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11:20 AM ET, January 4, 2025

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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 …
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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
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Johnson's Reward for Keeping His Gavel: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump  —  Speaker Mike Johnson narrowly avoided a painful and prolonged fight to keep his post, but his messy victory showed how difficult his job will be in the new all-Republican Congress.
Discussion: The Hill, USA Today and Townhall
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CNN:
Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead  —  With two Republican lawmakers standing between Mike Johnson and the speaker's gavel, President-elect Donald Trump picked up the phone.  —  From the golf course Friday afternoon …
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
Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Bad News for Trump's Legislative Agenda
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Trump called 2 last-minute GOP ‘yes’ votes ahead of Johnson's victory
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Mike Johnson Scrapes Speakership Win After Republicans Change Votes
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Johnson expected to fail on first vote to reclaim speakership
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: Raw Story
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Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider:
Apple CEO Tim Cook personally invested $1 million in Trump's inauguration
Discussion: Deadline
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:   Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1M to Trump's inauguration fund
ABC News:
Biden Presidential Medal of Freedom honorees to include Hillary Clinton, Lionel Messi  —  Among Saturday's 19 recipients are rockstar Bono and actor Denzel Washington.  —  President Joe Biden is pictured during an event to award the Presidential Citizens Medal to recipients in the East Room …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden to Dole Out 19 Medals of Freedom, and One Unmistakable Message  —  With a recipient list stocked with old-guard icons and political backers, the president is signaling support for the establishment his successor wants to tear down.  —  With 16 days left in a political career that spanned …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others to be honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom at White House ceremony
New York Times:
Judge Upholds Trump's Conviction but Signals No Jail Time  —  The New York judge who oversaw President-elect Donald J. Trump's hush-money trial scheduled his sentencing for Jan. 10.  Mr. Trump is expected to appeal his conviction.  —  A New York judge on Friday upheld President-elect Donald …
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Katelynn Richardson / The Daily Caller:
Judge Orders Trump Sentencing Before Inauguration Day
NBC News:
Judge orders Trump to be sentenced in hush money case on Jan. 10, but says he won't be incarcerated
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Judge upholds Trump's felony conviction, but does not plan to order jail time
Graham Kates / CBS News:
Trump to be sentenced for conviction in New York “hush money” case before inauguration
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.
Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Jimmy Carter's Funeral: See the Full Schedule of Events  —  The gestures of remembrance have all been selected to reflect the 39th president's rural roots and political career in Georgia and Washington, and his legacy of global advocacy.  —  Over the next six days, various dignitaries …
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: Twitchy and Raw Story
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.
Associated Press:
Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was to be a ‘wake up call’ for US  —  A highly decorated Army soldier who fatally shot himself in a Tesla Cybertruck just before it blew up outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas left notes saying the New Year's Day explosion …
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge turns down Jan. 6 felon's request to attend Trump inauguration at invitation of GOP lawmakers
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Lizzie Johnson / Democratic Women's Caucus:
Democratic Women's Caucus Celebrates Largest Membership Ever; Welcomes 16 New Members
Francesca Street / CNN:
Cruise ships hit by worst year for stomach bugs in over a decade, CDC data reveals
Discussion: The Sun and Metro.co.uk
CNN:
US surgeon general sounds alarm about link between alcohol and cancer
Joseph R. Biden Jr / The White House:
Memorandum on the Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for Global Media to Act as Chief Executive Officer
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How Biden Screwed the Steelworkers
Kelly Tyko / Axios:
Bird flu causing egg prices to soar to new record high
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