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Financial Times: “In 1972, Henry Kissinger called Time’s editor-in-chief and ‘begged’ to have his name removed as the magazine’s joint ‘men of the year’ — the other being his boss, Richard M Nixon.”
Recalled Kissinger: “To be given equal treatment with the president of the United States was for me almost suicidal.”

Jill Filipovic: “If everyone is a sexual predator, then no one’s history of misdeeds matters (or, at least, no one needs to be held accountable).”

“President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons, and warned the West that Moscow could strike back,” Reuters reports.

“For the first 53 years of his life, Elon Musk barely spent any time with Donald Trump. Then, beginning on the night of Nov. 5, he spent basically no time without him,” the New York Times reports.

Former  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), “who withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general on Thursday, said Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year,” CNN reports.
Said Gaetz: “I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress.”

Facing a MAGA backlash over the prospect of former Rep. Mike Rogers leading the FBI, Trump adviser Dan Scavino announced today that the president-elect told him Rogers won’t be chosen.
Scavino says Trump said he’s “never even given it a thought.”
Just this morning, Rogers was on Fox News pitching himself as the right man for the job.

Punchbowl News: “Republican senators have privately discussed their interest in viewing Gabbard’s FBI file… This is done for each Cabinet nominee, but the implication is that the documents could reveal previously unknown information about Gabbard, including possible foreign contacts.”

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) threatened that he would soon expose “stories of corruption, treason and betrayal” regarding members of Congress trading stocks.

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) to serve as secretary of Agriculture, The Hill reports.

If the last two weeks have highlighted anything, it’s that President-elect Donald Trump has picked up right where he left off.
Here’s what I’m talking about: