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Politico:
Trump allies adopt new strategy for nominees: Make the doubters pay — Skeptical Republican senators were singing a different tune about Pete Hegseth on Monday. — Donald Trump's transition team entered a critical week of nomination meetings on Capitol Hill with a new head of steam …
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Punchbowl News:
12/10/24 ☀️ AM: — Missing: House Republican women chairing committees … Buoyed by continued support from President-elect Donald Trump, the crisis atmosphere enveloping Hegseth's nomination has cooled somewhat, although the former Army National Guard officer and Fox News host …
Washington Post:
Key Republican senator reports ‘good discussions’ with Pete Hegseth
Key Republican senator reports ‘good discussions’ with Pete Hegseth
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators feel weight of Trump's loyalty test on nominees
GOP senators feel weight of Trump's loyalty test on nominees
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New Jersey Online and Washington Examiner
CNN:
Trump's DOJ secretly obtained records of his FBI pick Kash Patel, lawmakers, staffers and media in leak investigation — The Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 staffers - including Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the FBI …
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New York Times and Alternet.org
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Kerry Picket / Washington Times:
FBI Director Christopher Wray preparing to resign — FBI Director Christopher A. Wray plans to resign on or before Inauguration Day, The Washington Times has learned. — Mr. Wray is calling it quits because he doesn't want to get fired by President-elect Donald Trump …
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HotAir, Townhall, Mix 107.3 KIOW, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Mail and The Federalist
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Patel FBI plans spark concern over agency independence, retribution
Patel FBI plans spark concern over agency independence, retribution
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New York Post and Reason
Julia Johnson / Fox News:
GOP senator questions FBI over reported Iranian hack attempt of Trump pick Kash Patel
GOP senator questions FBI over reported Iranian hack attempt of Trump pick Kash Patel
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IJR
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Matt Gaetz gets his own TV show on OAN — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has a found an outlet for his sharp tongue and yearning for the limelight: far-right broadcaster One America News Network. The former lawmaker from Florida's Panhandle and MAGA provocateur will soon host …
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Kristen Holmes / CNN:
Matt Gaetz to join One America News as an anchor, source says — Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz is expected to announce he is joining One America News Network (OAN) as an anchor, a source familiar told CNN. — Last month, Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to serve …
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The Hill, One America News Network, The Independent, The Wrap and HuffPost
Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy's Nomination — Elevating Mr. Kennedy to secretary of H.H.S. “would put the public's health in jeopardy,” more than 75 laureates wrote. — More than 75 Nobel Prize winners have signed a letter urging senators not to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
More than 75 Nobel laureates urge Senate to reject RFK Jr.
More than 75 Nobel laureates urge Senate to reject RFK Jr.
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USA Today, New York Times and Raw Story
Keren Landman / Vox:
The slippery appeal of RFK Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again movement
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats demand answers from Trump pick Mehmet Oz on ‘Medicare privatization’ — In a new letter, seven Democratic lawmakers probed “Dr. Oz” on his past support for putting all seniors in Medicare Advantage and questioned whether he has conflicts of interest.
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Pennsylvania governor: UnitedHealthcare CEO's killer ‘no hero’ — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) condemned “deeply disturbing” reactions to the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week. — “Some attention in this case, especially online, has been deeply disturbing …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
On Issue After Issue, Trump Promises the Moon. No Word on the Rocket. — The president-elect has made some of the most expansive campaign pledges in history. Some supporters fear that his bravado could undermine his ambitions. — In his own telling, President-elect Donald J. Trump wields magical powers …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Top ‘Washington Post’ editor kills article on deputy's departure — As the Washington Post newsroom awaits the appointment of a new top editor, its acting news chief intervened to block an article about the departure of its second-highest-ranking editor, a contender for the position …
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Status and The Wrap, more at Mediagazer »
Tia Goldenberg / Associated Press:
Israel's Netanyahu vows to challenge ‘absurd’ corruption charges as he takes the stand in his trial — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised defiantly on Tuesday to knock down corruption allegations against him as he began testifying in his long-running trial …
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New York Times:
Rupert Murdoch Fails in Bid to Change Family Trust — A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly against Mr. Murdoch, who was trying to give full control of his empire to his son Lachlan and lock in Fox News's right-wing editorial slant. — A Nevada commissioner ruled resoundingly …
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New York Post:
Person of interest in fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ID'd as Luigi Mangione, an ex-Ivy League student — The person of interest identified in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is an anti-capitalist former Ivy League student — who liked online quotes from …
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Biden pardoned his son for good reason — Even if he's being coy about it. … ☃️ — President Biden has taken a lot of heat from both Republicans and Democrats over the pardon of his sole surviving son, Hunter. On the surface, the criticism is valid.
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Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Three former Democratic Natural Resources Committee leaders endorse Huffman for top spot — Three former chairs and ranking members of the House Natural Resources Committee endorsed Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) to serve as the panel's next Democratic leader, days after outgoing ranking …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Kennedy's War on Corn Syrup Brings a Health Crusade to Trump Country — When Donald J. Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could “go wild” on health, he might not have expected his pick for health secretary doing battle against the president-elect's own voters.
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Raw Story
Ken White / The Popehat Report:
Some Other America, One I Do Not Know — Some people are very upset about the public reaction to the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The killing has generated horror, but also mocking memes, a wave of hostility towards the healthcare industry, and rhetoric that stops barely short of calling the murder justified.
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Issues & Insights
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
My Last Column: Finding Hope in an Age of Resentment — This is my final column for The New York Times, where I began publishing my opinions in January 2000. I'm retiring from The Times, not the world, so I'll still be expressing my views in other places.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Raw Story and Alternet.org
Rogé Karma / The Atlantic:
Why Democrats Got the Politics of Immigration So Wrong for So Long — They spent more than a decade tacking left on the issue to win Latino votes. It may have cost them the White House—twice. — the election of donald trump this year shattered a long-standing piece of conventional wisdom …
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Los Angeles Times, The National Pulse, Semafor and NPR
Jason Sattler / I Know How Much You Care:
Elon Musk's phishing attack on America — Or is it a denial of service (DoS) attack? Either way, Elon isn't a political actor. He's a threat actor. — One of the most complicating factors in the shock America is about to experience is that the voters who elected Donald Trump have almost no idea what they voted for.
Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Spoke to DeSantis About Choosing Lara Trump for Florida Senate Seat — Florida governor will decide who succeeds Sen. Marco Rubio and is considering a range of candidates — Lara Trump wants to be the next U.S. senator from Florida, and she has a powerful advocate in her corner: her father-in-law.
ProPublica:
Donald Trump Controls a Publicly Traded Company. Now He Will Pick Its Regulator. — There have been internal concerns that Trump Media could be misleading investors, a source said. But with its largest shareholder about to be president, experts doubt the SEC is up to the job of investigating Truth Social's parent company.
NBC News:
‘The end of seniority’: Younger Democrats are challenging elders for powerful positions — Younger House Democrats, like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and newer members, like Angie Craig, are taking on senior members for key committee jobs in the next Congress.
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The Hill
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid Trump's mass deportation effort — As President-elect Donald Trump assembles his administration, Republican governors and lawmakers in some states are already rolling out proposals that could help him carry out his pledge to deport millions …
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CBS News, Fox News, The Guardian, Scripps News, The National Pulse and Digby's Hullabaloo