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6:20 PM ET, December 3, 2024

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NBC News:
Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News  —  Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump's pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers.  A Trump transition team spokesperson called the claims “completely unfounded and false.”
Discussion: Alternet.org and BizPac Review
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Pete Hegseth's mother begged him to “get some help” — he joined a misogynist church instead  —  Fringe denomination's leader argues that men “dream of being rapists” because women aren't submissive enough  —  Even by the reality-TV chaos standards of our political moment, this one was a doozy …
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Fox News ignores Pete Hegseth misconduct allegations as concerns over Trump pick mount
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trumpists Don't Seem to Mind Claims of Sexual Assault
Discussion: HuffPost and Forbes
Jack Kim / Reuters:
South Korea President Yoon declares martial law  —  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday declared martial law in an unannounced late night address broadcast live on YTN television.
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Associated Press:
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities  —  South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.
Alexander B. Howard / CIVIC TEXTS:
As Mexico & the USA autocratize, South Korea faces an attempted coup.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Reuters, DNyuz and Al Jazeera
Hakyung Kim / CNBC:
South Korean president says he will lift martial law after parliament rejects his declaration
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) vented his displeasure Monday after two Democratic-appointed federal judges reversed their decisions to retire in what appear to be efforts to stop President-elect Trump …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Democrats stick with Schumer as leader. Their strategy for countering Trump is far less certain
Politico:
Congress readies another funding punt ahead of pre-Christmas shutdown deadline  —  Staring down a government shutdown deadline in less than three weeks, congressional leaders have begun serious negotiations toward a funding patch that punts the deadline into President-elect Donald Trump's second term.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
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emptywheel:
How Jeff Bezos Smothered Pete Hegseth News because Hunter Biden Was Pardoned of Already Declined Charges  —  When I went to bed last night, the WaPo was feeding me the following stories at the top of its digital front page.  —  WaPo has since added a story about Biden's attempt to surge weapons to Ukraine before Trump cuts them off.
John Hudson / Washington Post:
Trump offers Pentagon's No. 2 job to billionaire Stephen Feinberg  —  The search for a capable deputy defense secretary has taken on heightened significance as lawmakers scrutinize Pete Hegseth, Trump's choice to lead the agency.  —  President-elect Donald Trump offered billionaire investor Stephen Feinberg …
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Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
How Robert Lighthizer Got Shut Out of Trump's Cabinet
Discussion: Politico
NBC News:
Trump urges judge to toss hush money case, citing Hunter Biden pardon  —  Trump's attorneys said President Biden's statement that his son had been “selectively, and unfairly, prosecuted” also applies to the president-elect.  —  Lawyers for Donald Trump urged the judge who presided …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
The Storybook Start—and Bitter End—of Pete Hegseth's First Marriage  —  Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of defense is a conservative culture warrior, a central-casting alpha male who believes in guns, God, and the primacy of the family unit.  The story of his first marriage …
Discussion: NBC News, ABC News and Daily Mail
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Here Are the Republicans Kash Patel Wants to Target  —  Trump's pick to be FBI director has expressed an intent to mount a revenge-a-thon that will include not just Democrats.  —  For years, Kash Patel, the MAGA provocateur, conspiracy theory monger, and seller of pills he claims reverse …
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
House Democrat renews push to release Gaetz report, forcing action this week  —  House floor consideration of a resolution forcing the House Ethics Committee to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is expected this week, after Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.) on Tuesday renewed …
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Lauren Peller / ABC News:
Casten introduces new privileged resolution to force Ethics Committee to release Gaetz report
Associated Press:
New Jersey interim Sen. George Helmy stepping down for Andy Kim to be sworn in early  —  New Jersey interim Sen. George Helmy, a Democrat appointed when Bob Menendez resigned after a federal corruption conviction, is stepping down this weekend so Sen.-elect Andy Kim can be sworn in early.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Helmy to exit Senate on Sunday, be replaced by Kim
Madeline Leesman / Townhall:
You Won't Believe Who Was Crowned ‘Model of the Year’  —  In October, Townhall covered how Victoria's Secret held its iconic fashion show for the first time in six years.  —  The lingerie company shocked the world by including two models who are “transgender,” also known as biological males.
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
The First Corruption Scandal of Trump's Second Term Is Already Here  —  Justin Sun, a Chinese national accused of fraud, sent Donald Trump $18 million last week.  —  The newsletter Popular Information reports that Sun, most recently famous for spending $6.2 million on a banana and then eating it …
Discussion: Popular Information
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Then, Now, and Forever: The People Are the Problem  —  The Hunter Biden Pardon Discourse and our infantilization of voters.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Children of God  —  The Hunter Biden Pardon Discourse is a perfect distillation of our dominant political asymmetry.
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Democrats push back on Republican COVID-19 report  —  House Democrats on the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Tuesday released their own report responding to the Republican-led panel's final report, deeming the subcommittee to have “failed” in its endeavor to uncover the origins …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
FTC Bans Location Data Company That Powers the Surveillance Ecosystem  —  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced sweeping action against some of the most important companies in the location data industry on Tuesday, including those that power surveillance tools used by a wide spread …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump's DEA nominee withdraws from consideration just days after being picked  —  President-elect Trump's choice to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced on Tuesday he is withdrawing from consideration just three days after Trump made his nomination known.
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court to confront dispute over gender-affirming care for transgender minors  —  Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Wednesday to hear arguments in a landmark case involving access to gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors experiencing gender dysphoria.
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Black Republicans feel left out of Trump's 2nd-term picks  —  Besides HUD secretary, the president-elect has picked no Blacks for his Cabinet.  —  In this Oct. 29, 2024 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump attends a campaign event, in Allentown, Pa.  —  As President-elect Donald Trump fills …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
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Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun:
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Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Trump plans to nominate former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins as SEC chair, keeping with his promise for a crypto-friendly administration

The Verge:
Sam Altman says OpenAI will begin 12 days of “shipmas” on December 5, with new features, products, and demos, sources say including text-to-video AI tool Sora

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Google launches Veo, an AI video model for generating “high-quality” 1080p videos in visual and cinematic styles, to businesses, beating OpenAI's Sora to market
 
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