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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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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.
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.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Now There's Resurfaced Video Of Pete Hegseth Completely Trashing Trump
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
NBC News:
Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News
Politico:   Playbook: Hegseth on the brink, Raskin on the move
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
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.
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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 …
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.”
Timothy Snyder / Thinking about:
Dictators for a Day  —  South Korea and America  —  South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, invoked martial law, tried to install a military dictatorship — and failed completely.  In his actions there are some likely similarities with the coming Trump regime, and some clear lessons for Americans to learn right now.
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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  —  Democrat Adam Gray captured California's 13th Congressional District on Tuesday, unseating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the final U.S. House contest to be decided this year.
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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Reuters:
Trump taps team geared toward retribution and remaking of government
Reuters:
Trump team agrees with Justice Dept to begin background checks
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Rep. D'Esposito lobbies to be Trump's DEA chief … - The Nassau County Republican Party, D'Esposito's local party, is publicly pitching him for the role.
Discussion: The Hill
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Washington Post:
Trump's pick to head DEA withdraws after GOP criticism of his covid policies
Phil Galewitz / KFF Health News:
9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding  —  With Donald Trump's return to the White House and Republicans taking full control of Congress in 2025, the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is back on the chopping block.  —  USE OUR CONTENT
Discussion: ProPublica
Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
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Axios:
Trump picks Dan Driscoll for Army secretary … - Driscoll's close relationship with the vice president-elect also expands Vance's influence at the Pentagon. … - He later worked in investment banking in North Carolina and ran unsuccessfully for Congress to represent the state's 11th District in 2020.
Discussion: The Hill, Reuters and Associated Press
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
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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 …
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.
Reuters:
Trump picks Jared Isaacman to head NASA  —  U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday tapped Jared Isaacman to lead the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.  —  Isaacman, CEO of payment processing company Shift4 Payments (FOUR.N), has been a close associate of Elon Musk …
Pew Research Center:
Voters Broadly Positive About How Elections Were Conducted, in Sharp Contrast to 2020  —  Trump voters' skepticism about election administration and voting by mail declines sharply after their candidate's 2024 victory  —  Table of Contents Table of Contents
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
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 …
Discussion: CNN
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Democrats Bring Knives to Gunfights  —  The story of North Carolina Republicans and Sonia Sotomayor.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. But They (Don't) Fight  —  In the Hunter Biden Pardon Discourse there is a strain of argument that goes something like this: Democrats must be willing to break norms …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez eyes Oversight bid amid Trump's return  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is strongly considering a bid to become the top Democrat on the powerful Oversight and Accountability Committee, a pivotal seat that will play a prominent role in pushing back against the incoming Trump administration in the next Congress.
Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump is ready to make Republicans touch the third rail  —  Without a voting public to face again, Trump is gearing up to cut Social Security and Medicare  —  There are a thousand election hot takes and post-mortems floating around these days and I'm sure we'll soon come to some consensus …
 
 
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Aria Bendix / NBC News:
Trump's pick for FBI director promoted bogus supplements to ‘reverse’ vaccines
Discussion: New Republic
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump taps ex-aide Peter Navarro for senior counselor on trade and manufacturing
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Trump advisers renew push for pardon of Edward Snowden
NBC News:
Trump's children won't have White House roles in his second term
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kevin Downey Jr / PJ Media:
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: Democrats and Alternet.org
Jonathan Cowan / Politico:
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Discussion: The Hill
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
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