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#10 Senate Democrats Push Plan to Abolish Electoral College - Alexander Bolton for The Hill, News Wire (community note), Red Dot, Bill Mitchell, and The Redheaded libertarian on X
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...
#9 Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Debuts in Queer Broadway Musical Knockoff of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ - Ryan King for The New York Post, Gunther Eagleman, Collin Rugg, and Jack Poso on X
What’s in a name? Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson briefly ditched the black robes and drama of the Supreme Court and made history with her Saturday night debut on Broadway in the musical “& Juliet,” a queer reimagining of William Shakespeare’s classic “Romeo & Juliet.” Jackson, who told members of the Senate during her 2022 confirmation that she can’t define what is a woman because she’s not a biologist, portrayed Queen Mab — described as a “she/her” character on a production poster — during her brief Broadway stint on Saturday...
#8 Florida Democratic Rep. Moskowitz a Top Contender to Lead FEMA for Trump- Steve Contorno and Kristen Holmes for CNN, Laura Loomer, kewgardens, Johnny aka Arch, and Crackyflipside on X
Florida Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat, is a top contender to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Donald Trump’s administration, two people with knowledge of the president-elect’s consideration told CNN. Another person close to the Trump transition team confirmed Moskowitz is in the mix. It was not immediately clear if Moskowitz and Trump had met yet to discuss the role, but several people described the congressman as a strong candidate to get the post. If appointed, he would be the highest-ranking Democrat in the Trump administration. Moskowitz did not immediately respond to a voicemail...
#7 Derek Chauvin Allowed to Examine George Floyd’s Heart Tissue in Challenge to Federal Conviction - Stephen Montemayor, Libs of TikTok, and Liz Collin on X
The former Minneapolis officer is citing a doctor’s opinion that a heart condition, not Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck, is responsible for Floyd’s 2020 death.Derek Chauvin’s legal team will be permitted to examine heart tissue and fluid samples taken from George Floyd’s autopsy for an appeal of the former Minneapolis officer’s federal civil rights conviction based on a medical theory that Chauvin did not cause Floyd’s death. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson on Monday granted a motion from Chauvin to inspect the evidence as part of a claim that a heart condition, and not Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck, killed Floyd during a May 2020 police encounter that sparked widespread civil unrest...
#6 Florida Senator Randy Fine Files Bill to Ban Political Flags in Government Buildings - Abigail Lafferty for Fox35, Eric Daugherty, FLVoiceNews, and Leading Report on X
Florida State Senator Randy Fine (R-Melbourne Beach) has introduced legislation to prohibit the display of political and ideological flags in government buildings, including schools. The proposed bill, SB 100, would ban flags representing political candidates, movements, or organizations deemed ideological, including flags for "fictional countries" like Palestine and groups such as Black Lives Matter. "The first flag that should be flown in a government building is the American flag," Fine said in a released statement Monday. "Flags that promote Muslim terror or the mutilation of children have no place in taxpayer-funded buildings—whether that government building is our state capital or a public school classroom."
#5 Trump Accuses Biden of Knowing More About Reported Drone Sightings Than He’s Saying - Francesca Chambers USA TODAY, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Johnny Maga, and Still Roaming on X
President-elect Donald Trump said U.S. government officials, including President Joe Biden, know where the mysterious drone sightings along the East Coast are coming and going from, accusing the leaders without evidence of intentionally keeping those details from the public. Trump said the U.S. military also knows where the drones took off and where they went afterward. "And for some reason, they don't want to comment," he said Monday at a wide-ranging news conference at his private club Mar-a-Lago. "And I think they'd be better off saying what it is. Our military knows. And our president knows. And for some reason, they want to keep people in suspense."
#4 George Stephanopoulos and ABC Apologize to Trump, Are Forced to Pay $15 Million to Settle Defamation Suit - Gabriel Hays and Brooke Singman for Fox News, Eric Abbenante, Byron York, Collin Rugg, and UncoverDC/America's News on X
ABC News and its top anchor, George Stephanopoulos, have reached a settlement with Donald Trump in his defamation suit, which will result in the news network paying the president-elect $15 million. The settlement was publicly filed on Saturday, revealing that the two parties have come to an agreement and avoided a costly trial. According to the settlement, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution to a "Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past." Additionally, the network will pay $1 million in Trump's attorney fees...
#3 ‘MAGA Is the Republican Party’: Mitt Romney on GOP After Trump Win - John Bowden for Independent, Citizen Free Press, MAGA Kitty, and RVM News on X
GOP Senator Mitt Romney said on Sunday that MAGA Republicanism now wholly dominates the Republican Party, echoing the skepticism of those who have been waiting for some kind of “post-Trump” Republican Party to emerge. Romney is one of Trump’s most frequent critics in the GOP and voted for the impeachment of the president-elect in 2021. This election cycle, he opted to retire from Congress rather than face an inevitable primary challenge backed by the former and future president...
#2 Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: Ric Grenell And Devin Nunes Are Latest Nominees - Sara Dorn for Forbes, Lauren, Log Cabin Republicans, Brian Jackson, and Alexandra Levine on X
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated his former ambassador to Germany, Ric Grenell, for the newly created envoy for special missions position and Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes as chairman of his Intelligence Advisory Board, the latest among a flurry of new appointments as Trump continues to fill out his cabinet. Trump has chosen people for most Senate-confirmed Cabinet-level jobs, including some surprising and controversial picks, and he’s picked a chief of staff and a national security adviser—key roles that don’t require confirmation...
