Mexican President's Harsh Takedown of Trump Exposes an Ugly MAGA Scam  —  Donald Trump's angry threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on all U.S. imports from Mexico—delivered Monday via the cautious diplomatic language of a Truth Social rant—is widely being depicted as a bluff.

Trump Cabinet nominees, appointees targeted with ‘violent, unAmerican threats’  —  The “attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting’”  —  EXCLUSIVE: Nearly a dozen of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees and other appointees tapped for the incoming administration …

Kamala Harris Campaign Aides Suggest Campaign Was Just Doomed  —  The Harris campaign's internal polling apparently never had her ahead of Trump.  —  LOADING  —  Senior advisers to Vice President Kamala Harris' failed presidential campaign suggested this week that there just wasn't much else Harris …

Ex-Prosecutor Spots The Jack Smith Move That May Keep Donald Trump ‘Cases Alive’  —  It's “not at all” about “obeying an authoritarian in advance,” argued Barbara McQuade.  —  LOADING  —  Former U.S. attorney Barbara McQuade broke down why Jack Smith would preemptively “pull the plug” …

Trump Picks Stanford Physician Who Opposed Lockdowns to Head N.I.H.  —  As the director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya would oversee the world's premier medical research agency, with a $47 billion budget and 27 separate institutes and centers.

3 Americans, Including F.B.I. Informant, Are Said to Be Freed in China Swap  —  The three men, John Leung, Kai Li and Mark Swidan, are on planes heading to the United States, officials said.  —  The Biden administration has negotiated a prisoner swap with China for the release of three American men …

Trump's radical plan to purge the civil service  —  “It's explicitly about retribution.”  —  ∙ Paid … 🥘  —  Trump has been bloviating for nearly a decade now about his desire to “drain the swamp.”  He finally has a real plan to do it.  —  In the final months of his first term …

X's Objection to the Onion Buying InfoWars Is a Reminder You Do Not Own Your Social Media Accounts  —  On Monday, X filed an objection in The Onion's bid to buy InfoWars out of bankruptcy.  In the objection, Elon Musk's lawyers argued that X has “superior ownership” of all accounts on X …

Moulton could draw challengers  —  Dan Koh is making calls about a possible campaign against Moulton.  —  BOSTON — Rep. Seth Moulton drew swift condemnation from local Democratic leaders and LGBTQ+ advocates for comments he made about transgender youth in sports in the wake of Democrats' defeats earlier this month.

Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for ‘Machine Learning Research’  —  Update: Following the publication of this article on Tuesday evening, van Strien removed the dataset.  “I've removed the Bluesky data from the repo,” he wrote on Bluesky.

US economy grows at 2.8% pace in third quarter on consumer spending  —  The American economy expanded at a healthy 2.8% annual pace from July through September on strong consumer spending and a surge in exports, the government said Wednesday, leaving unchanged its initial estimate of third-quarter growth

Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut.  It's terrifying federal workers  —  When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on the line.

Musk Calls for Abolishing Consumer Agency GOP Has Long Targeted  — GOP has long sought to neutralize agency proposed by Warren  — Musk, Ramaswamy leading DOGE effort to cut federal government  —  Billionaire Elon Musk called for eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau …

Trump rode to victory with a diverse coalition.  His Cabinet is less so.  —  The president-elect's flurry of secretary selections looks awfully familiar.  —  Donald Trump's victory promised an electoral realignment as he made heavy gains among Latinos and peeled off some Black men.

Joe Rogan Reminds Frustrated Dems That They Once ‘Had Me—I Was on Their Side’  —  POD SAVE THE DNC  —  The libertarian-leaning podcaster endorsed Donald Trump the day before this month's election after hosting him on his top-rated show.  —  Podbro-in-chief Joe Rogan marveled Tuesday …

Le Pen Will Learn in March If She's Banned From Next French Presidential Race  — Paris court announces planned date for verdict and sentencing  — Le Pen says she's ‘innocent’; prosecution seeks immediate ban  —  Marine Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Rally party …