President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) as his pick to be the secretary of labor, CNN reports.
Chavez-DeRemer lost reelection to Oregon’s 5th District earlier this month.
Trump Plans to Fire Jack Smith’s Entire Team
“President-elect Donald Trump plans to fire the entire team that worked with special counsel Jack Smith to pursue two federal prosecutions against the former president, including career attorneys typically protected from political retribution,” the Washington Post reports.
“Trump is also planning to assemble investigative teams within the Justice Department to hunt for evidence in battleground states that fraud tainted the 2020 election.”
Trump Picks Scott Bessent for Treasury Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has selected hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent to lead the Treasury Department, “elevating one of the finance world’s most vocal supporters of the president-elect to a crucial position overseeing the incoming administration’s economic agenda,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Bessent in recent months has become a key economic adviser to Trump and his team. He has defended Trump’s economic proposals in the midst of opposition from some on Wall Street, who worry that the president-elect’s pledge to impose sweeping tariffs will trigger trade wars and ultimately lead to higher prices for American consumers.”
Tulsi Gabbard Was Placed on Government Watch List
“Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s pick to lead the intelligence community, was briefly placed on a Transportation Security Administration list that prompts additional security screening before flights after her overseas travel patterns and foreign connections triggered a government algorithm earlier this year,” CNN reports.
Justices Take Up Case Testing Power of Agencies
“The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into a fight over Congress’ ability to delegate power to federal agencies — opening the next chapter in a decadeslong effort by conservatives and business interests to reduce the power of the federal government,” CNN reports.
“The appeal, filed by the Biden administration, comes months after the high court handed down a blockbuster ruling limiting the power of federal agencies to interpret vague federal laws on workplace conditions, environmental protections and consumer safeguards.”
House Democrats to Make Mike Johnson’s Life Hell
“House Democrats are gearing up to put maximum pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) agonizingly small House majority,” Axios reports.
“Just a few complications on the GOP side could hobble Johnson’s efforts to pass President-elect Trump’s sweeping agenda, fund the government and raise the debt ceiling.”
“Republicans may end up with as small as a temporary one- or two-seat majority until seats can be filled with special elections. That puts House Republicans in a significantly weaker position than they were in during Trump’s first term in 2017, when they had a 20-seat buffer.”
Matt Gaetz Has a New Gig
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is recording short videos on Cameo for $500 apiece.
Special Election for Gaetz’s Seat Set for April Fool’s Day
“Florida will conduct a special election on April 1, 2025, to fill the House seat vacated by Matt Gaetz, kicking off a sprint among Florida Republicans to represent the deep-red district,” Politico reports.
“The primaries are set for January 28, but whoever wins the GOP nomination will be the heavy favorite over the Democratic pick.”
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Trump Picks Kelly Loeffler for Agriculture
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) to serve as secretary of Agriculture, The Hill reports.
Matt Gaetz Threatens to Expose Insider Trading
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) threatened that he would soon expose “stories of corruption, treason and betrayal” regarding members of Congress trading stocks.
GOP Senators Want to See Tulsi Gabbard’s FBI File
Punchbowl News: “Republican senators have privately discussed their interest in viewing Gabbard’s FBI file… This is done for each Cabinet nominee, but the implication is that the documents could reveal previously unknown information about Gabbard, including possible foreign contacts.”
Trump Aide Says Mike Rogers Won’t Be FBI Director
Facing a MAGA backlash over the prospect of former Rep. Mike Rogers leading the FBI, Trump adviser Dan Scavino announced today that the president-elect told him Rogers won’t be chosen.
Scavino says Trump said he’s “never even given it a thought.”
Just this morning, Rogers was on Fox News pitching himself as the right man for the job.
Matt Gaetz Says He Won’t Return to Congress
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), “who withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general on Thursday, said Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year,” CNN reports.
Said Gaetz: “I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress.”
I’ll admit that now I’m really curious to know what’s in that House Ethics Committee report.
Elon Musk Gets a Crash Course in Trumpism
“For the first 53 years of his life, Elon Musk barely spent any time with Donald Trump. Then, beginning on the night of Nov. 5, he spent basically no time without him,” the New York Times reports.
“And so Mr. Musk, more than any other key player in the presidential transition, finds himself in a cram session to learn the courtier politics of Mr. Trump’s inner circle. For the world’s richest person — not known for his humility or patience — it is a social engineering challenge far trickier and less familiar than heavy manufacturing or rocket science.”
“Doubts abound as to whether he will graduate in 2028 with a four-year degree in Trumpism: It is now a parlor game in Washington and Silicon Valley to speculate just how long the Musk-Trump relationship will last. The answer, as discarded aides from Mr. Trump’s first term will tell you, may depend on Mr. Musk’s ability to placate the boss and keep a relatively low profile — but also to shiv a rival when the time comes.”
Putin Says Ukraine War Is Going Global
“President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the Ukraine war was escalating towards a global conflict after the United States and Britain allowed Ukraine to hit Russia with their weapons, and warned the West that Moscow could strike back,” Reuters reports.
“Russia, Putin said, had responded to the use of U.S. and British missiles by firing a new kind of hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile at a Ukrainian military facility. More could follow, Putin warned.”
The Sexual-Abuse Cabinet
Jill Filipovic: “If everyone is a sexual predator, then no one’s history of misdeeds matters (or, at least, no one needs to be held accountable).”
“MAGA Republicans seem to be having their own #MeToo moment, except here, a growing cohort of men is essentially saying: Oh, another man accused of sexual predation? #MeToo—and so what? Being accused of sexual harassment, abuse, or assault is no longer disqualifying; on the right, it has been normalized. It may even be an asset.”
Will Musk and Trump Fall Out?
Financial Times: “In 1972, Henry Kissinger called Time’s editor-in-chief and ‘begged’ to have his name removed as the magazine’s joint ‘men of the year’ — the other being his boss, Richard M Nixon.”
Recalled Kissinger: “To be given equal treatment with the president of the United States was for me almost suicidal.”
“The magazine brushed aside Kissinger’s desperate entreaties. The two men duly shared the cover. The German-born national security adviser’s role in a highly consequential administration was too central to be ignored.”
“Eight weeks before Donald Trump takes office for a second time, that role now belongs to Elon Musk. Trump’s vice-president, JD Vance, has almost dropped out of view. Musk, on the other hand, is everywhere to be seen.”
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Elon Musk has cozied into Trump’s White House. How long will this bromance last?
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