Tim Walz’s Bubble-wrapped Campaign

Former President Bill Clinton says in his new book that he wishes he “had never met” Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted sexual offender, the Washington Examiner reports. Citizen: My Life After the White House Amazon Kindle EditionClinton, Bill (Author)English (Publication Language)442 Pages - 11/19/2024 (Publication Date) - Knopf (Publisher) Check Price on Amazon

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a halt in confirming President Joe Biden’s nominees to the federal judiciary until he takes office, accusing Democrats of “trying to stack the courts,” ABC News reports. Said Trump: “The Democrats are trying to stack the Courts with Radical Left Judges on their way out the door… No more Judges confirmed before Inauguration Day!”

“The conflicting goals of President-elect Donald Trump’s economic agenda have been playing out as he debates who to choose as his Treasury secretary, a job that will entail steering tax cuts through Congress, leading trade talks with China and overseeing the $30 trillion U. S. bond market,” the New York Times reports. “Budget experts have warned that his plans could add as much as $15 trillion to the national debt while increasing inflation and slowing growth.

“Texas education officials approved in an initial vote on Tuesday a new elementary school curriculum that infuses material drawn from the Bible into reading and language arts lessons, a contentious move that would test the limits of religion’s presence in public education,” the New York Times reports.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) said she would fight a transgender woman — such as Rep.-elect Sarah McBride (D-DE) — if she comes across her in the bathroom, Politico reports. Said Greene: “It’s pretty aggressive for biological men to be invading our spaces.” According to Punchbowl News, Greene also called McBride “mentally ill” and refused to identify McBride by her preferred pronoun. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told lawmakers that transgender women won’t be allowed to use the women’s bathrooms in the Capitol, but added later: “We’ll provide appropriate accommodation for every member of Congress.”

Jonathan Last: “Yesterday the Financial Times reported that the Trump Media and Technology Group… was in talks to buy a cryptocurrency exchange. This may not seem like much, but it’s a layer cake of corruption and it’s taking place in broad daylight…” “Let me bottom-line it all for you: Trump is looking to buy a moribund crypto exchange owned by the husband of one of his Republican sycophants/allies/donors.