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1:30 PM ET, December 18, 2024

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CNN:
In reversal, key House panel votes to release Matt Gaetz ethics report  —  The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.
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The Hill:
Gaetz defends ‘embarrassing’ past behavior, fires shot at Ethics report  —  Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is defending what he says is “embarrassing, though not criminal” past behavior and taking a shot at the House Ethics Committee, following reports that the panel voted to release its findings about the Florida Republican.
New York Times:
House Ethics Panel Voted Secretly to Release the Gaetz Report  —  Lawmakers agreed the report would come out after the House has completed legislative business for the year and once they have left Washington to return to their districts.  —  The House Ethics Committee secretly voted this month …
Politico:
Playbook: Mike Johnson's predictable pickle
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump planning to target progressive non-profits, US watchdog warns  —  Congressional Integrity Project creates initiative to counter growing ‘authoritarianism’ and defend progressives  —  Donald Trump and his Republican allies are planning to target progressive groups they perceive …
Discussion: The Independent
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Vengeance Tour Has Already Started  —  Going forward, how are we going to hash out how much the government spends and on what?  Through a combination of public edicts from Elon Musk and harried Fox News appearances from Speaker Mike Johnson, apparently.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
House Republicans Call for Liz Cheney to Be Investigated Over Jan. 6 Committee Role  —  Ms. Cheney defended her work on the select committee in a detailed statement, and called the report “a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth.”  —  House Republicans on Tuesday said their one-time colleague …
House Administration:
Chairman Loudermilk Releases Second January 6, 2021 Report
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Inside Disney's Decision to Settle a Trump Defamation Suit  —  Talks started and finished on the same day, after Disney decided that fighting the lawsuit could potentially hurt the company and protections for the press.  —  When Disney reached a settlement last week with President-elect Donald J. Trump …
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Wall Street Journal:
Disney's Decision to Settle Trump Defamation Suit Prompts Backlash at ABC News  —  Staffers question decision approved by Bob Iger; company was looking to avoid protracted legal battle  —  Disney's decision to settle President-elect Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against ABC News …
Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Democrats' playbook to beat Republicans in 2 years: work with them now  —  “I think we are telling them that we're here to govern,” one Democrat said.  —  DCCC chair Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., speaks during the House Democrats' post-caucus meeting news conference in the Capitol, Sept. 18, 2024.
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
What Do Democrats Need to Do?  Act Like an Opposition Party.  —  Democrats may be in the minority, but they are not yet an opposition.  —  What's the difference?  —  An opposition would use every opportunity it had to demonstrate its resolute stance against the incoming administration.
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
The No-Win ‘Mystery Drone’ Clusterfuck  —  To political grifters boosting their profiles, government inaction is unacceptable, and government action cannot be trusted.  There is no acceptable explanation.  —  If you are wondering what to think of the New Jersey mystery drone situation …
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump: Canada becoming 51st state ‘great idea’  —  President-elect Trump questioned Canada early Wednesday, asking why the U.S. provides its northern neighbor with subsidies, and suggesting that it should become the 51st state.  —  “No one can answer why we subsidize Canada to the tune of over $100,000,000 a year?
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Trump Takes His Canada Trolling Up a Level in Bizarre Early Morning Post
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court agrees to hear TikTok's challenge to law that could ban it  —  The law banning TikTok in the U.S. is set to be effective on Jan. 19 and the court will not block the law while the case is considered.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up TikTok's …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to hear challenge to banning TikTok in the United States
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump's Angry New Tirade on Truth Social Signals Dark 2025  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 17 episode of the  —  Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Wendell Potter / New York Times:
I Was a Health Insurance Executive.  What I Saw Made Me Quit.  —  I left my job as a health insurance executive at Cigna after a crisis of conscience.  It began in 2005, during a meeting convened by the chief executive to brief department heads on the company's latest strategy: “consumerism.”
Discussion: STAT
David R. Lurie / Public Notice:
The upcoming GOP assault on Social Security  —  🌎 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 👈
Discussion: Alternet.org
Erum Salam / The Guardian:
Ice deports mother and children, including newborn twins, to Mexico  —  Despite the infants being US citizens, Christina Salazar and all four of her children were put on a plane on 11 December  —  After his wife and children, including newborn twins, were suddenly deported to Mexico …
Politico:
What it's like to cook for Donald  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the preparations, personnel decisions and policy deliberations of Donald Trump's transition.  POLITICO Pro subscribers receive a version of this newsletter first.  —  DONALD TRUMP is a man of routine when it comes to his diet.
Discussion: HuffPost and The Independent
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Why conservatives condemn Luigi Mangione and celebrate Daniel Penny  —  The American right has spent the past week performing an interesting tap dance: condemning the left for cheering on one alleged killer while turning another into a right-wing celebrity.  —  In the first case …
Laura Feiveson / U.S. Department of the Treasury:
How does the Well-Being of Young Adults Compare to Their Parents'?  —  I. INTRODUCTION  —  Over the last few decades, there has been a pervasive sense of a decline in intergenerational mobility.  A report in Science found that 90 percent of children born in the 1940s earned more than their parents …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
In Trump World, RFK Jr. and Elon Musk Highlight Debate Over Obesity Treatment  —  Statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk tap into a dispute over whether lifestyle changes or drugs are a better way to treat obesity.  —  For Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the activist whom President-elect Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: Reuters
Marina Dunbar / The Guardian:
Feeling at home?  New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors' politics  —  Oyssey startup allows users to access neighborhood political affiliations and other social data  —  America's political divide is likely to get even wider thanks to a new real-estate platform that lets potential buyers …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Emily Peck / Axios:
High tariffs proposed by Trump could wipe out corporate profits … - Of course, companies won't sit idly by and let that happen — those costs will likely be passed along to American consumers. … - That's on top of tariffs of 60% or more on goods from China, and 10-20% tariffs on imports from the rest of the world.
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
DHS overhauls H-1B visa program  —  The Biden administration announced a rule Tuesday clarifying who can apply for an H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent that's been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse.  —  The new rule expands the definitions …
Discussion: Frontpage Mag, WWLP and UPI
Washington Post:
Trump to nominate ex-NFL star Herschel Walker as Bahamas ambassador  —  President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Herschel Walker, the former professional football player and Heisman Trophy winner who lost a scandal-ridden bid for Senate in 2022, as ambassador to the Bahamas.
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
US Supreme Court to hear South Carolina Planned Parenthood defunding case  —  The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear South Carolina's bid to cut off public funding to Planned Parenthood in a case that could bolster efforts by conservative-leaning states to deprive the reproductive healthcare …
ProPublica:
Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths?  The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  In states with abortion bans …
 
 
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Discussion: The Daily Signal
Kate Gibson / CBS News:
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Peter Laffin / Washington Examiner:
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Rolling Stone:
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Politico
Ben Casselman / New York Times:
The Economy Is Finally Stable. Is That About to Change?
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Paul Kiel / ProPublica:
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Discussion: Forbes