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David Corn @DavidCornDC

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to order stopping the development of new drugs for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and other illnesses for eight years on his first day as HHS secretary. Thank you, Trump voters.

Trump acknowledged he is prepared to declare a national emergency and use "military assets" in his mass deportation program. and would deport "millions" starting on day one. He called immigrants “animals,” “monsters,” and “murderers,” and said they are “poisoning the blood of our country.”
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Chappatte Cartoons
@PatChappatte

Meet the Trump team - © Chappatte in Le Temps, Geneva

A criminal conviction is a long-standing disqualifier for holding a security clearance – a license to access national security secrets, including documents marked Top Secret. Just being charged criminally can mean denial or loss of clearance too. The dilemma arises as Trump is the president elect but also a convicted felon.
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast

The formal report into Matt Gaetz's alleged misconduct has finally been made available to all 10 members of the House Ethics Committee.

Trump's transition team is doubling down on his pick for A.G. pushing Matt Gaetz through even after a lawyer who represents two women who Gaetz paid them for sex. One also says she saw Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party.

Musk faced proposed fines last year of about $633K from the FAA over SpaceX violations, including over the company's unauthorized rocket firing. Rep. Rick Crawford has been floated as Trump's appointment to head the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA. He's indicated a willingness to overhaul space regulations.
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Trump has tapped Sean Duffy, a Fox co-host to be the nation's next Transportation Secretary. Duffy has previously said Trump had the authority to take ownership of any government document by declaring it unclassified.
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Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk called on Matt Gaetz, to arrest PA Gov. Josh Shapiro and other officials after a recount was automatically triggered because incumbent Dem. Sen. Bob Casey lost to challenger GOP Dave McCormick by 0.2%. Kirk called the recount "legal anarchy".
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Narendra Modi @narendramodi

@POTUS Joe Biden at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Always a delight to meet him.

@JoeBiden

Speaking to former Republican strategist Tim Miller, Wallace said she thinks Matt Gaetz "will be the attorney general" even if the House Ethics Committee report proves damaging. "The point is to humiliate the Senate Republicans.
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Trump is starting to lose patience with one of his short-listers for the Treasury Department playing his allies against one another and manipulating things behind the scenes to get the role. Trump is beginning to resent the appearance that tech billionaire Elon Musk is controlling him into making staffing decisions.
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Mike Johnson does not get to dictate what the House Ethics Committee does, said the bipartisan said Ethics Committee chair Michael Guest. The committee has to decide whether to release a potentially explosive report into Matt Gaetz, who faces an investigation into alleged child sex trafficking, illicit drug use, and acceptance of improper gifts, among other transgressions.
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A GA appeals court has canceled a hearing scheduled for Dec. 5 on the state's election subversion case involving Trump and his allies. The order, "the oral argument ... is hereby canceled until further order of this Court." The order did not explain.
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All critics of Putin die from falling out of the window.

Quote @visegrad24

The famous Russian ballet dancer, Putin-critic and opponent of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Shklyarov,
has died at the age of 39.

He fell out from a window of his fifth-floor apartment in St. Petersburg.

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