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category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump Eyes Private Pilot to Lead Air Force" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-eyes-private-pilot-to-lead-air-force/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Eyes Private Pilot to Lead Air Force</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T19:28:43-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 7:28 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-eyes-private-pilot-to-lead-air-force/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739788 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739788">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“Trump donor Andrew McKenna is a leading contender for secretary of the Air Force,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/17/congress/trump-nears-air-force-pick-00194933" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Politico</a> reports.</p> <p>“McKenna, a private pilot who heads a small Washington advisory and investment firm, would be the latest of Trump’s picks to take on a top job at the Pentagon without significant experience inside the building.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739603 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump’s Appointees Are Not Popular" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trumps-appointees-are-not-popular/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump’s Appointees Are Not Popular</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T19:14:31-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 7:14 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trumps-appointees-are-not-popular/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739603 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739603">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p><a href="https://puck.news/new-poll-americans-are-pretty-skeptical-about-doge/?utm_campaign=The+Best+%26+The+Brightest+-+SUBSCRIBERS+%2812%2F17%2F24%29&utm_content=The+Best+%26+The+Brightest+-+SUBSCRIBERS+%2812%2F17%2F24%29&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io&utm_term=f6c60601e35b94c602" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Peter Hamby</a>: “The first big showdown for Democrats will likely take place in the Senate, where a battery of Trump’s controversial cabinet nominees are set to face confirmation hearings. A <a href="https://puck.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/December-2024-Voter-Omnibus-Topline-PUCK-1.pdf" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">new poll</a> from Echelon Insights, in partnership with Puck, suggests that Democrats have an opportunity to drive a wedge between the American public and Trump on the subject of his more outré picks: Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense, Kash Patel for FBI director, Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services.”</p> <p>“While a <a href="https://puck.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/December-2024-Omnibus-Crosstabs-PUCK.pdf" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">slim majority</a> of likely voters in the poll (52 percent) approved of Trump’s transition so far, their views shifted when asked questions about his nominees, their experience, their views, and the role of the Senate in approving those nominations. Americans overall defend the Senate’s right to confirm or reject presidential nominees, even if it conflicts with a president’s wishes.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739740 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump Eyes Democratic Lawmaker to Lead FEMA" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-eyes-democratic-lawmaker-to-lead-fema/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Eyes Democratic Lawmaker to Lead FEMA</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T16:26:37-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 4:26 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-eyes-democratic-lawmaker-to-lead-fema/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739740 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739740">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) is a top contender to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Donald Trump’s administration, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/politics/jared-moskowitz-fema-trump-administration/index.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">CNN</a> reports.</p> <p>However, Moskowitz told the <a href="https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2024/12/17/rumor-and-conjecture-trump-reportedly-considers-south-florida-democrat-jared-moskowitz-to-head-fema/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">South Florida Sun Sentinel</a> that he’s staying in Congress.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><div class="between-posts-area widget-area"><div class="wrap"><section id="custom_html-16" class="widget_text widget widget_custom_html"><div class="widget_text widget-wrap"><div class="textwidget custom-html-widget"><div class="dotted-line"></div><br /> <h3> <p>You're reading the free version of <em>Political Wire</em></p> </h3> <p> <a href="https://members.politicalwire.com/join" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Upgrade to a paid membership</a> to unlock full access. 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You can’t seriously expect all of the laws to apply to him…”</p> <p>“Musk has helped get Donald Trump elected president, and Trump is not particularly big on insisting that his supporters follow the law in every detail. In a month, if any federal regulators or law enforcement officers object to anything that Musk does, can Musk just… fire them?”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/eat-the-billionaires?publication_id=87281&post_id=153227445&isFreemail=false&r=2fku&triedRedirect=true" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Jonathan Last</a>: “I’m not sure we have analogues for this. Normally when people flout the law they take pains to make it appear as though they’re not. They cover up their misdeeds or at least stay quiet.”</p> <p>“Elon Musk’s approach is to brag about how he is an Übermensch to whom normal laws do not apply. So far this has worked out for him.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739642 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Majority of Americans Optimistic About Trump" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/majority-of-americans-optimistic-about-trump/" data-wpel-link="internal">Majority of Americans Optimistic About Trump</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T11:07:28-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 11:07 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/majority-of-americans-optimistic-about-trump/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739642 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739642">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>A new <a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_121724/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Monmouth poll</a> finds 53% of Americans are optimistic about a second Donald Trump term, with his fellow Republicans even more likely now to feel very optimistic than they were after his 2016 victory.</p> <p>Said pollster Patrick Murray: “Republicans are even more enthusiastic about a second Trump term than they were the first time around. They are particularly looking forward to him following through on the plans he promised.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739611 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="The Process Is the Punishment" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/the-process-is-the-punishment/" data-wpel-link="internal">The Process Is the Punishment</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T09:17:13-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 9:17 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/the-process-is-the-punishment/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739611 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739611">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/16/media/trump-threaten-news-media-lawsuits-abc-settlement/index.html?utm_source=cnn_Reliable+Sources+%E2%80%93+Dec.+17%2C+2024&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=aSGDZqtBUe8bLqt6OILsY3wVUUuNTcdcI5jfPX1l6eZhVfV%2FioIEOioVNen3Wu0i&bt_ts=1734443246943" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">CNN</a>: “Even if a lawsuit is tossed by a judge or a media outlet ultimately prevails, the punishment is in the process. Lawsuits can drag on for months or years and can cost companies millions in legal fees.” </p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739602 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Quote of the Day" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/quote-of-the-day-4036/" data-wpel-link="internal">Quote of the Day</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T08:08:52-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 8:08 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/quote-of-the-day-4036/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739602 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739602">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“We want retribution and we’re going to get retribution.”</p> <p>— Steve Bannon, <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/steve-bannon-we-want-retribution-and-were-going-get-retribution?utm_source=www.status.news&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=meddling-for-maga" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">speaking to</a> the New York Young Republican Club.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739600 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump’s Retribution Tour Begins" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trumps-retribution-tour-begins/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump’s Retribution Tour Begins</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T08:00:27-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 8:00 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trumps-retribution-tour-begins/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739600 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739600">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p><a href="https://puck.news/trump-sues-iowa-pollster-ann-selzer-for-being-wrong/?utm_campaign=The+Best+%26+The+Brightest+-+SUBSCRIBERS+%2812%2F16%2F24%29&utm_content=The+Best+%26+The+Brightest+-+SUBSCRIBERS+%2812%2F12%2F24%29&utm_medium=email_action&utm_source=customer.io&utm_term=f6c60601e35b94c602" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Tara Palmeri</a>: “With five weeks until his return to the White House, Donald Trump is already delivering on his promise to wage legal vendettas against political enemies and journalists, alike. On Monday night, less than 48 hours after securing a $15 million settlement from ABC News, Trump filed a lawsuit in Iowa District Court accusing the venerated pollster Ann Selzer and her polling company—as well as <em>The Des Moines Register</em> and its parent company, Gannett—of ‘brazen election interference’ and consumer fraud over her November 2 poll showing Kamala Harris winning by three points in Iowa.”</p> <p>“Whether that polling error constitutes an ‘election-interfering fiction,’ as the suit alleges, is now the question before a Polk County court. Iowa is notably in the minority of states that lacks an anti-SLAPP law, a protection that gives judges the ability to swiftly toss out frivolous attacks on free speech. But it’s still a long putt: Trump’s newest courthouse adventure leans on an extremely aggressive reading of a statute in Iowa’s consumer fraud law intended to prevent businesses from making misrepresentations to deceive purchasers.”</p> <p>Said Trump: “We have to straighten out our press. Our press is very corrupt, almost as corrupt as our elections.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739593 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Pete Hegseth Claimed January 6 Was ‘False Flag’ Operation" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/pete-hegseth-claimed-january-6-was-false-flag-operation/" data-wpel-link="internal">Pete Hegseth Claimed January 6 Was ‘False Flag’ Operation</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T07:44:59-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 7:44 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/pete-hegseth-claimed-january-6-was-false-flag-operation/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739593 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739593">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, justified the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and spread baseless conspiracy theories claiming the initial break-in was a <a href="https://politicaldictionary.com/words/false-flag/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">false flag operation</a> carried out by leftist groups disguised as Trump supporters,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/politics/kfile-pete-hegseth-conspiracy-theories-january-6/index.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">CNN</a> reports.</p> <p>“In comments made immediately after the riot and in the days and weeks leading up to it, Hegseth also amplified false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, a narrative that fueled the violence at the Capitol that day.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739591 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-foreign-affairs category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump’s Tariff Threats Upend Canadian Politics" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trumps-tariff-threats-upend-canadian-politics/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump’s Tariff Threats Upend Canadian Politics</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T07:42:36-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 7:42 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trumps-tariff-threats-upend-canadian-politics/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739591 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739591">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“Donald Trump is still a month out from taking office as president, but his tariff threats are already wreaking havoc with US neighbors,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-12-17/donald-trump-s-tariff-threats-upend-canadian-politics-as-freeland-quits" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Bloomberg</a> reports.</p> <p>“Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reeling from a potentially fatal political blow after his finance minister quit in spectacular fashion, accusing him of not preparing seriously enough to face down Trump.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/foreign-affairs/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Foreign Affairs</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739585 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump to Meet with Netflix CEO" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-to-meet-with-netflix-ceo/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump to Meet with Netflix CEO</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T07:25:58-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 7:25 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/trump-to-meet-with-netflix-ceo/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739585 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739585">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos on Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, <a href="https://x.com/alaynatreene/status/1868775170640691338" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">CNN</a> reports.</p> <p><a href="https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-americas-ceos-are-cozying-up?publication_id=65026&post_id=153161249&isFreemail=true&r=2fku&triedRedirect=true" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Dan Pfeiffer</a>: Why America’s CEOs are cozying up to Trump.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739580 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Warren Seeks Conflict of Interest Rules for Elon Musk" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/warren-seeks-conflict-of-interest-rules-for-elon-musk/" data-wpel-link="internal">Warren Seeks Conflict of Interest Rules for Elon Musk</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T07:20:30-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 7:20 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/warren-seeks-conflict-of-interest-rules-for-elon-musk/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739580 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739580">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>“Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Monday to request clear and transparent conflict-of-interest rules that would bind Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, during his role as a top Trump adviser,” the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/17/elizabeth-warren-trump-elon-musk-conflicts-interest/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739572 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="The Rush to Kiss Trump’s Ring Is On" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/the-rush-to-kiss-trumps-ring-is-on/" data-wpel-link="internal">The Rush to Kiss Trump’s Ring Is On</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T06:53:13-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 6:53 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/the-rush-to-kiss-trumps-ring-is-on/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739572 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/the-rush-to-kiss-trumps-ring-is-on/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“Donald Trump is undergoing quite the fêting ahead of his second term — and it’s a whole lot cozier than his descent into Washington eight years ago,” the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/16/from-big-tech-to-the-media-the-rush-to-kiss-trumps-ring-is-on-00194625" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p>“Tech titans are pouring millions of dollars into his inauguration and parading through West Palm Beach for meetings with the president-elect. Foreign leaders are seeking to curry his favor through phone calls and photo-ops. Liberal newscasters are rushing to Mar-a-Lago to mend fences with the man who painted them as ‘enemies of the people.’ Time Magazine just named him ‘Person of the Year’ — and dozens of business executives came out to watch him ring the New York Stock Exchange bell to celebrate.”</p> <p>“Meanwhile, Trump just hit his highest net favorability rating since April 2017 in a new Morning Consult survey.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/trump-news-conference-remarks.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">New York Times</a>: “He has enjoyed a steady stream of vanquished opponents and critics and business leaders who once spurned him arriving to pay respects, seek jobs or simply watch him press ‘play’ on the iPad that he uses to control the music from the patio during the dinner hours.”</p> <p>“At least in part, that’s because Mr. Trump has bent the Republican Party to his will. And he has payback on his mind, a fact he made plain on Monday.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739564 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Wall Street Hears What It Wants From Trump" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/wall-street-hears-what-it-wants-from-trump/" data-wpel-link="internal">Wall Street Hears What It Wants From Trump</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-17T06:21:32-05:00">December 17, 2024 at 6:21 am EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/wall-street-hears-what-it-wants-from-trump/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739564 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/17/wall-street-hears-what-it-wants-from-trump/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“If you ask many a Wall Street investor, tax cuts are poised for extension, deregulation is all but guaranteed, immigration reform for high-skill workers has real potential and President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency might just cut the deficit,” the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/business/economy/trump-wall-street-promises.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">New York Times</a> reports.</p> <p>“Tariffs, by contrast, are a mere bargaining chip. Immigrant expulsions will probably be limited, and there is no way on earth that the incoming White House would meddle with the independent Federal Reserve.”</p> <p>“Hope has been riding high in financial markets and corporate boardrooms in the month-and-change since the presidential election. But it is often predicated on a bet: Many of the optimists are choosing to believe that the Trump promises they want to see fulfilled are going to become reality, while dismissing those they think would be bad for the economy as mere posturing.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739469 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition category-white-house entry" aria-label="The Post-Biden Job Scramble Begins" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/the-post-biden-job-scramble-begins/" data-wpel-link="internal">The Post-Biden Job Scramble Begins</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-16T17:57:32-05:00">December 16, 2024 at 5:57 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/the-post-biden-job-scramble-begins/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739469 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/the-post-biden-job-scramble-begins/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p><a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2024/12/16/the-post-biden-job-scramble-begins-00194575" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Politico</a>: “Washington’s (in)famous revolving door as political parties trade power is nothing new. But this time around, the job market seems particularly brutal, according to eight people familiar with the job search frenzy, including Biden appointees, State Department and Pentagon officials and congressional aides.”</p> <p>“That may be in part because of an apparent surge in career civil servants at the Pentagon, State Department and elsewhere eyeing the exit door — particularly as President-elect Donald Trump and his incoming administration vow to gut the so-called deep state across federal agencies.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a>, <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/white-house/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">White House</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739468 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump Notes ‘Everybody Wants to Be My Friend’" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/trump-notes-everybody-wants-to-be-my-friend/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Notes ‘Everybody Wants to Be My Friend’</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-16T17:54:24-05:00">December 16, 2024 at 5:54 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/trump-notes-everybody-wants-to-be-my-friend/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739468 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/trump-notes-everybody-wants-to-be-my-friend/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>President-elect Donald Trump said “everybody wants to be my friend” as he prepares to return to the White House, a notable shift from his first term where “everybody was fighting me,” <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/trump-eric-adams-pardon-bezos-tim-cook-drones-postal-service" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Axios</a> reports.</p> <p>Said Trump: “I don’t know, my personality changed or something.”</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739474 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Trump Passes Over RFK Jr.’s Daughter-in-Law" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/trump-passes-over-rfk-jr-s-daughter-in-law/" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Passes Over RFK Jr.’s Daughter-in-Law</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-16T17:50:00-05:00">December 16, 2024 at 5:50 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/trump-passes-over-rfk-jr-s-daughter-in-law/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739474 https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/trump-passes-over-rfk-jr-s-daughter-in-law/">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <p>“President-elect Donald Trump has told close aides he is no longer considering Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s daughter-in-law to serve as deputy director at the CIA, after a campaign by Republican lawmakers who feared she would seek to impose major changes at America’s top spy agency,” the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/12/16/amaryllis-fox-kennedy-trump-cia/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> </div><footer class="entry-footer"><p class="entry-meta"><span class="entry-categories">Filed Under: <a href="https://politicalwire.com/topics/trump-transition/" rel="category tag" data-wpel-link="internal">Trump Transition</a></span> </p></footer></article><article class="post-1739462 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-celebrities category-trump-transition entry" aria-label="Rosie O’Donnell Says ‘Fuck You Time Magazine’" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"><header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"><a class="entry-title-link" rel="bookmark" href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/rosie-odonnell-says-fuck-you-time-magazine/" data-wpel-link="internal">Rosie O’Donnell Says ‘Fuck You Time Magazine’</a></h2> <p class="entry-meta"><time class="entry-time" itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2024-12-16T17:37:52-05:00">December 16, 2024 at 5:37 pm EST</time> By <span class="entry-author" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/author/tdg/" class="entry-author-link" rel="author" itemprop="url" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="entry-author-name" itemprop="name">Taegan Goddard</span></a></span> <span class="entry-comments-link"><a href="https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/16/rosie-odonnell-says-fuck-you-time-magazine/#respond" data-wpel-link="internal"><span class="dsq-postid" data-dsqidentifier="1739462 https://politicalwire.com/?p=1739462">Leave a Comment</span></a></span> </p></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"><p>Rosie O’Donnell recently took to TikTok to rail against Time magazine for naming Donald Trump its man of the year for 2024, <a href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/rosie-odonnell-slams-time-magazine-trump-man-of-the-year-1236250900/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank">Variety</a> reports.</p> <p>Said O’Donnell: “Man of the year, Donald Trump. Well, fuck you Time Magazine. Fuck you, seriously. How about most dangerous man of the year? How about most criminal man of the year? How about the worst president we’ve ever had… of the year.”</p> <p>She added: “There wasn’t one person you could think of that wasn’t that lying, criminal guy? Not one person of the year? Man of the year should be changed to human of the year. Start looking at the women, you patriarchal fucks. 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