Fantasy Cabinet game, pt. 2

[LastMcGovernite]

You all made your picks well before they were due- good for you! Now that you have your presidential ticket set, we can move on to filling out our cabinets.

Remember that for all picks, the following rules apply:
1. You cannot pick any individual who has already been drafted.
2. The intent is to make a cabinet for some time during the 2010s. So, all picks must have held one of the following offices or positions at some point during that decade: president, vice-president, senator, governor, congressman, mayor, cabinet official, or CEO/president/director of some kind of legitimate institution, such as a business, a Federal Reserve bank, a university, a think tank, or something of that sort. Even if your pick passed away during or after the 2010s (such as John McCain or John Lewis or Kay Hagan), it's still legal.
3. You cannot draft someone to a position that they held in real life. For example, you cannot pick Rex Tillerson to be your Secretary of State, but you can pick him to be your Secretary of Energy.

As I said in the proposal, I'm dividing the U.S. into four regions, and your pick has to come from your assigned region, which will rotate each turn. For the purposes of the game, our regions are:

A. The Northeast (ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC)
B. The South (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, TX, OK) + Territories
C. The Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, KS, NE)
D. The West (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, NV, AZ, NM, ID, MT, CO, WY, UT).

I put all the participants' names into Random.org, and for Turn 1 of our cabinet draft,

NY Express, RGM2609, Ishan, and Senator OBD need to pick from somewhere in the Northeast.
The Fonz, KaiserDave, and OldSchoolRepublican need to pick from the South.
BaptistaMinola, Clinton/Kaine voter, and Our Enemy the Irish will pick from the Midwest.
and UtahNeoLib, Beesley, and myself will pick from the West.

Next turn, we'll rotate so that the first group will pick from the South, the second group from the Midwest, and so on. There's 15 cabinet spots to fill. We'll rotate through the regions three times for twelve total picks, and we'll have a free-for-all for that three turns, and you can pick more or less whoever you want.

You do not need to pick cabinet offices in order. You can pick Secretary of State this first round, or Secretary of Transportation, or any of the 15 official cabinet-level offices. Remember that you will need to pick a...

1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Secretary of Commerce
8. Secretary of Labor
9. Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security

To help you keep track of who is off the board, I've started a google sheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lKijLTH6JqoAZlPlzOJ1dn0DP-vM7PswwmdgpE57jCU/edit?usp=sharing.

You'll have 48 hours to make your first cabinet selection.

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President: John Bel Edwards

President Dennis Kucinich then for a different flavor of crank.

[LastMcGovernite]

Liz Warren as Secretary of the Treasury

I already picked her as president. Have you got a backup choice?

[LastMcGovernite]

Katie Porter as Secretary of the Treasury

[LastMcGovernite]

I was going to correct you two, but...Fetterman works on the grounds that he was mayor of Braddock; Yang was CEO of a startup during the 2010s so he's valid too.

Secretary of Labor: John Fetterman

Yang for Secretary of Commerce then

[LastMcGovernite]

Secretary of Transportation: FAA Administrator Michael Huerta (2011-2018)

We're in some sketchy territory here-- he was technically a cabinet member as Acting Secretary of Transportation, but also technically not the (official) Secretary of Transportation, permitting him to fill that role in our exercise. I'll allow it, but this pick is cutting it really close in terms of following the rules!

[LastMcGovernite]

I put myself in the South as I assume that would be the next slot.

If we can add EPA Administrator, I'd put Al Gore there. If not put him as Secretary of Energy.

Unfortunately, Gore is not eligible, since this is limited to office holders of the 2010s. Would you like to pick someone else?

[LastMcGovernite]

Fair point- but he’s a sedevacantist, and doesn’t recognize that JPII, who made that rule, was ever the legitimate pope.

[LastMcGovernite]

Time for Round 2 of your cabinet draft.

Remember that for all picks, the following rules apply:
1. You cannot pick any individual who has already been drafted.
2. The intent is to make a cabinet for some time during the 2010s. So, all picks must have held one of the following offices or positions at some point during that decade: president, vice-president, senator, governor, congressman, mayor, cabinet official, or CEO/president/director of some kind of legitimate institution, such as a business, a Federal Reserve bank, a university, a think tank, or something of that sort. Even if your pick passed away during or after the 2010s (such as John McCain or John Lewis or Kay Hagan), it's still legal.
3. You cannot draft someone to a position that they held in real life. For example, you cannot pick Rex Tillerson to be your Secretary of State, but you can pick him to be your Secretary of Energy.

For the second round:

UtahNeoLib, Beesley, and myself will pick from the Northeast.
NY Express, RGM2609, Ishan, and Senator OBD will pick from the South.
The Fonz, KaiserDave, Gassman, and OldSchoolRepublican will pick from the Midwest.
BattistaMinola, Clinton/Kaine Voter, and Our Enemy the Irish will pick from the West.

A. The Northeast (ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC)
B. The South (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, TX, OK) + Territories
C. The Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, KS, NE)
D. The West (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, NV, AZ, NM, ID, MT, CO, WY, UT).


Remember that you will need to pick a...

1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Secretary of Commerce
8. Secretary of Labor
9. Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security

To help you keep track of who is off the board, I've started a google sheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lKijLTH6JqoAZlPlzOJ1dn0DP-vM7PswwmdgpE57jCU/edit?usp=sharing.

You'll have 48 hours to make your second cabinet selection.

UtahLib and Gassman still need to make a round 1 selection, but that's okay! I tried to design this so that you could miss a round or two when life gets in the way, and jump back in. Just make a valid round 1 pick when you can.

Also- let me know if you prefer not to get a notification when a new round starts.

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President: John Bel Edwards

President Dennis Kucinich then for a different flavor of crank.

[LastMcGovernite]

My Secretary of Education is former Teacher of the Year and Congresswoman from Connecticut since 2019, Jahana Hayes.

[LastMcGovernite]

Richard Cordray for Secretary of the Treasury

Sorry Kaiser- but while I really like the pick of Cordray at Treasury, he didn’t hold any of the required offices to be eligible for this project. Would you care to pick a different Midwesterner for the cabinet?

[LastMcGovernite]

Richard Cordray for Secretary of the Treasury

I think there's a case for some discretion here - if anything it makes more sense than allowing John Fetterman as you did earlier. Perhaps a compromise would be to allow one free for all (re job, not location of course).

That’s fine. Adjudicating who is and who isn’t a valid pick is more complicated than I thought. And I don’t want to discourage people from participating with my legalism. We’ll allow Cordray and going forward you can pick anyone from your assigned region who was an active public figure in the 2010s. If anyone wants to redo an earlier pick now, you can.

[LastMcGovernite]

Time for Round 3 of your cabinet draft.

Remember that for all picks, the following rules apply:
1. You cannot pick any individual who has already been drafted.
2. The intent is to make a cabinet for some time during the 2010s. As per our new rules put in place to avoid nitpicking, you can pick anyone who was a substantive public figure in the 2010s. Even if your pick passed away during or after the 2010s (such as John McCain or John Lewis or Kay Hagan), it's still legal.
3. You cannot draft someone to a position that they held in real life. For example, you cannot pick Rex Tillerson to be your Secretary of State, but you can pick him to be your Secretary of Energy.

As I stated earlier, if you want to "redo" one of your first two picks in light of these new rules, you may do so.

For the third round:

BattistaMinola, Clinton/Kaine Voter, and Our Enemy the Irish will pick from the Northeast.
UtahNeoLib, Beesley, and myself will pick from the South.
NY Express, RGM2609, Ishan, and Senator OBD will pick from the Midwest.
The Fonz, KaiserDave, Gassman, and OldSchoolRepublican will pick from the West.

A. The Northeast (ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC)
B. The South (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, TX, OK) + Territories
C. The Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, KS, NE)
D. The West (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, NV, AZ, NM, ID, MT, CO, WY, UT).


Remember that you will need to pick a...

1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Secretary of Commerce
8. Secretary of Labor
9. Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security

To help you keep track of who is off the board, I've started a google sheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lKijLTH6JqoAZlPlzOJ1dn0DP-vM7PswwmdgpE57jCU/edit?usp=sharing.

You'll have 48 hours to make your second cabinet selection.

UtahLib and Gassman still need to make a round 1 selection, but that's okay! I tried to design this so that you could miss a round or two when life gets in the way, and jump back in. Just make a valid round 1 pick when you can.

Also- let me know if you prefer not to get a notification when a new round starts.

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President: John Bel Edwards

President Dennis Kucinich then for a different flavor of crank.

[LastMcGovernite]

My pick this round is Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for Transportation.

I'm stealing the papyrus font idea.

President: Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Vice President: Julian Castro (TX)

Secretary of State: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: Katie Porter (CA)
Secretary of Defense: VACANT
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: VACANT
Secretary of Health and Human Services: VACANT
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: Keisha Lance Bottoms (GA)
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: Jahana Hayes (CT)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: VACANT

[LastMcGovernite]

Does anyone else want to get their pick in before we close up this round tonight?

[LastMcGovernite]

Time for Round 4 of your cabinet draft.

Remember that for all picks, the following rules apply:
1. You cannot pick any individual who has already been drafted.
2. The intent is to make a cabinet for some time during the 2010s. As per our new rules put in place to avoid nitpicking, you can pick anyone who was a substantive public figure in the 2010s. Even if your pick passed away during or after the 2010s (such as John McCain or John Lewis or Kay Hagan), it's still legal.
3. You cannot draft someone to a position that they held in real life. For example, you cannot pick Rex Tillerson to be your Secretary of State, but you can pick him to be your Secretary of Energy.

As I stated earlier, if you want to "redo" one of your first two picks in light of these new rules, you may do so. Also, if you missed a pick from an earlier round, you can make it at any time after.

If you would like to join in the game, I'd be happy to welcome you. PM me for instructions.

For the fourth round:

The Fonz, KaiserDave, Gassman, and OldSchoolRepublican will pick from the Northeast.
BattistaMinola, Clinton/Kaine Voter, and Our Enemy the Irish will pick from the South.
UtahNeoLib, Beesley, and myself will pick from the Midwest.
NY Express, RGM2609, Ishan, and Senator OBD will pick from the West.

A. The Northeast (ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC)
B. The South (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, TX, OK) + Territories
C. The Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, KS, NE)
D. The West (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, NV, AZ, NM, ID, MT, CO, WY, UT).


Remember that you will need to pick a...

1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Secretary of Commerce
8. Secretary of Labor
9. Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security

To help you keep track of who is off the board, I've started a google sheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lKijLTH6JqoAZlPlzOJ1dn0DP-vM7PswwmdgpE57jCU/edit?usp=sharing.

We shall end this round  at 8 pm EST on Tuesday. Let me know if you prefer not to be tagged when a new round starts.

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President: John Bel Edwards

President Dennis Kucinich then for a different flavor of crank.

[LastMcGovernite]

Tim Walz for Secretary of Defense. Federal experience, executive experience, and the highest ranking enlisted man to have served in Congress.

[LastMcGovernite]

Former Vice President Al Gore for energy, I think his climate activism, should make him count as a major individual, if he doesn't work, then my backup is former West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller for HHS.

Gore, under the new guidelines, is certainly a credible public figure in the 2010s. My only worry is that Gassman had drafted him and I vetoed it when the earlier rules were in place. I’ll pencil Gore in for you, but if Gassman wants to claim him to replace an earlier pick, we’ll go with your second choice. Sound fair?

[LastMcGovernite]

Selecting Gary Locke of Washington for State.

Good pick!

[LastMcGovernite]

Let's begin Round 5 of the Fantasy Cabinet Draft.

Remember that for all picks, the following rules apply:
1. You cannot pick any individual who has already been drafted.
2. The intent is to make a cabinet for some time during the 2010s. As per our new rules put in place to avoid nitpicking, you can pick anyone who was a substantive public figure in the 2010s. Even if your pick passed away during or after the 2010s (such as John McCain or John Lewis or Kay Hagan), it's still legal.
3. You cannot draft someone to a position that they held in real life. For example, you cannot pick Rex Tillerson to be your Secretary of State, but you can pick him to be your Secretary of Energy.

As I stated earlier, if you want to "redo" one of your first two picks in light of these new rules, you may do so. Also, if you missed a pick from an earlier round, you can make it at any time after. I've noted which picks you are missing on the google sheet below.

If you would like to join in the game, I'd be happy to welcome you. PM me for instructions.

For the fifth round:

NY Express, RGM2609, Ishan, and Senator OBD will pick from the Northeast.
The Fonz, KaiserDave, Gassman, and OldSchoolRepublican will pick from the South.
BattistaMinola, Clinton/Kaine Voter, and Our Enemy the Irish will pick from the Midwest.
UtahNeoLib, Beesley, and myself will pick from the West.

A. The Northeast (ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC)
B. The South (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, TX, OK) + Territories
C. The Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, KS, NE)
D. The West (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, NV, AZ, NM, ID, MT, CO, WY, UT).


Remember that you will need to pick a...

1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Secretary of Commerce
8. Secretary of Labor
9. Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security

To help you keep track of who is off the board, I've started a google sheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lKijLTH6JqoAZlPlzOJ1dn0DP-vM7PswwmdgpE57jCU/edit?usp=sharing.

We shall end this round  at 8 pm EST on Thursday. Let me know if you prefer not to be tagged when a new round starts.

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President: John Bel Edwards

President Dennis Kucinich then for a different flavor of crank.

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[LastMcGovernite]

I draft congressman and state attorney general from California, Xavier Becarra, for Homeland Security.


President: Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Vice President: Julian Castro (TX)

Secretary of State: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: Katie Porter (CA)
Secretary of Defense: Tim Walz (MN)
Attorney General: VACANT
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: VACANT
Secretary of Health and Human Services: VACANT
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: Keisha Lance Bottoms (GA)
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: Jahana Hayes (CT)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: Xavier Becarra (CA)

[LastMcGovernite]

Cabinet pick #5 - Secretary of Commerce: John McCollister (Member of the Nebraska Legislature since 2015).

I don't believe I've heard of this guy before. It's a perfectly valid pick, but I'm curious-- why him?

[LastMcGovernite]

Closing in on the end of Round 5, and only 7 of our 14 participants have made picks. Does anybody else want to get their choices in before the round closes?

[LastMcGovernite]

Time for Round 6 of the Fantasy Cabinet Draft.

If you missed a pick from an earlier round, you can make it at any time after. I've noted which picks you are missing on the google sheet below.

If you would like to join in the game, I'd be happy to welcome you. PM me for instructions.

For the sixth round:

UtahNeoLib, Beesley, and myself will pick from the Northeast.
NY Express, RGM2609, Ishan, and Senator OBD will pick from the South.
The Fonz, KaiserDave, Gassman, and OldSchoolRepublican will pick from the Midwest.
BattistaMinola, Clinton/Kaine Voter, and Our Enemy the Irish will pick from the West.

A. The Northeast (ME, NH, VT, CT, MA, RI, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, VA, DC)
B. The South (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, AR, TN, KY, WV, TX, OK) + Territories
C. The Midwest (OH, IN, IL, MI, WI, MN, IA, MO, ND, SD, KS, NE)
D. The West (CA, OR, WA, AK, HI, NV, AZ, NM, ID, MT, CO, WY, UT).


Remember that you will need to pick a...

1. Secretary of State
2. Secretary of the Treasury
3. Secretary of Defense
4. Attorney General
5. Secretary of the Interior
6. Secretary of Agriculture
7. Secretary of Commerce
8. Secretary of Labor
9. Secretary of Health and Human Services
10. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
11. Secretary of Transportation
12. Secretary of Energy
13. Secretary of Education
14. Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
15. Secretary of Homeland Security

To help you keep track of who is off the board, I've started a google sheet at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lKijLTH6JqoAZlPlzOJ1dn0DP-vM7PswwmdgpE57jCU/edit?usp=sharing.

We shall end this round  at 8 pm EST on Saturday. Let me know if you prefer not to be tagged when a new round starts.

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President: John Bel Edwards

President Dennis Kucinich then for a different flavor of crank.

[LastMcGovernite]

My pick for Attorney General is former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara.


President: Elizabeth Warren (MA)
Vice President: Julian Castro (TX)

Secretary of State: VACANT
Secretary of the Treasury: Katie Porter (CA)
Secretary of Defense: Tim Walz (MN)
Attorney General: Preet Bharara (NY)
Secretary of the Interior: VACANT
Secretary of Agriculture: VACANT
Secretary of Commerce: VACANT
Secretary of Labor: VACANT
Secretary of Health and Human Services: VACANT
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: VACANT
Secretary of Transportation: Keisha Lance Bottoms (GA)
Secretary of Energy: VACANT
Secretary of Education: Jahana Hayes (CT)
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs: VACANT
Secretary of Homeland Security: Xavier Becarra (CA)
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[LastMcGovernite]

Secretary of Commerce Phil Scott

And you are also allotted a pick from the West from last round.