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12:15 AM ET, November 19, 2024

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Axios:
Scoop: Trump personally squeezes senators on Matt Gaetz … - “He clearly wants Matt Gaetz,” said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who received a call from Trump. … - “One thing about Donald Trump, people should never confuse his support for one of his nominees as a tactical or strategic tool for somebody else,” Cramer said.
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
House Ethics chair: Panel's decision on Gaetz report won't be influenced by Johnson  —  House Ethics Chair Michael Guest said Monday that his panel will make its own decision about releasing the report into Matt Gaetz, regardless of Speaker Mike Johnson's opinion that it should be kept under wraps.
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
Top Democrat on Ethics panel says she wants to publish Gaetz report  —  Rep. Susan Wild, the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, said Monday she wants her panel's report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz to be released to the public.  “It should certainly be released to the Senate …
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Leak It Like Sam Alito  —  What is obviously a very damning report about Matt Gaetz is now available for everyone on the Ethics Committee to view: … Guest's claims to be free of influence from leadership are the antithesis of credible.  But it shouldn't matter.
Fox News:
Trump says media is ‘vital’ to making America ‘great again,’ vows to work with ‘free, fair and open’ press  —  EXCLUSIVE: PALM BEACH, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that in order to “Make America Great Again,” it is “vital” to have a “free, fair and open media,” …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
‘Morning Joe’ Stars Reveal a Mar-a-Lago Reunion With Trump
Washington Post:
Trump taps ex-congressman and Fox Business host Sean Duffy as transportation secretary
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
David Bauder / Associated Press:
‘Kissing the ring?’ MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ hosts meet with Trump to reopen lines of communication
Brian Stelter / CNN:
MSNBC's ‘Morning Joe’ hosts reveal they met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago ‘to restart communications’
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
MSNBC ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Meet With Trump in Bid for “New Approach” to Coverage
ABC News:
Lawyer tells ABC News his 2 clients told House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid them for sex  —  Trump has tapped Gaetz, a former congressman, to be the new attorney general.  —  Rep. Matt Gaetz departs after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024 …
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Washington Post:
Two women testified that Matt Gaetz paid them for sex, lawyer says  —  An attorney representing two witnesses in the House Ethics Committee investigation goes public  —  A woman testified to the House Ethics Committee that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid her for sex and that she witnessed …
The Hill:
Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms  —  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Monday introduced a bill to bar transgender women from facilities on Capitol Hill that match their gender identity.  —  The resolution, which would prohibit members, officers and employees …
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Transgender women to be banned from Capitol Hill female bathrooms under new House GOP proposal  —  Rep Nancy Mace wants provision included in next House rules package  —  FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., is introducing a resolution to ban transgender women from using women's restrooms at the U.S. Capitol.
Oriana González / NOTUS:
Republican Bill Targets Sarah McBride From Using Women's Restrooms in the Capitol  —  Rep. Nancy Mace authored the bill and said McBride, who is trans, should “use the men's restroom.”  — Copy  —  Some Republicans are officially moving to give Rep.-elect Sarah McBride an unwelcome arrival to the House.
Discussion: Washington Times
Chris Marquette / Politico:
Trump taps former lawmaker and reality TV star for Transportation  —  Sean Duffy served in Congress as a Wisconsin Republican.  —  President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate former lawmaker and Fox News contributor Sean Duffy, who also had a turn on MTV's “Real World,” to be the next secretary of Transportation.
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Trump nominates former Rep. Sean Duffy as transportation secretary
Politico:
Potential Trump picks for DOT: A reality TV star, a rail antagonist — and a former Uber exec
Discussion: New Republic
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Confirms He's Declaring National Emergency So Military Can Deport Migrants  —  The president-elect and his team are working on ways to boot undocumented immigrants as fast as possible without legal repercussions … One of the ways he plans to do so is by declaring a national emergency …
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Scott R. Anderson / The UnPopulist:   How to Stop President-Elect Trump's Potentially Abusive Domestic Deployments of the Military
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Reminds Everyone: He Wants US Soldiers in US Streets
Marc Levy / Associated Press:
Pennsylvania's high court orders counties not to count disputed ballots in US Senate race  —  Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court on Monday weighed in on a flashpoint amid ongoing vote counting in the U.S. Senate election between Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick …
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Chuck Ross / freebeacon.com:
PA Commissioners Defying Law To Count Illegal Ballots Are Key Casey Allies
Discussion: Fox News and The Federalist
Phineas Hogan / Arizona Mirror:
Biden locks in $6.6B for TSMC chip factories, ensuring Trump can't rescind CHIPS Act deal  —  WASHINGTON - The Biden administration has finalized a $6.6 billion award for the Taiwan semiconductor giant that is building massive factories in Phoenix, amid concerns President-elect Donald …
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation  —  Republican leaders, looking for ways to offset the cost of lower taxes, are considering changes to safety net programs for the poor.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's economic advisers and congressional Republicans …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Democrats won ‘highly engaged’ voters and struggled with everyone else in 2024  —  The final NBC News poll showed Vice President Kamala Harris losing voters who don't follow politics closely by double digits.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats convinced frequent voters …
Discussion: Jacobin
CNN:
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including an explicit ban on pills to end pregnancy  —  Cheyenne, Wyoming AP —  A state judge on Monday struck down Wyoming's overall ban on abortion and its first-in-the-nation explicit prohibition on the use of medication to end pregnancy.
Politico:
Fresh protest in White House on Biden's Israel policy  —  Internal government dissent letters over President JOE BIDEN's Israel policy keep piling up, but will they make a difference during his final months in office?  —  In the latest missive, obtained by Nat Sec Daily …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Lee O. Sanderlin / The Baltimore Banner:
O'Malley resigns from Social Security Administration to run for DNC chair  —  O'Malley's candidacy to lead the committee comes at a time of soul-searching and finger-pointing in the wake of Donald Trump's presidential victory  —  Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is resigning …
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
The Transitional Oligarchy: Democracy's Last Stand?  —  The road ahead could lead to dictatorship or renewed liberty, as the American people confront the corrosive power of wealth in politics...  Oligarchy is a form of government where the richest people in a country have captured its political system …
Discussion: Robert Reich
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
The game-of-telephone election … - This chain leaves facts susceptible to being massaged, spun and outright fudged. … - This dynamic proved beneficial for President-elect Trump. … - Among voters who consume “a great deal” of news, Vice President Harris led by six percentage points.
 
 
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