California Republican Activists Favor John Cox For Governor, But Remain Divided

New York Times: “The Trump family’s new crypto token surged in just two days to become one of the most valuable forms of digital currency in the world, creating the potential for a multibillion-dollar payout to the family but also generating a storm of questions about the conflicts of interest the new venture creates.” “President-elect Donald J.

Two days after her president-elect husband generated potentially tens of billions of dollars with a new meme coin, first-lady-in-waiting Melania Trump launched her own coin Sunday night: $MELANIA, Axios reports.

Julia Azari: “As I think about what makes the Trump era feel different and more threatening to American democracy than past moments, I keep coming back to the way that powerful forces are politically aligned behind Trump and Trumpism. It’s think tanks, business interests (including, it must be said, corporate media), and the courts.” “What makes this moment uniquely dangerous isn’t the norm violations or the racism – nothing there is good, but neither is it new.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, who has toed the line recently with Donald Trump and the president-elect’s incoming administration, will attend Monday’s inauguration ceremony, his office confirmed Sunday. “As chair of the National Governors Association, I’m leading a national bipartisan group of America’s governors to attend the Presidential inauguration,” Polis said in a Sunday statement.

Donald Trump had a lot working against his 2024 candidacy. During his first presidency, he was impeached twice—the second time for inciting the violent mob that stormed the US Capitol. In the years since, he was found liable for sexual abuse and faced charges in four criminal cases. He was found guilty on 34 felony counts in one of those cases, though he has managed to escape trial in the other three. That long list of scandals made Trump’s second White House win confounding to many progressives.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), a fiscal hawk, agreed to support President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation plan "no matter what the cost." During a Sunday interview on Meet the Press, host Kristen Welker noted that mass deportations could cost the American taxpayer "trillions" of dollars. "He told me in a previous phone call, there is no price tag for his mass deportation plan," Welker said of Trump.