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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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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.
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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 …
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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.
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Now There's Resurfaced Video Of Pete Hegseth Completely Trashing Trump
Now There's Resurfaced Video Of Pete Hegseth Completely Trashing Trump
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Fetterman jokes he'd consider confirming DeSantis if he admits to lifts
Fetterman jokes he'd consider confirming DeSantis if he admits to lifts
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Pete Hegseth's mother defends him, pleads with senators to ‘listen to Pete’
Pete Hegseth's mother defends him, pleads with senators to ‘listen to Pete’
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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.
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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 …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Replaces His White House Counsel Before He Even Started the Job — The shake-up is a sign that the new administration may see the same chaos and infighting that so often plagued President-elect Donald J. Trump's first term in office. — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Wednesday replaced …
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Trump Picks Peter Navarro, Convicted For Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena, As Top Trade Adviser
Trump Picks Peter Navarro, Convicted For Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena, As Top Trade Adviser
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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.”
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.
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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 …
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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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Associated Press:
Trump Picks Cryptocurrency Advocate Paul Atkins For SEC Chair — Trump said Atkins, the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner, was a “proven leader for common sense regulations.” — LOADING — President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he intends …
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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
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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 …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China
Before DOGE, Ramaswamy spent years attacking Musk for ties to China
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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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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.
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Trump's pick to head DEA withdraws after GOP criticism of his covid policies
Trump's pick to head DEA withdraws after GOP criticism of his covid policies
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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 …
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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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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Anna Gifty / Public Notice:
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Politico:
Dems believe Raskin has the votes to nab top Judiciary spot — Rep. Jamie Raskin is quickly locking down support to take the top Democratic spot on Judiciary and could beat current ranking member Rep. Jerry Nadler. “I just don't see how Jerry pulls it out,” said one lawmaker …
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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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.
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Trump advisers renew push for pardon of Edward Snowden — The former NSA employee behind the largest public release of classified information in U.S. intelligence history has been living in Russia to avoid prosecution. — President-elect Donald Trump nearly granted a pardon in 2021 to Edward Snowden …
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Jo Yurcaba / NBC News:
Measure to ban trans Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from women's bathroom fails — Congressional Republicans led a similar effort two weeks ago against Delaware's Sarah McBride, the first transgender person elected to Congress. — A measure to bar Montana Rep. Zooey Zephyr …
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