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3:50 PM ET, January 13, 2025

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Tierney Sneed / CNN:
Judge Cannon OKs release of special counsel's report into Trump and election subversion  —  Judge Aileen Cannon said on Monday that she would not block the release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on his investigation into Donald Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Discussion: Politico, Fox News, The Guardian, UPI and Forbes
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Steve Vladeck / One First:
117. Judge Cannon and the Special Counsel's Report
Discussion: Just Security and emptywheel
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’  —  New York CNN —  Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
I Have Resigned from The Washington Post, effective today  —  Corporate and billionaire owners of major media outlets have betrayed their audiences' loyalty and sabotaged journalism's sacred mission — defending, protecting and advancing democracy.  The Washington Post's billionaire owner …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Begun, the MAGA Wars Have  —  1. #TeamBannon  —  Over the weekend Steve Bannon unleashed on Elon Musk: … That was Bannon's marker.  His actual critique of Musk?  Buckle up, Francis. … Bannon went on to describe Musk's preferred objective as “techno-feudalism.”  —  Some observations:
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New Republic:
Bannon's Rage at Musk Suddenly Goes Nuclear as MAGA Meltdown Worsens … Over the weekend, Steve Bannon's fury at Elon Musk truly went off the rails.  Bannon, who has been feuding with Musk over immigration, vowed that he will run Musk out of the MAGA movement by Inauguration Day …
Discussion: Axios, UnHerd and Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can't stop the ugly infighting
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Incoming Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty  —  Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and New Republic
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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Team Is Grilling Civil Servants About Who They Voted For: Report
Discussion: acecomments.mu.nu
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
House Republicans and Trump discuss tying California wildfire aid to debt ceiling  —  The current California fires could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.  —  A group of House Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump talked about tying wildfire aid …
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen
Discussion: Washington Post
NBC News:
Trump's team discussing trip to survey L.A. wildfire devastation
Discussion: Breitbart and CNBC
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Team Trump Suddenly Backtracks on Key Campaign Promise  —  Donald Trump is backtracking on his big campaign promise to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours, according to his special envoy to Ukraine.  —  On Sunday, Keith Kellogg told Fox News that the Russia-Ukraine war would come to a “solvable solution in the near term.”
Discussion: HuffPost
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Ups Rachel Maddow to Five Nights, Sends Alex Wagner Into Field for Trump's First 100 Days
Mastodon Blog:
The people should own the town square  —  For any enquiry regarding this announcement, please contact press@joinmastodon.org  —  Mastodon was founded on the principles that people should be able to control their social circle online, curate their own timeline, and convene freely with any community of their choosing.
Paul Krugman / Krugman wonks out:
In Praise of California  —  It has its flaws — what place doesn't? — but it plays a big role in America's greatness  —  One of the unwritten rules of American politics is that it's OK to sneer at and smear our big cities and the people who live in them, while it's an outrageous act …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rachel Selzer / Democracy Docket:
North Carolina Judge Denies Republicans' Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots  —  Today, a North Carolina judge rejected a request from the Republican National Committee (RNC), North Carolina GOP, Wake County GOP and two voters to toss out nearly 60,000 ballots cast in all November 2024 statewide races.
Paul A. Offit / New York Times:
Don't Call Kennedy a Vaccine Skeptic.  Call Him What He Is: A Cynic.  —  The news media labels Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a “vaccine skeptic.”  He's not.  I'm an actual vaccine skeptic.  In fact, everyone who serves with me on the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory committee is a vaccine skeptic.
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
Maybe It Was Never About the Factory Jobs  —  The theory that populist economic policies can win back the working class for Democrats has been tried, and it has failed.  —  if there was any place in America where President Joe Biden's economic agenda ought to have won him votes, it would have been Lordstown, Ohio.
Rebecca Carballo / Politico:
Biden's parting gift: Student loan debt relief  —  More than 5 million borrowers have had loans forgiven since the president took office.  —  In the waning days of Joe Biden's presidency, his administration announced on Monday that it will provide student debt relief to 150,000 borrowers.
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Approving Student Debt Cancellation for Over 5 Million Americans
Discussion: UPI and Fox Business
New York Post:
Suspect arrested with ‘flamethrower’ near LA Fire is an illegal immigrant: sources  —  The homeless man tackled and zip-tied by onlookers who say he was trying to start fires with a blowtorch near a Los Angeles wildfire is an illegal immigrant who will likely be protected by California's sanctuary city status, according to sources.
New York Times:
Before Taking Office, L.A.'s Mayor Said She Would Not Go Abroad  —  Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles has been criticized for being out of the country when the wildfires broke out.  Three years ago, she promised in an interview to cut back on her world travel and focus on the city.
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James Downie / MSNBC:
Suddenly Donald Trump doesn't want to talk so much about the economy  —  If Trump doesn't want to talk about the economy, Democrats can fill the vacuum.  —  On his Truth Social account, Donald Trump has spent the last few days posting maps of Greenland, picking fights with California's governor …
Discussion: Reuters and Raw Story
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed  —  Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor.  On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately.  —  Pixelfed is an open-source …
 
 
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Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans Considering SNAP Benefit Cuts As Part Of Deficit Reduction Plan
Discussion: Roll Call
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Carrie Underwood to perform at Trump's inauguration
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
US Supreme Court turns away gun law challenges in Delaware, Maryland
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Examiner
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Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:
On a Mission From God: Inside the Movement to Redirect Billions of Taxpayer Dollars to Private Religious Schools
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Olga Khazan / The Atlantic:
Should You Be Prepping for Trump? … Juli Gittinger keeps a bag packed with iodine pills and a machete.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump's deportation vows only for ‘rabid’ Republicans and will fail, says Newt Gingrich
Discussion: Raw Story
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases
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