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2:20 PM ET, December 19, 2024

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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The World's Richest Man Wants to Burn It All Down  —  Per NBC News, the Republicans who welcomed Elon Musk into their tent as a key decision-maker and thought leader are having an excellent time: … Happy Thursday.  —  The Kent Brockman Republicans  —  by William Kristol
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says Mike Johnson will ‘easily remain speaker’ if he acts ‘decisively and tough’ on spending bill  —  Trump told Fox News Digital anyone who supports a bill that doesn't take care of debt ceiling should be ‘primaried and disposed of’  —  EXCLUSIVE: President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News Digital …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Musk's America … - A Trump source told us this is the new playbook: Republican lawmakers got “instant and overwhelming feedback. … You should never bet against Trump or Elon.”  — Now, the two are a combined force blanketing culture, media and governance.
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Trump calls for abolishing the debt ceiling  —  In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely would be the “smartest thing [Congress] could do.  I would support that entirely.”  —  President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Congress should get rid …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Rand Paul floats Elon Musk for House Speaker … - Musk has already emerged as one of the most powerful voices in politics, and has become one of President-elect Trump's closest confidants. … - “[T]hink about it . . . nothing's impossible. … - Non-representative names have been floated over the years during Speaker elections.
Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
The Chaos Monkeys Have Already Taken Over the Zoo  —  The peddlers of misinformation are high on their own supply  —  Well, I was going to post about proposals for bank deregulation, but I think that can wait for a bit.  The news of the moment is the looming prospect that the federal government will shut down over the weekend.
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
GOP senator suggests Trump come to Washington to unite party  —  Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on President-elect Trump to visit the nation's capital to unite the GOP over the controversial funding bill.  —  “There's one person that can control the Republican caucus in the United States House …
Rolling Stone:
Dems Troll Trump by Calling Elon the Real President  —  As some Republicans call for Musk to be installed as House Speaker, Democrats are taking a jab at the president-elect's ego  —  Elon Musk has not been elected to any public office, but after tanking Republicans' most recent attempt …
Discussion: New Republic
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Trump  —  As you've likely seen, things kind of went off the rails today on Capitol Hill.  Speaker Mike Johnson had assembled one of those big spending packages to avoid a government shutdown.  Then Elon Musk went off on the bill and started a stampede for the exits among House Republicans.
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Tossed a Debt Limit Grenade Into Spending Talks. Here's Why.
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
MTG Suddenly Calls for Elon Musk to Take Over as House Speaker
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump and Musk unleash a new kind of chaos on Washington
Juliann Ventura / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders blasts ‘President Elon Musk’ for derailing spending deal
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats rage at “unelected co-president” Elon Musk
Discussion: The Hill and Townhall
Miles Klee / Rolling Stone:
Musk Kills Government Funding Deal, Demands Shutdown Until Trump Is Sworn In
CNN:   Predictions for next year
Politico:
Elon Musk fueled backlash to spending plan with false and misleading claims
NOTUS:
Senate Republicans Suggest Trump's Call to Renegotiate the Government Funding Deal Is Unrealistic
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump and others  —  A state appeals court on Thursday removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others but did not dismiss the indictment …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
GA appeals court disqualifies DA Fani Willis from Trump election case, lets indictment stand … A Georgia appeals court on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from overseeing the criminal election interference prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and other defendants.
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Georgia appeals court removes Fani Willis from Trump 2020 election case
Discussion: HotAir, BizPac Review and Joe.My.God.
Wall Street Journal:
How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge  —  Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted.  The administration denied Biden has declined.  —  During the 2020 presidential primary …
Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump met for dinner at Mar-a-Lago, joined by Elon Musk  —  After feuds during Trump's first term, Trump and Bezos have both noted their recent evolving relationship.  —  President-elect Donald Trump had dinner Wednesday with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:   Musk's dangerous, exaggerated conflation of social media and democracy
Washington Post:
Even some in the pro-Trump media environment are wary of his plans  —  They are much less worried, though, about Trump trying to become a dictator.  —  President-elect Donald Trump is an unusual politician, to understate the obvious.  He has a vision for what he'd like to see happen in the country …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Neil Cavuto Leaving Fox News  —  Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News after 28 years at the network and will bid viewers farewell at the end of Your World Thursday afternoon, Mediaite has learned.  —  Thursday will be the anchor's last day on the air as his contract is up at the end of the month.
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's walk back on lowering prices is a media failure  —  🍳 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 🥚
Noam Scheiber / New York Times:
Amazon Delivery Drivers at Seven Hubs Walk Out  —  The retail giant said it expected its operations to be largely unaffected by the strike of some drivers at contracting firms Amazon uses to deliver packages.  —  Workers who deliver packages from seven Amazon facilities across the country went …
Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Fani Willis disqualified from Trump election case by Georgia appellate court  —  The decision, which Willis is likely to appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court, is a major victory for Donald Trump and his co-defendants and could doom the high-profile prosecution.
 
 
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