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2:35 PM ET, November 12, 2024

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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 …
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David Wethe / Bloomberg:   Oil Lobbyists Ask Trump for More Offshore Leases, LNG Approvals
Washington Post:
Trump expected to try to halt TikTok ban, allies say
Blake Mauro / freebeacon.com:
More Trump Cabinet Picks Emerge: Marco Rubio for State, Mike Waltz for NatSec Adviser, Kristi Noem for DHS
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Republicans win House, delivering Trump a trifecta
New York Times:
Trump Allies Push Him to Block Thune From Becoming Senate G.O.P. Leader
Paula Reid / CNN:
Decision on whether to overturn Trump's New York hush money conviction is delayed  —  Donald Trump's lawyers and the Manhattan district attorney's office have agreed to delay activity in the hush money case until November 19 to give the president-elect's lawyers time to make new arguments on how his election victory impacts the case.
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
New York judge delays presidential immunity ruling in Trump “hush money” case
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.
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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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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Emmy Martin / Politico:
Schumer invites McCormick and Gallego to Senate orientation
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).
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
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 …
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 …
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, RedState and The Wrap
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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.
Associated Press:
Trump picks former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee to be ambassador to Israel  —  President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday.  Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and his intended nomination comes …
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
Axios:
“Babydog” banned: Jim Justice's bulldog can't visit Senate floor … - Justice, the current West Virginia governor, is in Washington for orientation alongside his fellow incoming senators.  — He asked Tuesday if Babydog could join him on the Senate floor and was told no by staff, the sources said.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Washington Post:
What the numbers actually say about the 2024 election  —  In what will likely be the narrowest margin of victory since 2000, Trump probably benefitted from who stayed home.  —  We remain in the post-election period when consultants and politicians try their best to frame the results …
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.
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.
 
 
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