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Wildfire response threatens to end Karen Bass' extended honeymoon  —  The Los Angeles mayor returned home from Ghana on Wednesday and said she was in “constant contact” while abroad.  —  LOS ANGELES — Karen Bass probably has second thoughts about that trip to Ghana.
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New York Times:
Mayor's Absence Is Considered a Sign L.A. Underestimated Fire Risks  —  Some residents said Mayor Karen Bass should have canceled her trip to Ghana when weather warnings in Los Angeles grew increasingly dire.  —  When a series of dangerous, wind-driven fires broke out on Tuesday in the Los Angeles area …
Alex Nieves / Politico:
With Bass abroad, even Democrats are slamming LA mayor over wildfires
The Bulwark:   Soon, The Buck Stops With Him
David Ingram / NBC News:
Elon Musk says DOGE probably won't find $2 trillion in federal budget cuts  —  Musk previously said his Department of Government Efficiency would be able to recommend cuts to the federal budget of “at least $2 trillion.”  —  Tech billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that his budget-cutting effort …
ABC News:
Trump speaks with Justice Alito amid push to halt criminal sentencing  —  Alito spoke to Trump to recommend an ex-clerk for a job in his administration.  —  President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 7, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Alito Spoke With Trump Shortly Before Supreme Court Filing
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:   Trump and Alito, two men who disdain ethical constraints, chatted on Tuesday
New Republic:
Trump's Ugly, Hateful Eruptions Over CA Wildfires Hint at Darker Story  —  With wildfires raging in Los Angeles, Donald Trump unleashed some ugly and hateful tirades on Truth Social.  He attacked California Governor Gavin Newsom with a vile slur, blamed the fires on him and President Biden …
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and HuffPost
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Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
'Can't Even Respond': Gavin Newsom Reacts To Trump's Los Angeles Wildfires Attack  —  The California governor wasn't having it with the president-elect blaming him for the devastating fires.  —  LOADING  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) swiftly dismissed Donald Trump's efforts to …
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Karen Pence Snubs Donald Trump At Jimmy Carter's Funeral  —  This was the first time Mike Pence and Donald Trump have been together publicly since the insurrection.  —  LOADING  —  Former second lady Karen Pence appeared to snub President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday at former President Jimmy Carter's funeral.
Discussion: Scripps News and USA Today
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Trump talks with Barack Obama, shakes hands with Mike Pence during Carter funeral
Politico:
Donald Trump Jr.'s visit was ‘staged,’ says Greenland lawmaker  —  “We know how they treat the Inuit in Alaska.  Make that great before trying to invade us,” Pipaluk Lynge tells POLITICO.  —  A senior Greenlandic politician slammed Donald Trump Jr.'s visit to the island as “staged,” …
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Slow Boring:
The '90s weren't that great  —  Nostalgia isn't what it used to be  —  Today's guest post is from the author of Cartoons Hate Her, a Substack about social dynamics (including parenting, marriage, sex and friendship) from the hybrid mind of a terminally online sicko and a normie liberal mom.
Discussion: Cartoons Hate Her
Public Notice:
Taking Trump's imperialist trolling seriously (for a moment)  —  We've come a long way from bringing down egg prices.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Speaking as someone who's been covering Trump for nine years now, paying attention to what he's doing instead of obsessing over what he's saying is generally a good rule of thumb.
Discussion: NBC News
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's 100 executive orders … - Senators were given previews of some of what they were told would be 100 executive orders, two sources who were in the room told Axios.  — Stephen Miller, Trump's longtime immigration adviser, dove into how they intend to use executive power …
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary  —  Their letter calls the choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is known for promoting false medical claims, “a slap in the face” to health care professionals.  —  More than 15,000 doctors have signed …
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Ex-FBI informant behind fake Biden-Ukraine bribery allegations sentenced to 6 years in prison  —  The disgraced former FBI informant who falsely accused President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden of taking a $10 million bribe from Ukraine was sentenced Wednesday to six years in federal prison, according to court records.
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Dmitry Antonov / Reuters:
Kremlin, on Trump remarks on Greenland and Canada, says Russia has Arctic interests  —  The Kremlin on Thursday said that Russia had strategic national interests in the Arctic when asked to comment on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's remarks about acquiring Greenland, absorbing Canada and taking control of the Panama Canal.
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Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Canadian leaders say Trump's talk about Canada becoming the 51st state isn't funny anymore
Stephanie McCrummen / The Atlantic:
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows … on the thursday night after Donald Trump won the presidential election, an obscure but telling celebration unfolded inside a converted barn off a highway stretching through the cornfields of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
Republicans on North Carolina Supreme Court block certification of Democratic justice's election victory  —  On Monday, Congress certified the results of the 2024 presidential election in routine fashion.  Some concluded that, due to Trump's victory, there would be no attacks on the democratic process this year.
Discussion: Carolina Journal and Fox News
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Sam J. / Twitchy:
WOW: Leaked Letter from Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Makes Mayor Karen Bass Look Even WORSE (Screenshot)  —  While our pals on the Left are screeching about climate change being at fault for the devastating fires we're all watching in California in real-time, the reality of the situation …
Discussion: New York Post, RedState and Townhall
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Google donates $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee  —  Like other Silicon Valley behemoths, the search and advertising giant has worked to make nice with the president-elect ahead of his second term.  —  Google is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration …
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Bob Bauer / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Poised to Turn the DOJ Into His Personal Law Firm … No president has ever attempted to do what Donald Trump now proposes to do—assemble a small team of former personal attorneys and install it at the highest levels of the Department of Justice.  The president-elect first named lawyers …
Duane Patterson / HotAir:
Lessons, Painful At Times, Are Only Lessons If They're Eventually Learned  —  The devastation in Southern California is almost beyond measure.  A little over half of Pacific Palisades is gone.  Most of the seaside parts of Malibu are in ruins.  There are now seven active fires in Los Angeles …
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy  —  Another natural disaster, another series of false claims from President-elect Donald Trump.  —  For years, Trump has littered his statements on California wildfires and other disasters with inaccurate assertions.
 
 
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