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9:45 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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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.”
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.
NBC News:
Trump's pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, is in peril in the Senate  —  As many as six GOP senators are not currently comfortable supporting Hegseth, following allegations concerning drinking and his treatment of women, sources told NBC News.  —  WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's pick …
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
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
Politico:
Hegseth starts to branch out to shore up Pentagon bid
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, has been targeted in an Iranian hack, sources say  —  Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the FBI, was recently informed by the bureau that he had been targeted as part of an Iranian hack, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
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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 …
Reuters:
Trump taps team geared toward retribution and remaking of government
Reuters:
Trump team agrees with Justice Dept to begin background checks
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Charlamagne tha God tells Democrats to get off ‘moral high ground’ amid Biden pardon  —  Radio host Charlamagne tha God contended President Joe Biden and Democrats need to “stop acting” as though they are the political party of the “moral high ground” in the wake of the president pardoning his son.
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Politico:
The new question ballot-measure pollsters have to ask
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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
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
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 …
Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
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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.
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Washington Post:
Trump's pick to head DEA withdraws after GOP criticism of his covid policies
Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
Six hours under martial law in Seoul  —  A shocking coup attempt sent South Korea into political upheaval.  But on the ground, at the protests that would prevent the president from seizing power, people were organized, angry, and a little drunk. … When the South Korean president declares martial law …
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Brian Klaas / The Atlantic:
South Korea's Warning for Washington
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 …
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: New Republic and The Independent
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
Have I been running the Biden Administration?  —  My not-so-secret disagreements with their approach … Donate to GiveDirectly  —  Joe Biden has been unpopular for a long time, but the two times I've been polled, I said that I approve of his performance as president.
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 …
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.
 
 
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
A President Shouldn't Pardon His Son? Hello, Anybody Remember Neil Bush?
Discussion: Reason
US Department of Justice:
Ontario Man Arrested on Complaint Alleging He Exported Shipments of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Military Items to North Korea
ABC News:
Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, hit with Iranian cyber attack, sources say
Alex Henderson / Alternet.org:
Stunning chart shows ‘mindblowing’ rise in manufacturing under Biden — that Trump gets to ‘ribbon cut’
Nicholas Wu / Politico:
AOC may run for Oversight job
Discussion: Fox News and HotAir
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Senate Republicans Aim to Tackle Border First, Taxes Later
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
How Robert Lighthizer Got Shut Out of Trump's Cabinet
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Then, Now, and Forever: The People Are the Problem
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Cristina Laila / The Gateway Pundit:
Judge Orders Fani Willis to Release All Communications with Jack Smith and J6 Committee
Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Black Republicans feel left out of Trump's 2nd-term picks
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Bill Grueskin / Columbia Journalism Review:
Stanford University supports prosecution of a Stanford Daily reporter arrested at a June protest, despite evidence he was there as a journalist, not a protester

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Michael Schneider / Variety:
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