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Wall Street Journal:Trump Expected to Choose Brooke Rollins to Lead Agriculture Department — Rollins is a former domestic policy adviser to the president-elect — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Brooke Rollins, a former Trump administration policy adviser, to lead the Agriculture Department …Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, CBS News, Reuters, Fox News, The Texas Tribune, New York Post, WFLA-TV, WHEC.com, RedState, The Post Millennial, The Independent, Associated Press and BloombergRELATED:
Politico:Trump taps loyalist Rollins for USDA chief in surprise pick — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brooke Rollins as his Agriculture secretary, after weeks of intense internal fighting over the role, according to two people familiar with the transition conversations.Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, djt.nucleusemail.com and WHEC.com
Mike Allen / Axios:Behind the Curtain: Trump's liberal cabinet … - As Axios' Zachary Basu told you, Trump's Cabinet increasingly resembles a European-style coalition government, staffed with a dizzying array of ideological rivals united — for now — by a grand MAGA vision.Discussion: HotAir, WHEC.com, Associated Press and Mediaite
Gábor Scheiring / Politico:I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary's Democracy. Here's My Advice for the Trump Era. — To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works. — Many believed that after his first term as president, Donald Trump would end up in the dustbin of history.Discussion: The Dispatch
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:20 minutes agoTrump Picks Fox News Medical Contributor To Be Surgeon General — Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, once a Fox News talking head, could become the nation's top doctor. — LOADING — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a Fox News medical contributor, to serve as the U.S.′ next surgeon general.Discussion: Reuters, USA Today, STAT, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Bloomberg, Fox News and Raw StoryRELATED:
Politico:
Trump chooses Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon generalDiscussion: Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Daily Mail, RedState, The Hill, Florida Politics and Mediaite Washington Post:
Trump picks Scott Bessent for treasury and 8 others in flurry of announcementsDiscussion: The Hill, Associated Press, Civil Discourse …, BizPac Review, The Guardian, UPI, SpyTalk, The Independent, USA Today, KVUE-TV, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, Scripps News, New York Times, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, Axios, Politico, Business Insider, New York Post, RedState and The Japan Times
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:Canada's top military commander calls out US senator for questioning a woman's role in combat — The first woman to command Canada's military called out a U.S. senator on Saturday for questioning the role of women in combat. Gen. Jennie Carignan responded to comments made by Idaho Republican …Discussion: Canadian Press, The Atlantic, Politico and The Hill
Greg Sargent / New Republic:Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Is About to Regret What She Just Signed Up For — Matt Gaetz's withdrawal from consideration as Donald Trump's attorney general is unquestionably a big victory for the rule of law. But now that Trump has put forth Pam Bondi—the former Florida attorney general whose loyalty …RELATED: Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘Is she on our side?’: Jan. 6 defendants and allies puzzle over Bondi nominationDiscussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story, The 19th, Axios and USA Today
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:Pete Hegseth's Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case — Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary was not involved in the murder of detainees, but the formative experience appears to have influenced his advocacy for troops accused of war crimes.
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:John Bolton Slams Trump Cabinet Pick Seb Gorka as a ‘Con Man’ — NO CONFIDENCE — The former national security adviser called for a “full field FBI background investigation” into Gorka's academic credentials. — Never one to mince words, President-elect Donald Trump's former national …Discussion: HuffPost, The Guardian, The Hill, CNN, New York Times, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:Washington Post editorial warns of potential Ukraine abandonment under Trump — The Washington Post's editorial board released an op-ed on Saturday detailing the potential threats to Ukraine and the U.S. if President-elect Trump moves to strike a deal with his Russian counterparts.Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:How Kamala Harris lost voters in the battlegrounds' biggest cities — In the swing states, turnout in the major cities trailed the rest of the state. The drops weren't the same across neighborhoods, though. — Kamala Harris was banking on a robust turnout in Philadelphia …
Mike Debonis / Politico:Trump fills out his team of randos — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — INTERACTIVE DATA DIVE — “Where Kamala Harris lost big city voters in the battlegrounds,” by Jessica Piper, Paroma Soni and Brakkton Booker: “Blue cities represent the core of the Democratic base. ...
CNN:Fox hosts, cable news regulars and entertainment pros: Trump is casting a made-for-TV Cabinet — A common thread weaves through many of Donald Trump's picks for his incoming administration, a quality the president-elect values as highly as loyalty and perhaps even more than conventional qualifications: a flair for television.Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
Washington Post:Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump's bumpy transition — His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling. — Donald Trump's attorney and adviser Boris Epshteyn showed up recently …Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:Supreme Court steps into fight over FCC's $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas …Discussion: RedState, The Verge, The Hill and NBC News, more at Techmeme »RELATED: John Kruzel / Reuters:
US Supreme Court to decide Federal Communications Commission fund's legalityDiscussion: CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Caller News Foundation and CBS
Top Items:
Wall Street Journal:Trump Expected to Choose Brooke Rollins to Lead Agriculture Department — Rollins is a former domestic policy adviser to the president-elect — President-elect Donald Trump is expected to select Brooke Rollins, a former Trump administration policy adviser, to lead the Agriculture Department …
Discussion: Washington Post, NPR, CBS News, Reuters, Fox News, The Texas Tribune, New York Post, WFLA-TV, WHEC.com, RedState, The Post Millennial, The Independent, Associated Press and Bloomberg
RELATED:
Politico:Trump taps loyalist Rollins for USDA chief in surprise pick — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Brooke Rollins as his Agriculture secretary, after weeks of intense internal fighting over the role, according to two people familiar with the transition conversations.
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner, djt.nucleusemail.com and WHEC.com
Mike Allen / Axios:Behind the Curtain: Trump's liberal cabinet … - As Axios' Zachary Basu told you, Trump's Cabinet increasingly resembles a European-style coalition government, staffed with a dizzying array of ideological rivals united — for now — by a grand MAGA vision.
Discussion: HotAir, WHEC.com, Associated Press and Mediaite
Gábor Scheiring / Politico:I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary's Democracy. Here's My Advice for the Trump Era. — To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works. — Many believed that after his first term as president, Donald Trump would end up in the dustbin of history.
Discussion: The Dispatch
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:20 minutes agoTrump Picks Fox News Medical Contributor To Be Surgeon General — Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, once a Fox News talking head, could become the nation's top doctor. — LOADING — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a Fox News medical contributor, to serve as the U.S.′ next surgeon general.
Discussion: Reuters, USA Today, STAT, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Bloomberg, Fox News and Raw Story
RELATED:
Politico:Trump chooses Fox News contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat for surgeon general
Discussion: Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, New York Times, Daily Mail, RedState, The Hill, Florida Politics and Mediaite
Washington Post:Trump picks Scott Bessent for treasury and 8 others in flurry of announcements
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, Civil Discourse …, BizPac Review, The Guardian, UPI, SpyTalk, The Independent, USA Today, KVUE-TV, Wall Street Journal, Townhall, Scripps News, New York Times, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Gateway Pundit, Forbes, Axios, Politico, Business Insider, New York Post, RedState and The Japan Times
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:Canada's top military commander calls out US senator for questioning a woman's role in combat — The first woman to command Canada's military called out a U.S. senator on Saturday for questioning the role of women in combat. Gen. Jennie Carignan responded to comments made by Idaho Republican …
Discussion: Canadian Press, The Atlantic, Politico and The Hill
Greg Sargent / New Republic:Trump AG Pick Pam Bondi Is About to Regret What She Just Signed Up For — Matt Gaetz's withdrawal from consideration as Donald Trump's attorney general is unquestionably a big victory for the rule of law. But now that Trump has put forth Pam Bondi—the former Florida attorney general whose loyalty …
RELATED:
Kyle Cheney / Politico:‘Is she on our side?’: Jan. 6 defendants and allies puzzle over Bondi nomination
Discussion: Daily Mail, Raw Story, The 19th, Axios and USA Today
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:Pete Hegseth's Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case — Donald Trump's pick for defense secretary was not involved in the murder of detainees, but the formative experience appears to have influenced his advocacy for troops accused of war crimes.
Will Neal / The Daily Beast:John Bolton Slams Trump Cabinet Pick Seb Gorka as a ‘Con Man’ — NO CONFIDENCE — The former national security adviser called for a “full field FBI background investigation” into Gorka's academic credentials. — Never one to mince words, President-elect Donald Trump's former national …
Discussion: HuffPost, The Guardian, The Hill, CNN, New York Times, Mediaite and Raw Story
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:Washington Post editorial warns of potential Ukraine abandonment under Trump — The Washington Post's editorial board released an op-ed on Saturday detailing the potential threats to Ukraine and the U.S. if President-elect Trump moves to strike a deal with his Russian counterparts.
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:How Kamala Harris lost voters in the battlegrounds' biggest cities — In the swing states, turnout in the major cities trailed the rest of the state. The drops weren't the same across neighborhoods, though. — Kamala Harris was banking on a robust turnout in Philadelphia …
Mike Debonis / Politico:Trump fills out his team of randos — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — INTERACTIVE DATA DIVE — “Where Kamala Harris lost big city voters in the battlegrounds,” by Jessica Piper, Paroma Soni and Brakkton Booker: “Blue cities represent the core of the Democratic base. ...
CNN:Fox hosts, cable news regulars and entertainment pros: Trump is casting a made-for-TV Cabinet — A common thread weaves through many of Donald Trump's picks for his incoming administration, a quality the president-elect values as highly as loyalty and perhaps even more than conventional qualifications: a flair for television.
Discussion: OutsideTheBeltway
Washington Post:Sharp elbows and raised voices: Inside Trump's bumpy transition — His freewheeling team has returned to the patterns of his first term in office — with shouting matches, expulsions from meetings and name-calling. — Donald Trump's attorney and adviser Boris Epshteyn showed up recently …
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:Supreme Court steps into fight over FCC's $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services — The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas …
Discussion: RedState, The Verge, The Hill and NBC News, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
John Kruzel / Reuters:US Supreme Court to decide Federal Communications Commission fund's legality
Discussion: CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Caller News Foundation and CBS
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