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10:50 AM ET, December 20, 2024

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans fume over ‘fiasco’ in House  —  Senate Republicans were left fuming Thursday over what they called the dysfunctional “s— show” and “fiasco” they witnessed in the House as two proposals to fund the government through Christmas failed this week.
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Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
House GOP leadership to propose third spending bill to avert shutdown  —  The House Republican leadership is set to propose a third funding plan Friday in hopes of averting a government shutdown at midnight after lawmakers rejected a Trump-backed spending and debt bill.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., CNBC and Balloon Juice
Politico:
Playbook: Do Trump and Johnson want a shutdown?  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A FUN ONE — “The Worst Political Predictions of 2024,” by Zack Stanton, featuring predictions from ROB REINER, ARI FLEISCHER, President JOE BIDEN's advisers …
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Media vs. reporting … We are also the government," Donald Trump Jr. tweeted yesterday to his 13 million followers.  — MAGA's online army now can assess “information rapidly & pressure our representatives to act in a manner that actually represents what we want,” Don Jr. added.
Andrew Howard / Politico:
Trump says any shutdown ‘is a Biden problem to solve’  —  The president-elect has insisted that any funding package include an extension, or elimination, of the debt limit.  —  President-elect Donald Trump worked Friday morning to foist the blame for any potential government shutdown onto …
Associated Press:
Pentagon warns that a government shutdown will cost troops their pay over the holidays  —  Republicans' decision to abandon a congressional spending plan will cost troops their paychecks over the holidays unless some agreement is reached before Friday's deadline to prevent a government shutdown, the Pentagon warned.
Charles Sykes / The Atlantic:
The GOP Is Treating Musk Like He's in Charge  —  This week, the world's richest person solidified his influence over American politics.  —  Yesterday, a tantrum from the world's richest person swayed events in Congress.  First, Elon Musk launched a blizzard of X posts denouncing …
Rolling Stone:
Republicans Cut Child Cancer Research From Funding Bill After Musk's Meddling
Washington Post:
House GOP searches for new plan as government shutdown nears
USA Today:
‘President-elect Musk’: Elon's influence on display in government spending fight
Washington Post:
How every House member voted on the failed attempt to avoid a shutdown
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Johnson says plan C reached to avert shutdown, vote expected  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republicans have arrived at a plan C to avert a shutdown and the House will vote Friday morning on the legislation.  —  “Yeah, yeah, we have a plan,” Johnson said Friday morning as he entered the Capitol.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump: ‘If there is going to be a shutdown of government, let it begin now’  —  President-elect Trump on Friday said that a government shutdown should start under President Biden's administration and not after he is sworn in next month.  —  “If there is going to be a shutdown of government …
Joanne Haner / The Hill:
NY Democrat: ‘Elon Musk has Donald Trump in a vise’  —  Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) on Thursday suggested Elon Musk is the one directing the Trump administration, not President-elect Trump, pointing to the tech entrepreneur's leading position in opposing the governent stopgap measure.
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Republican Plan to Avoid Shutdown Fails in the House
Associated Press:
White House starts scrapping pending regulations, including student debt cancellation  —  President Joe Biden is abandoning his effort to cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first step in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations …
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Bloomberg:
Biden Cancels Nearly $4.3 Billion in Public Worker Student Debt
Discussion: New York Times
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Student Debt Cancellation for Public Service Workers
Discussion: Al Jazeera, UPI and Reuters
Rosemary Westwood / NPR:
Louisiana forbids public health workers from promoting COVID, flu and mpox shots  —  A group of high-level managers at the Louisiana Department of Health walked into a Nov. 14 meeting in Baton Rouge expecting to talk about outreach and community events.  —  Instead, they were told …
Alexander Hurst / The Guardian:
Elon Musk is becoming a one-man rogue state - it's time we reined him in  —  He has bankrolled elections, stoked riots and ignored laws.  We mustn't make the mistake of playing nice with the world's richest bully  —  Elon Musk is, more or less, a rogue state.
Reuters:
Elon Musk gives nod to German far-right party as election looms  —  U.S. billionaire Elon Musk, set to join President-elect Donald Trump's administration, waded into Germany's election campaign on Friday, calling the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the country's saviour.
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Nette Nöstlinger / Politico:
Backlash builds as Elon Musk endorses Germany's far right
Discussion: Bloomberg
The Guardian:
Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege  —  Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline - a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein - is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
Noah Weiland / New York Times:
Here's What Could Happen in a Government Shutdown  —  With a funding deadline approaching, workers are bracing for the possibility of a disruptive holiday season, which could include longer wait times for travelers.  —  There have been more than 20 gaps in federal government funding since 1976 …
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Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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American Greatness:
Trump Wins—and the Censorship Begins … As was proven during the 2024 election cycle, we are well beyond the scope of mere bias in the legacy media.  Given the shrinking audience influence coupled with massively declining income from severe loss of cable subscriptions and advertising revenue …
 
 
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Joe Davidson / Washington Post:
Leaders of federal managers reject Trump's plans to politicize workforce
Discussion: Virginia Mercury
Mike Stone / Reuters:
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Politico:
A MAGA power play roils Senate GOP campaign groups
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Top GOP pollster fired after financial mismanagement allegations
Discussion: Raw Story
Olivia Beavers / Politico:
GOP lawmakers prepare to carry out Gaetz's revenge, expose harassment settlements
Discussion: Blaze Media
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