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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.

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, which happened after he left the unit, appears to have influenced his advocacy for troops accused of war crimes.

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.

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.

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 …

The Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated  —  Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the president, his wife and the House of Representatives speaker if she herself is killed, in a brazen public threat that she warned was not a joke.

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.

Without Sky: Social Media and the End of Reality  —  Social media promised to “connect the world.”  That promise has been broken again and again.  People and businesses have been herded from one network to the next, their private thoughts and friend networks pilfered and abused.