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4:45 PM ET, January 18, 2025

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Axios:
Trump launches meme coin, apparently makes more than $25 billion overnight … - It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously. … - His website bills it as “the only official Trump meme.”
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Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Trump launches crypto meme coin, ballooning net worth ahead of inauguration  —  A president-elect launching a new business product is a highly unusual move, and it is a major concern for ethics watchdogs.  —  President-elect Donald Trump late Friday launched a cryptocurrency token that exploded …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Trump begins selling a new crypto token, in a move assailed as an ethical breach.  —  The president-elect and his family have a direct and potentially lucrative stake in the sale of a cryptocurrency product that surged in value in the hours after going on sale, days before his inauguration.
Discussion: The Information
Reuters:
Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday - report  —  Administration to send 100 to 200 officers to city on day two of new presidency, Wall Street Journal reports  —  Donald Trump's incoming presidential administration plans to launch a large immigration raid in Chicago …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Grabien and WHDH-TV
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Mike Debonis / Politico:
The indoor inauguration's winners and losers
Discussion: Townhall
New York Times:
Trump's Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago
Fox News:
Trump administration planning illegal immigrant arrests throughout US on ‘day one’
Discussion: CBS News and Townhall
New York Times:
Under Trump's Big Tent, Republicans Are Starting to Clash
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
After major 2024 defeats, the Democratic Party searches for a new direction
Discussion: The Free Press and Semafor
Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Begin Large-Scale Deportations Tuesday
NBC News:
Trump says he will ‘most likely’ give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid a ban  —  Trump spoke to NBC News' Kristen Welker in an exclusive phone interview Saturday, discussing his plans on what to do about the popular social media app.  —  President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News' …
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Tony Czuczka / Bloomberg:
Trump ‘Most Likely’ To Give TikTok 90-Day Reprieve, NBC Says
Doug Bock Clark / ProPublica:
North Carolina Supreme Court Candidate Wants Military Absentee Votes Tossed.  Years Earlier, That's How He Voted.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week.
Discussion: Anderson Alerts and USA Today
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Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:
“A troubling trend”: Experts say Republicans are continuing to undermine democracy in North Carolina  —  Jefferson Griffin, a Republican state Supreme Court candidate, is refusing to accept his November loss  —  North Carolina Appeals Court Judge Jefferson Griffin's legal effort to contest …
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Marc Andreessen Seems to Think Hillary Clinton Was Actually President  —  The New York Times made a sneaky edit to its own transcript to make Andreessen sound more coherent. … Marc Andreessen, the billionaire tech investor who co-founded Netscape, has recently been making the rounds …
Matina Stevis-Gridneff / New York Times:
Canada Prepares for Trump Tariff Threat With Three-Stage Plan  —  Canadian officials are preparing retaliatory measures if the new U.S. administration imposes tariffs on Canadian imports.  —  Orange juice from Florida.  Whiskey from Tennessee.  Peanut butter from Kentucky.
Jason Linkins / New Republic:
Shove the Presidency Down Trump's Throat  —  The most recent entry in the “good advice for Democrats” canon comes from occasional TNR contributor and Bulwark writer Jonathan V. Last, who wrote, “The job of the Democratic party comes in two parts.  First: Do not help Republicans.  Not in any way.
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
David Marchese / New York Times:
Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done.  Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  For a long time, Curtis Yarvin, a 51-year-old computer engineer, has written online about political theory in relative obscurity.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
Support for Trump's Policies Exceeds Support for Trump  —  A new poll found the public is sympathetic to the president-elect's plans to deport migrants and reduce America's presence overseas.  —  Many Americans who otherwise dislike President-elect Donald J. Trump share his bleak assessment …
New York Times:
Trump's Targets Fear ‘Retribution’ He Promised in Second Presidency  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised to punish adversaries, particularly those involved in his prosecutions and the congressional investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Eric Lee/The New York Times
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Just Handed Steve Bannon a Big Weapon in His War With Elon Musk  —  Republicans may not know it yet, but they're in the process of handing Steve Bannon a powerful weapon to wield in his war with Elon Musk over visas granted to high-skilled immigrants.  This could further divide …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
What Border Crisis?  Mexican Migrant Shelters Are Quiet Ahead of Trump  —  Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures imposed on both sides of the border.  —  Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south …
 
 
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Amanda Holpuch / New York Times:
Lee Enterprises says a “cybersecurity event” has disrupted operations at its newspapers since at least February 3, forcing some to not print at all

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Edison: despite Spotify's video push, only two of the top 10 US podcasts post videos on Spotify; 37 of the top 50 podcasts regularly post videos on YouTube

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