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7:30 AM ET, November 29, 2024

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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats targeted in wave of Thanksgiving bomb threats … - Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) and Pete Hegseth - Trump's picks for U.N. ambassador, labor secretary, EPA administrator and defense secretary, respectively - were among the targets.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Multiple Democrats say they were targeted by Thanksgiving bomb threats  —  Multiple Connecticut Democrats said they were targeted by bomb threats on their homes on Thanksgiving Day.  —  Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said on Thursday that he was notified of a bomb threat targeting his Connecticut home.
Hannah Demissie / ABC News:
Democratic members of Congress get bomb threats on Thanksgiving  —  The threats follow some to Trump's Cabinet selections earlier in the week.  —  The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Nov. 23, 2024.  —  The homes of multiple Democratic members of Congress in Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day.
Nicholas Pyke / Daily Mail:
Bill Clinton makes stunning confession about his bizarre behavior after Hillary's defeat in America's ‘darkest election’  —  President Bill Clinton was so enraged by the treatment of his wife, Hillary, during her failed presidential bid that he couldn't sleep for two years, he now admits - or stop complaining about the shock defeat.
Discussion: Althouse, Breitbart and RedState
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Tim Teeman / The Daily Beast:
Bill Clinton 'Couldn't Sleep for Two Years' After 2016 Election  —  LAMENT  —  Former president Bill Clinton said he could not sleep for two years after the 2016 election, which his wife Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump.  Clinton makes the admission in his new book, Citizen …
Tom Gerken / BBC:
Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago  —  Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has visited Donald Trump at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, further evidence of the apparent thawing in their once frosty relations.  —  The president-elect already has a close, high-profile relationship with another …
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Leigh Kimmins McManus / The Daily Beast:
Laura Loomer: Mark Zuckerberg's Trump Visit Was ‘Very Disturbing’  —  X MARKS THE SPOT  —  Loomer claimed Zuckerberg censored “the assassination attempt pictures of President Trump,” and then programmed Facebook to censor mentions of the same.  —  Far-right online personality Laura Loomer indulged …
Discussion: PJ Media, Raw Story and The Independent
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Sheinbaum refutes Trump's border claim: 'Mexico's position is not to close borders'
CNN:
Mexico's president denies Trump's claim that she agreed to shut down the US-Mexico border
New York Post:
Mass arrests at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as anti-Israel protesters block procession  —  They're parading straight into custody.  —  Anti-Israel protesters tried to ruin the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for the second year running Thursday, with cops quickly swarming in to gobble up roughly 25 arrests.
Brendan Murray / Bloomberg:
WTO Members Approve Okonjo-Iweala for a Second Term at Helm  — She's the first African and first woman to serve in the role  —  World Trade Organization members agreed to reappoint Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as director-general for a second term, cementing her in the job for another four years expected to be fraught with tariff disputes.
Discussion: Reuters and Politico
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
My Brother Is Doing the Trump Dance  —  I know that every year, some of you see this Thanksgiving column by my brother and think that it is actually I who am serving up this slab of red meat under the nom de plume of Kevin Dowd.  I can assure you that Kevin is very real and, this year, very excited.
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Biden stresses gratitude while Trump targets enemies in Thanksgiving messages
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Russia's Attack on Ukraine  —  Overnight, Russia carried out a horrific aerial attack against Ukraine.  Ukrainian authorities report that Russia launched nearly 200 missiles and drones against Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, depriving Ukrainian civilians of access to electricity.
Politico:
Louise Haigh quits UK government as transport secretary over stolen phone ‘mistake’  —  Louise Haigh resigned as U.K. transport secretary after Sky News reported she had been convicted of falsely telling police her work mobile phone had been stolen in 2013.  —  Haigh sent a letter of resignation …
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Despite Ozempic and RFK Jr., Uncrustables and Twinkies believe ‘very strongly that snacking continues’  —  New York CNN —  The makers of weight loss drugs and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are both pushing for Americans to change their diets.  But the owner of Twinkies and Uncrustables …
Discussion: HuffPost and The Independent
Eric Killelea / Chron:
Ken Paxton vows to shut down Texas church's homeless ministry in new suit  —  The Texas attorney general, a Southern Baptist, has a history of suing organizations that seemingly don't align with his religious and political beliefs.  —  In announcing a lawsuit on Tuesday …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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