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8:35 AM ET, January 5, 2025

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Sees the U.S. as a ‘Disaster.’ The Numbers Tell a Different Story.  —  President Biden is bequeathing his successor a nation that by many measures is in good shape, even if voters remain unconvinced.  —  To hear President-elect Donald J. Trump tell it, he is about to take over a nation ravaged …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A different and more dangerous world awaits President-elect Trump  —  The war in Ukraine presents immediate challenges for the incoming president, with other problems looming in the Middle East and China.  —  President-elect Donald Trump will begin his second term stronger and more dominant …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Discussion: The Independent
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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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Former Capitol Police officers call Trump's vows to pardon Jan. 6 rioters ‘a betrayal’
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Post
New York Post:
Biden honors Dem donor George Soros, Hillary Clinton with Presidential Medal of Freedom, sparking outrage: ‘A national disgrace’  —  President Biden bestowed woke Democratic megadonor George Soros with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Saturday — outraging critics who ripped the selection as a “national disgrace.”
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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 …
The White House:
President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Amanda Previdelli / The Local Austria:
Austria's chancellor says will step down in ‘coming days’  —  Austria's conservative chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Saturday he would step down as chancellor in the ‘coming days’ after breaking off coalition talks with the Social Democrats.  —  Austria's coalition negotiations between …
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 and Daily Kos
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Johnson prevailed in the speakership race. His problems are just beginning.
Michael Podhorzer / Weekend Reading:
How Trump “Won”  —  The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority  —  With all the ballots counted and all the races decided, in today's post, I want to unpack what we already know about how Trump “won” the popular vote.1 I use quotes around the word “won” for two reasons.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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 …
Discussion: The Japan Times
Anna Kutz / The Hill:
Changing alcohol labels could take ‘decades’: Dr. Marion Nestle  — Surgeon general seeks to update alcohol label language, last changed in 1988  — Dr. Marion Nestle points to conflicting studies, political pitfalls  — Congress will decide whether to revise labels
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Maxine Joselow / Washington Post:
Biden to block oil drilling across 625 million acres of U.S. waters
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Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
X has hired John Stoll, a former WSJ editor and Detroit bureau chief, to lead its news group and partnership team at X, focusing on expanding news on X globally

Michael Flaherty / Axios:
Getty Images Holdings and Shutterstock agree to merge in a deal that creates a $3.7B company; Getty CEO Craig Peters will remain CEO of the combined business

Ben Mullin / @benmullin:
Memo: HuffPost expects “upwards of 30 editorial positions” will be cut in coming weeks, and management is talking with the HuffPost Union on how to proceed
 
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