The (perceived) persecution of Kash Patel Once upon a time, there was a Trump toadie who wrote a fatuous children's book about a good king being persecuted by an evil queen named Hillary Queenton until one day a virtuous wizard comes to his ... 12/2/2024 - 2:05 am | View Link
The Father, the Son, and Kash Patel Kash Patel speaks during a Turning Point Action ‘United for Change’ campaign rally for Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2024. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images.) ... 12/2/2024 - 1:59 am | View Link
Kash Patel would be there with Trump 'every step of the way' The Atlantic's Elaina Plott Calabro joins Morning Joe to discuss her reporting from August on Kash Patel 'The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump'. 12/2/2024 - 12:27 am | View Link
Transcript: Trump’s Awful FBI Pick Is Already Revealing What’s Coming How far can Trump's choice to run the FBI, Kash Patel, get in persecuting Trump's enemies? Center for American Progress senior fellow Michael Sozan explains. 12/1/2024 - 10:51 pm | View Link
Trump FBI pick Kash Patel should take these concrete steps to restore trust: former special agent A former FBI special agent details what she wants to see happen if Kash Patel is confirmed as the agency's new director. President-elect Trump tapped Patel for the job. 12/1/2024 - 8:59 pm | View Link
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, drank in ways that concerned his colleagues at Fox News, according to 10 current and former Fox employees, NBC News reports.
Two of those people said that on more than a dozen occasions during Hegseth’s time as a co-host of “Fox & Friends Weekend,” which began in 2017, they smelled alcohol on him before he went on air.
CNN: Hegseth faces a tough road to confirmation, multiple GOP senators say.
CNN: Amid GOP concerns, Hegseth is expected to sit for a Fox News interview tomorrow.
“As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black people haven’t been appointed to key positions,” ABC News reports.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is breaking with Joe Biden over the president’s stunning decision to pardon his son Hunter, Politico reports.
Said Newsom: “With everything the president and his family have been through, I completely understand the instinct to protect Hunter. But I took the president at his word. So by definition, I’m disappointed and can’t support the decision.”
“Robert Lighthizer seemed like a shoo-in for a senior role in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“But Trump’s former trade chief is expected to go home empty-handed after he expressed reluctance to engage in the behind-the-scenes jockeying that helped his competitors land crucial cabinet postings.”
Politico: Trade hawk Lighthizer unlikely to return for Trump’s second term.
“Senate Republicans are considering quick legislation early next year to strengthen border security, energy production and the military while saving a tax-policy fight for later in 2025, laying out a two-step process for passing President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda without any Democratic help,” the Wall Street Journal reports.