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11:25 AM ET, December 4, 2024

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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Mulls Replacing Pete Hegseth With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis  —  The president-elect is discussing replacing the current Pentagon nominee as the former Fox News host faces mounting scrutiny over allegations about his personal life  —  President-elect Donald Trump is considering Florida …
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Talks to DeSantis About Replacing Hegseth  —  DONALD TRUMP AND RON DESANTIS have personally discussed the possibility of the Florida governor becoming the next secretary of defense amid concerns that sexual assault allegations could engulf the president-elect's current nominee for the post, Pete Hegseth.
New York Times:
Trump Considers DeSantis for Defense Secretary as His Support for Hegseth Falters  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump is weighing his options, even as Pete Hegseth meets with senators to muster support.  Accusations of past misconduct have threatened his nomination from the start.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
James Carville Claims 1 Person Is Secretly ‘Driving’ Trump's Sketchy Nominations  —  The Democratic strategist was friends with the conservative figure who he says is wielding the most influence on the president-elect.  —  LOADING  —  Democratic strategist James Carville said Tuesday …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Now There's Resurfaced Video Of Pete Hegseth Completely Trashing Trump  —  A clip of the embattled defense secretary nominee may further sink his chances to assume the post.  —  LOADING  —  Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth called Donald Trump “an armchair tough guy” who's “all bluster …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Andrew Howard / Politico:   Pete Hegseth's mother defends him, pleads with senators to ‘listen to Pete’
Joe Gould / Politico:
Hegseth: Trump told me to ‘keep fighting’
Discussion: CBS News
Punchbowl News:   12/4/24 ☀️ AM: … The 2024 elections finally ended on Tuesday night …
Associated Press:
Trump's defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate
Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Times:
C.E.O. of UnitedHealthcare Is Fatally Shot in Midtown Manhattan  —  The executive, Brian Thompson, was shot in the chest in what people briefed on the investigations said appeared to be a targeted attack.  —  The chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation's largest health insurers …
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New York Post:
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson fatally shot outside Hilton hotel in Midtown in possible targeted attack: sources  —  The CEO of UnitedHealth was fatally shot in the chest Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown in what police say was a targeted attack.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
I listened to hours of Trump's FBI pick on Steve Bannon's podcast.  Oh boy.  —  Kash Patel, Donald Trump's pick to direct the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, has never served in the FBI.  But he has hosted Steve Bannon's podcast.  —  Patel is a contributor at Real America's Voice …
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CNN:
Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, has been targeted in an Iranian hack, sources say
Reuters:
Trump taps team geared toward retribution and remaking of government
Reuters:
Trump team agrees with Justice Dept to begin background checks
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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
South Korea's Warning for Washington
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.”
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Politico:
The new question ballot-measure pollsters have to ask  —  DRIVING THE DAY — Our Chris Cadelago has an exclusive story out this afternoon on Gov. Gavin Newsom breaking from President Joe Biden over his decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden: “I took the president at his word,” Newsom told Chris.
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Joe Biden's predictable pardon of Hunter didn't threaten his reputation - it cemented an already corrupt legacy
Discussion: HotAir
Kevin Downey Jr / PJ Media:
Libs Are Shocked That Biden Is a Liar. Wait Until They See His Encore.
Discussion: Townhall and Instapundit
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
The View's Ana Navarro Cites Completely Fake Pardon of ‘Hunter deButts’ In Defense of the Hunter Biden Pardon
Discussion: Reason, The Independent and USA Today
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Charlamagne tha God tells Democrats to get off ‘moral high ground’ amid Biden pardon
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Newsom becomes the most prominent Dem to break with Biden over son's pardon
Jill Cowan / New York Times:
California Democrat Flips Seat in the Last House Race to Be Called  —  Adam Gray, a former state lawmaker, defeated Representative John Duarte, a Republican, in a reversal of their 2022 race.  —  A Democratic former state lawmaker defeated the Republican incumbent on Tuesday to flip a seat …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, USA Today, CNN and Axios
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Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Democrat Adam Gray captures California's 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte
Steven Monacelli / The Texas Observer:
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts  —  Under owner Elon Musk, the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, has become a hotbed of white supremacist and neo-Nazi content.  A recent headline in the Atlantic doesn't mince words: “X is a white supremacist site.”
David Strom / HotAir:
Trump's Notre Dame Appearance Means More Than You Think  —  Emmanuel Macron, the French President, invited President Donald Trump to attend the grand re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years of reconstruction.  —  It will be a grand affair, attended by 50 heads of state …
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Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:   Stunning chart shows ‘mindblowing’ rise in manufacturing under Biden — that Trump gets to ‘ribbon cut’
Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump v. Clinton: The media double standard on the influence of foreign cash  —  On Monday, Popular Information reported that Justin Sun, a Chinese national currently being prosecuted for fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission, sent President-elect Donald Trump $18 million in cash.
Discussion: The Independent
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
Chinese entrepreneur invested $30M in Trump's crypto project after election
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
Trump's pick to head DEA withdraws after GOP criticism of his covid policies  —  Chad Chronister is the second Trump pick to abandon his bid to serve in the administration.  —  Chad Chronister, the Florida sheriff tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to head the Drug Enforcement Administration …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Trump's DEA nominee withdraws from consideration just days after being picked
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Elon Musk's harassment of federal employees proves DOGE is weaker than he pretends  —  Musk's relentless misbehavior on X leads MAGA into a “cowardly troll” era  —  Shortly after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, he announced, with great fanfare, that billionaire Elon Musk …
Discussion: Rolling Stone and CNN
Henry Farrell / Programmable Mutter:
Why did Silicon Valley turn right?  —  The “pounded progressive ally” thesis has limits  —  A significant chunk of the Silicon Valley tech industry has shifted to the right over the last few years.  Why did this happen?  Noah Smith and Matt Yglesias think they have the answer.
 
 
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 More Items: 
Corey Williams / Associated Press:
Detroit Mayor Duggan, a longtime Democrat, will run for Michigan governor in 2026 as independent
Washington Post:
Is Kristi Noem ready to run FEMA? South Dakota flood victims doubt it.
Discussion: Democrats and Alternet.org
NBC News:
Texas is offering land for Trump mass deportation facilities
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Jonathan Cowan / Politico:
Even Centrists Agree: Ben Wikler for DNC Chair
Discussion: The Hill
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Have I been running the Biden Administration?
 Earlier Items: 
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
A President Shouldn't Pardon His Son? Hello, Anybody Remember Neil Bush?
Discussion: Reason
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
AOC may run for Oversight job
Discussion: Semafor, Fox News and HotAir
 

 
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Bruna Horvath / NBC News:
Zuckerberg says Meta will restore “free expression” on its platforms, including by replacing its fact-checking program with Community Notes, starting in the US

Michael Flaherty / Axios:
Getty Images Holdings and Shutterstock agree to merge in a deal that creates a $3.7B company; Getty CEO Craig Peters will remain CEO of the combined business

Lillian Rizzo / CNBC:
Fubo is expected to immediately become cash flow positive after its deal with Disney closes in 12 to 18 months; Fubo's stock closed up 253.85% on January 6
 
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