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'''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> | ||
| − | 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> 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 elcion]] 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> |
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Neera Tanden (born September 10, 1970) is a notorious Twitter troll and president of the hard left Center for American Progress (CAP),[1] succeeding Clinton crony John Podesta in 2011.[2] She has been associated with CAP since its founding in 2003.[3] After being nominated by the Biden/Harris junta to take over the Office of Management and Budget, Tanden deleted over 1,000 tweets.[4]
Tanden is considered a liberal Russiagate hoaxer and Establishment Democrat.[5] Tanden advocated the subversive domestic terrorist myth that the 2016 presidential elcion was stolen.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag During her confirmation hearings Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana noted that Tanden called Sen. Sanders ‘everything but an ignorant slut’.[6] 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.”[7]
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- ↑ Montanaro, David (February 12, 2021). 'View' co-host Meghan McCain rips Biden budget nominee Neera Tanden: One of Twitter's 'worst trolls'. Fox News. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ↑ McDuffee, Allen. "John Podesta stepping down from Center for American Progress", The Washington Post, October 24, 2011.
- ↑ "Think-tank post puts spotlight on veteran Democratic operative Neera Tanden", The Washington Post, November 3, 2011. “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.”
- ↑ Jacobs, Emily (December 1, 2021). Neera Tanden deletes over a thousand tweets amid Biden OMB nomination. New York Post. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
- ↑ https://consortiumnews.com/2019/11/04/its-the-dnc-stupid-democratic-party-not-russia-has-delegitimized-the-democratic-process/
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2021/02/10/neera-tanden-called-sanders-everything-but-ignorant-slut-sen-kennedy/
- ↑ https://taibbi.substack.com/p/with-tanden-choice-democrats-stick
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