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12:20 PM ET, January 11, 2025

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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Trump is planning 100 executive orders starting Day 1 on border, deportations and other priorities  —  President-elect Donald Trump is preparing more than 100 executive orders starting Day One of the new White House, in what amounts to a shock-and-awe campaign on border security, deportations and a rush of other policy priorities.
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Trump claims Biden blocking his agenda at the last-minute.  Policy experts weigh in.  —  Biden has banned much offshore drilling while Trump says “drill, baby, drill.”  —  President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump  —  As his time in the White House comes to a close …
Discussion: The Lever
Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
Border Crossings Continue to Drop Before Trump's Second Term
Discussion: Notes From Poland
Axios:
Trump's Hill weapon
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and New Republic
New York Times:
Biden Issues Sweeping Deportation Protections Before Trump Takes Office
Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge:
Mark Zuckerberg lies about content moderation to Joe Rogan's face … I'll spare you the experience of listening to one of the richest men in the world whine and just tell you straight out: Mark Zuckerberg's interview on The Joe Rogan Experience is full of lies.
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Despite Trump's Attacks, Republicans Made Big Gains in Mail Voting  —  As Republican voters embraced a practice that Donald J. Trump railed against for years, softening his tone only slightly in 2024, the party eroded a key Democratic advantage across the country.
Discussion: Rolling Stone
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Rudy Giuliani held in contempt for second time this week
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Rudy Giuliani Found In Contempt Of Court For Second Time This Week
Discussion: MSNBC and Law & Crime
Adria R Walker / The Guardian:
DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review  —  DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’  —  On Friday, the Department of Justice (DoJ) released its report on the Tulsa race massacre after announcing the review last September.
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David Zahniser / Los Angeles Times:
Did Mayor Karen Bass really cut the fire department budget?  The answer gets tricky  —  When Mayor Karen Bass unveiled her budget plan for 2024-25, she called for a 2.7% reduction in spending at the Los Angeles Fire Department.  —  Her proposal, unveiled in April, sought $23 million in cuts …
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Leaked memo reveals LA Mayor Karen Bass demanded her fire department cut an extra $49 million just ONE WEEK before wildfires broke out
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook: Kamala Harris' zombie fundraising  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  CALL IT THE 2028 BOWL — JD VANCE's Ohio State Buckeyes will meet PETE BUTTIGIEG's Notre Dame Fighting Irish in next Monday's college football national championship game in New Orleans.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has worked for years to discredit any and all criminal and civil cases against him as nothing more than politically motivated witch hunts.  —  A big economic package, mass deportations, maybe even some invasions of other countries.
Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico:
Protesters chanting ‘no to Nazis’ block access to AfD party congress  —  Summit attendees are expected to formally nominate Alice Weidel as the far-right candidate for chancellor in next month's election.  —  Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the East German town of Riesa on Saturday …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
O Canada, Come Join Us  —  My great-great-grandmother was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, and first saw the United States as a 10-year-old.  My great-grandfather was an Irish Canadian who married a Maine girl.  My wife's father was born in Ontario, descended from a long line of Newfoundlanders …
Discussion: CNN and The Federalist
Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico:
Zuckerberg urges Trump to stop the EU from fining US tech companies  —  Comparing the bloc's antitrust penalties to tariffs, the Meta boss argued that Brussels is “screwing with” American industry.  —  The U.S. government under incoming President Donald Trump should intervene to stop the EU …
Discussion: The Irish Times, Le Monde and Mediaite
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Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline, empty when firestorm exploded  —  A large reservoir in Pacific Palisades that is part of the Los Angeles water supply system was out of use when a ferocious wildfire destroyed thousands of homes and other structures nearby, the Los Angeles Times found.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump vilified tech giants.  Now they're giving him millions.  —  After years in which Trump called them enemies of the people, Silicon Valley executives are hoping $1 million gifts and Mar-a-Lago dinners will mend bridges with the president-elect.  —  On Jan. 7, 2021, when Meta suspended …
New York Times:
As L.A. Fires Rage, Trump and Newsom's Hostilities Resurface  —  California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and President-elect Donald J. Trump have long feuded.  Can the rancor be set aside to help a devastated city recover?  —  As fires raged around Los Angeles, Gov. Gavin Newsom …
New York Times:
The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change  —  Extreme weather events — deadly heat waves, floods, fires and hurricanes — are the consequences of a warming planet, scientists say.  —  As Los Angeles burned for days on end, horrifying the nation …
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Biden Calls Meta's Ending of Fact-Checking Program ‘Shameful’  —  Responding to a question from a reporter, the president said he believed Americans “want to tell the truth.”  —  President Biden criticized Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, on Friday for deciding to abandon …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
In Congress, a Push for Proxy Voting for New Parents Draws Bipartisan Support … Representative Brittany Pettersen at the Capitol on Wednesday.Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times  —  Representative Brittany Pettersen, a second-term Colorado Democrat, was not planning to have a second child at the age of 43.
Jack Ewing / New York Times:
Republicans Can Slow but Not Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say  —  More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.  —  To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies.
Aitor Hernández-Morales / Politico:
Pressure mounts on Farage to resign after break with Musk  —  Ten Reform UK councillors quit in protest over the “incompetent or malevolent” management of the far-right party.  —  A group of 10 Reform UK councillors have resigned in a bid to get Nigel Farage to step down as the right-wing party's leader.
Axios:
Scoop: Denmark sent Trump team private messages on Greenland … - Trump has repeatedly declared that controlling Greenland — the world's largest island — is necessary for U.S. national security vis-a-vis Russia and China. … - Climate change is opening up the Arctic for competition between superpowers …
NBC News:
Trump's return to power has old critics and skeptics reconciling with a new ‘normal’  —  Across the spectrum of American society, leaders who once shunned Trump or battled him are now seeking to bolster their ties or extend olive branches.  —  In the weeks and months after Donald Trump won …
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
 
 
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Matt Taibbi / Racket News:
State Department Defies Congress, Revives Infamous Censorship Office in Absurd Prank
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Poke The Bear  —  After two months of watching American corporate and opposition-party officials …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Kremlin Confirms Readiness for Putin to Meet Trump
NBC News:
Key senators receive Pete Hegseth's FBI background check days out from confirmation hearing
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Consultant who called Trump an ‘environmental hero’ to get environmental job in new administration
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Brian Faler / Politico:
A delay in GOP's tax plans could push up costs by hundreds of billions
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Katya Schwenk / The Lever:
The Architects Of L.A.'s Wildfire Devastation
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California wildfires: Death toll climbs to 10, looters arrested
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