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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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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 …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Trump Targeted Undecided Voters Without Breaking the Bank
Discussion: 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
NBC News:
John Fetterman says Hunter Biden, Trump both deserve pardons after ‘politically motivated’ trials
Politico:
Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears  —  Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.  —  BUCHAREST — Romania's top constitutional court on Friday dramatically cancelled high-stakes presidential elections …
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Euronews:
Breaking news.  Romanian court cancels presidential election in latest political earthquake  —  The first round of the elections saw a previously unknown far-right nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu top the polls in a shock result.  —  The Romanian presidential run-off between …
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).
Sabrina Willmer / Bloomberg:
TikTok Faces US Ban After Appeals Court Refuses to Block Law  —  TikTok's Chinese parent company faces a ban in the US if it doesn't meet a Jan. 19 deadline to sell the video-sharing app as a result of a federal appeals court ruling Friday.  —  A three-judge panel in Washington upheld …
Robert Reich:
How Trump could bring on a second civil war  —  Trump may force a second civil war on America with his plan to use the military to round up at least 11 million undocumented people inside the United States — even if it means breaking up families — send them to detention camps, and then deport them.
Discussion: The Recount
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 …
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.
The Age:
‘An act of hate’: Counter-terrorism police to investigate synagogue firebombing  —  Officers from the state's Counter Terrorism Command will join the investigation into the firebombing of a Melbourne synagogue that has been widely condemned as an act of antisemitism.
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.
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
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.
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.
Joe Anuta / Politico:
Eric Adams doesn't rule out switch to the GOP: ‘Cancel me’  —  The New York City mayor has been at odds with national Democrats over immigration.  —  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has taken a soft touch with President-elect Donald Trump, left open the possibility …
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
Reuters:
Goldman Sachs quits global climate coalition for banks  —  Goldman Sachs (GS.N) said it has quit a sector coalition aimed at aligning bank lending and investment activities with global efforts to fight climate change, marking the latest high-profile departure of a U.S. financial firm from the group.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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.
Paul Farhi / Local News Initiative:
In news deserts, Trump won in a landslide  —  But what does this election-result correlation mean?  —  Donald Trump won the 2024 election with one of the smallest popular-vote margins in U.S. history, but in news deserts - counties lacking a professional source of local news - it was an avalanche.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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 …
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.
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Don't Mistake Neil Gorsuch's Abrupt Recusal for Actual Ethics  —  On Wednesday afternoon, Supreme Court clerk Scott Harris sent a very unusual letter to lawyers involved with an upcoming environmental case.  Justice Neil Gorsuch, the clerk wrote, “has determined that he will not continue …
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.
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Fans Are Suffering From Tony Soprano Syndrome  —  Some conservatives are embracing the villains in what are supposed to be cautionary tales.  —  In every Judge Joe Dredd story I've ever read, there is at least one almost comically obvious moment when the author makes clear …
Discussion: Ian Betteridge and Raw Story
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 …
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Greene supporting Johnson for speaker  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was Speaker Mike Johnson's loudest House GOP critic this past year, told POLITICO in an interview Wednesday that she plans to officially back him for a full term as speaker.  The Georgia firebrand …
Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump isn't president yet, but that hasn't stopped him from starting to act like he is  —  “He's not going to follow rules that he thinks are stupid rules,” said a former senior White House official in Trump's first term.  —  WASHINGTON — Foreign leaders have lined up to speak with him.
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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St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
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Hannah Allam / Washington Post:
Trump could hobble renewed fight against domestic terrorism, analysts warn
Discussion: Althouse
Cathy Young / The UnPopulist:
In Pete Hegseth's Totalitarian Vision, Opponents of Christian Nationalism Are Commies and Political Enemies
Politico:
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Hungarian CIA reportedly spied on EU officials
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Hegseth says he won't withdraw as he struggles as Trump's Defense pick
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
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CNN:
House Republicans vote to block release of Gaetz ethics report
Washington Post:
Trump names his own pick for IRS commissioner, breaking from tradition
New York Times:
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