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3:35 PM ET, November 16, 2024

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Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
When Will Democrats Learn to Say No?  —  When Donald Trump held a rally in the Bronx in May, critics scoffed that there was no way he could win New York State.  Yet as a strategic matter, asking the question “What would it take for a Republican to win New York?” leads to the answer …
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New York Times:
Democrats Draw Up an Entirely New Anti-Trump Battle Plan  —  The party's early preparations to oppose the next Trump administration are heavily focused on legal fights and consolidating state power, rather than marching in the streets.  —  Locked out of power next year …
Discussion: RedState
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The ‘team of vipers’ is back  —  Cliff Sims wrote the definitive tale of Trump administration infighting.  He's back, and fangs are out.  —  The last time Cliff Sims was this close to presidential power, he coined an indelible phrase for the cut-throat coterie around Donald Trump …
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Politico:
Elon Musk pushes Lutnick for Treasury  —  The billionaire Trump confidant posted an endorsement on his social media network on Saturday.  —  Elon Musk is backing Donald Trump's transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Treasury Department, touting the billionaire CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald …
New York Times:
Under the Chandelier at Mar-a-Lago, Trump Makes Picks at Breakneck Speed  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise and determined to hire people based on loyalty.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump chose his attorney general almost on a whim …
Discussion: Raw Story and Wide World of News
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New York Times:   The Trump Lawyer Who Wields Outsize Influence on the Next White House
NBC News:
Democratic jockeying for the 2028 presidential election is already underway  —  Nearly two dozen Democrats are seen as possible contenders ahead of an invisible primary that will be shaped partly by Trump and his second term.  —  As the dust settles from Vice President Kamala Harris' defeat …
Discussion: UnHerd
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Jay Bhattacharya, an NIH critic, emerges as a top candidate to lead the agency  —  The Stanford physician was excoriated by NIH's director in 2020 for his “fringe” ideas on covid.  Four years later, he's poised for power in Trump's Washington.
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Were Told to Stop Saying They'll Put Migrants in ‘Camps’  —  “Apparently some people think it makes us look like Nazis,” says a close Trump ally … To be sure, Trump's migrant expulsion program, if he were to follow through with his plans to deport millions …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Dominic Hauschild / The Times:
Trump's victory means war will end sooner, says Zelensky  —  Ukrainian president said he had had a ‘constructive’ conversation with the US president-elect and he had heard nothing ‘that goes against our position’  —  President Zelensky has said the war in Ukraine will “end sooner” …
Beppe Severgnini / The Atlantic:
American Kakistocracy  —  Italy knows a thing or two about what the United States faces—but there are key differences between the two countries' experiences.  —  Why is a regular guy attracted to a billionaire candidate?  It's simple: Because the candidate can play to people's fantasies.
Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris's hidden barrier  —  Her rise and fall illustrates the Glass Cliff. … 🛣️  —  Black women have long had to navigate being twice as good to get half the amount of credit.  Kamala Harris's presidential run was evidence of this.
Discussion: Teen Vogue
Brian Darling / The Hill:
Trump's recess appointment power is constitutional and vital to his agenda  —  President-elect Trump's victory is an end to business as usual in Washington.  —  His desire to use recess appointment authority is a clear expression of how serious he is about making the federal government responsive to the will of the American people.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Lara Trump emerges as an early favorite to fill Rubio's Senate seat  —  Calls from Republicans are intensifying for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to pick President-elect Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump to replace his secretary of State pick, Marco Rubio, in the Senate.
Stacy Liberatore / Daily Mail:
NASA staff beg Elon Musk to ‘clean house’ after agency spent millions of Americans' money on DEI agenda  —  NASA staff are calling on Elon Musk to ‘clean house’ as it is revealed the agency blew millions of taxpayer money on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Slash First, Fix Later: How Elon Musk Cuts Costs  —  Mr. Musk dug into his companies' budgets, preferring to cut too much rather than too little and to deal with the fallout later.  Under Donald Trump, he is set to apply those tactics to the U.S. government.
Discussion: Deseret News
 
 
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Democratic turnout plummeted in 2024 — but only in safe states
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Clara Hendrickson / Detroit Free Press:
Right-wing provocateur uses racist language testifying against gun legislation
The Guardian:
The boys in our liberal school are different now that Trump has won
Discussion: Althouse
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Trump Pentagon pick had been flagged by fellow service member as possible ‘Insider Threat’