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- Trump Addresses Elon Musk’s Growing Influence
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 08:21 PMPresident-elect Donald Trump said the notion that he has “ceded the presidency” to Elon Musk is a fiction and that even if Musk wanted the job, he couldn’t get it because of the Constitution’s requirement that the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 10:46 PMPresident-elect Donald Trump delivered a sprawling address on Sunday that he called a “small preview of the common-sense revolution” his administration will bring, pledging to slam shut the nation’s borders, end federal regulations, lower taxes, prosecute his rivals, “stop woke” and “end the transgender lunacy,” the New York Times reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Manchin Torches Democrats On His Way Out
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 10:57 PM“As Joe Manchin prepares to leave Congress after nearly 15 years, the West Virginia senator — who left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent earlier this year — is further distancing himself from his former party, calling the Democratic brand ‘toxic,’” CNN reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Private Prison Complex Gears Up for Trump Deportations
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 07:01 AM“Private prisons and other companies that provide detention services are getting ready to cash in on what President-elect Donald Trump has billed as “the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.” That includes scouring for as many detention beds as possible in their networks of facilities, and scouting sites for new buildings to house migrants,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Matt Gaetz Report to Be Released on Monday
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 11:53 AMA source told CBS News the House Ethics Committee is expected to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Monday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Romney Says His Final Vote Was a ‘Protest’
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 02:05 PMSen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he voted against the stopgap spending bill in “protest” of how the government is run, CNN reports.
Said Romney: “While I support keeping government open, I voted no on the CR—a simple protest of the absurd way this is to run government.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Former Adviser Calls Nancy Mace a ‘Pitiful Embarrassment’
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 02:20 PMA Republican strategist is lashing out at Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) months after he says he fired her as a client, dubbing the far-right lawmaker a “pitiful embarrassment,” the Daily Beast reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Appoints Mark Burnett as Special Envoy to U.K.
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 05:01 PMDonald Trump has appointed television producer Mark Burnett as his special envoy to the United Kingdom, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Biden Gets His 235th Judge Confirmed
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:47 AM“President Joe Biden secured his 235th appointment to the federal judiciary on Friday, narrowly surpassing President-elect Donald Trump’s first-term tally by one with a record number of women and people of color named to the bench,” Reuters reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jeffries Wants to Kill the Debt Ceiling Forever
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 12:51 PM“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) has privately floated embracing the wholesale elimination of the debt limit next year rather than simply raising it,” Axios reports.
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“President-elect Trump will almost certainly need Democratic votes when the debt limit’s ‘X-date’ is reached — which experts say could be as soon as mid-June.”
- Republicans Suggest Elon Musk Is ‘Prime Minister’
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 10:42 PMRepublican members of Congress took to the Sunday shows to praise Trump lieutenant Elon Musk’s involvement in last week’s government funding saga, with one likening him to “our prime minister,” Axios reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Picks Callista Gingrich as Ambassador to Switzerland
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 10:49 PMPresident-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that he intended to nominate Callista Gingrich, who served as his ambassador to the Vatican during his first term, as ambassador to Switzerland, the New York Times reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 06:59 AMNew York Times: “As rebels advanced toward the Syrian capital of Damascus on Dec. 7, the staff in the hilltop Presidential Palace prepared for a speech they hoped would lead to a peaceful end to the 13-year civil war.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Demands Return of Panama Canal
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 07:43 AM“President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging ‘exorbitant prices and rates of passage’ on US naval and merchant ships, and he demanded that fees be lowered or else Panama should return the canal to the U.S.,” Bloomberg reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GOP Lawmaker Found Living in Nursing Home
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:16 PMRep. Kay Granger (R-TX) has been missing votes in Washington because she’s been living in a nursing home for dementia patients for the past six months, the Daily Mail reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Clarence Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 02:05 PM“Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron that had not previously come to light, Senate Democrats revealed on Saturday after conducting a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court,” the New York Times reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What the Spending Fight Tells Us About the Next 4 Years
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 04:59 PM“After days of threats and demands, Donald Trump had little to show for it once lawmakers passed a budget deal in the early hours of Saturday, narrowly averting a pre-Christmas government shutdown,” the AP reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Limits of the MAGA-Verse
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:41 AM“The MAGA-verse, with President-elect Trump and Elon Musk at the helm, continues to wield unprecedented power over Congress — but it has also found its limits,” Axios reports.
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“Three times now, the influential voices surrounding Trump — often organizing on X — have failed to get exactly what they want.” - This Week Was a Reminder for Republicans
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:49 AMPlaybook: “The whole saga is a reminder, especially for Republican leadership, of what things will be like with Trump back in office. For the last few years, Congress has gotten used to a fairly hands-off approach from the president in their negotiations.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Wanted Shutdown to Happen on Biden’s Watch
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 06:48 AM“President-elect Donald Trump, who derailed a bipartisan spending deal in Congress, tried on Friday to escape responsibility for the consequences, saying it would be better to let the government shut down under President Biden’s watch than to allow a politically damaging stalemate once he takes office next month,” the New York Times reports.
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- Fed Looks at Inflationary Impact of Trump’s Policies
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 10:40 PM“The Federal Reserve is starting to contend with how President-elect Donald Trump and his ambitious policies could reignite inflation in 2025,” the Washington Post reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trump Says He Wants to Buy Greenland
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 10:51 PM“President-elect Trump floated taking ownership of Greenland as he named PayPal co-founder Ken Howery as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Denmark on Sunday,” Axios reports.
“Trump said during his first administration that he was looking into the U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump to Use All Levers of Power Against the Media
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 06:55 AM“For many years, Donald Trump repeatedly threatened to sue the press but often didn’t follow through. When he did, he almost always lost,” the Washington Post reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Democrats Keep Mocking ‘President Musk’
Sunday - 12/22/2024 - 11:49 AMPlaybook: “From floor speeches to hallway chats to post-vote statements, Democrats have spent the past few days portraying Musk as a shadow president — a man perhaps more influential than Trump himself.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Lara Trump No Longer Interested in Senate Seat
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:12 PM“Lara Trump, President-elect Trump’s daughter-in-law, said Saturday she is removing herself from consideration for Florida Republican Marco Rubio’s seat in the U.S. Senate,” Fox News reports.
Said Trump: “After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate.”
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mike Johnson Concludes 118th Congress as it Began
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 02:11 PM“The 118th Congress ended almost exactly as it began: with chaos in the House of Representatives that threatened to consume its GOP leader and shut down the government,” the Washington Post reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Top Cop in New York City Abruptly Resigns
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 04:54 PM“The top uniformed police officer in the New York Police Department has resigned amid allegations he demanded sex from a subordinate in exchange for opportunities to earn extra pay,” the AP reports.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The Farm Recession Is Here
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:41 AMWall Street Journal: “The U.S. farm sector finds itself in another rough patch. Net farm income declined 4% this year to $141 billion after falling about 20% last year, according to the Agriculture Department.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Trump’s IRS Nominee Touts a Dubious Credential
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 10:48 AM“Former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri, whom President-elect Donald Trump has named his nominee to head the IRS, touts his expertise in tax matters,” ProPublica reports.
“He advertises his credential as a certified tax and business advisor, and he adds CTBA to his name on his X profile.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mike Johnson Loses a Vote for Speaker
Saturday - 12/21/2024 - 06:56 AMAfter the week of drama around a short term spending bill, Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) said: “I am now undecided on what House leadership should look like in the 119th Congress.”
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