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11:40 AM ET, January 2, 2025

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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats rage as Johnson restricts their ability to oust him … - “This makes it clear that they have no intention of working together to find common ground,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, said of the rules change in a statement.
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Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Trans rights to be marquee fight for House Republicans  —  How the GOP is responding to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender House member, is a preview of what's to come.  —  Republicans' first response to Sarah McBride's election to Congress was to ban her from using women's restrooms throughout the Capitol.
CNN:
Speaker Johnson faces narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years  —  Speaker Mike Johnson will face a major challenge in the new Congress - the narrowest House majority in nearly 100 years.  —  That is, if he can keep the gavel.  —  Republicans will soon control the House, Senate and White House.
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS News
Washington Post:
Trump plans ‘victory rally’ at Washington arena day before inauguration  —  President-elect Donald Trump plans to hold a “victory rally” at the Capital One Arena in Washington on Jan. 19, the day before he is sworn in, according to a sign-up page on his inaugural website.
Discussion: USA Today
CNN:
Johnson allies warn that a speakership battle could delay Trump's victory certification
Discussion: HotAir and Raw Story
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump blames ‘open borders’ for New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks  —  President-elect Trump blamed the situation at the U.S.-southern border for the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, railing against President Biden for his immigration policies as both cases are being investigated.
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Beth Brelje / The Federalist:
Biden FBI Called White Supremacy ‘Most Persistent, Lethal Threat’ Before Islamist Terrorism Attack
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu, Twitchy and Fox News
CNN:
Fireworks, gas tanks and camping fuel used in Tesla cybertruck explosion outside Las Vegas Trump Hotel
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Investigators Search for Links Between New Orleans Attack and Las Vegas Blast
Associated Press:
Firework mortars, gas cannisters stuffed inside Tesla that exploded outside Trump's Las Vegas hotel
New York Times:
1 Dead After a Cybertruck Explodes Outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
FBI Statement on the Attack in New Orleans
ABC News:
Police treating vehicle explosion at Trump Las Vegas hotel as possible act of terror: Official
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Liz Cheney Is Among 20 Chosen to Receive Presidential Citizens Medal  —  Two close advisers to President Biden will also be honored, in addition to career lawmakers who have worked across the aisle and advocates for liberal causes.  —  President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal …
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Biden is giving the 2nd highest civilian award to the leaders of the Jan. 6 congressional committee  —  President Joe Biden is bestowing the second highest civilian medal on Liz Cheney and Bennie Thompson, leaders of the congressional investigation into the Capitol riot who Donald Trump …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden to award Liz Cheney and others with Presidential Citizens Medal
Discussion: UPI and ABC News
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
Biden to honor Liz Cheney with Presidential Citizens Medal
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump flunks 3 key tests following deadly New Orleans attack  —  Within hours of the New Year's attack in New Orleans, the president-elect simultaneously flunked tests of accuracy, decency and credibility.  —  As the public first started learning the details of the deadly attack in New Orleans …
Discussion: Daily Kos, NBC News and Boston Herald
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Suggested New Orleans Suspect Was an Immigrant
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Sen. Chuck Schumer Endorses Ben Wikler For DNC Chair  —  The top Senate Democrat praised Wikler's record as chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.  —  Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) endorsed Ben Wikler's bid to lead the Democratic National Committee on Thursday morning.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Schumer backs Wisconsin's Wikler for DNC chair
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Texas sues to impose bigotry on the rest of the country  —  Donald Trump and JD Vance spent the 2024 election spewing the most rank transphobia, a tactic that should have made them pariahs but instead helped win them the presidency.  Even though they haven't taken office yet …
Discussion: Breitbart
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
10 policies Republicans could use to pay for new tax cuts  —  Extending the expiring 2017 tax cuts could add $5 trillion to the national debt; Trump and GOP lawmakers are are considering these policies to offset that cost.  —  Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and congressional Republicans …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The huge stakes in a new Supreme Court case about pornography  —  Texas asks the justices to abandon longstanding First Amendment protections for sexual speech. … If you've studied First Amendment law, it's impossible not to experience déjà vu while reading the briefs …
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Pornhub Is Now Blocked In Almost All of the U.S. South  —  Almost two years ago, Louisiana passed a law that started a wave that's since spread across the entire U.S. south, and has changed the way people there can access adult content.  As of today, Florida, Tennessee …
New York Times:
Something Surprising Happens When Kids Have to Set Their Own Goals  —  In a polarized nation, one point of agreement deserves more attention: Young adults say they feel woefully unprepared for life in the work force, and employers say they're right.  —  In a survey by Gallup …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Newborns are being left in dumpsters in Texas, but Republicans don't seem to care  —  Why the GOP is unwilling to prevent infant abandonment  —  Abortion bans don't just kill women.  They kill babies.  This is evident in the data, which shows a dramatic rise in the state's infant mortality after Texas banned abortion.
Katya Schwenk / The Lever:
The Rise Of Big Potato  —  Allegations of price collusions among the potato cartel reveal the new, sophisticated methods food corporations are using to keep prices high.  —  One afternoon in April 2022, Josh Saltzman, the owner of a sports bar in Washington, D.C., opened his inbox to find …
Emily Stewart / Business Insider:
How Donald Trump single-handedly cured America's economic blues  —  It's generally a rare thing for the person you're interviewing to burst out laughing.  But that's what happened to me, recently, on a call with Ernie Tedeschi, the director of economics at the Yale Budget Lab who in March wrapped …
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
 
 
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