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8:45 PM ET, December 8, 2024

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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump will ‘most likely’ pardon Capitol rioters on Day 1 and says Jan. 6 committee members should be jailed  —  The president-elect also said during an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” that he won't request a special prosecutor to investigate outgoing President Joe Biden.
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Trump details sweeping changes he'll carry out on day one and beyond in an exclusive interview  —  Trump vowed to launch a mass deportation effort, impose tariffs and pardon many convicted in the Jan. 6 attack in an interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker.
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Trump aims to end birthright citizenship, says American citizens with family here illegally may be deported  —  President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press,” also said he is open to working with Democrats on a legislative way to keep Dreamers in the United States.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Biggest Lies From His ‘Meet the Press’ Interview  —  From immigrants to Obamacare, the president-elect continued his campaign trail falsehoods  —  Donald Trump gave his first network interview since the election and spread falsehoods about immigrants, the Affordable Care Act and — of course — the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and NBC News
Associated Press:
Trump says he can't guarantee tariffs won't raise US prices and won't rule out revenge prosecutions  —  Donald Trump said he can't guarantee that his promised tariffs on key U.S. foreign trade partners won't raise prices for American consumers and he suggested once more that some political rivals …
Donald Trump / NBC News:
Read the full transcript: President-elect Donald Trump interviewed by “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker  —  Trump spoke with NBC News for more than an hour in an interview that covered a range of topics.  —  KRISTEN WELKER:  —  President-elect Donald Trump, welcome back to Meet the Press.
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Wants Jan. 6 Committee Members Imprisoned
Adam Wren / Politico:   Playbook: The right dons brass knuckles for Hegseth brawl
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump: 'I don't think' access to abortion pills is going to change
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
The Syrian Regime Collapsed Gradually—And Then Suddenly  —  Assad's fall offers the possibility of change.  —  As Hemingway once wrote of bankruptcy, the collapse of autocratic regimes tends to happen gradually and then suddenly—slowly, and then all at once.  This is not just a literary metaphor.
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New York Times:
Biden Weighs Approach to Rebels in Syria Amid Secret Message Exchange  —  President Biden faces the challenge of deciding how to engage the main armed group that toppled President Bashar al-Assad, even though it remains designated a terrorist organization by the United States.
Associated Press:
Jubilation and gunfire as Syrians celebrate the end of the Assad family's half-century rule  —  Syrians poured into streets echoing with celebratory gunfire on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family's 50 years of iron rule but raising questions …
Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
Khamenei Loses Everything
Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent:
Syrian rebels announce fall of Russia-backed Assad regime
Timothy Nerozzi / Washington Examiner:
Syria's sudden uprising is a stark reminder of Obama's failed foreign policy
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump Suggests Kennedy Will Examine Debunked Link Between Vaccines and Autism  —  The president-elect has promoted the theory for more than a decade and said on Sunday that he was “open to anything” to address a nationwide rise in autism.  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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NBC News:
Trump says RFK Jr. will investigate the discredited link between vaccines and autism: ‘Somebody has to find out’  —  Researchers attribute a rise in autism diagnoses to increased screening and changing definitions of the condition.  Hundreds of studies have found childhood vaccines to be safe.
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
CBS News:
Boeing failing to keep track of non-conforming parts, whistleblower says: “It's like Russian roulette”  —  When a panel known as a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight minutes after takeoff earlier this year, a quality investigator at the factory where the Boeing plane was manufactured …
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump is stacking his White House roster with uber-rich backers … Donald Trump's first administration was chock full of super-rich figures whose combined wealth exceeded $5 billion, marking an unprecedented marriage of money and executive power.  —  Trump's second term could make that total look like chump change.
Discussion: NewsNation and Blue Virginia
 
 
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Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Trump's FBI pick co-hosted a show for a conspiracy-filled, far-right media organization
Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
Public housing didn't fail in the US. But it was sabotaged.
J. David McSwane / ProPublica:
“Eat What You Kill”  —  Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became …
Sarah D. Wire / USA Today:
Donald Trump calls for ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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David French / New York Times:
The Tennessee Trans Treatment Case Is About Age, Not Sex
Washington Post:
Federal employees scramble to insulate themselves from Trump's purge
Discussion: Raw Story
Helen Ouyang / New York Times:
What Doctors Like Myself Know About Americans' Health Care Anger
Arnab Datta / New York Times:
Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
Discussion: Informed Comment
Washington Post:
Youngkin: Jordanians ‘crashed’ Quantico. Feds: It was an Amazon delivery.
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
 

 
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