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“President-elect Trump has been dipping into the ranks of current and former House members to fill out his administration at a historic rate,” Axios reports. “It’s no coincidence that Trump prefers the lower chamber to the more detached and regal Senate — where even now members are flexing their independence from the incoming president.” “House members, by contrast, have to run for reelection every two years and are typically more in touch with the fanatically pro-Trump GOP base.”

“Senate Republicans made clear they wouldn’t rubber-stamp Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, pushing another of the president-elect’s selections to the brink this past week,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “But there are limits on how far they can go without risking political self-destruction.”

“Two days before the November election, a rogue team of campaign organizers for Vice President Kamala Harris turned a Dunkin’ Donuts in Philadelphia into their secret headquarters,” the New York Times reports. “Their mission was simple: Knock on the doors of as many Black and Latino voters as they could in neighborhoods that they believed the Harris campaign had neglected in its get-out-the-vote-operation.

“Donald Trump is off on his first international trip as president-elect, ready to join world leaders and dignitaries in Paris for a Saturday celebration of the renovation of Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire in 2019,” NPR reports. CNN: Trump to return to world stage for Notre Dame Cathedral reopening in Paris.

“South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol promised to not declare martial law again, explaining that his stunning move this week was made out of desperation,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “The conservative Yoon, in a brief televised address Saturday morning, apologized to the nation and said he would not evade legal and political responsibility for enacting martial law.

[Editor's Note: There are many videos out there of Monica Crowley saying crazy shit, we just decided to top this post with the one from the Faith and Freedom Conference THIS YEAR where she defends Joe McCarthy and McCarthyism.] Monica Crowley would be the 10th former Fox personality to serve in the second Trump administration. — Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) 2024-12-04T17:58:20.898Z [More Editor's Note: The rest of this post is a reprise from our highlights reel from 2016, because reruns are what the "Trump Administration" does best!] Oh it's just so perfect.