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Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“One the parties here is the owner of Pornhub… Is it like the old Playboy magazine, you have essays there by the modern day equivalent of Gore Vidal and William…
Trump Considers Executive Order to ‘Save TikTok’
“President-elect Donald Trump is considering issuing an executive order once in office that would suspend enforcement of the TikTok sale-or-ban law for 60 to 90 days, hoping a brief reprieve…
Jill Biden Still Upset at Nancy Pelosi
First lady Jill Biden told the Washington Post that it was “disappointing” that Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was the one whose decisive intervention pushed President Biden out of the 2024…
Biden and Trump Both Claim Credit for Gaza Ceasefire
“President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump are both claiming credit for Israel and Hamas agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza after the White House brought Trump’s Middle East…
Tim Cook to Join Tech CEOs at Trump’s Inauguration
“Apple CEO Tim Cook is planning to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump next week, the latest in a wave of Silicon Valley leaders traveling to Washington for the…
Pence Opposes RFK Jr. Nomination
“Former Vice President Mike Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom, is calling for senators to vote against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s nomination for Health and Human Services secretary over his past…
Bonus Quote of the Day
“A lot of people are going to get brutally scammed… Scamming people like that is what his whole life has been around.” — Paul Krugman, talking about the incoming Trump…
Cuomo Still Has Nearly $8 Million in His Warchest
“Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo has $7.7 million in his state-level campaign finance account,” Politico reports. “The warchest looms large over a potential Cuomo comeback. While he hasn’t publicly declared his…
DeWine and Ramaswamy Met to Discuss Senate Vacancy
“Two months after taking himself out of the running for an Ohio Senate seat, Vivek Ramaswamy is under consideration for the post,” Politico reports. “Ramaswamy and Gov. Mike DeWine, who…
Trump Transition Puts Guardrails Around RFK Jr.
Politico: “Transition officials plan to install several longtime GOP allies in senior roles across the health department, filling out key parts of Kennedy’s leadership team well before he could be…
400 Washington Post Staffers Sign Letter to Jeff Bezos
Over 400 Washington Post journalists sent a scathing letter to owner Jeff Bezos urging him to come meet with the paper’s leadership and make a course correction as they fear…
Trump Advisers Back Off on Timeline to End Ukraine War
“Advisers to President-elect Donald Trump now concede that the Ukraine war will take months or even longer to resolve, a sharp reality check on his biggest foreign policy promise –…
Kamala Harris Next Move Is a Book
“Vice President Kamala Harris has a lot of options for her next act — including possible runs for governor of California in 2026 and president in 2028 — but writing…
An Era of Change, Forever Marked by Trump
Peter Baker: “President Biden ran for the White House promising to be a transitional figure, then once he got there began thinking of himself as a transformational one. But after…
Pete Hegseth Declines to Answer
Jonathan Chait: “At his confirmation hearing, the defense-secretary nominee looked like a man who understood that the fix was in…” “Hegseth’s strategy today was to evade these problems altogether. In…
A Brash Display of Big Tech’s Realignment
Vanity Fair: “All this ring-kissing and public pomp mark a stark departure for Silicon Valley, which has traditionally served as a Democratic stronghold—and largely shunned Trump before his first term.”…
Biden Leaves Office with Lowest Approval of His Term
A new CNN Poll finds President Biden will leave office with a 36% approval rating, matching his previous low. “Americans broadly view Biden’s four years in office more as a…
Trump Team Asks 3 Senior Career Diplomats to Resign
“Aides to President-elect Donald Trump have asked three senior career diplomats who oversee the U.S. State Department’s workforce and internal coordination to step down from their roles, in a possible…
Nonprofit Admits Secretly Aiding Stacy Abrams’ Campaign
“A nonprofit founded by Stacey Abrams, a Georgia Democrat, admitted on Wednesday that it had violated state law by concealing the fact that it had campaigned for her during her…
Bondi Pushed to Declare Independence From Trump
“Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, refused to explicitly say she would defy White House pressure — or admit that Mr. Trump lost the 2020 election —…
