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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Federal Inquiry Traced Payments From Gaetz to Women  —  A document prepared by federal investigators bolsters claims by women who say they were hired for sex by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump's choice for attorney general, who denies wrongdoing.
Discussion: Townhall, Raw Story and Sun-Sentinel
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Politico:
House Ethics panel does not agree to release the Gaetz report  —  The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday did not agree to release the long-anticipated report into Matt Gaetz.  “There was not an agreement by the committee to release the report,” Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) told reporters after the meeting ended.
Axios:
Trump rages as absent Senate Republicans help confirm Biden judges … - Trump posted Wednesday on “X”: “The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door. … Democrats confirmed two more judges on Wednesday by 50-48 margins, with Republican Sens. Ted Cruz …
Will Steakin / ABC News:
Gaetz sent over $10K in Venmo payments to 2 women who testified in House probe, records suggest  —  House investigators also obtained a $750 check from Gaetz, said sources.  —  Matt Gaetz talks before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate …
Elizabeth Urban / International Business Times:
Trump Accidentally Helps Dems Get Key Judicial Nominees Approved By Taking Republicans To SpaceX Launch
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Luna: Johnson blocked proxy voting for new moms
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Wall Street Journal:
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy: The DOGE Plan to Reform Government  —  Following the Supreme Court's guidance, we'll reverse a decadeslong executive power grab.  —  Our nation was founded on the basic idea that the people we elect run the government.  That isn't how America functions today.
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Julia Shapero / The Hill:
Musk, Ramaswamy lay out plans for ‘mass’ federal layoffs, rule rollbacks under Trump  —  Tech entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said Wednesday that their brand-new government efficiency panel will identify “thousands” of regulations for President-elect Trump to eliminate …
ABC News:
Linda McMahon's background as Trump's pick for education secretary  —  Her nomination has come under scrutiny this week.  —  Linda McMahon speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024.
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Washington Post:
Trump's education pick once incorrectly claimed to have education degree  —  Linda McMahon, in a questionnaire for a 2009 post on a Connecticut state education board, incorrectly said she had a bachelor's degree in education, according to news reports.  —  Linda McMahon, President-elect …
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson announces policy barring trans women from Capitol bathrooms  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced on Wednesday that transgender women are not permitted to use bathrooms in the Capitol that match their gender identity, taking a stance on the hot-button issue that has overtaken the Capitol in recent days.
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Mike Johnson Announces Transgender Bathroom Ban In Capitol
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Republicans in North Carolina pass sweeping changes to consolidate power  —  The last-minute inclusions in a lame-duck bill will strip the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general of significant authority before the GOP loses its legislative supermajority.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Faces Potential for Big Changes in Comcast Cable Spin-Off  —  MSNBC fans who are disappointed in the progressive-leaning network after Donald Trump's victory in the 2024 election may no longer have it to kick around.  —  The cable-news outlet could have to consider changing its name …
Ed O'Keefe / CBS News:
Trump taps Russ Vought, one of the authors of Project 2025, to lead budget office again  —  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Russ Vought to lead the Office of Management and budget, according to two sources close to the transition.  —  If confirmed, this will be Vought's second time in the role.
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone  —  Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups.  Could it happen here?  —  In September, the Department of Homeland Security …
Discussion: Fox News
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Merkel eviscerates ‘emotional’ Trump in upcoming memoir  —  The former German chancellor painted a scathing picture of the president-elect — and hinted at a playbook for dealing with him.  —  European politicians preparing for United States President-elect Donald Trump's second term …
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Mandate?  Fuller election results increasingly show GOP gains were small.  —  A holistic look — down to the state legislative level — reinforces the fact that early Trump and GOP claims to a huge “mandate” were overblown.  —  From the moment he claimed victory in the 2024 presidential election …
Bonchie / RedState:
WATCH: Dem Rep. Jasmine Crockett Goes Nuts During Hearing, Starts Shouting About the ‘White Man’  —  The House of Representatives is becoming more of an insane asylum every day, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett is the perfect example of that.  During a hearing on Wednesday, the Texas congresswoman went nuts …
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Judge rules Youngkin administration can't pull Virginia out of greenhouse gas agreement  —  A Virginia court ruled Wednesday that Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R) administration cannot withdraw from an interstate carbon emission-capping compact without approval from the state Legislature.
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Exclusive: GOP senator demands “extensive” vetting for Trump health appointees … - To her, “that means a background check, it means extensive committee investigations and questionnaires and public hearings,” she told Axios' Peter Sullivan.  — Collins, who called for additional federal funding …
Discussion: Raw Story and Bangor Daily News
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump's cabinet picks are agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance  —  With them, Trump will tear down any person or institution that tried to restrain his worst impulses or hold him accountable  —  “Shock” suddenly became the most commonly uttered word in habitually nonplussed Washington DC.
Discussion: PolitiFact
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Biden awards the Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president  —  President Biden awarded on Wednesday the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Cecile Richards, an abortion rights activist and former president of Planned Parenthood.  —  During a private ceremony …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. group's attempt to protect anti-Covid-vaccine doctors from investigations  —  Justice Elena Kagan turned away an emergency request from Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by Donald Trump's pick for secretary of health and human services.
Arden Farhi / CBS News:
4 Trump administration picks have sexual misconduct allegations in their past  —  Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Elon Musk are all in line to serve as top government leaders.  —  All have faced varying degrees of sexual misconduct allegations.
 
 
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Andrew Freedman / Axios:
Climate change is increasing hurricane wind speeds, study finds
Discussion: E&E News, Reuters and Associated Press
James Bikales / Politico:
Why Biden's $7.5B electric vehicle charger push is probably safe from Trump
Washington Post:
How 2024 may shift our understanding of the political generation gap
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham urges GOP senators not to join Gaetz ‘lynch mob’
Reuters:
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Wired:
Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels in Germany
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Entering Our Crank Era
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's corruption of the DOJ goes much deeper than Gaetz
 

 
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