over a thousand tweets amid Biden OMB nomination]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved February 17, 2021.</ref> After failing to muster enough votes to be confirmed by the majority Democrat Senate, Tanden was appoint to the White House staff as Presidential Advisor. |
| | Tanden is considered a [[liberal]] [[Obamagate timeline|Russiagate hoaxer]] and Establishment Democrat.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/04/its-the-dnc-stupid-democratic-party-not-russia-has-delegitimized-the-democratic-process/</ref> Tanden advocated the [[subversive]] domestic [[terrorist]] myth that the [[2016 presidential election]] was stolen.<ref>https://greenwald.substack.com/p/biden-appointee-neera-tanden-spread</ref> During the [[2020 Democrat primaries]], [[Bernie Sanders]] wrote an angry letter directly calling out Tanden saying, “[she] repeatedly calls for unity while simultaneously maligning my staff and supporters and belittling [[progressive]] ideas.” He went on to cite CAP’s acceptance of “corporate money” as the reason for its “personal attacks” against other [[left-wing]] progressive candidates.<ref>https://capitalresearch.org/article/democratic-infighting-over-bidens-nomination-of-neera-tanden/</ref> During her confirmation hearings Sen. [[John Neely Kennedy|John Kennedy]] of [[Louisiana]] noted that Tanden called Sen. Sanders ‘everything but an ignorant slut’.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/02/10/neera-tanden-called-sanders-everything-but-ignorant-slut-sen-kennedy/</ref> Journalist [[Matt Taibbi]] said: “The appointment of a longtime anti-Sanders troll to the Biden government is an impressively petty end zone dance by Democrats celebrating the crushing of their left flank.”<ref>https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick</ref> | | Tanden is considered a [[liberal]] [[Obamagate timeline|Russiagate hoaxer]] and Establishment Democrat.<ref>https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/04/its-the-dnc-stupid-democratic-party-not-russia-has-delegitimized-the-democratic-process/</ref> Tanden advocated the [[subversive]] domestic [[terrorist]] myth that the [[2016 presidential election]] was stolen.<ref>https://greenwald.substack.com/p/biden-appointee-neera-tanden-spread</ref> During the [[2020 Democrat primaries]], [[Bernie Sanders]] wrote an angry letter directly calling out Tanden saying, “[she] repeatedly calls for unity while simultaneously maligning my staff and supporters and belittling [[progressive]] ideas.” He went on to cite CAP’s acceptance of “corporate money” as the reason for its “personal attacks” against other [[left-wing]] progressive candidates.<ref>https://capitalresearch.org/article/democratic-infighting-over-bidens-nomination-of-neera-tanden/</ref> During her confirmation hearings Sen. [[John Neely Kennedy|John Kennedy]] of [[Louisiana]] noted that Tanden called Sen. Sanders ‘everything but an ignorant slut’.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/02/10/neera-tanden-called-sanders-everything-but-ignorant-slut-sen-kennedy/</ref> Journalist [[Matt Taibbi]] said: “The appointment of a longtime anti-Sanders troll to the Biden government is an impressively petty end zone dance by Democrats celebrating the crushing of their left flank.”<ref>https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick</ref> |