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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside House Dems' 11th-hour plot to sabotage Trump's agenda … - House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is already telling allies how he is preparing to lead the resistance to Trump, Axios' Hans Nichols reported.  — “We as Democrats have to roll up our sleeves and get into defense …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
White House pushes back on Trump call to halt confirmations in lame duck period  —  A White House spokesperson on Monday pushed back on President-elect Trump's demand that the Democratic Senate stop confirming judges during the lame-duck period before he takes office and the upper chamber flips to GOP control.
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Directly Addresses People Who Voted For Both Her And Trump  —  “I'm listening,” the New York Democrat said.  —  LOADING  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday reflected on Donald Trump's success in last week's election and engaged with supporters …
Alayna Treene / CNN:
Trump expected to announce Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff for policy  —  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce in the coming days that Stephen Miller, his top immigration adviser, will serve as White House deputy chief of staff for policy, two sources familiar with the plans told CNN.
NOTUS:
Trump's Cabinet Picks Put a Further Strain on a Shrinking House Majority  —  Rep. Elise Stefanik said she was “deeply humbled” Trump picked her to serve in the administration.  But a two-seat majority “for us is basically us being in the minority,” one lawmaker said.  —  Haley Byrd Wilt and Reese Gorman
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
A Look at Democratic Voter Turnout and Trump's Election Victory  —  Many Democrats failed to turn out to vote at the rate they did in 2020 when they ousted Donald Trump, according to an analysis of election data.  —  Voters in liberal strongholds across the country, from city centers to suburban stretches …
Franco Ordoñez / NPR:
Stephen Miller is heading back to the White House as Trump's deputy chief of staff
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump picks Lee Zeldin to lead EPA — adding second NYer to cabinet  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Rep. Lee Zeldin to serve as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, The Post can exclusively report.  —  Zeldin, 44, served four terms …
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Trump selects Lee Zeldin to lead EPA  —  President-elect Trump has selected former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, putting a second New Yorker and loyalist into his forming Cabinet.  —  “I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected former Congressman …
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump offers Rep. Elise Stefanik ambassador to United Nations post after NY ally's aggressive defense of his policies: report
CNN:
Trump calls on GOP senators vying to be majority leader to agree to recess appointments  —  President-elect Donald Trump is demanding Republican senators vying to be majority leader support recess appointments for his nominees — a way for presidents to essentially bypass Congress that has recently been blocked by the minority party.
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Jack Mirkinson / Discourse Blog:
What Election Do These People Think We Just Had?  —  Democrats are inventing wild fantasies …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
ABC News:
Elon Musk weighing in on Trump staffing decisions: Sources  —  Musk has been with Trump nearly every day since the election, sources say.  —  Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., left, and Donald Trump, prior to a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, Oct. 5, 2024.
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Associated Press:
Democrat Cleo Fields wins re-drawn Louisiana congressional district, flipping red seat blue  —  Democrat Cleo Fields has won Louisiana's congressional race in a recently redrawn second majority-Black district, flipping a once reliably Republican seat blue.  Fields' win means Democrats will hold …
Discussion: Fox News and New York Times
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Daniel Block / The Atlantic:
The Democrats' Senate Nightmare Is Only Beginning
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Raw Story
Ailbhe Rea / Bloomberg:
Starmer Pushes UK Climate Leadership as Trump Win Poses Threat  — British premier attends UN summit as other leaders stay away  — UK expected to unveil pledge on climate emissions in Baku  —  Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wants the UK to assume a “global leadership” …
Discussion: Daily Mail, The National and Al Jazeera
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CBS News:
COP29 climate summit begins today in Baku. Will it be the last for the U.S.?
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Warren: Trump transition ‘already breaking the law’  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Monday that President elect-Trump “and his transition team are already breaking” a law on presidential transition.  —  “Donald Trump and his transition team are already breaking the law,” Warren said in a post on the social platform X.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
He Went To A White Supremacist Event.  Now He'll Oversee Trump's Mass Deportations.  —  “We are going to have a historic deportation operation,” Tom Homan promised this summer.  —  LOADING  —  In February 2022, Tom Homan went to the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Trump ‘border czar’ says administration will conduct workplace immigration raids
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Hail Hitler and hail Trump’: People wave Nazi flags outside Jewish play in Michigan  —  President-elect Donald Trump's reelection was credited for emboldening a group of people waving Nazi flags in Michigan over the weekend.  —  WLNS reported that the flags were seen in two cities, including at a Jewish play.
Discussion: Michigan Advance
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump transition figure warns DOJ lawyers: Get on board or get out  —  A conservative lawyer working on Donald Trump's transition, Mark Paoletta, offered a stark warning to career Justice Department lawyers Monday that those who refuse to advance Trump's agenda should resign or face the possibility of being fired.
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Rick Scott's MAGA momentum backfires in the Senate … - Scott has his supporters, there's no question. … At this point I won't vote for him for anything ever," one Republican told Axios.  — Senate offices are dealing with a flood of trolling on social media from Scott allies …
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump Plans Series of Executive Orders for Day 1, Susie Wiles Tells Donors  —  Ms. Wiles, the next White House chief of staff, said Donald Trump would move quickly to reinstate orders from his first term that President Biden had revoked, though she did not specify which ones.
Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Authoritarianism Expert Shatters A Trump ‘Illusion’: ‘One Of The Biggest Scams Of All’  —  Ruth Ben-Ghiat said this reason for voting for Trump would have “very sad” consequences.  —  LOADING  —  Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat spoke on MSNBC's “The Weekend” about one particular appeal …
Richard Seymour / The Guardian:
Far-right leaders are winning across the globe.  Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won't cut it  —  The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined  —  Donald Trump, for the first time, won a majority of the popular vote.
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Kevin Costner defends Liz Cheney: ‘We should applaud her.  We should protect her.’  —  Costner endorsed Cheney during the 2022 midterm elections in which she was defeated by Harriet Hageman amid her criticism of Donald Trump  —  Actor Kevin Costner on Monday defended Liz Cheney …
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Muh Democratcy: Former Harris Aide Calls for Biden to Resign to Make Kamala President  —  Old and busted: Save Democracy!  New hotness: Install Democratcy!  —  Either that or former Kamala Harris comms director Jamal Simmons wants to create the biggest participation trophy ever.
 
 
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Scott Bessent / Wall Street Journal:
Markets Hail Trump's Economics
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Cabinet Could Include Senator Who Tried to Fight Hearing Witness: Report
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
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