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7:30 PM ET, December 1, 2024

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David Frum / The Atlantic:
A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate  —  Trump's nomination of Kash Patel threatens to turn the FBI into an instrument of personal presidential power.  —  For more than four decades before Donald Trump assumed the presidency, the FBI director was a position above politics.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Republicans Stand Behind Trump's Choice of Kash Patel to Lead F.B.I.  —  Several lawmakers expressed support on Sunday for the president-elect's plan to install a loyalist who has vowed to use the position to exact revenge on adversaries.  —  Several Republican lawmakers fell in line …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's shock and awe … - Trump named real estate developer Charles Kushner — father of Trump's son-in-law, Jared — as ambassador to France. … - Less than six hours later, Trump announced he picked Kash Patel, one of the hardest of his first-term hardliners, as FBI director.
Discussion: Raw Story
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
The Kash Patel Principle  —  Donald Trump has been releasing names of his nominees for the Cabinet and other senior posts in waves.  He began with some relatively conventional choices, and then unloaded one bombshell after another, perhaps in an attempt to paralyze opposition in the Senate …
Washington Post:
Lawmakers express doubt over Trump's plan to replace FBI's Christopher Wray
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Five Things to Know About Kash Patel, Trump's Pick to Lead the F.B.I.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Playbook: Two big fights defining Washington right now
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Nick Arama / RedState:
DELICIOUS: Andrew McCabe Throws a Fit on CNN Over Trump Nomination of Kash Patel
NBC News:
President Biden set to issue a pardon of his son Hunter Biden  —  The president is expected to announce his decision Sunday night, according to a senior White House official.  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has decided to issue a pardon for his son Hunter and is expected to announce it Sunday night …
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
Cheryl Hines sells products with naked RFK Jr. showering behind her  —  Actress Cheryl Hines, the wife of former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., posted a video promoting her beauty products featuring her husband showering half-naked in the background.
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Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech / The Hill:
Trump's health team: RFK Jr. and 5 doctors tapped to lead ‘MAHA’
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Jonathan Nicholson / HuffPost:
Trump's Next Term Could See America's First True Oligarchs, Warns Democracy Activist Garry Kasparov  —  Elon Musk's DOGE plan could mix public and private interests in a way previously not seen in American politics, the former world chess champion said.  —  LOADING
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Adam Nichols / Raw Story:   ‘The first oligarch’: Russian dissident warns of ‘extremely dangerous’ development in U.S.
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Biden decries ‘stigma’ and ‘misinformation’ on World AIDS Day  —  President Biden called for a fight against “stigma” and “misinformation” on World AIDS Day in remarks at the White House.  —  “We stand united in the fight against this epidemic,” Biden said Sunday.  “It matters, it matters. ...
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Democrats Face an Existential Crisis on X  —  Conversations with a dozen insiders point to a party that is unsure about whether to leave or engage with the increasingly MAGA platform.  —  Two days after the election, Patrick Dillon, a longtime Democratic strategist and current Biden administration official …
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Democratic Chair Says He Is the One to Revive a Distressed Party  —  Ben Wikler, who has led the Wisconsin Democratic Party since 2019, announced a bid to be national party chair with a platform to “unite, fight, win.”  —  Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump and allies blur the lines between politician and influencer  —  The president-elect and some in his proposed Cabinet are adopting influencer tactics to hawk products, boost political points and promote their personal brands.  —  A few weeks before he was named to lead the Department …
Rachel Scully / The Hill:
John Bolton compares Kash Patel to Soviet secret police leader  —  Former National Security Advisor John Bolton compared Kash Patel, President-elect Trump's nomination for head of FBI, to one of the USSR's most feared secret police chiefs, Lavrentiy Beria.  —  “Trump has nominated Kash Patel …
Stacy Mitchell / The Atlantic:
The Great Grocery Squeeze  —  How a federal policy change in the 1980s created the modern food desert  —  The concept of the food desert has been around long enough that it feels almost like a fact of nature.  Tens of millions of Americans live in low-income communities with no easy access …
Associated Press:
Putin signs off record Russian defense spending as top EU officials visit Kyiv  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin approved budget plans, raising 2025 military spending to record levels as Moscow seeks to prevail in the war in Ukraine.  Around 32.5% of the budget posted on a government website Sunday …
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Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Putin approves new budget with record defense spending
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent and Reuters
Rolling Stone:
Trump and His Team Are ‘Laughing’ at Biden's Commitment to Decorum  —  Biden called Trump a fascist.  Now his White House is ensuring an orderly transfer of power — and staging photo ops with the president-elect  —  Donald Trump and his incoming administration officials think Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are suckers.
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
Associated Press:
Social democrats gain and incumbents are punished in Iceland's election  —  Voters in Iceland appeared to have rejected incumbent parties in a parliamentary election, partial results showed Sunday, with a center-left party leading the contest in the North Atlantic island nation.
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Ragnhildur Sigurdardottir / Bloomberg:
Iceland's Opposition Social Democrats Score Election Victory
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Ex-Dem Rep Tim Ryan Warns On MSNBC His Own Party ‘Is Toxic’ To Voters: ‘What Are We Doing?’  —  Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) told MSNBC that Democrats need a complete “rebrand” and to find common ground with MAGA figures like Elon Musk.  —  Ryan joined MSNBC's The Weekend on Saturday and offered …
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Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:   Former House Democrat lays into ‘toxic’ party, calls for ‘rebrand’ after election blowout
 
 
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Offers Massad Boulos Middle East Adviser Role
CBS News:
Transcript: Jill Schlesinger on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Dec. 1, 2024
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
November 30, 2024  —  Cas Mudde, a political scientist who specializes in extremism and democracy …
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Long a ‘Crown Jewel’ of Government, N.I.H. Is Now a Target
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
New York Times:
Misogyny and Antisemitism Are a Toxic Brew
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The congressional battlegrounds were set. Then Trump changed everything.
Discussion: RedState
Ryan Maue / New York Times:
Republicans Would Regret Letting Elon Musk Ax Weather Forecasting
Discussion: Raw Story
The White House:
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