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10:30 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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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.
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump launches first official cryptocurrency
Anissa Gardizy / The Information:
Oracle Prepares to Start Shutting TikTok Servers Saturday Night  —  Leaders at Oracle, the main cloud computing provider for TikTok's U.S. operations, have told some staff to prepare to shut down servers that host U.S. TikTok data on Saturday night as early as around 9 p.m. Eastern …
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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' …
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
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David Strom / HotAir:
Democrats Now Threatening People Who Donated to Trump's Inauguration  —  Democrats are the political equivalent of mafia bosses who basically run protection rackets.  —  “Nice company you have there.  Shame if something happened to it.”  —  We saw a lot of this behavior over the past few years.
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 …
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.
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Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:   “A troubling trend”: Experts say Republicans are continuing to undermine democracy in North Carolina
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
New York Times:
A List of Those Who Could Be in Line for Trump's ‘Retribution’ … Supporters of President-elect Donald J. Trump outside Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla., in December.Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times  —  President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised at times to use the vast powers …
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 …
Robin Bravender / Politico:
Trump hires fed-firing mastermind  —  James Sherk, who was behind Trump's push to make it easier to fire federal workers, is set to return to the White House.  —  President-elect Donald Trump is bringing back a senior White House official who led his first-term push to make it easier to fire civil servants.
Reuters:
Exclusive: German ambassador warns of Trump plan to redefine constitutional order, document shows  —  Germany's ambassador to the United States has warned that the incoming Trump administration will rob U.S. law enforcement and the media of their independence and hand big tech companies …
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 …
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New York Times:
Trump's Deportation Plan Is Said to Start Next Week in Chicago
New York Times:
Under Trump's Big Tent, Republicans Are Starting to Clash
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Health Secretary Defends Biden's Covid Vaccine Mandates and Social Media Efforts  —  In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden's health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.  —  Xavier Becerra, the man President Biden chose …
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Netanyahu praises Trump in ‘temporary’ ceasefire announcement  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President-elect Trump for his role in negotiating a ceasefire between the nation and the militant group Hamas.  —  “From the moment he was elected, President Trump has been involved …
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, Al Jazeera and IJR
 
 
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Bloomberg:
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Fernando Cervantes Jr / USA Today:
President-elect Donald Trump to hold ‘victory rally’ in Washington, DC before inauguration
Discussion: WNYW-TV, Townhall and Florida Politics
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Former Trump aides are warning newbies: Buy legal insurance or risk a hefty bill
David Marchese / New York Times:
Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy Is Done. Powerful Conservatives Are Listening.
Rachael Bade / Politico:
The Real Story Behind Mike Turner's Firing
Discussion: Raw Story and The Status Kuo
Stephen Fowler / NPR:
After major 2024 defeats, the Democratic Party searches for a new direction
Ben Blanchet / HuffPost:
Fox News' Jessica Tarlov Hits Sean Hannity With Blunt Reality Check On Biden
Discussion: Mediaite
 

 
From Techmeme:

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Apple and Google restore TikTok to their US app stores after its January 18 removal, following Trump admin assurances that a ban won't immediately be enforced

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Meta plans major investment in AI-powered humanoid robots, with an initial focus on household chores, and has formed a new team within Reality Labs

Cade Metz / New York Times:
OpenAI's board rejects the $97.4B bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors, saying they reject “Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition”

 
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