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Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is President-elect Donald Trump’s new choice for attorney general. Attorney Marc O’Mara weighs in on her qualifications.
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/video/pam-bondi-attorney-general-doj-trump-digvid John Bolton, President-elect Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, speaks with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about Trump’s selection of Sebastian Gorka to serve as his Senior Director for Counterterrorism.
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/video/sebastian-gorka-counterterrorism-trump-bolton-src-digvid In his first interview after withdrawing as Trump’s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz said he will not rejoin Congress and discussed Trump selecting Pam Bondi as his new attorney general nominee.
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/video/matt-gaetz-interview-pam-bondi-attorney-general-digvid President-elect Donald Trump has moved swiftly to announce his selections for his next Cabinet and key administration posts. See which people he has named through official statements.
https://cnn.com/2024/11/13/politics/trump-cabinet-picks-administration-dg/index.html President-elect Donald Trump has selected Russell Vought as his pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, he said in a Truth Social post.
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/politics/russell-vought-office-management-budget-director/index.html
Economy
President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary pick stands in stark contrast to some of the more controversial and questionable Cabinet picks he’s announced so far. Scott Bessent won’t freak out Wall Street, the industry ...
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/economy/treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-pick-trump/index.html Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor writes about how Democrats must speak to working-class despair across racial lines.
https://newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-pain-creating-a-new-coalition-for-trump In the summer of 2018, when former President Donald Trump launched a trade war with Beijing, the Chinese economy was gaining on the United States, and popular opinion suggested it could soon become the world’s largest. Now, with...
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/business/china-is-armed-and-ready-for-trade-war-2-0-with-donald-trump/index.html Welcome to Zero Hour, where it’s always later than you think. America was convinced tech would complete our mastery of the world. Instead we got catastrophe—constant crisis from politics and the economy down to the spiritual f...
https://theblaze.com/podcasts/zero-hour-with-james-poulos/ The Biden administration’s aggressive economic recovery plan worked on paper, but high costs and bad vibes told a different story at the polls.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/joe-biden-kamala-harris-economy-vibes-inflation-unemployment.html
Tech
Joshua Rothman writes about how technology is dramatically changing political speech, specifically with regard to the 2024 Presidential election.
https://newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/why-do-we-talk-this-way Kyle Chayka on the “cozy gaming” trend, evidenced in games like Stardew Valley, Vampire Therapist, and Wylde Flowers, which seeks to swath us in a digital and physical cocoon.
https://newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-fantasy-of-cozy-tech Kyle Chayka on the alliance between tech billionaire Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump, and what it could mean for Trump’s incoming Administration.
https://newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/how-elon-musk-rebranded-trump Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target politicians, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here? Ronan Farrow reports.
https://newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-technology-the-trump-administration-could-use-to-hack-your-phone legal_tech_provider
https://abovethelaw.com/legal-innovation-center/legal-tech-providers/
Sports
Whoopi Goldberg has achieved her long-held ambition of launching the world’s first global network dedicated entirely to women’s sports.
https://cnn.com/2024/11/22/sport/whoopi-goldberg-all-womens-sports-network-spt-intl/index.html The Daily Caller is a 24-hour news publication providing its audience with original reporting, thought-provoking commentary and breaking news.
https://dailycaller.com/section/sports/ Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
https://guardian.co.uk/preference/edition/us Celebrated journalist Jason Whitlock and his cast of "Fearless Soldiers" protect the realm of common sense and challenge the groupthink mandated by elites. Listen Monday through Friday for the most fearless conversation at the cro...
https://theblaze.com/podcasts/fearless-with-jason-whitlock/ Check out the latest breaking news headlines on sports, entertainment, celebrities, health, science, world news and more from MailOnline.
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Space
https://hotair.com/headlines/2024/11/22/china-quietly-tested-its-first-inflatable-space-module-in-orbit-n3797244 From breaking news to in-depth analysis and opinion on breakthroughs in science, medicine, space, and more, stay informed with the latest innovation news from The Daily Beast.
https://thedailybeast.com/category/innovation/ FRANCE 24’s analyses of the economic events and technological innovations shaping our world, including economic trends, energy markets, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and space exploration.
https://france24.com/en/business-tech/ The Paris City Council on Wednesday approved its "bioclimatic" urban development plan, designed to address climate challenges, housing shortages and urban expansion. The plan’s focus on green spaces,…
https://france24.com/en/europe/20241122-green-spaces-and-social-housing-paris-s-bioclimatic-plan-to-transform-the-city-by-2035 Justin Sun, founder of the Tron blockchain and cryptocurrency, purchased Maurizio Cattelan's controversial artwork "Comedian" for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday. The artwork, featuring a banana duct-taped to a w...
https://news.yahoo.com/news/entertainment/crypto-entrepreneur-buys-6-million-221853968.html
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