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Brian Faler / Politico:
Trump's tax cuts are about to unleash chaos on the Hill. Here's how.
Discussion: Democrats and Raw Story
Bloomberg:   Musk Is a Majority-Maker, and He Won't Let Congress Forget It
Punchbowl News:
📝 The Readback: Four years of Punchbowl News
Discussion: New Republic
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Johnson prevailed in the speakership race. His problems are just beginning.
CNN:
Trump gets Johnson across the finish line but dramatic speaker vote signals challenges ahead
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. John Thune says House Speaker Mike Johnson has a ‘really tough job’ ahead with a thin GOP majority
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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.
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 …
Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed
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
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.
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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Zack Colman / Politico:
Biden to block new offshore drilling along most US coastline
Discussion: The Japan Times
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 …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Trump has taken in ‘a staggering sum’ in cash from donors since winning re-election: NYT
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.
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.
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Former Capitol Police officers call Trump's vows to pardon Jan. 6 rioters ‘a betrayal’  —  Former Capitol Police officers present during the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection said President-elect Trump's commitment to pardon rioters is “a betrayal.”  —  “It's a betrayal, a stab in the heart,” …
Discussion: Washington Post
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Some Democrats said to be open to backing RFK Jr.  —  A handful of Senate Democrats are said to be leaving the door open to voting for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the next Health and Human Services secretary.  —  As preparations for confirmation hearings begin to take shape …
Discussion: Breitbart
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.”
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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
 
 
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