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Elise Stefanik Eyed for Trump Administration Post
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is on the short list to become his next ambassador to the United Nations, Politico reports. “Stefanik has repeatedly attacked the United Nations over accusations that…
Nate Silver Takes a Victory Lap
Nate Silver notes the actual election map we got on Tuesday was the map that occurred most often in his election forecast simulations. Save to Favorites
Trump Picks Susie Wiles to Be Chief of Staff
“President-elect Donald Trump has tapped his campaign senior adviser Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff,” Politico reports. “Wiles, who amassed outsized influence as Trump’s de facto campaign manager,…
David McCormick Ousts Bob Casey
“David McCormick has won the Pennsylvania Senate race, defeating the Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey,” the AP reports. Save to Favorites
Trump’s Win Driven by Targeted Communications
“President-elect Trump’s victory was driven by gains among young voters that the campaign targeted through a media blitz in the final months leading up to the general election,” Axios reports….
Trump’s Believers See God on Their Side
“Eight years ago, conservative Christians wondered if Donald Trump, who had just been elected president, would truly be their champion. They were weary, and angry, after wandering in the wilderness…
Trump’s Business Bonanza
“President-elect Trump plans fast action on a business-friendly agenda of tax cuts, deregulation and expanded energy production,” Axios reports. “Trump plans to load his White House and Cabinet with business-…
Judge Scolds Giuliani for Not Turning Over Assets
“Rudy Giuliani got a tongue-lashing Thursday in federal court after missing a deadline to turn over valuables to two election workers he defamed, including one asset, a vintage Mercedes, that…
Trump’s 93 Campaign Promises
Ron Filipkowski collected every campaign promise Donald Trump made — and has them on video. Save to Favorites
Will Trump Have a New Opening to Repeal Obamacare?
“President-elect Donald Trump never revealed the ‘concepts’ of the plan he said he had to replace the Affordable Care Act, the law that he tried unsuccessfully to kill during his…
Powell Says He Would Not Leave If Trump Asked Him
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he would not leave his post if asked by President-elect Donald Trump, Bloomberg reports. The reporter followed up and asked if Powell thinks he’s…
Capitol Rioters Already Angling for Pardons
“The legal consequences of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory start with the likelihood that the cases against him will sputter out but could also extend to the cases of hundreds of…
What Does Elon Musk Want?
“Even before Donald Trump was re-elected, his best-known backer, Elon Musk, had come to him with a request for his presidential transition,” the New York Times reports. “He wanted Mr….
Putin Lavishes Praise on Trump
“President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated and lavished praise on Mr. Trump in his first comments on the U.S. election result, a sign that the Kremlin would move quickly to…
Fed Cuts Rates Again
“The Federal Reserve approved a quarter-point interest-rate cut Thursday, the latest step to prevent large rate increases of the prior 2½ years from weakening the labor market as inflation eases,”…
Trump Says There’s ‘No Price Tag’ for Mass Deportations
Donald Trump told NBC News on Thursday that one of his first priorities upon taking office in January would be to make the border “strong and powerful.” When questioned about his…
Susie Wiles Is Frontrunner to Be Trump’s Chief of Staff
“After helping engineer Donald Trump’s improbable and sweeping victory in the presidential race, Susie Wiles, the president-elect’s unassuming co-campaign chief, is seen as the frontrunner to become his White House…
House Democrats Are Not Conceding Anything
“House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Democrats aren’t conceding anything,” Punchbowl News reports. Said Jeffries: “It has yet to be decided who will control the House of Representatives in the…
It’s the Turnout, Stupid
Electoral-Vote.com: “The dominant story of the election thus far is the turnout. Donald Trump collected 62 million votes in 2016, grew that to 74 million in 2020, and will check…
David Plouffe Deletes His Account on X
Just after the election results came in, David Plouffe took a dig at President Biden: “We dug out of a deep hole but not enough.” He then deleted his X…