White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has been given her own Secret Service detail, CBS News reports.
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Trump’s TikTok Dance Is a Constitutional Farce
Ankush Khardori: “When it comes to Trump’s handling of the TikTok ban, it has, at best, scrambled the constitutional order, and, at worst, seen the administration openly flout a law passed by the American public’s elected representatives in order to advance the political, personal and financial interests of Trump and his allies.”
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Trump to Fire U.S. Attorney Who Won’t Charge Letitia James
“President Donald Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York Attorney General Letitia James,“ ABC News reports.
“Federal prosecutors in Virginia had uncovered no clear evidence to prove that James had knowingly committed mortgage fraud when she purchased a home in the state in 2023.”
Harris Was Shocked by the Outcome on Election Night
Former Vice President Kamala Harris writes in her new book that she thought she was going to win the presidential election last year, the Washington Post reports.
When Jen O’Malley Dillon, Harris’s campaign manager, broke the news, Harris recalls being in shock, barely able to breathe.
She repeated over and over: “My God, what will happen to our country?”
Trump and Xi Set to Discuss Trade Tensions and TikTok
“The stakes will be high on Friday when President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have only their second conversation since Trump returned to the White House and quickly set about inciting another trade war,” the Washington Post reports.
“Xi is continuing to bet he can find painful leverage points to counter Washington’s trade and technology pressure campaign. And Trump, who places great stock in his ability to broker international deals through direct talks with fellow leaders, wants a face-to-face meeting with Xi, even as his administration has sought to isolate Beijing and pull manufacturing back inside U.S. borders.”
Ocasio-Cortez Builds Towards Big Choice for 2028
“Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her team are positioning her to run for president or the U.S. Senate in 2028,“ Axios reports.
“Ocasio-Cortez’s 2028 decision could shake up the presidential race or the Senate’s leadership. A fellow New Yorker, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, 74, is up for re-election in 2028.”
The Shifting Ideology Behind Political Violence
“For decades, right-wing extremists and jihadists have been responsible for the bulk of America’s deadly political violence and domestic terrorism, from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting, according to researchers,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“But those tracking such violence say more acts are being committed by those holding either explicitly leftist views, no dominant political views or a mix of fringe ideologies, including the alleged gunman in the fatal shooting of a UnitedHealthcare executive in December and the suspect in the killing of two Israeli diplomats in Washington in May.”
Late-Night Hosts Warn of Autocracy
“Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and David Letterman all warned on Thursday that the country was sliding toward an autocracy after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show following pressure from the Trump administration,” the New York Times reports.
Washington Post: Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension raises fears of a new censorship era.
Schumer Doesn’t Sound Like He’s About to Fold
Sen. Chuck Schumer “is convinced that Trump and Republicans will own the shutdown, which flies in the face of decades of political history about the fallout from these types of showdowns,” Punchbowl News reports.
Said Schumer: “Look, Donald Trump is heading the show here. And he has said, ‘Don’t negotiate with the Democrats. We don’t need them.’ There’s one of two things. Either he doesn’t understand the Senate — even in its most rudimentary way — or he doesn’t know how to count. The only good way to get this done is a bipartisan negotiation.”
“According to Schumer, Johnson and Thune are simply Trump’s puppets and exhibit ‘weakness’ for not wanting to sit down with Democrats.”
Trump Explores Government-Backed Manufacturing Boost
“President Trump’s team is weighing a plan to spur the construction of factories and other infrastructure in a bid to jump-start the American manufacturing sector,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Under the plan, the administration would use money from a $550 billion investment fund established as part of trade negotiations with Japan to invest in the development of semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals, energy, ships and quantum computing.”
“Some of the projects would be granted preferential treatment from the government, including expedited regulatory review.”
Erika Kirk Takes Over Turning Point USA
New York Times: “Before his assassination, Charlie Kirk told Turning Point USA executives that he had a plan for the organization’s future in the event of his death. This week, it was put into action: On Wednesday evening, Erika Kirk was elected the new chief executive and chair of the board of Turning Point USA.”
How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Worth reading: How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future by Maria A Ressa.
For decades, Ressa challenged corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines, on its rocky path from an authoritarian state to a democracy.
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Biden’s Top Aide Testifies in Probe of Mental Decline
“Former White House chief of staff Jeff Zients testified behind closed doors at length about former President Joe Biden’s aging throughout the course of his term, including how he pushed Biden’s doctor to conduct a full medical workup,” CNN reports.
“Zients told House Oversight investigators that Biden’s decision-making slowed during the course of the administration and that the former president’s difficulty remembering dates and names worsened over time.”
Also important: “Following the debate, Zients testified he and other Biden advisors believed that Biden should exit the race.”
Charlie Kirk Would Want Southpark Episode Back Up
Deadline: “Andrew Kolvet, executive producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, recently urged Paramount to restore the recent South Park episode referencing Kirk, noting that the late conservative activist ‘loved that he was featured’ on the Comedy Central show.”
Wrote Kolvet: “Hey Paramount, as someone who can speak with some authority on this, Charlie loved that he was featured in South Park. He told me many times. He would want the episode back up.”
Kamala Harris Names Names
Politico: “The memoir, which goes on sale next week, sprints through Harris’ hyper-speed campaign for the presidency after Biden dropped out. Harris, known as a cautious communicator, presents a relatively unvarnished look at her losing presidential bid, and her critical assessment of a range of leading Democrats represents one of the highest-profile installments yet in the party’s post-election recriminations.”
“It wasn’t just her criticism of the ‘recklessness’ of Biden running again, or her characterization of her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as the second choice. Harris begins naming names early in the book, as she recounts the reactions from fellow Democrats in the immediate aftermath of Biden ending his campaign and, soon after, endorsing Harris in his stead.”
More from Politico: Harris details distracting pre-debate phone call from Biden.
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Bonus Quote of the Day
“This is misery. We see where this is all going, correct? It’s managed media. And it’s no good. It’s silly. It’s ridiculous. And you can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works.”
— David Letterman, quoted by Variety.
Trump Suggests Pulling TV Licenses from Critics
President Trump said networks giving him negative coverage may deserve to have their licenses revoked, Axios reports.
Said Trump: “I have read someplace that the networks were 97% against me… They give me wholly bad publicity, press. They’re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away.”
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