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#10 Trump Taps San Francisco Attorney Harmeet Dhillon for Assistant AG at Department of Justice - Jose Fabian for CBS News, Brandon Straka, George, Catturd/Gunther Eagleman/John V., and The Daily Caller on X
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday he will nominate a Bay Area lawyer for a position at the U.S. Department of Justice as assistant attorney general for civil rights. "I'm extremely honored by President Trump's nomination to assist with our nation's civil rights agenda. It has been my dream to be able to serve our great country, and I am so excited to be part of an incredible team of lawyers led by @PamBondi. I cannot wait to get to work," Harmeet Dhillon said in a post on X. Dhillon is based in San Francisco and practices commercial litigation, employment law, First Amendment rights, and election law matters, according to her professional bio...
#9 Daniel Penny Acquitted in Subway Chokehold Death of Jordan Neely, Sparking Applause, Uproar in NYC Courtroom - The New York Post, Charlie Kirk, Kyle Rittenhouse, End Wokeness, and Benny Johnson on X
Marine veteran Daniel Penny was acquitted by a Manhattan jury Monday in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely – a lightning-rod case that cast a light on the mayhem plaguing Big Apple subways. Jurors cleared Penny, a 26-year-old Long Islander, of criminally negligent homicide after the fatal caught-on-camera encounter on an uptown F train last year sparked fierce debate about mental illness, public safety, and vigilantism. A suited-up Penny, who remained stone-faced for much of the four-week trial, broke out a huge smile as his not-guilty verdict was read out – prompting both applause and anger inside the courtroom as the high-profile case came to an end...
#8 BLM Calls for 'Black Vigilantes' to Target Oppressors After Daniel Penny Verdict - Jenna Sundel for Newsweek, UncoverDC/End Wokeness, aka, Libs of TikTok, Robby Starbuck (reader context), The Nasty Italian, and Johnny Maga/Megyn Kelly on X
A New York Black Lives Matter leader called on "Black vigilantes" to retaliate after Daniel Penny was acquitted in the subway chokehold trial on Monday. Penny, a 26-year-old former Marine, was facing charges of second-degree manslaughter and negligent homicide. The manslaughter charge was dismissed on Friday after the jury declared it was deadlocked 20 hours into deliberations. The jury acquitted Penny on the negligent homicide charge on Monday. Penny was accused of choking and killing 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York City subway in 2023. Neely, a well-known Michael Jackson impersonator, boarded the subway and reportedly began threatening people. Penny allegedly approached him from behind and placed him in a chokehold...
#7 Senators Propose 18-Year Term Limit for Supreme Court Justices - Susan Carpenter for Spectrum News NY1, Catturd/Jesse Morgan, Andrea Shaffer Employment/Labor Law, and The Dallas Express News on X
Sens. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va, and Peter Welch, D-Vt., are proposing a system that would cycle in a new justice every two years. The constitutional amendment would begin after a transition period and would not affect the tenure of currently sitting justices. “The current lifetime appointment structure is broken and fuels polarizing confirmation battles and political posturing that has eroded public confidence in the highest court in our land,” Manchin said in a statement. In October, the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that 56% of Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court and said they trust it either “a little” or “not at all” to act in their best interest. In September, a separate Annenberg survey found that 68% of American adults support term limits...
#8 Liz Cheney Calls Trump Threat to Jail Her an ‘Assault on the Rule of Law’ - Edward Helmore for The Guardian, DC Draino/Roger Stone, Karli Bonne/Miranda Devine, Grace Chong/Real America's Voice, and Johnny Maga/Joe Scarborough/MSNBC on X
The former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney has described a threat by President-elect Donald Trump to imprison her alongside others involved in an investigation of his supporters’ 2021 US Capitol attack an “assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic”. Cheney was responding to comments made by Trump during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday in which he said members of the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack “should go to jail” – but said he would not direct the attorney general or FBI he appoints during his second presidency to pursue the matter...
#7 Money in Your Pockets: Governor Hochul Proposes Sending 8.6 Million New Yorkers an Inflation Refund Check as First Proposal of 2025 State of the State - New York State Governor, End Wokeness, Geiger Capital, TFTC21, and Buffalo AI the F.R.O.G. on X
The proposal Would Deliver $3 Billion by Taking Excess Sales Tax Revenue Driven by Inflation and Giving That Money Back to Everyday New Yorkers: $500 Payment For Families Making Less Than $300,000, $300 Payment for Individual New York Taxpayers Making Less Than $150,000. The Governor Has Delivered More Than $5.5 Billion in Supplemental Payments, Tax Relief and Rebates Since Taking Office...
#6 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Is the Latest Lawmaker Targeted by a Bomb Threat - Raquel Coronell Uribe for NBC News, Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jackson Richman, and Jonathan Turley on X
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said that her local police department received an emailed bomb threat targeting her Monday but that she is safe. “The Rome Police Department’s Assistant Chief of Police received an email containing a bomb threat directed towards me. I’m so grateful to every member of the Rome Police Department for your swift and professional response in ensuring my safety,” Greene said on X. Greene’s office said in a statement that Greene’s local police department in Rome, Georgia, dispatched its bomb squad to her home to ensure there was no danger. Greene included a video in her post on X of what appeared to be a member of the bomb squad checking her mailbox for an explosive device...
#5 Luigi Mangione, the Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting, Charged With Murder - CNN, Amuse, Wall Street Apes (community note), Carmine Sabia, Greg, Laura Loomer, Kyle Becker and Lauren Balik on X
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder in New York and is facing four other charges including one count of forging a document and criminally possessing a firearm, online court documents show. Mangione was arrested on a gun charge after being picked up while eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following an employee calling the cops, the NYPD chief of detectives said. The 26-year-old had multiple fake IDs and a 3D-printed gun with a suppressor, according to officials...
#4 Was Taylor Lorenz Fired Over Remarks About UnitedHealthcare CEO? What We Know - Ewan Palmer for Newsweek, Kylie Jane Kremer, Ian Miller, aka, and Catia on X
There have been conflicting reports about whether Vox Media is ending its partnership with tech journalist Taylor Lorenz to distribute her podcast and YouTube show. Semafor reported Monday that progressive media company Vox decided not to renew its short-term deal with Lorenz and her show, Power User, which was set to expire at the start of next year. Steve Guest, a former spokesperson for Texas Senator Ted Cruz, said that Vox had fired Lorenz following her recent online comments that appeared to celebrate the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. "Vox fires Taylor Lorenz. Apparently it was too much for Vox to have someone on their payroll that thinks, 'Yes, 'we' want insurance executives dead,'" Guest posted on X, formerly Twitter...
#3 Republican Wunderkind Who Helped Trump Win Pennsylvania Sets Sights on Flipping Another Long-Blue State - Jon Levine for The New York Post, Eric Daugherty, The Persistence, and Karli Bonne on X
The Republican wunderkind credited with helping President-elect Trump claim pivotal Pennsylvania in his decisive Election Day win is now setting his sights on New Jersey. Scott Presler, an indomitable voter-registration activist and founder of the Political Action Committee Early Vote Action, said the long-blue Garden State is ripe to turn red. “New Jersey is trending to the right. There’s momentum,” Presler, 36, told The Post. “We have already rehired 23 staff. So whereas Republican parties in the past will pack up, go home, not renew contracts, Early Vote Action already right now, in December of 2024, has staff on the ground.” Vice President Harris won New Jersey by only 6 points, compared to Biden’s 16-point victory in the state in 2020...
#2 Foreign Leaders Strive to Form a Good Relationship with Trump - Brooklynn Robinson for UncoverDC, Trump War Room/Truth Justice, and BowTiedMaker on X
On Saturday, December 7, 2024, President Elect Donald J. Trump traveled to France for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral. This was his first trip outside the United States since winning the presidential election. While in France, President-Elect Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France. In November, French President Macron was the first foreign leader to congratulate Trump on defeating his political opponent, Kamala Harris. During their meeting, both presidents reportedly discussed the reciprocal relationship between the two countries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later joined Trump and Macron in discussing global issues and maintaining alliances.
#1 Matt Gaetz Set to Become Anchor on Pro-Trump Network After Failed Attorney General Nod - Joe Sommerlad for The Independent, Nick Sortor, Mario Nawfal, and Chanel Rion OAN on X
Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who was briefly in contention to be Donald Trump’s next attorney general, is now reportedly set to join the conservative channel One America News Network (OANN) as an anchor. CNN national correspondent Kristen Holmes first reported the development on Monday citing an unnamed source, which appeared to explain a cryptic post by Gaetz’s wife Ginger on X on Sunday that read simply: “Big news coming next week!”
