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4:40 PM ET, November 30, 2024

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New York Times:
Pete Hegseth's Mother Accused Her Son of Mistreating Women for Years  —  Penelope Hegseth made the accusation in an email to her son in 2018, amid his contentious divorce.  She said on Friday that she regretted the email and had apologized to him.  —  The mother of Pete Hegseth …
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New York Times:
Text of the Email That Pete Hegseth's Mother Sent Him  —  Penelope Hegseth sent the email to her son in 2018 as he was in the middle of divorcing his wife, Samantha. … Son,  —  I have tried to keep quiet about your character and behavior, but after listening to the way you made Samantha feel today, I cannot stay silent.
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
Trump defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's mother called him ‘an abuser of women’  —  Email from mother, published in the New York Times, said he mistreated women and displayed a lack of character  —  The family dynamics of Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense …
Sudiksha Kochi / USA Today:
Trump nominates Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, as US Ambassador to France  —  WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump selected Charles Kushner, father of Jared Kushner, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to France on Saturday.  —  “I am pleased to nominate Charles Kusher, of New Jersey …
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Associated Press:
Trump wants pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he wants real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France.
Discussion: Raw Story
Kat Tenbarge / NBC News:
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly ‘toxic’  —  Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.  —  When Ashton Pittman, an award-winning news editor and reporter, first joined the app Bluesky, he said …
Wall Street Journal:
Corporate America Launches Unorthodox Campaign to Gain Trump's Attention  —  Companies look at scrubbing left-leaning policies from their websites and scoping out appearances on conservative podcasts  —  Corporate America is unleashing an unorthodox campaign to influence Donald Trump's agenda …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Democrats Weigh Dumping Nadler, Regrouping to Counter Trump  —  Some House Democrats want to oust aging committee leaders like Representative Jerrold Nadler in favor of younger lawmakers who they see as better suited to take on the president.  —  House Democrats are considering pushing aside …
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Scott Patterson / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Vowed to Kill Biden's Climate Law. Republicans Say Not So Fast.
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar  —  President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday threatened 100% tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the U.S. dollar.  His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance …
Christine Fernando / Associated Press:
Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election  —  In the days after the presidential election, Sadie Perez began carrying pepper spray with her around campus.  Her mom also ordered her and her sister a self-defense kit that included keychain spikes …
Sarah Bernstein / New York Times:
How Our Messed-Up Dating Culture Leads to Loneliness, Anger and Donald Trump  —  Joe Rogan.  Elon Musk.  Representatives of bro culture are on the ascent, bringing with them an army of disaffected young men.  But where did they come from?  Many argue that a generation of men are resentful …
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Former Trump Treasury official: ‘Do not underestimate’ Ocasio Cortez in 2028  —  A former Trump Treasury official warned the Republican party Friday not to “underestimate” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), citing her accessibility to voters through social media and the congresswoman's “grassroots support.”
Discussion: RedState
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Katie Glueck / New York Times:   For Rising Democrats, the Quiet Race to Lead the Party Began Months Ago
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Ranking the Democrats: Here's who the party could nominate next as president
New York Times:
How Kennedy Has Worked Abroad to Weaken Global Public Health Policy  —  The health secretary pick and his organization have worked around the world to undermine longstanding policies on measles, AIDS and more.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is in line to lead the Department of Health …
Discussion: NBC News and The Independent
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump promised Jan. 6 pardons.  His post-election silence is making loyalists nervous.  —  His die-hard supporters — as well as some federal judges — are left to speculate about his clemency plans.  —  Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to pardon a vast swath of supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Carter Sherman / The Guardian:
Is it safe to have a child?  Americans rethink family planning ahead of Trump's return  —  Some in the US are reconsidering children, with fears over reproductive healthcare and the climate crisis front of mind  —  Chris Peterson wasn't surprised that Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
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Politico:
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Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
What female veterans think of Pete Hegseth's views about combat roles
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