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3:20 PM ET, January 4, 2025

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Brian Faler / Politico:
Trump's tax cuts are about to unleash chaos on the Hill.  Here's how.  —  Republicans are likely to face deep divisions in assembling a plan before — and after — it hits the floor.  —  Washington is geared up for a big debate over trillions of dollars in tax cuts.  It's going to be long, slow and messy.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Johnson tells House Republicans that Trump wants one ‘big beautiful’ reconciliation package  —  Trump's decision is a win for House Ways & Means Chair Jason Smith.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Donald Trump wants one reconciliation package …
Discussion: Fox News
Punchbowl News:
📝 The Readback: Four years of Punchbowl News
Discussion: New Republic and American Prospect
Bloomberg:   Musk Is a Majority-Maker, and He Won't Let Congress Forget It
CNN:
Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Johnson prevailed in the speakership race. His problems are just beginning.
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. John Thune says House Speaker Mike Johnson has a ‘really tough job’ ahead with a thin GOP majority
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed  —  The cartoon, by Ann Telnaes, depicted the owner of The Post, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires genuflecting toward a statue of President-elect Donald Trump.  —  Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for The Washington Post …
Discussion: Saywhat Politics
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Ann Telnaes / Open Windows:
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post  —  I've worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist.  I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I've never had a cartoon killed …
David Folkenflik / NPR:
A Pulitzer winner quits ‘Washington Post’ after a cartoon on Bezos is killed  —  A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Washington Post has resigned after its editorial page editor rejected a cartoon she created to mock media and tech titans abasing themselves before President-elect Donald Trump.
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:   Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper's refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos
The White House:
President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  Today, President Biden named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.  —  The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions …
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Biden to present Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others the Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President Biden will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, billionaire Democratic megadonor George Soros …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden to Dole Out 19 Medals of Freedom, and One Unmistakable Message
Discussion: Associated Press and The Hill
New York Times:
Trump Has Reeled in More Than $200 Million Since Election Day  —  The president-elect has boasted about the donations for his inauguration, library and political activities from those seeking favor or perhaps in some cases, atonement.  —  Since his victory in November …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mother Jones
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Trump has taken in ‘a staggering sum’ in cash from donors since winning re-election: NYT
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:   Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1M to Trump's inauguration fund
Joshua Kaplan / ProPublica:
The Militia and the Mole  —  Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.  He didn't tell police or the FBI.  He didn't tell family or friends.  The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter.
Steff Danielle Thomas / The Hill:
Trump calls for New York judge to be disbarred after hush money conviction advances  —  President-elect Trump in a weekend rant turned his ire on the New York judge who ordered sentencing to begin next week in his hush money case, calling him “the most conflicted judge in New York State history.”
Discussion: The Independent, Politico and Raw Story
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NBC News:
Judge orders Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on Jan. 10, but says he won't be incarcerated
Katelynn Richardson / The Daily Caller:
Judge Orders Trump Sentencing Before Inauguration Day
New York Times:
Judge Upholds Trump's Conviction but Signals No Jail Time
CNN:
NY judge says Trump will face no penalties in his criminal hush money case but upholds conviction
CNN:
Driver who exploded Cybertruck in Las Vegas railed about ‘political grievances’ and domestic issues before suicide  —  Editor's Note: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters.  In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livilsberger's Political Minifestos?  —  Over the last four days the bizarre Cybertruck fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas has run from comical interlude to possible terrorist incident to tragic suicide of another veteran of America's forever wars.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
How the Democrats Lost the Working Class … The Democratic Party's estrangement from working-class voters was crucial to Donald J. Trump's victories in 2016 and 2024.Will Warasila for The New York Times  —  Democrats had just absorbed a crushing defeat in the 1994 midterm elections …
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
Harris to oversee electoral count, restoring norm that Trump shattered  —  The vice president on Monday is scheduled to certify the victory of a man she repeatedly called unfit for office.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has called President-elect Donald Trump a threat to American democracy.
Politico:
Trump is days away from having to confront the kinds of crises he's long been railing against  —  The president-elect is confronting a new year with a raft of challenges, from the attack in New Orleans to ongoing massive Chinese-linked hacks of critical systems.
Discussion: Raw Story and Twitchy
 
 
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Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
Discussion: Politico and The Japan Times
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Associated Press:
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Francesca Street / CNN:
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CNN:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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