Donald Trump is going to need money to fund his agenda. If Republicans control the House, they're still going to need Democratic help passing spending bills. And that's when things will get interesting.

"If those judgments are all upheld we're talking about a universe in which Donald Trump owes more than a half billion dollars to two women, alone."

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"America’s information economy is rotten from top to bottom, starting with the digital infrastructure that stands between quality journalism and the public." mattdpearce.substack.com/p/lessons-on-m…

"It almost feels like Elon's role in this transition is almost like V.P.-ish, right?" Teddy Schleifer considers the role of Elon Musk in the new Trump team.

What should we look for in the early stages of Donald Trump constructing an autocracy? Mark Joseph Stern suggests to look for Trump to dismantle the federal government now that his Supreme Court supporters have made that easier.

"There is a word for a government like this. It is a kleptocracy." Alex Wagner remarks on the extensive influence Elon Musk has purchased in the new Trump White House.

"It happens very slowly. It doesn't happen overnight." Even as we can identify Donald Trump's objectives in bringing about an autocracy in the United States, Michael Weiss points out that it won't be an abrupt change.

"The incoming Trump administration is considering locations and talking to private prison companies about drastically expanding immigrant detention centers that would hold immigrants before they are deported as part of President-elect Donald Trump's promised mass deportation

“We literally have a blueprint of what they are planning to do, and so we had months and months to figure out how to protect people,” nytimes.com/2024/11/10/us/…

"It's an early sign that we may be in for some really dysfunctional days as Trump acts so cavalierly about the democratic checks and balances that have held this country together..." Chris Murphy 🟧 sees dark tidings in Trump's pursuit of the recess appointment loophole.

"Everybody I've talked to now expects it to only be more chaotic, unpredictable and perhaps off the rails than the previous administration." Josh Gerstein describes how the DOJ is bracing for Donald Trump's return.

New: Matt Gaetz’s conversation with Trump on Trump Force One this morning had a major role in getting him named for AG this afternoon, ppl inside Trump’s operation tell me. Transition team started vetting AG candidates way before the election and Gaetz “came out of left field”

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A funny thing about the timing of Matt Gaetz's resignation from Congress in order to be nominated as attorney general...

Milley answered, “Mr. President, we have military ethics and laws about what happens in battle. We can’t do that kind of thing. It’s a war crime.” Trump said he didn’t understand “the big deal.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Jeh Johnson calls out by name the Republican senators he knows and respects who he is counting on "to do their jobs" with respect to vetting Donald Trump's nominees.