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5:15 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
Discussion: NBC News, RedState and Futurism
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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Turn Eating Their Own Into A Spectator Sport  —  INSIDE: Elon Musk ... Mike Johnson ... Matt Gaetz … Welcome To Trump II  —  MAGA Republicans led by Elon Musk and under pressure from Donald Trump are now poised to ruin Christmas with a government shutdown and New Year's …
NBC News:
Trump's demands leave Republicans flailing with no plan on eve of shutdown  —  GOP leaders have kept both chambers waiting as they privately discuss a Plan B after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk torched their bipartisan funding deal.  —  WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson …
Discussion: The Hill and ABC News
Politico:
Shutdown threatens ‘chaos’ for Trump's transition and inauguration
Discussion: USA Today
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
‘President Elon Musk!’ MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell And Dem Dan Goldman Taunt Trump Over Musk Taking Lead
Discussion: Raw Story
Robert McCoy / New Republic:
MTG Suddenly Calls for Elon Musk to Take Over as House Speaker
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Trump wants to kill the debt ceiling
Discussion: Reuters, The Hill and Politico
Associated Press:
Government shutdown at risk as Trump's demands put Speaker Johnson in a bind
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.
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Prosecutor Fani Willis is removed from the 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, the latest legal victory …
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
Politico:
GOP strikes a new spending deal  —  Republicans have struck a deal on a short-term government spending patch and potential debt limit increase, according to two GOP lawmakers meeting in Speaker Mike Johnson's office Thursday afternoon.  “There is an agreement,” said Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.).
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
How Liberal America Came to Its Senses … A decade ago, cultural norms in elite American institutions took a sharply illiberal turn.  Professors would get disciplined, journalists fired, ordinary people harassed by social-media mobs, over some decontextualized phrase or weaponized misunderstanding.
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 …
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Chris Isidore / CNN:
Thousands of Amazon drivers have gone on strike in the thick of the holiday package season
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
GOP lawmakers prepare to carry out Gaetz's revenge, expose harassment settlements  —  Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the focus of a House Ethics Committee report that may soon become public, is planning to inflict fresh pain on some of his old colleagues.  A number of Republican lawmakers are preparing to help.
Politico:
Top aide to Eric Adams indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges  —  The aide's son and two developers were also charged.  —  NEW YORK — Prosecutors charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams' closest confidant in a conspiracy, bribery and money laundering case Thursday.
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 …
 
 
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
Associated Press:
Biden expected to visit Pope Francis in final international trip of his presidency, AP sources say
Discussion: America Magazine
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
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Discussion: UPI and Associated Press
Dave Levinthal / Rolling Stone:
The NRA Is Selling Off Assets As It Bleeds Cash
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
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Discussion: UPI
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Class War or Culture War?
Jem Bartholomew / The Guardian:
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
‘The Black Swan Election’: Trump's Campaign Chiefs Tell Their Inside Story
Discussion: Alternet.org
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Trump's walk back on lowering prices is a media failure
 

 
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