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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 …
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CNN, New York Post, Townhall and New Jersey Online
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.
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Politico, Fox News, The Guardian and UPI
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New York Times:
Judge Allows Release of Half of Special Counsel's Report on Trump Cases
Judge Allows Release of Half of Special Counsel's Report on Trump Cases
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Washington Examiner, Civil Discourse …, Forbes, Law & Crime, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Bulwark and Raw Story
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump appears desperate to keep Jack Smith's findings under wraps
Trump appears desperate to keep Jack Smith's findings under wraps
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One First, The Daily Signal, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
NBC News:
Judge to allow release of Jack Smith's report on Trump election interference case
Judge to allow release of Jack Smith's report on Trump election interference case
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Washington Post, The Hill, New York Daily News, NPR, New York Post, Mediaite, The Independent and Associated Press
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Arizona attorney general asks for Jack Smith's full case file
Arizona attorney general asks for Jack Smith's full case file
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Washington Times, PoliticusUSA, Arizona Mirror, Raw Story and Townhall
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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Vanity Fair, Esquire, New Republic, The Hill and HuffPost
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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 …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can't stop the ugly infighting
As Trump prepares to take power, MAGA can't stop the ugly infighting
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Raw Story
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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The Hill, The Post Millennial, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, Washington Examiner, Washington Reporter, IJR, Daily Kos, E&E News, East Bay Times and New York Times
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen
Trump's thuggish response to the California fires is a bad omen
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Washington Post
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson confirms ‘discussions’ on tying wildfire aid to debt limit
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 …
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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
Trump's Team Is Grilling Civil Servants About Who They Voted For: Report
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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.”
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump's First 100 Days
Rachel Maddow Will Return to Nightly Shows on MSNBC for Trump's First 100 Days
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Associated Press, The Hill, The Hollywood Reporter, RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation, Adweek, Deadline and Mediaite
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
MSNBC Ups Rachel Maddow to Five Nights, Sends Alex Wagner Into Field for Trump's First 100 Days
MSNBC Ups Rachel Maddow to Five Nights, Sends Alex Wagner Into Field for Trump's First 100 Days
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New York Post, Raw Story and Los Angeles Times, more at Mediagazer »
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.
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The Verge and TechCrunch, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
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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.
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Balls and Strikes, NC Newsline and Diane Ravitch's blog
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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, New York Post and Raw Story
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Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
How Lagging Vaccination Could Lead to a Polio Resurgence
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Orlando Sentinel
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.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Dems should hold Trump nominees ‘accountable’ at hearings, Schumer says — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is privately urging his members to use upcoming hearings on President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to hold their “feet to the fire,” according to a Senate Democratic official.
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Rebecca Traister / New York Magazine:
Pete Hegseth Is a Test
Pete Hegseth Is a Test
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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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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.
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Fox News, Washington Post, American Greatness, Townhall, The Sun and PBS NewsHour
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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PJ Media, CalMatters, Frontpage Mag, Breitbart, freebeacon.com, acecomments.mu.nu, Twitchy, HotAir, Washington Examiner, Fox News, IJR, Townhall and New York Post
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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 …
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 …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Defense pick Pete Hegseth repeatedly criticized removing names of Confederate generals from US bases — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of defense, has voiced strong opposition to removing the names of Confederate generals from US military bases, repeatedly saying the names should be changed back.
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Raw Story and New Republic