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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 …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Johnson prevailed in the speakership race. His problems are just beginning.
Johnson prevailed in the speakership race. His problems are just beginning.
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Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Johnson's Reward for Keeping His Gavel: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump
Johnson's Reward for Keeping His Gavel: An Impossible Job Delivering for Trump
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American Thinker, Grabien, The Hill and USA Today
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. John Thune says House Speaker Mike Johnson has a ‘really tough job’ ahead with a thin GOP majority
Sen. John Thune says House Speaker Mike Johnson has a ‘really tough job’ ahead with a thin GOP majority
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Politico, The Hill, Fox News, New York Times, Grabien, The Federalist, Washington Times, Semafor, Associated Press, Breitbart, The American Conservative, NPR, d2076, CBS News, The Status Kuo and ABC News
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump — A cartoonist has decided to quit her job at the Washington Post after an editor rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing before President-elect Donald Trump.
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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.
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The Daily Caller, The Borowitz Report, The Japan Times, Diane Ravitch's blog and Wait - what ?
Ramon Antonio Vargas / The Guardian:
Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper's refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos — Pulitzer prize winner Ann Telnaes drew a cartoon of the paper's owner kneeling before Donald Trump — The Washington Post's Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned …
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The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
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 …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden to Dole Out 19 Medals of Freedom, and One Unmistakable Message
Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters — The president will sign memorandums prohibiting future oil and gas leasing across parts of the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the Northern Bering Sea. — President Joe Biden …
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Biophilia Hypothesis
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Zack Colman / Politico:
Biden to block new offshore drilling along most US coastline — The move may complicate Republican efforts to speed lease sales for oil and gas exploration in federal waters. — President Joe Biden is planning to prohibit future offshore oil and gas drilling along most of the nation's coastline …
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The Japan Times
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.
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Is So Meta, Even This Acronym
NBC News:
Biden to deliver two major speeches in his final days in office — The remarks include a foreign policy speech followed by a farewell address, people familiar with the plans told NBC News. — President Joe Biden plans to deliver two major speeches before leaving office as part of an effort …
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump has taken in ‘a staggering sum’ in cash from donors since winning re-election: NYT — Donald Trump's re-election win in November has led to him being showered with cash from previous donors as well as corporate interests hoping to either stay on his good side or find future favor …
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Reuters:
US plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel, US official says — The administration of President Joe Biden has notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel, a U.S. official said on Friday, with Washington maintaining support for its ally whose war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livelsberger'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.
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The Mahablog, Digby's Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice, Daily Mail, TMZ.com and The Gateway Pundit
Rolling Stone:
Trump 2.0 Is About Punishing the Vulnerable and Enriching the Mega Wealthy — Here's what to take away from Trump's reversal on H-1B visas — and what his policy approach means for the poor and the uber-wealthy like Elon Musk — Donald Trump led a virulently anti-immigrant campaign for president …
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Breitbart
Emma Bubola / New York Times:
Italy's Prime Minister Visits Trump in Mar-a-Lago — Giorgia Meloni, the Italian prime minister, joins just a handful of other world leaders who have been to the president-elect's Florida estate since his victory. — Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy has gone to Mar-a-Lago …
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