- Alexandra Berzon @ The New York Times: Promoter of ‘Stop the Steal’ Is Choice for Management and Budget Staff Chief
President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Ed Martin, a Missouri Republican with a long track record as an anti-abortion activist, for a top position in the agency that administers the budget.
- Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Trump Picks Kari Lake To Lead VOA
It’s not an ambassadorship to Mexico, but Kari Lake will have a job in the administration of President-elect Donald Trump. Sort of.
- David Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: ‘Marxist’ Agenda: Hegseth Says Gay Troops ‘Erode Standards’ in ‘Social Engineering’ Push
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to oversee the Department of Defense and its 3.4 million military and civilian personnel, has a long history of anti-LGBTQ statements. According to multiple reports, Hegseth has opposed gay service members, labeling them a threat to military standards and a part of a “Marxist” agenda promoting “social engineering.”
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: When it comes to grocery prices, Trump suddenly changes his tune
Is Donald Trump going to succeed in lowering grocery prices? In successive weeks, the president-elect answered the question in two very different ways.
- Ari Berman @ Mother Jones: A North Carolina Judge Won Two Recounts. Republicans Are Still Trying to Overturn Her Election.
After trailing by more than 10,000 votes on election night, Democratic North Carolina State Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs pulled off an unexpected victory by 734 votes after absentee and provisional ballots were counted and the results were affirmed by two recounts, including a hand count completed on Tuesday. “Let this race serve as a reminder that every vote counts,” said North Carolina Democratic Party chair Anderson Clayton. But the election has yet to be certified because Riggs’ GOP opponent, Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, has challenged the validity of more than 60,000 ballots, including those of Riggs’ parents.
- Media Matters: Leader of far-right sheriffs organization says he doesn't think Trump's plan for mass deportations “is even constitutional”
"The thing of it is, I don't believe that the deportation setup, the way it's been announced, is even constitutional."
