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1:15 PM ET, November 19, 2024

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Nick Akerman / The Hill:
Gaetz, Gabbard and Hegseth are unqualified — Senate Republicans should reject them  —  President-elect Donald Trump has nominated three political hacks to highly sensitive and important federal positions: former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as attorney general, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Senate Republicans deliver a message to Trump: Gaetz's confirmation is in jeopardy  —  They're privately hoping Trump doesn't make them walk the plank.  —  Numerous Republican lawmakers told Donald Trump and his team that they believe his pick to be attorney general, controversial Rep. Matt Gaetz …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators deride idea of replacing FBI background checks for Trump nominees
Discussion: MSNBC
Robert Draper / New York Times:
Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz  —  The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be attorney general, when she was 17.
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
‘Morning Joe’ meeting with Trump was driven by fears of retribution from incoming administration, sources say  —  New York CNN —  “Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski announced Monday, in dramatic fashion, that they went to Mar-a-Lago last week for a fence-mending meeting with President-elect Donald Trump.
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CNN:
Behind the Mar-a-Lago meeting  —  Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski's fence-mending meeting with President-elect Donald Trump has the media world buzzing.  Now I have some new reporting to share about why it happened.  —  Yesterday, as outraged “Morning Joe” fans registered their objections …
Rusty Weiss / RedState:
WATCH: Megyn Kelly Unleashes the Hounds of Hell on Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough
Daily Mail:
Ukraine fires first US-made missile into Russia: WW3 fears as Kremlin threatens ‘nuclear response’ if long-range Western weapons are used on its territory  — Ukrainian officials confirmed the use of ATACMS on Russian soil for the first time  — Comes as Kremlin said its updated nuclear doctrine allowed a ‘nuclear response’
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Associated Press:
Putin signs new Russian nuclear doctrine after Biden's arms decision for Ukraine
New York Times:
Ukraine Fired U.S.-Made Missiles Into Russia for First Time, Officials Say
Sam Levine / The Guardian:
Republican bathroom bill targets Congress's first transgender member  —  South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace introduces bill two months before Sarah McBride is to be sworn in  —  After Delaware elected the first ever openly transgender member of Congress earlier this month …
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The Hill:
Mace introduces bill to bar trans women from Capitol restrooms
Nicole Narea / Vox:
The law is clear on birthright citizenship.  Can Trump end it anyway?  —  Ending birthright citizenship has been on President-elect Donald Trump's wish list for years, and he's pledged to kill it once and for all in his next term.  But ending it may not be as easy as he's promised.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Arianna Coghill / Mother Jones:
Trump Confirms Plan to Use Military to Carry Out Mass Deportations
Steven Lubet / The Hill:   The Trump administration's next target: naturalized US citizens
Politico:
Why House Democrats stayed the course with their leaders  —  Despite coming up short in their fight for the majority, House Democrats aren't tossing their leaders aside.  The caucus opted to keep their top slate of leaders in Tuesday's party elections, with every single top Democratic leader reelected without opposition.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Hakeem Jeffries reelected as House Democratic leader
Public Notice:
RFK Jr. is a massive public health threat  —  Dems like Jared Polis shouldn't pretend pretend otherwise.  —  ∙ Paid … Donald Trump, in his vacuous orange wisdom, has nominated vaccine denier, crank, and champion of disease Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Discussion: Politico, Daily Mail and CNBC
Bloomberg:
Trump's Nov. 26 Hush Money Sentencing Called Off, Court Says  — Sentencing status updated on court records without explanation  — DA Bragg faces deadline to tell court how case should proceed  —  Donald Trump's Nov. 26 sentencing in his New York hush money case was adjourned …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Defies the #MeToo Movement With Cabinet Picks Facing Accusations  —  Donald J. Trump, who was found liable for sexual abuse last year, appears determined to force a fight over the role of such allegations in society.  —  When he takes the oath of office in January …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Sex abuse allegations against Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth only make Trump like them more
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and New Republic
NOTUS:
Sen. Thom Tillis Faces an Early Trump Loyalty Test … Calen Razor and Alex Roarty  — Copy  —  Donald Trump's controversial Cabinet selections are already making life difficult for Republican senators.  —  No one should know that better than Thom Tillis.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Making cowardly Senate Republicans pay a political price
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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Elizabeth Passarella / New York Times:
Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data.  X Users Obliged.  —  Privacy experts cringed when people started feeding their medical images to the A.I. tool Grok.  —  Over the past few weeks, users on X have been submitting X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and other medical images to Grok …
NBC News:
Nancy Mace defends anti-trans bathroom bill, says it ‘absolutely’ targets Sarah McBride  —  McBride, the first out transgender person elected to Congress, will be serving in the House starting next year and Mace doesn't want her using women's bathrooms at the Capitol.
Discussion: One America News Network and NOTUS
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 18, 2024  —  On Friday, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo locked in a $6.6 billion deal with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company for it to invest $65 billion in three state-of-the-art fabrication plants in Arizona.  This will bring thousands of jobs to the state.
Axios:
Trump to tap Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary … - Lutnick was hoping to become Treasury secretary, but Trump recently soured on the finalists and is considering other options, transition sources tell Axios. … - Lutnick became one of the most prominent business voices in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.
Politico:
House GOP lays out legislative priorities: Border wall, tax cuts, cutting Biden programs  —  House Republican leaders laid out their biggest legislative priorities for next year in a closed-door Tuesday meeting, including funding the U.S.-Mexico border wall, cutting various Democratic policies …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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Buddy Carter / Washington Post:
I sleep in my office. The rest of Congress should, too.
Bloomberg:
Google's Chrome to Fetch Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge denies Jan. 6 defendant's bid to delay trial that could straddle Trump inauguration
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Benedict Vigers / Gallup:
Half of Ukrainians Want Quick, Negotiated End to War
Discussion: The Hill, Semafor, BBC and Reuters
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Republicans slow down Senate floor to delay Biden judicial picks
New York Times:
Trump Plans to Attend Musk's SpaceX Launch on Tuesday
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Pennsylvania Dem Gov. Josh Shapiro sides with state supreme court ruling not to count certain mail-in ballots
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