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2:00 PM ET, November 12, 2024

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Common Dreams:
Trump Cabinet Picks So Far Decried as ‘Nightmare Fuel’  —  Progressive advocates voiced alarm Monday over U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's initial leadership picks—including a border czar who oversaw the separation of migrant families during the Republican's first term …
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David Wethe / Bloomberg:
Oil Lobbyists Ask Trump for More Offshore Leases, LNG Approvals  —  A major US oil industry lobbying group is pushing for President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress to boost offshore crude-lease sales, reform permitting and quickly process applications related to liquefied natural gas shipments.
Washington Post:
Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say
The Information:
How TikTok Courted Conservatives Before Trump's Win
New York Times:
Trump Allies Push Him to Block Thune From Becoming Senate G.O.P. Leader
NBC News:
FBI Director Christopher Wray is preparing for a possible forced exit under Trump
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump picks Kristi Noem to serve as his Homeland Security secretary  —  President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection.
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New York Times:
Trump Expected to Name Marco Rubio as Secretary of State  —  The president-elect appears to have settled on the Florida senator to be the nation's top diplomat.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is expected to name Senator Marco Rubio of Florida as his secretary of state …
Blake Mauro / freebeacon.com:
More Trump Cabinet Picks Emerge: Marco Rubio for State, Mike Waltz for NatSec Adviser, Kristi Noem for DHS
NBC News:
Judge delays decision on tossing Trump's hush money conviction  —  Trump's team wants the case dismissed, and the prosecution says it needs time to evaluate next steps.  —  The judge overseeing Donald Trump's New York criminal trial delayed a key ruling Tuesday on whether the president-elect's conviction …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
New York judge delays presidential immunity ruling in Trump “hush money” case
Sara Cline / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments  —  A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on Tuesday.
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Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill:
Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana's Ten Commandments in public schools law
Discussion: KOIN.com, UPI and RedState
emptywheel:
Russia Attempts to Collect Its Winnings  —  Russia has been engaged in a good deal of dick-wagging with Trump since the election.  —  After Trump won, Russia did not call to congratulate — at least as far as we know (though Viktor Orbán seems to be Trump's handler and he did).
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake  —  Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona's first Latino U.S. senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority.
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New York Post:
Melania Trump declines to meet with Jill Biden at White House, citing Mar-a-Lago raid: source  —  Melania Trump declined an offer to head to the White House Wednesday and meet with Jill Biden, citing the Biden administration's past raid on Mar-a-Lago as part of the federal government's investigation into classified documents.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects Mark Meadows appeal in Georgia election interference case  —  Donald Trump's former White House chief of staff failed in his bid to move the case to federal court to mount immunity arguments.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt a setback …
Daniel W. Drezner / Foreign Affairs:
The End of American Exceptionalism  —  Trump's Reelection Will Redefine U.S. Power  —  The only thing uncontroversial about Donald Trump is how he won his second term.  Despite polls showing a statistical dead heat and fears of a long, drawn-out wait for election results, Trump was declared the winner early last Wednesday morning.
Brian Flood / Fox News:
No Trump bump: MSNBC hemorrhaging viewers since Election Day, sheds more than half of primetime audience  —  'It's a stale product no one will want to listen to going forward,' Curtis Houck says  —  MSNBC's reliably liberal audience has tuned out the anti-Trump network since Election …
Discussion: Breitbart, The Wrap and RedState
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Carol Anderson / The Guardian:
Will the American project survive the anger of white men?  —  At key moments throughout US history, white male anger has been privileged over national security, progress or basic welfare  —  A friend recently asked: “Do you think the United States will survive the anger of white men?”
Discussion: The Hill
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Samuel Alito Plans to Remain on Supreme Court  —  Some Republicans suggest the veteran jurist could step down to let Trump appoint a younger conservative  —  WASHINGTON—Justice Samuel Alito has no plans to step down from the Supreme Court, people close to the justice said …
Discussion: New Republic, IJR and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gears Up for Assault on Wokeness With Education Overhaul  —  President-elect lays out big changes for America's classrooms, including expanding school choice and closing Department of Education  —  President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to remake education in the U.S. …
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
John Paulson Drops Out of Running to Become Trump Treasury Secretary  —  Investor says his ‘complex financial obligations’ would prevent him from joining administration  —  Veteran investor John Paulson is dropping out of the running to become President-elect Donald Trump's Treasury secretary …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Blue state govs gear up to protect their people  —  “You come for my people, you come through me.” … 👊  —  Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election last week has led, inevitably, to a miserable round of Democratic blaming, shaming, bitterness, and general panic.
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus's rogue procedural move raises questions about consequences  —  Key members of the House Freedom Caucus went rogue with parliamentary procedure on the House floor while GOP leaders were far away and focused on other matters on Election Day, raising questions about whether …
Mary L. Trump / The Good in Us:
The Media Want to Blame Kamala Harris  —  With very little insight and even less self-awareness, it looks like some of our so-called elites in the so-called liberal media have figured out what went wrong for Democrats this election.  —  It was “wokeness.”  —  After reading Maureen Dowd's column …
Discussion: Daily Mail, Breitbart and Mediaite
Rogé Karma / The Atlantic:
The Two Donald Trumps  —  The central contradiction of Donald Trump's reelection is this: He owes his victory to the fact that millions of voters appear to have seen him as the stability candidate who would usher in a return to pre-COVID normalcy.  But he has put forward a second-term agenda …
 
 
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Nick Arama / RedState:
WATCH: Oprah Gets Cornered by Reporter and Asked About That Million Dollars From Kamala (Updated)
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Abortion opponents prepare to undermine just-passed ballot measures
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and Boston Herald
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Lichtman blames bad election prediction on disinformation, Elon Musk
Discussion: The Independent
Martin Gurri / New York Post:
Trump won by uniting those who think liberal rulers have gone too far
Andy Beshear / New York Times:
I'm the Governor of Kentucky. Here's How Democrats Can Win Again.
 Earlier Items: 
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
RFK Jr. Isn't Just Reckless. He's Dangerous.
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
FAA considers Haiti travel ban after planes struck by gunfire
Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump? Can It?
Discussion: Raw Story and The Times-Tribune
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
A Common Sense Democrat manifesto
Discussion: Instapundit
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Who really supports free speech?
Politico:
Who's really running Donald Trump's transition
Discussion: The Independent and CNN
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Republicans win House, delivering Trump a trifecta
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Umar Shakir / The Verge:
Echoing TikTok's gifting, YouTube is rolling out “jewels” that users can buy to support creators during livestreams, for those in the YouTube Partner Program

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

 
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