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5:15 PM ET, January 19, 2025

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CNN:
TikTok is coming back online after Trump pledged to restore it  —  New York CNN —  TikTok appears to be coming back online just hours after President-elect Donald Trump pledged Sunday that he would sign an executive order Monday that aims to restore the banned app.
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Cristiano Lima-Strong / Washington Post:
Trump promises to delay TikTok ban in U.S. with Monday executive order  —  Trump says the order will delay enforcement of the TikTok ban so “we can make a deal to protect our national security” with partial U.S. ownership of the platform.  —  President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Sunday …
David McCabe / New York Times:
TikTok Flickers Back to Life After Trump Says He Will Stall a Ban
Haleluya Hadero / Associated Press:
TikTok says it's restoring service to US users based on Trump's promised executive order
NBC News:
TikTok begins restoring service for U.S. users after Trump comments
Ethan Zuckerman / The Atlantic:
America Is No Longer the Home of the Free Internet
Discussion: New York Post and The Intercept
New York Times:
TikTok Goes Dark in the U.S.
Yascha Mounk / The Boston Globe:
Trump is back.  But a return of total resistance would be a bad strategy.  —  A guide for how liberals should approach the next four years.  —  When Donald Trump was first elected president in the fall of 2016, his elevation to the most powerful office in the world seemed like an aberration.
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New York Times:   'We'd Have Been Better Off if Trump Won in 2020': Three Columnists Brace for the First 100 Days
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Returns to White House With More Deferential Allies and Foes
Discussion: Election Law Blog and Semafor
Charles Homans / New York Times:   The Trump Resistance Won't Be Putting on ‘Pussy Hats’ This Time
S.V. Date / HuffPost:   Biden's Legacy: Rescuing America From COVID, Then Getting Replaced By A Criminal
Felix Salmon / Axios:
Donald Trump, crypto billionaire … - After another massive overnight rally, as of Sunday morning Trump's crypto holdings were worth as much as $58 billion on paper, enough — with his other assets — to make him one of the world's 25 richest people.
CBS News:
Vivek Ramaswamy expected to depart DOGE  —  Vivek Ramaswamy, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to co-lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with entrepreneur Elon Musk, is expected to soon step away from the task force, CBS News has learned.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Ramaswamy's future at DOGE is in doubt as he prepares to announce bid for Ohio governor
Discussion: Fox News, Raw Story, NBC News and Townhall
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Clemency Actions  —  America is a country built on the promise of second chances.  As President, I have used my clemency power to make that promise a reality by issuing more individual pardons and commutations than any other President in U.S. history.
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Biden Pardons Five More, Including Late Civil Rights Leader Marcus Garvey  —  Civil rights leaders and lawmakers have long said that Mr. Garvey's 1923 conviction for mail fraud was unjust, arguing that he was targeted for his work.  —  President Biden pardoned five activists and public servants on Sunday …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
‘Lady McBiden’: Alexandra Pelosi Blasts the First Lady  —  The feud between the president and ex-speaker intensifies in the waning days of his presidency.  —  Since breaking her hip in Europe last month, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has been deluged with messages, flowers and calls of concern …
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Most Americans optimistic about Trump's return to office: Poll  —  A new survey found that most Americans are optimistic about President-elect Trump returning to the White House.  —  The survey, conducted by CBS News and YouGov, found that 60 percent of respondents say they feel optimistic about Trump's second term.
Discussion: New York Times
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CBS News:
Trump's return to office greeted with optimism, high expectations — CBS News poll
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ezra Klein / New York Times:
Trump Barely Won the Popular Vote.  Why Doesn't It Feel That Way?  —  In 2024, Donald Trump won the popular vote by 1.5 points.  Trump and Democrats alike treated this result as an overwhelming repudiation of the left and a broad mandate for the MAGA movement.  But by any historical measure, it was a squeaker.
Joe Wilkins / Futurism:
Schools Using AI Emulation of Anne Frank That Urges Kids Not to Blame Anyone for Holocaust  —  The Anne Frank Experience  —  You're probably familiar with Anne Frank, a European Jewish girl whose posthumously-published diary documents her time hiding from Nazi persecution …
Politico:
National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations  —  “I don't want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.  —  National Guard members fear landing in the center of a political tussle between red state governors and blue state attorneys general …
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
‘Reactionary nihilism’: how a rightwing movement strives to end US democracy  —  Money, Lies, and God exposes a Christian nationalist movement funded by the super-rich seeking to secure their wealth at the expense of others  —  There is a “real and very, very present” threat to the US …
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe  —  What a single phone call from the president-elect did to an unswerving American ally  —  What did Donald Trump say over the phone to Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, on Wednesday?  I don't know which precise words he used, but I witnessed their impact.
David French / New York Times:
Texas Has a Perverse Idea of Religious Freedom  —  The Supreme Court of Texas just heard oral argument in a case challenging a remarkably punitive and malicious attack on religious liberty by the state of Texas.  That attack isn't just dangerous on its own terms, it's also a potential preview …
 
 
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Rep. Chellie Pingree / The Hill:
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A Trump Oligarchy Is Moving to Washington, and Buying Up Prime Addresses
Discussion: The Guardian
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Fox News Prepares to Cover a Government Filled With Fox News Alumni
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon reports Q4 ad revenue up 18% YoY to $17.29B, vs. $17.4B est., and subscription services revenue up 10% YoY to $11.51B

Charlotte Klein / New York Magazine:
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