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J. Ann Selzer / Des Moines Register:
Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving ‘to other ventures and opportunities’ — Public opinion polling has been my life's work. I collected my first research data as a freshman in college, if you don't count a neighborhood poll I did at age 5.
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NBC News:
DOJ and FBI officials reach out to lawyers as potential Trump revenge prosecutions loom — Legal experts say that Trump's choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, signals the president-elect's determination to tightly control the DOJ and prosecute adversaries.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Johnson says he's never talked to Trump about Matt Gaetz report: ‘Not once’ — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Sunday he did not talk to President-elect Trump about releasing the House Ethics Committee report of former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned shortly after Trump tapped him for the job of attorney general.
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Playbook: What's in store for Trump's DOJ — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — JUST POSTED — “The ‘team of vipers’ is back,” by Rachael Bade: “The last time CLIFF SIMS was this close to presidential power, he coined an indelible phrase …
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Raw Story
Stephen Starr / The Guardian:
Haitian immigrants flee Springfield, Ohio, in droves after Trump election win — City subjected to false rumors from Trump loses residents integral to community over mass deportation fears — From a tiny office behind a Haitian grocery store on Springfield's South Limestone Street …
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump's shock-and-awe approach to transition is both shocking and awful — This week a flurry of controversial and extremist picks for Trump's cabinet came at a hectic pace with a level of provocation that made heads spin — “Welcome back,” Joe Biden told Donald Trump, his predecessor and successor …
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NBC News:
Trump transition team compiling list of current and former U.S. military officers for possible courts-martial — All of the officers were involved in the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which independent reviews have blamed on both the Trump and Biden administrations.
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The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail, Breitbart and Raw Story
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world — In the wake of Trump's unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance — 1 When someone tells you who they are, believe them.
Joe Kucinski / Road & Track:
Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study Finds — Tesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that's twice the industry average, according to a new report. — Tesla's vehicles have the highest fatal accident rate among all car brands in America …
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Secret Trump voters have post-election coming out party — They're donning MAGA hats in cafes, celebrating on social media and flying Trump flags: Supporters of President-elect Trump in deep blue cities and states are no longer keeping it to themselves.
David French / New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Already Starting to Fail — That was quick. — Donald Trump is planting the seeds of his own political demise. The corrupt, incompetent and extremist men and women he's appointing to many of the most critical posts in his cabinet are direct threats to the well-being of the country …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Maine Rep. Jared Golden, Trump Country Democrat, Wins Reelection — Republican Austin Theriault failed to unseat Golden, despite the Democrat's support for an assault weapons ban. — Rep. Jared Golden, a Maine Democrat who backed an assault weapons ban in a conservative, rural district, won reelection to a fourth term.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive data: Trump's record pace for Cabinet picks … Biden and President Obama took almost 40 days. President George W. Bush, slowed by the Bush-Gore litigation, took 50+. — Marchick, lead author of the 2022 book, “The Peaceful Transfer of Power: An Oral History …
Washington Post:
Defense pick Hegseth paid accuser but denies sexual assault, attorney says — Documents obtained by The Post provide extensive detail about allegation and the response by Trump's defense secretary pick. — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense …
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Washington Post:
Trump picks fracking firm CEO Chris Wright to be energy secretary — The executive has taken a defiant approach to fighting climate change by attacking policies that call for shifting away from fossil fuels.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump taps fracking CEO Chris Wright for Energy secretary
Trump taps fracking CEO Chris Wright for Energy secretary
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