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Mitch McConnell / Foreign Affairs:
The Price of American Retreat — Why Washington Must Reject Isolationism and Embrace Primacy — Mitch McConnell — Mitch McConnell is a Senator from Kentucky and served as U.S. Senate Republican Leader from 2007 through 2024. — When he begins his second term as president …
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Joshua Keating / Vox:
How China could try to strangle Taiwan without firing a shot — TAIPEI, Taiwan — When most people imagine what war in the Taiwan Strait might look like, scenes out of eastern Ukraine in 2022 or even Normandy in 1944 tend to come to mind. — Picture transport ships from China facing …
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Maybe Democrats Didn't Do So Badly After All — The party's debate about reinventing itself after the election has gotten more complicated. — Five days after last month's election, Senator Chris Murphy rendered a damning verdict on his party's performance. “That was a cataclysm,” the Connecticut Democrat wrote on X.
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
ABC bends the knee — 📝 Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one, please click the button below to sign up and support our independent journalism. 📝 — 🎄 Subscribe to Public Notice 🎄 — Since the election …
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Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
Crypto is for Criming — It's not digital gold — it's digital Benjamins — The tech bros who helped put Trump back in power expect many favors in return; one of the more interesting is their demand that the government intervene to guarantee crypto players the right to a checking account …
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Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's Health Secretary Pick, Is Set to Meet with Lawmakers — Mr. Kennedy is beginning his meetings with Republican senators to build support for his confirmation, which could be imperiled by his anti-vaccine advocacy. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Adviser Collapses On Stage At New York Young Republican Gala — The president-elect called into the event and addressed the incident, saying Alex Bruesewitz is “a very special guy.” — LOADING — Alex Bruesewitz, a consultant who helped President-elect Donald Trump cut through to young …
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New York Times:
A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It's Coming. — Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same.
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New Republic
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Biden establishing Frances Perkins National Monument in Maine — President Biden is set to designate a national monument in Maine commemorating pioneering Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, who served as the nation's first woman cabinet secretary under Franklin Roosevelt, the White House said Monday.
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Phillip Nieto / Mediaite:
New House Repub Tells Audience ‘We Need a Lot More Daniel Pennys’ Because There Are ‘Far Too Many Jordan Neelys’ In This Country — Congressman-elect Brandon Gill (R-TX) on Sunday opened his remarks at the New York Young Republican Club annual gala with praise for Daniel Penny …
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Kamala Harris' digital chief on Democrats ‘losing hold of culture’ — Soon after Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee, deputy campaign manager Rob Flaherty turned his attention to sports. — The campaign needed to introduce Harris quickly to people who aren't obsessed with politics.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump, SoftBank CEO to Announce $100 Billion Investment in U.S. — The president-elect is set to appear with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at Mar-a-Lago on Monday — PALM BEACH, Fla.—Donald Trump and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son are set to jointly announce on Monday that the company …
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Wall Street Journal:
Why Musk Doesn't Have Access to SpaceX's Biggest Government Secrets — Executives haven't sought higher security clearance for the CEO to avoid questions about his drug use and contact with foreign officials; the answers might no longer matter — The payloads SpaceX launches into the heavens …
Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Some workers are losing pay raises after overtime rule was struck down — Imagine getting a pay raise, only to be told weeks later: Sorry, we're taking it back. — That's what's happening to 306 employees at The Ohio State University now that a federal court has struck down the Biden administration's overtime rule.
Curt Devine / CNN:
Trump vows to ‘hire American.’ His businesses keep hiring foreign guest workers — President-elect Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to do everything in his power to benefit American workers. “We will build American, buy American and hire American,” he said during a rally in August.
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Brian Platt / Bloomberg:
Canada Finance Minister Freeland Abruptly Quits Amid Trump Rift — Departure of PM's deputy shakes Trudeau administration — She stressed need to keep fiscal powder dry, avoid ‘gimmicks’ — Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump transition team to roll back Biden EV, emissions policies — Incoming U.S. President Donald Trump's transition team is recommending sweeping changes to cut off support for electric vehicles and charging stations and to strengthen measures blocking cars …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Attacks on Biden's CARES Act commutations are misguided, on many fronts — Like clockwork, any criticism of action is used by supporters of the status quo to derail efforts to fix our criminal legal system. Also, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs. — ∙ Paid
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Politico:
New York City mayor's campaign denied millions in public matching funds — The decision deals a body blow to the beleaguered mayor's reelection effort. — Election officials on Monday denied a request from New York City Mayor Eric Adams' 2025 campaign for millions in public matching dollars.
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Washington Post:
Kamala Harris grapples with her future in a wounded Democratic Party — As questions loom about a run for president or governor, many Democrats do not blame Harris for her loss, but that doesn't mean they want her to run again — When Mitt Romney lost his 2012 presidential race …
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Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Twitchy
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon Is Already Claiming Trump Can Run Again in 2028 — WHO'S GONNA STOP ME? — The political strategist says the Constitution doesn't count in this case.
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