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Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful The president's domestic record wasn't just extraordinary.

No one can yet say for sure why such a strong economy led to a definitive loss for the sitting administration. But however voters felt about President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris's management of inflation--or immigration, or crime, or anything else--the fact remains that the administration oversaw an incredible economic recovery and then kept it going. None of that would have been possible without the Biden administration's embrace of novel economic policy, now known as "Bidenomics. ...

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Judge in Hunter Biden case sued over underage drinking party, alleged beating

Wilson alleges that one of the guests, Jackson Dorlarque, assaulted him and struck "his head and body on a curb on the Scarsi property." From the beating, Wilson lost consciousness, sustained a traumatic brain injury, and had to be hospitalized for more than two weeks, according to the lawsuit. The suit contends that a "major" cut to Wilson's face has left permanent scarring that "will require" plastic surgery. Then-President Trump appointed Scarsi, 59, to the fede ...

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Equality Caucus chair tells 'idiots' who claimed Wisconsin shooter was trans to 'f‑‑‑ off'

by Brooke Migdon - 12/17/24 1:35 PM ET Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a Wisconsin private school a day earlier was transgender. Two people — one teenage student and a teacher — were killed and another six were injured, including two students in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, in a shooting Monday at Abund ...

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Elizabeth Warren Urges Trump To Place Guardrails On Top Ally Elon Musk

Dec 17, 2024, 01:01 PM EST Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Monday called on Donald Trump to place guardrails around billionaire Elon Musk, who has maintained a near-constant presence in the president-elect’s inner circle since his victory in November’s election. In a letter addressed to Trump, Warren emphasized the need for Musk “to resolve his conflicts of interest if he wishes to continue serving as a top adviser to [Trump] and [his] transition team.” Despite his role in Trump’s orbit, i ...

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett plays 'highly useful' role in Trump being denied immunity in hush-money case

Dec 17th, 2024, 10:25 am The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case in New York on Monday refused to dismiss the dozens of felony convictions against the president-elect in light of the Supreme Court’s sweeping immunity decision, using, in part, the reasoning put forth by the last justice Trump himself placed on the high court. The ruling stems from Trump’s May 2024 conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records in the Empire State. The charges resulted from ...

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Senate Democrats push plan to abolish Electoral College

(The Hill) Three Democratic senators unveiled a constitutional amendment to abolish the Electoral College system Monday, just more than a month after President-elect Trump stunned the Democrats by sweeping all seven battleground states, knocking off three Senate Democratic incumbents in the process. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii,) Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), three leading progressive Senate voices, say it’s time to “restore democracy” by allowing for the direct election of presidents through the popular vote alone.

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"Trump has no real mandate for what he is planning": Push for Christian nationalism may backfire

(Salon) Donald Trump has promised to be a dictator on “day one” of his administration. Based on his already-announced plans and those in process, Trump, like other autocrats and authoritarians, means what he says. His words and statements should be understood both literally and figuratively. Trump’s (and the Republican Party’s and the “conservative” movement’s) models of leadership are Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orbán. Trump and his MAGA presidential administration and movement will attempt to remake American society in their mold — and do so very quickly.

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Steve Bannon Is Already Setting the Stage for a Third Trump Term

(New Republic) Speaking at the New York Young Republican Club on Sunday, War Room podcast host and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon suggested that conservatives should rally to keep the MAGA leader in power via a supposed loophole in the U.S. Constitution. “Donald John Trump is going to raise his hand on the King James Bible and take the oath of office, his third victory and his second term,” Bannon said at the club’s annual gala. “And the viceroy Mike Davis tells me, since it doesn’t actually say consecutive, that, I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ’28?”

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Confidence in U.S. Courts Plummets to Rate Far Below Peer Nations

(New York Times) Public confidence in the American legal system has plunged over the past four years, a new Gallup poll found, putting it in the company of nations like Myanmar, Syria and Venezuela. “These data on the U.S. courts are stunning,” said Tom Ginsburg, an authority on comparative and international law at the University of Chicago. After the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the several prosecutions of Donald J. Trump, Professor Ginsburg said, “there is a perception that the judiciary has become inexorably politicized.”

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Shock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO acceptable

34 min ago - A poll found 41 percent of adults under 30 consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson acceptable, more than the 40 percent in that demographic who consider it unacceptable. ... The survey from Emerson College Polling found 68 percent ... (The Hill)

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Montana judge blocks rule that prevented transgender people from changing their sex on documents

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Trump could target Affordable Care Act and Medicaid to help pay for lower taxes, experts say

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Nadler slams Texas attorney general for 'draconian crusade' in NY abortion pill lawsuit

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Equality Caucus chair tells 'idiots' who claimed Wisconsin shooter was trans to 'f‑‑‑ off'

3 hrs ago - by Brooke Migdon - 12/17/24 1:35 PM ET Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.), chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which works to advance LGBTQ equality in the House, on Tuesday slammed “idiots” who claimed without evidence that the shooter at a ... (The hill)

Elizabeth Warren Urges Trump To Place Guardrails On Top Ally Elon Musk

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett plays 'highly useful' role in Trump being denied immunity in hush-money case

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White House presses for Congress to provide more authority to address drones in U.S. airspace

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Trump files suit against Iowa pollster Ann Selzer and Des Moines Register newspaper

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Biden calls for ban on congressional stock trading

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Elon Musk and SpaceX Face Federal Reviews After Violations of Security Reporting Rules

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Bidenomics Was Wildly Successful The president's domestic record wasn't just extraordinary.

6 hrs ago - No one can yet say for sure why such a strong economy led to a definitive loss for the sitting administration. But however voters felt about President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris's management of inflation--or immigration, or crime, or anythin ... (newrepublic)

DHS overhauls H-1B visa program

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Luigi Mangione indicted on murder charges for shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Thompson

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First lady Jill Biden announces she is leaving her teaching post after historic tenure

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