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Mike Allen / Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's liberal cabinet … - As Axios' Zachary Basu told you, Trump's Cabinet increasingly resembles a European-style coalition government, staffed with a dizzying array of ideological rivals united — for now — by a grand MAGA vision.
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Trump's Republican Party is increasingly winning union voters. It's a shift seen in his labor pick — Working-class voters helped Republicans make steady election gains this year and expanded a coalition that increasingly includes rank-and-file union members, a political shift spotlighting …
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Gábor Scheiring / Politico:
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary's Democracy. Here's My Advice for the Trump Era. — To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works. — Many believed that after his first term as president, Donald Trump would end up in the dustbin of history.
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Expected to Choose Brooke Rollins to Lead Agriculture Department — Rollins is a former domestic policy adviser to the president-elect — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Brooke Rollins, a former Trump administration policy adviser, to lead the Agriculture Department …
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Politico:
Trump taps loyalist Rollins for USDA chief in surprise pick — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brooke Rollins as his Agriculture secretary, after weeks of intense internal fighting over the role, according to two people familiar with the transition conversations.
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Will Neal / The Daily Beast:
John Bolton Slams Trump Cabinet Pick Seb Gorka as a ‘Con Man’ — NO CONFIDENCE — The former national security adviser called for a “full field FBI background investigation” into Gorka's academic credentials. — Never one to mince words, President-elect Donald Trump's former national …
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Trump Picks Fox News Medical Contributor To Be Surgeon General — Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, once a Fox News talking head, could become the nation's top doctor. — LOADING — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a Fox News medical contributor, to serve as the U.S.′ next surgeon general.
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Pete Hegseth's Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case — Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary was not involved in the murder of detainees, but the formative experience appears to have influenced his advocacy for troops accused of war crimes.
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emptywheel:
WaPo Enthusiastically Joins Trump's Attack on Rule of Law — One reason why Trump managed to win the election in spite of his four felony prosecutions is because self-imagined journalists never fact-checked him when he falsely claimed his prosecutions — all of them — were partisan witch hunts.
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Canada's top military commander calls out US senator for questioning a woman's role in combat — The first woman to command Canada's military called out a U.S. senator on Saturday for questioning the role of women in combat. Gen. Jennie Carignan responded to comments made by Idaho Republican …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Is About to Regret What She Just Signed Up For — Matt Gaetz's withdrawal from consideration as Donald Trump's attorney general is unquestionably a big victory for the rule of law. But now that Trump has put forth Pam Bondi—the former Florida attorney general whose loyalty …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Auchincloss: Senate must reject ‘dangerous’ RFK Jr. as HHS head — Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) urged the Senate to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in a Friday op-ed for the Boston Globe. — “Now Donald Trump is setting Kennedy up to “go wild” as secretary of health and human services.
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Julian Aguilar / NPR:
Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry — Clear signals President-elect Donald Trump plans to make good on his campaign pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants in his second term has sparked concerns among some in Texas' business and economic sectors …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Washington Post editorial warns of potential Ukraine abandonment under Trump — The Washington Post's editorial board released an op-ed on Saturday detailing the potential threats to Ukraine and the U.S. if President-elect Trump moves to strike a deal with his Russian counterparts.
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