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Time’s Person of the Year is Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, a ticket that ‘represents something historic’

Nearly every president elected since the 1930s has been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, often just weeks after they won a race for the White House.

On Thursday evening, the publication announced that President-elect Joe Biden continues the trend — with a twist. He is the first to receive the title alongside his running-mate, Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris.

“The Biden-Harris ticket represents something historic,” the magazine’s editor in chief, Edward Felsenthal, said in a video announcing the pick. “Person of the Year is not just about the year that was but about where we’re headed.”

The recognition marks another “first” for Harris, who will become the first woman, first Black person and first Asian American to serve in the nation’s second-highest office.

Citing the many challenges ahead of them, the pair was chosen over a list of finalists that included President Trump, racial justice protesters, front-line health-care workers and Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious-disease specialist. ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/10/time-person-year-biden-harris/

A plausible pick though an exceedingly safe and unsuprising one. I'd have preferred disinformation / propagandists.

Rudy's dye has demanded a recount.

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dredmorbius@joindiaspora.com

A Space Alien Cat's Person of the Year suggestions

Several Person of the Year candidates were mentioned by others. person, group, idea, or object “for better or for worse… has done the most to influence the events of the year”?

Dr. Anthony Fauci, healthcare workers and SARS-CoV2 were three that had occurred to me.

Others:

  • Patient Zero, whomever that was.
  • The WHO.
  • Front-line / key / essential workers.
  • Denialsts.
  • Tucker Carlson / Sean Hannity / Rupert Murdoch / Newscorp.
  • Charles Koch. He read his brother's obituary, a sneak preview of his own might be justice.
  • Disinformation.
  • The Plutonomy.
  • American Voters.
  • The Mercers.
  • Black Lives Matter.
  • George Floyd.
  • Catastrophic Risk.
  • Societal Dysfunction.
  • ANTIFA.
  • Xi Jinping.
  • A changing Earth.

Honorable mentions: Joe Biden, AOC. Their time will come.

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