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12:35 AM ET, January 19, 2025

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Jonathan Vanian / CNBC:
Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in US … Apple and Google removed TikTok from their app stores Saturday night, complying with a law requiring China's ByteDance to divest the social app or see it face an effective ban in the U.S.
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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 …
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' …
Politico:
TikTok goes dark in the US  —  “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,” the company said in a notice on the app.  —  TikTok revoked access Saturday night for U.S. users ahead of a federal ban on the app …
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.
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Trump launches crypto meme coin, ballooning net worth ahead of inauguration
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Trump launches first official cryptocurrency
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 …
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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
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
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 …
Discussion: DNyuz and Digby's Hullabaloo
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: Carolina Journal
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Tatyana Tandanpolie / Salon:   “A troubling trend”: Experts say Republicans are continuing to undermine democracy in North Carolina
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 …
Washington Post:
Trump officials haven't decided on post-inauguration Chicago raids, Homan says  —  “Border czar” Tom Homan said the incoming administration is reconsidering plans for an immigration enforcement blitz in Chicago next week after preliminary details leaked.  —  President-elect Donald Trump's handpicked …
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Reuters:
Trump plans large immigration raid in Chicago on Tuesday - report
Sarah Ferris / CNN:
House conservative defies Johnson over remote voting for new moms in Congress  —  GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna repeatedly tried to convince Speaker Mike Johnson that he — as a pro-family champion — should back her push to allow new mothers to vote remotely for six weeks while they are recovering from birth.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mike Debonis / Politico:   The indoor inauguration's winners and losers
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.
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 …
Derek Seidman / Truthout:
Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers  —  Trump's policy makers will be overseeing the industries that they run and own.  —  Money in U.S. politics is nothing new, but the scale of crass intervention in 2024 by mega-billionaire donors through super PACs was unprecedented.
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 …
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
As Polio Survivors Watch Kennedy Confirmation, All Eyes Are on McConnell
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US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Files Nationwide Lawsuit Alleging Walgreens Knowingly Filled Millions of Prescriptions that Lacked a Legitimate Medical Purpose
The Times of Israel:
Israel to free up to 1,904 Palestinians in 1st stage of hostage deal, including killers
 Earlier Items: 
Bloomberg:
Commerce Nominee Lutnick Is Backer of Outlaws' Favorite Cryptocurrency
Fernando Cervantes Jr / USA Today:
President-elect Donald Trump to hold ‘victory rally’ in Washington, DC before inauguration
Discussion: Townhall, WNYW-TV 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
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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 US podcasts regularly post videos on YouTube

Washington Post:
Many independent media organizations in Ukraine and exiled Russian news outlets that relied on US funding are struggling to survive after Trump suspended USAID

 
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