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NBC News:
Elon Musk spent a quarter-billion dollars electing Trump, including financing mysterious ‘RBG PAC’ — The super PAC, which defended Trump on abortion, got its more than $20 million in funds came from the “Elon Musk Revocable Trust.” — Billionaire Elon Musk poured more than $20 million …
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New York Times:
Elon Musk Backed Trump With Over $250 Million, Fueling the Unusual ‘RBG PAC’ — The enormous spending from the world's richest man quietly fueled allied groups and was revealed only now, as Mr. Musk plays a key role in the presidential transition. — Elon Musk, the world's richest man …
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Rolling Stone, Axios and Daily Mail
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Trump Targeted Undecided Voters Without Breaking the Bank
How Trump Targeted Undecided Voters Without Breaking the Bank
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Politico and Election Law Blog
New York Times:
Biden Team Considers Blanket Pardons Before Trump's Promised ‘Retribution’ — White House officials believe President-elect Donald J. Trump's selection of partisan warriors for top law enforcement jobs indicates that he will pursue revenge against his perceived enemies.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Milley among potential Trump targets who may get preemptive pardons
Milley among potential Trump targets who may get preemptive pardons
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump isn't president yet, but that hasn't stopped him from starting to act like he is
CNN:
House Republicans vote to block release of Gaetz ethics report — House Republicans voted on Thursday to block a Democrat-led effort to release a long-awaited Ethics Committee report on allegations against former GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. — The House took a step to effectively shut …
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump picks David Perdue to be ambassador to China — Donald Trump has selected former Georgia Sen. David Perdue to serve as ambassador to China. Perdue has significant business experience in Asia, including China, something he ran on during his Senate election in 2014.
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Eric Beech / Reuters:
Trump says he picks former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China
Trump says he picks former Senator David Perdue to be ambassador to China
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Trump names ICE chief and makes another round of immigration announcements — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday night announced a new round of nominees and appointments to tackle his aggressive immigration and homeland security agenda. Trump said he was nominating Rodney Scott as commissioner of Customs and Border Protection.
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump announces ICE veteran Caleb Vitello as his pick to lead agency
Trump announces ICE veteran Caleb Vitello as his pick to lead agency
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The Hill
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Trump Names Top Silicon Valley Conservative to Oversee Crypto and A.I. — David Sacks, a venture capitalist who hosts a hit podcast, has generally called for a looser hand in regulating both emerging technologies. — President-elect Donald J. Trump has named one of Silicon Valley's …
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Searching for a ray of hope? Look at Wisconsin. — Stringing together small wins can lead to big progress. … 🧀 — A lot of the post-mortems of the 2024 election have felt impossibly grim, with Democrats grappling with the fact that most of the country lurched right to elect a felon who led an insurrection.
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Putin's Pals Say Tucker Carlson Is Acting as a Secret Back-Channel to Trump — GOING UNDERCOVER — Carlson traveled to Moscow to push the Kremlin's Ukraine propaganda in public, but what was he doing in private? — Tucker Carlson, the darling of the Russian state media …
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The Gateway Pundit and Atlantic Council
Nature:
What if everyone had masked up? Analysis of app data has an answer … What would have happened if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn high-grade masks during the COVID-19 pandemic? A modelling study 1 has estimated just how sharply transmission might have dropped. — Access options
Politico:
EU snubs France to seal huge Latin American trade deal — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sealed a massive trade agreement with South America on Friday, in a bold step that threatens to widen a rift between France, which hates the deal, and her native Germany, which loves it.
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Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
Trump could hobble renewed fight against domestic terrorism, analysts warn — Based on his first-term record, researchers expect the next Trump administration to shift the government's focus from white supremacists and other far-right militants. — After more than two decades …
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Althouse
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's billionaires set to take government by storm … - They've been picked to lead the departments of Treasury (Scott Bessent), Commerce (Howard Lutnick), Education (Linda McMahon), Interior (Doug Burgum), the Small Business Administration (Kelly Loeffler) and NASA (Jared Isaacman).
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Raw Story
Nathan Bomey / Axios:
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield calls off surgery anesthesia cap … - The decision covered plans in Connecticut, New York and Missouri. — The insurer had based the decision on surgery time metrics from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, NPR reported.
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Shia Kapos / Politico:
Obama calls political ‘divisiveness’ one of the ‘greatest challenges of our time’ — CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama called out divisiveness and polarization as “one of the greatest challenges of our time,” as he avoided any specific political references in his first public remarks since the election.
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Jeanna Smialek / New York Times:
Everybody Loves FRED: How America Fell for a Data Tool — From Facebook political debates to college classrooms, the St. Louis Fed's data tool has gained a major following. — Fans post about him on social media. Swag bearing his name sells out on the regular.
The Atlantic:
No, Trump Can't Just ‘Dismiss’ the Senate — The threat from House Republicans should be seen and called out for what it is: an autocratic move that is not just unlawful but contemptuous of constitutionalism. — Donald Trump has not even returned to office, and already a constitutional crisis may be in the making.
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Washington Times and Raw Story
Robert Reich:
How Trump could bring on a second civil war — With his plans to use the military to root out undocumented immigrants and to use the Justice Department and FBI to punish his political enemies — Trump may force a second civil war on America with his plan to use the military to round …
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The Recount
Scott Wong / NBC News:
AOC tells Democratic colleagues she's running for top job on Oversight Committee — New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's entrance into the Oversight race pits the millennial progressive star against Rep. Gerry Connolly, 74, a senior member of the panel.
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, RedState and Axios
New York Times:
Torrent of Hate for Health Insurance Industry Follows C.E.O.'s Killing — The shooting death of a UnitedHealthcare executive in Manhattan has unleashed Americans' frustrations with an industry that often denies coverage and reimbursement for medical claims.
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The Hill, User Mag, Reason, The US Sun, Twin Cities, Greensburg Tribune-Review, The Post Millennial, Fox News, CNBC, Fortune, Writers Without Money and Twitchy
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Canada to boost Arctic cooperation with US, cites Russia threat — Canada plans to work more closely with the United States in the Arctic to ensure regional security in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia, Ottawa said on Friday. — As part of a renewed strategy …
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Bloomberg, New York Times and Global News
Kaleigh Rogers / New York Times:
Trump Claims a ‘Historic’ Mandate. Polls Show Americans Have Mixed Feelings. — The public may have more nuanced views on issues like tariffs and mass deportations than it might seem at first blush. — President-elect Donald J. Trump and his allies have declared that his incoming administration has an …
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Townhall, Wide World of News, Alternet.org and ABC News
Politico:
Playbook: Inside the generational fight roiling Democrats — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — END OF AN ERA, PART I — “Goodbye to the American Century?” by Joshua Zeitz: “The post-WWII world order of American dominance is over. DONALD TRUMP proves it.”
Harry Litman / Talking Feds Substack:
Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times — I have been a contributor to the Los Angeles Times op-ed page in some fashion for more than 15 years. For the last three years, I have been the Senior Legal Columnist, writing regular weekly columns about Trump's legal troubles, the Supreme Court, and a wide range of other topics.
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Punchbowl News:
12/6/24 ☀️ AM: — The Senate Dems holding their fire on Trump's noms — The Vault: Johnson says he hasn't committed on reconciliation strategy — House Republicans are heading to New York City — The Senate Dems holding their fire on Trump's noms