Several of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were targeted with dangerous threats over the last 24 hours, the Trump team announced on Wednesday.
&#8220;Last night and this morning, several of President Trump&#8217;s Cabinet nominees and Administration appointees were targeted in violent, unAmerican threats to their lives and those who live with them. These attacks ranged from bomb threats to &#8216;swatting.&#8217; In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted. President Trump and the entire Transition team are grateful for their swift action,&#8221; Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.
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&#8220;President Trump and the Transition are focused on doing the work of uniting our nation by ensuring a safe and prosperous future,&#8221; she added. &#8220;With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1861822250791403524" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, the FBI acknowledged the threats to Trump&#8217;s nominees and appointees.
&#8220;The FBI is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees, and we are working with our law enforcement partners,&#8221; the bureau said. &#8220;We take all potential threats seriously, and as always, encourage members of the public to immediately report anything they consider suspicious to law enforcement.&#8221;
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Trump&#8217;s pick to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, later revealed she and her family were targeted by a bomb threat.
&#8220;This morning, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, her husband, and their three year old son were driving home to Saratoga County from Washington for Thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence. New York State, County law enforcement, and U.S. Capitol Police responded immediately with the highest levels of professionalism,&#8221; Stefanik&#8217;s congressional office said in a statement.
&#8220;We are incredibly appreciative of the extraordinary dedication of law enforcement officers who keep our communities safe 24/7,&#8221; Stefanik&#8217;s office added. &#8220;We want to share our best wishes to the Upstate NY community for a happy and safe Thanksgiving. We are especially grateful to our law enforcement officers and military families who are on duty over the holiday season.&#8221;
Others followed with announcements that they, too, had been targeted.
Former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Trump&#8217;s nominee for EPA administrator, <a href="https://x.com/AndrewSolender/status/1861830167796023603" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a &#8220;pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at our home today was sent in with a pro-Palestinian themed message.&#8221; He added that his family was not at home at the time and said they are working with law enforcement.
Trump&#8217;s pick to lead the Agriculture Department, Brooke Rollins, <a href="https://x.com/BrookeLRollins/status/1861826151179559053" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on X that on Wednesday morning &#8220;we learned that a threat was issued against our home and family. She also thanked the Fort Worth Police Department for their &#8220;swift efforts&#8221; and noted that she and her family were safe.
Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Trump&#8217;s selection to be the next secretary of Labor, <a href="https://x.com/LChavezDeRemer/status/1861857153394336219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> she and her family were targeted by a pipe bomb at their Oregon home. The congresswoman also thanked the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office for its &#8220;quick response&#8221; and said they were safe.
Trump&#8217;s nominee to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Scott Turner, <a href="https://x.com/sturnerofficial/status/1861855223855366316" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> his home was targeted by a bomb threat on the eve of Thanksgiving and expressed gratitude to law enforcement for their &#8220;swift and professional&#8221; response.
Punchbowl News <a href="https://x.com/mzanona/status/1861809966719594578?s=46&amp;t=z5YS3Gq8Y9sGYCPA7C8RlQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Trump&#8217;s nominee to be U.S. attorney general until Gaetz <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-matt-gaetz-withdraws-name-from-ag-consideration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew</a> from consideration last week, received a pipe bomb threat that prompted a bomb squad response in Florida. Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-cabinet-nominees-appointees-targeted-violent-unamerican-threats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and CIA director nominee John Ratcliffe also received threats while Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-27/trump-transition-says-cabinet-picks-targeted-with-bomb-threats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick&#8217;s home in Manhattan received a bomb threat.
A spokesperson for the White House <a href="https://x.com/kathrynw5/status/1861858179824353475" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> President Joe Biden had been briefed on the threats to Trump&#8217;s picks.
&#8220;The President has been briefed. The White House is in touch with federal law enforcement and the President-elect’s team, and continues to monitor the situation closely,&#8221; the White House spokesperson said. &#8220;Federal law enforcement’s response, alongside state and local authorities, remains ongoing. The President and the Administration unequivocally condemn threats of political violence.&#8221;
A number of reactions, including from Trump&#8217;s allies and family, followed the Trump team&#8217;s announcement.
&#8220;The violent left has been calling in bomb threats and swatting incoming members of the Trump Administration. Enough is enough with this type of deranged crap!&#8221; Donald Trump Jr., the president-elect&#8217;s eldest child, <a href="https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1861815126413779427" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
&#8220;Dangerous and violent threats like this are disgusting,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ScottforFlorida/status/1861814819302629653" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL). &#8220;Unfortunately, there are evil people who will try to deter President Trump and his team…but they won’t be stopped. I am thankful for law enforcement’s quick response and pray for the safety of President Trump, his family and his entire team.&#8221;
President-elect Trump himself survived an assassination attempt this past summer during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in which he got shot in the ear, one rally-goer was killed, and two others were injured. The gunman was killed by Secret Service counter-snipers.
There was an alleged second attempt on Trump&#8217;s life at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September. The man accused of attempting to assassinate him, Ryan Wesley Routh, is facing charges and has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/ryan-wesley-routh-trump-assassination-attempt-plea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pleaded not guilty</a>.

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Trump Picks Targeted In ‘Violent, UnAmerican Threats’

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David Plouffe, a senior adviser to Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>&#8216; failed White House campaign, suggested their internal data did not match public polls that showed Harris ahead of now-President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
The observation was made in a post-mortem discussion with several leading Harris campaign staffers about &#8220;what went wrong&#8221; for them in the 2024 presidential election on the latest episode of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOpWp02WVs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; podcast</a>.
&#8220;I think it surprised people,&#8221; Plouffe said, &#8220;because there was these public polls that came out in late September, early October, showing us with leads that we never saw &#8230; it was just basically a race that in the battlegrounds was 46-47, 47-48.&#8221;
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Harris entered the race in July, shortly after President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> dropped out under pressure from allies concerned about his mental capacity, age, and electability following a fumbling debate performance against Trump.
Plouffe said that the &#8220;Biden-Trump 1.0&#8221; match-up was &#8220;obviously pretty catastrophic in terms of where the race stood,&#8221; but he contended Harris was &#8220;able to climb out&#8221; from behind and make it a &#8220;margin-of-error race.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shown</a> in the RealClearPolitics national poll average chart, Harris boasted a 2-point advantage from late September until early October. During the same period, Harris built a small <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/betting-odds/2024/president" target="_blank" rel="noopener">betting odds</a> lead before Trump caught up and ran away with it.
The Harris team&#8217;s &#8220;internal analytics&#8221; showed &#8220;47-47&#8221; in Wisconsin and &#8220;48-47 Trump&#8221; in Pennsylvania, recalled Plouffe, who noted they hoped to win over undecided voters and &#8220;get a little benefit from turnout, which we weren&#8217;t able to do.&#8221;
Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama&#8217;s successful 2008 White House bid and later become a senior advisor to the president, summarized the Harris team&#8217;s stance come Election Day as: &#8220;We were hopeful. I don’t know how optimistic we were.&#8221;
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Trump ended up winning all the battleground states, including Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-cabinet-picks-are-so-ideologically-diverse-it-makes-cnns-scott-jennings-feel-squeamish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">making gains</a> among working-class voters, minority groups, and young people. He also appears to have prevailed in the popular vote.
&#8220;I think the political atmosphere, the desire for change, all those fundamentals that you&#8217;ve spent a lot of time talking about really presented huge challenges for us.&#8221; Plouffe said. &#8220;So &#8230; we got there, but we didn&#8217;t get the breaks we needed.&#8221;

David Plouffe

Kamala Adviser: Public Polls Showed Leads Over Trump ‘That We Never Saw’

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Kamala Harris

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Canadian Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/justin-trudeau" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justin Trudeau</a> said on Tuesday that he had a &#8220;good call&#8221; with President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unveils-tariff-ultimatums-against-canada-mexico-and-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">threatened</a> to impose tariffs on goods from Canada if it did not crack down on the flow of drugs and illegal immigration coming into the United States.
&#8220;I had a good call with Donald Trump last night, again. We obviously talked about laying out the facts, talking about how the intense and effective connections between our two countries flow back and forth. We talked about some of the challenges that we can work on together. It was a good call,&#8221; Trudeau <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1861439035865993448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> on Tuesday.
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&#8220;This is something that we can do. Laying out the facts, moving forward in constructive ways. This is a relationship that we know takes a certain amount of working on, and that’s what we’ll do. One of the really important things is that we be all pulling together on this. The ‘Team Canada’ approach is what works,&#8221; Trudeau added before noting that he spoke with other Canadian leaders and planned a First Ministers&#8217; meeting this week to address the situation.
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In a Monday evening <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113546215051155542?_nlid=5grW7vfxVB&amp;_nhids=emy3uBKWd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump indicated that he would begin his second term with a flurry of executive orders that would include tariffs on Canada, as well as Mexico, calling out the U.S. neighbors and raising concerns about people &#8220;bringing&#8221; crime and drugs across the borders.
&#8220;On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,&#8221; he said.
Trump added: &#8220;This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!&#8221;
With a more combative <a href="https://x.com/ishaantharoor/status/1861451172676047288" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum also responded to Trump, warning that tariffs the United States implements on Mexico could be followed by similar penalties on U.S. goods.
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&#8220;President Trump, migration and drug consumption in the United States cannot be addressed through threats or tariffs. What is needed is cooperation and mutual understanding to tackle these significant challenges,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;For every tariff, there will be a response in kind, until we put at risk our shared enterprises.&#8221;
In a second <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113546215408213585?_nlid=XDHP6ZQZfB&amp;_nhids=emy3uBKWd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to Truth Social on Monday, Trump took aim at China, promising an &#8220;additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products&#8221; that he said would remain in place until Beijing cracks down on drugs flowing to the U.S. He once again singled out fentanyl.

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Trudeau Says He Had A ‘Good Call’ With Trump After Threat Of Tariffs

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U.S.

Top staffers from Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>&#8216; failed White House bid disclosed how their subtle efforts to differentiate Harris from her boss, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, during the 2024 campaign were &#8220;never going to satisfy anybody&#8221; because voters wanted change.
In a post-mortem discussion on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOpWp02WVs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;Pod Save America&#8221; podcast</a>, host Dan Pfeiffer, who was a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, asked whether Harris could or should have done more to &#8220;distance herself&#8221; from the &#8220;unpopular, incumbent president.&#8221;
Pfeiffer noted how Harris appeared &#8220;personally uncomfortable&#8221; with the situation, &#8220;as evidenced&#8221; by an interview on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; in which the VP <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-view-tees-kamala-up-to-explain-how-shell-be-different-from-biden-and-she-still-fails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">failed to provide a substantive answer</a> when pressed on how she would set herself apart from the Biden presidency.
Jen O&#8217;Malley Dillon, who made the jump from chairing Biden&#8217;s re-election campaign to leading Harris&#8217; campaign after Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dropped out</a> in July, argued that voters did not know Harris very well and Harris&#8217; team only had a 107-day campaign to share the VP&#8217;s story.
&#8220;I do think that we really focused, from the get-go, on how she was different than everyone else — different than Joe Biden, different than [President-elect] Donald Trump,&#8221; O&#8217;Malley Dillon said before claiming that &#8220;at the end of the day, the choice was her versus Donald Trump.&#8221;
Harris &#8220;put her own stamp&#8221; on issues &#8220;in a deeper what than I think probably we got the kind of full breadth of coverage on it,&#8221; O&#8217;Malley Dillon said, adding the VP was part of the &#8220;progress&#8221; made under Biden and &#8220;it&#8217;s complicated when you&#8217;re asked questions in certain ways.&#8221;
Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama aide who became senior adviser for strategy messaging for Harris, said the campaign got the &#8220;Biden question&#8221; all the time, but they had to grapple with how Harris &#8220;felt that she was part of&#8221; the administration and had &#8220;tremendous loyalty&#8221; to Biden.
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&#8220;Unless we said something like, &#8216;Well I would have handled the border completely differently,&#8217; we were never going to satisfy anybody,&#8221; Cutter said. Instead, they focused on Harris being from a &#8220;different generation&#8221; and building &#8220;most of&#8221; her career outside of Washington, she added.
Cutter explained the Harris team sought to &#8220;tell a story and give the impression that she was different without pointing to a specific issue,&#8221; but ultimately the data showed &#8220;too many people thought&#8221; Harris would be a &#8220;continuation — which on the economy was the incumbent killer.&#8221;

VP Kamala Harris

Kamala Staffers Reveal Why They Were ‘Never Going To Satisfy Anybody’ On The ‘Biden Question’

Joe Biden

President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> threatened on Monday to impose tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico as well as China that will remain in place until they stem the flow of drugs and illegal immigration coming into the United States
In a <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113546215051155542?_nlid=5grW7vfxVB&amp;_nhids=emy3uBKWd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump indicated that he would begin his second term with a flurry of executive orders that would include tariffs on U.S. neighbors.
&#8220;On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous Open Borders,&#8221; he said.
Trump added: &#8220;This Tariff will remain in effect until such time as Drugs, in particular Fentanyl, and all Illegal Aliens stop this Invasion of our Country! Both Mexico and Canada have the absolute right and power to easily solve this long simmering problem. We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do, it is time for them to pay a very big price!&#8221;
With a second <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113546215408213585?_nlid=XDHP6ZQZfB&amp;_nhids=emy3uBKWd" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a>, Trump took aim at China, promising a separate tariff that he said would remain in place until Beijing cracks down on drugs flowing to the U.S. He once again singled out fentanyl.
&#8220;I have had many talks with China about the massive amounts of drugs, in particular Fentanyl, being sent into the United States – But to no avail,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;Representatives of China told me that they would institute their maximum penalty, that of death, for any drug dealers caught doing this but, unfortunately, they never followed through, and drugs are pouring into our Country, mostly through Mexico, at levels never seen before.&#8221;
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He continued: &#8220;Until such time as they stop, we will be charging China an additional 10% Tariff, above any additional Tariffs, on all of their many products coming into the United States of America. Thank you for your attention to this matter.&#8221;
Speculation about Trump reigniting trade wars had already sparked discussion about potential economic impacts. With his tariffs announcement on Monday, discussion got underway about the finer details of what the plan might entail.
As <a href="https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/1861201691561074689" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> on X by Heather Long, an economic columnist for The Washington Post, there are &#8220;a range of tariffs currently on China,&#8221; and therefore it seemed that Trump&#8217;s &#8220;goal&#8221; would be &#8220;35%+.&#8221;
On X, there was a flurry of reactions to Trump&#8217;s tariffs ultimatum.
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, for instance, <a href="https://x.com/BillAckman/status/1861198845574815947">said</a> on X that using tariffs as a political and  foreign policy &#8220;weapon&#8221; aligns with Trump&#8217;s &#8220;America First&#8221; agenda. Tech executive Elon Musk, who has been tapped to help lead Trump&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1861201014772433332">responded</a> to the plan by quipping that the price of fentanyl will &#8220;rise sharply.&#8221;

President-Elect Donald Trump

Trump Unveils Tariff Ultimatums Against Canada, Mexico, And China

Economy

Fresh off losing the 2024 White House race to President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> is already getting the word out that she is not discounting another run for office, according to a new report.
POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/25/kamala-harris-advisers-options-open-00191393" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Monday that Harris has privately conveyed to advisers and others to &#8220;keep her options open,&#8221; including for a potential 2026 campaign for governor in her home state of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> or a presidential run in 2028.
&#8220;I am staying in the fight,&#8221; Harris has declared in phone calls, per the report.
Harris, a former California attorney general and U.S. senator, replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party&#8217;s nominee in the 2024 race for the White House after he dropped out earlier this year following a fumbling debate performance against Trump.
Trump ended up defeating Harris, coming out on top in all the battleground states and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trumps-cabinet-picks-are-so-ideologically-diverse-it-makes-cnns-scott-jennings-feel-squeamish" target="_blank" rel="noopener">making gains</a> among working-class voters, minority groups, and young people.
Last week, after losing the election, Harris <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14123811/Inside-Kamala-Harris-luxury-Hawaii-vacation-rental-election.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">traveled</a> with her husband, Doug Emhoff, to Hawaii for a vacation.
Citing insider sources, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/25/kamala-harris-advisers-options-open-00191393">POLITICO</a> noted that Harris will head back to Washington, D.C., and is expected to explore &#8220;possible paths forward&#8221; with family members over the winter holiday season.
&#8220;She doesn’t have to decide if she wants to run for something again in the next six months,&#8221; one former Harris campaign aide told the outlet. &#8220;The natural thing to do would be to set up some type of entity that would give her the opportunity to travel and give speeches and preserve her political relationships.&#8221;
If Harris were to campaign for governor of California in 2026, she would be competing to replace <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gavin Newsom</a>, a fellow Democrat who is term-limited and is seen as yet another potential candidate for president in the 2028 contest.
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A number of Democrats have <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-09/california-governor-2026-candidates-newsom-atkins-kounalakis-thurmond-villaraigosa-yee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already begun</a> campaigns for California governor, including Lt. Governor Eleni Kounalakis and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, but polling has <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-13/poll-california-governor-race-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicated</a> Harris would have an edge if she ran.
Transgender-identifying celebrity <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlyn-jenner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlyn Jenner</a> signaled another GOP bid is possible following a 2021 recall campaign. &#8220;If I ran [for governor], and it was ultimately against Harris, I would destroy her,&#8221; Jenner <a href="https://x.com/Caitlyn_Jenner/status/1860986024928915514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Monday.

Kamala Mulls Run For California Governor, Another White House Bid After 2024 Defeat: Report

California

With AAA <a href="https://newsroom.aaa.com/2024/11/nearly-80-million-americans-expected-to-travel-over-thanksgiving/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">projecting</a> nearly 80 million people traveling 50 or more miles in the week ahead for the 2024 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thanksgiving</a> holiday, those making the trek might want to keep their eye on the forecast as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/severe-weather">weather</a> in some parts of the United States could make the trip difficult.
On Monday, the National Weather Service (NWS) shared on X a broad outline for the next couple of days, along with maps showing the high temperature forecast and probability of precipitation on Thanksgiving Day.
&#8220;A frontal system will drive weather in the eastern quarter of the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day, bringing a good shot of rain,&#8221; the post said. &#8220;Farther west in the northern plains, cold temperatures will be the rule of the day, with readings as much as 25°F below normal for this time of the year.&#8221;
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A frontal system will drive weather in the eastern quarter of the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day, bringing a good shot of rain. Farther west in the northern plains, cold temperatures will be the rule of the day, with readings as much as 25°F below normal for this time of the year. How… <a href="https://t.co/0r3MvTZnca">pic.twitter.com/0r3MvTZnca</a>
&mdash; National Weather Service (@NWS) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWS/status/1861114016267169983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Snow is not out of the question, however.
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AccuWeather forecasters <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-forecasts/thanksgiving-storm-could-deliver-rain-snow-to-part-of-the-east/1716263" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the eastern part of the U.S. might get accumulating snow to the Ohio Valley and Northeast, while Meteorologist Ryan Maue <a href="https://x.com/RyanMaue/status/1861066203957010702" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the Thanksgiving Day storm system &#8220;should drop 3-6 [inches] of snowfall across roads from Ohio to Pennsylvania into New York and England.&#8221;
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Thanksgiving Day storm system should drop 3-6&quot; of snowfall across roads from Ohio to Pennsylvania into New York and England. ❄️ <a href="https://t.co/YDo1BW2rJw">pic.twitter.com/YDo1BW2rJw</a>
&mdash; Ryan Maue (@RyanMaue) <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1861066203957010702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Other places, including <a href="https://x.com/NWSChicago/status/1860790224265363653" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a>, could also get some fresh powder.
NWS <a href="https://x.com/NWS/status/1861081007035675055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1861081007035675055%7Ctwgr%5Ea96a797f0fd42f0aedbcfbf914ec079508cc05e9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fwinter-storm-weather-warning-travel-chaos-thanksgiving-11-25-24-1991068">said</a> that heavy snow is expected to fall early this week in the higher-elevation areas of the western United States and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. And in Colorado, its Boulder office noted that a &#8220;major winter storm&#8221; bringing up 1-2 feet of snow would impact the mountains through Wednesday.
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A major winter storm will impact the mountains beginning late tonight. Snow will be heavy through Tue night, lighter Wed.
1-2 ft totals are expected for the highest elevations. Expect significant travel disruptions and road closures. Here&#39;s a forecast for major roadways 👇 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COwx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#COwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/LciRjAcp3l">pic.twitter.com/LciRjAcp3l</a>
&mdash; NWS Boulder (@NWSBoulder) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSBoulder/status/1861029690880000511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Pacific Northwest is still reeling after a so-called <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bomb-cyclone-blasts-pacific-northwest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;bomb cyclone&#8221;</a> and its &#8220;atmospheric river&#8221; hammered parts of Washington, Oregon, and Northern California. A handful of people were killed, and power was knocked out for hundreds of thousands of customers.
California has more inclement weather ahead. The NWS office in Sacramento <a href="https://x.com/NWSSacramento/status/1861107419499401367" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a Winter Storm Warning was in effect for higher elevations in the Sierra Nevada mountains through Wednesday morning.
Expect chilly weather across much of the country in the post-Thanksgiving travel period.
Last week, the NWS <a href="https://x.com/NWSCPC/status/1859716181760016681" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> a broad area of low pressure was forecast to &#8220;dominate&#8221; the lower 48 states, bringing increased risk for cold and &#8220;unsettled weather,&#8221; including &#8220;hazardous cold&#8221; in the Northern Plains, strong winds across much of the East, and heavy snow in parts of the Great Lakes and Interior Northwest.
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Increased risk for cold and unsettled weather for the post-Thanksgiving travel period <a href="https://t.co/SVsQsPxEEx">https://t.co/SVsQsPxEEx</a> <a href="https://t.co/IXHwO0nKNM">pic.twitter.com/IXHwO0nKNM</a>
&mdash; NWS Climate Prediction Center (@NWSCPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSCPC/status/1859716181760016681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The NWS advised Thanksgiving travelers to &#8220;stay updated on this evolving situation&#8221; by checking the latest forecasts from the Climate Prediction Center, Weather Prediction Center, and local NWS forecast offices.
Beyond the weather, holiday travelers heading to and from North Carolina might need to contend with disarray caused by Charlotte Douglas International Airport service workers <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article296108969.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beginning a strike</a> over wages on Monday.

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Where Storms Could Disrupt Travel For The 2024 Thanksgiving Holiday

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President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> could use the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a> to create an &#8220;economic renaissance&#8221; if his incoming administration is able to significantly decrease the number of regulations, a venture capitalist said this past week.
Chamath Palihapitiya, who held a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-raises-12-million-at-fundraiser-in-nancy-pelosis-hometown" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraiser</a> for Trump earlier this year with fellow tech investor David Sacks, spoke about the potential boons of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vivek-ramaswamy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vivek Ramaswamy</a>&#8216;s efforts leading DOGE under Trump in the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnmDeIgW3EQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">latest episode of the &#8220;All-In&#8221; podcast</a>.
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NEW: Chamath Palihapitiya says he thinks the U.S. economy could be growing at 5% if it wasn&#39;t for excessive regulations, calls on the Trump admin to use DOGE to create a flat tax.
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During the All in Podcast, Chamath said DOGE could ignite an &quot;economic renaissance.&quot;
&quot;I think… <a href="https://t.co/qucDUoFf7c">pic.twitter.com/qucDUoFf7c</a>
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&#8220;None of these regulations have expiring dates, and so as a result, I think what you probably have is an incredible restraint on the U.S. economy,&#8221; Chamath said while addressing a chart that showed the thousands of regulations federal agencies issued each year.
&#8220;I think that the U.S. economy could be growing at 4 or 5%, but the reason that it doesn&#8217;t grow at 4 or 5% is in that one single chart. It is impossible to be able to live up to your economic potential when you have this burden on your neck,&#8221; he said.
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The &#8220;real opportunity&#8221; for DOGE, Chamath posited, is to &#8220;basically do whatever it needs to do using the law to wipe as many of these regulations off the books.&#8221; He added that it would be &#8220;better&#8221; to cut them all to &#8220;zero&#8221; and reenact the ones found to be necessary in a &#8220;piecemeal&#8221; fashion.
Chamath then spoke about a post to X that asked users what they thought about the Internal Revenue Service, and the responses it got from people saying they want a flat tax to replace the U.S. Tax Code.
Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy could use DOGE &#8220;as a mechanism to shrink the tax code&#8221; and &#8220;create a flat tax,&#8221; Chamath suggested, though he noted that such a drastic change would require approval from Congress.
Chamath went on to say that the &#8220;idea of just cutting this all the way down and then finding through that process what you actually need, I think can find America 100, 200 basis points of GDP growth.&#8221; He continued: &#8220;It could be an economic renaissance.&#8221;
Both DOGE and Chamath have posted to X about the U.S. tax code over the past couple weeks.
DOGE shared a graph depicting the millions of words being added to the federal tax code and regulations over the decades.
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In 1955, there were less than 1.5 million words in the U.S. Tax Code. 
Today, there are more than 16 million words.
Because of this complexity, Americans collectively spend 6.5 billion hours preparing and filing their taxes each year.
This must be simplified. <a href="https://t.co/2CxJMt1Rcr">pic.twitter.com/2CxJMt1Rcr</a>
&mdash; Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) <a href="https://twitter.com/DOGE/status/1857993918526480545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Because of this complexity, Americans collectively spend 6.5 billion hours preparing and filing their taxes each year,&#8221; DOGE said. &#8220;This must be simplified.&#8221;
In a post to X on Friday, Chamath <a href="https://x.com/chamath/status/1860139825791414640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: &#8220;Replace the US Federal Tax Code&#8217;s 7000 pages and millions of words with a simple flat tax. It could fit into a few pages of simple english, make paying taxes simple and enforcement even simpler.&#8221;

Chamath Palihapitiya

Venture Capitalist Foresees ‘Economic Renaissance’ If Trump Uses DOGE To Slash Regs

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

Taxes

President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a> could set its sights on government-funded media programs like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/national-public-radio-npr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Public Radio (NPR)</a>, Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marjorie-taylor-greene" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> (R-GA) said on Sunday.
Greene, who has been tasked with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-doge-panel-chaired-by-marjorie-taylor-greene-will-help-slash-government-waste" target="_blank" rel="noopener">heading</a> a new House Oversight subcommittee to work with DOGE leaders <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/vivek-ramaswamy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vivek Ramaswamy</a>, mentioned the network while discussing how she believes wasteful spending is happening all over the U.S. government during a &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; interview with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo.
&#8220;We will be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda,&#8221; Greene said, adding: &#8220;We will be going into grant programs that fund things like sex apps in Malaysia, toilets in Africa, all kinds of programs that don&#8217;t help the American people.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMTG</a> says one of the things DOGE will look at is “government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda.”
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&mdash; The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1860737016377245894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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She continued: &#8220;I want to talk to the people at the Pentagon and ask them why they can&#8217;t find billions of dollars every single year and why they fail their audit, but not just that, Maria. I&#8217;d like to talk to the governors of sanctuary states and the mayors of sanctuary cities and have them come before our committee and explain why they deserve federal dollars if they&#8217;re going to harbor illegal criminal aliens in their states and their cities.&#8221;
In his first term, Trump <a href="https://deadline.com/2020/02/donald-trump-public-media-pbs-npr-1202856498/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed</a> reining in funding for public media, but Congress did not take him up on the cuts. Earlier this year, while back on the campaign trail, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-for-cutting-npr-funds-after-editor-accuses-network-of-bias" target="_blank" rel="noopener">demanded</a> that funding be cut from NPR after one of its editors <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-lost-americas-trust-npr-veteran-says-network-has-lost-its-way" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accused</a> the network of espousing left-wing bias. That editor, Uri Berliner, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/npr-editor-who-accused-network-of-liberal-bias-resigns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> a short time later.
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“NO MORE FUNDING FOR NPR, A TOTAL SCAM! EDITOR SAID THEY HAVE NO REPUBLICANS, AND IS ONLY USED TO ‘DAMAGE TRUMP.’ THEY ARE A LIBERAL DISINFORMATION MACHINE. NOT ONE DOLLAR!!!” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112248653824267212" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to Truth Social.
When NPR <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/npr-ditches-twitter-over-actions-that-undermine-our-credibility" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ditched</a> Twitter (now X) last year after being slapped with labels linking it to the U.S. government, the network <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/1169269161/npr-leaves-twitter-government-funded-media-label" target="_blank" rel="noopener">insisted</a> it &#8220;receives less than 1 percent of its $300 million annual budget from the federally funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting.&#8221; Still, on its website, NPR says federal funding is <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/178660742/public-radio-finances" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;essential&#8221;</a> and that ending it &#8220;would result in fewer programs, less journalism — especially local journalism — and eventually the loss of public radio stations, particularly in rural and economically distressed communities.&#8221;
In her Fox interview, Greene went on to say: &#8220;We&#8217;re going to look in every single aspect. And we don&#8217;t care about people&#8217;s feelings. We&#8217;re going to be searching for the facts, and we&#8217;re going to be verifying if this is worth spending the American people&#8217;s hard-earned tax dollars on.&#8221;

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

MTG Suggests NPR Could Be In DOGE’s Crosshairs: ‘Nothing But Democrat Propaganda’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> Republican commentator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/scott-jennings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Scott Jennings</a> argued this weekend that President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is building an &#8220;ideologically diverse&#8221; Cabinet that reflects his 2024 election victory.
During a panel on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; on Sunday, Jennings noted how Trump picked Russ Vought to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-selects-russell-vought-to-once-again-lead-omb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">return</a> as director of the Office of Management and Budget and Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-picks-oregon-congresswoman-for-labor-secretary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to be the next</a> labor secretary, among many others.
&#8220;I think Trump is not getting enough credit here for building an ideologically diverse Cabinet,&#8221; Jennings said. &#8220;When you&#8217;ve got everybody from Russ Vought, who&#8217;s very conservative, all the way over to the pick for labor secretary — is a supporter of the PRO Act, and somehow Randi Weingarten is happy about it. I mean, what he has done is — which makes me squeamish, to be candid.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/ScottJenningsKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ScottJenningsKY</a>: &quot;I think Trump is not getting enough credit here for building an ideologically diverse Cabinet&#8230; and that&#39;s kind of how he won. His coalition was kind of ideologically diverse — that elected him.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/lgxe57gy8x">pic.twitter.com/lgxe57gy8x</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1860701123918631342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Jennings was referring to the<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-democrats-pro-act-three-things-you-need-to-know" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> &#8220;Protecting the Right to Organize Act,&#8221;</a> a bill <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/842/text" target="_blank" rel="noopener">written</a> to amend labor laws that passed the House, but did not get through the Senate, and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
&#8220;And so what he has done, though, is put together an ideologically diverse group of people to sit in a room and help run the government,&#8221; Jennings continued. &#8220;And that&#8217;s kind of how he won. His coalition was kind of ideologically diverse that elected him.&#8221;
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In the 2024 election victory that included winning all the swing states over Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-makes-gains-among-key-minority-groups-in-2024-victory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made gains</a> among <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-return-power-fueled-by-hispanic-working-class-voter-support-2024-11-06/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working-class voters</a>, minority groups, and young people. And Republicans maintained control of the House and retook the Senate for the coming term.
Over the past several weeks, Trump has picked a number of former Democrats who became disaffected with their old party to serve in top roles in his second administration. They include Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been tapped to serve as Health and Human Services administrator, and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) to serve as Director of National Intelligence.
He&#8217;s also picked Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for Secretary of State, now-former Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, and former Florida Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi for Attorney General after Matt Gaetz dropped out, among others.

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are So ‘Ideologically Diverse,’ It Makes CNN’s Scott Jennings Feel ‘Squeamish’

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With <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-following-attorney-general-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">former</a> Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-matt-gaetz-withdraws-name-from-ag-consideration?topStoryPosition=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrawing from consideration</a> to become President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s attorney general on Thursday, journalists immediately began to explore whether Gaetz could return to the House next year to serve the two-year term that he won in the November election.
Gaetz, a four-term congressman, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/matt-gaetz-resigns-from-congress-following-attorney-general-nomination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resigned</a> from Congress last week shortly after Trump nominated him to lead the Department of Justice. In his resignation letter that was <a href="https://x.com/cspan/status/1857108564118052891" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read aloud</a> by the House clerk, Gaetz indicated he did not intend to serve the fifth term voters had just given him by <a href="https://election.dailywire.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a 32-point margin</a>.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMattGaetz</a> resignation is read in the House of Representatives: &quot;I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress to pursue the position of Attorney General in the Trump Administration.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/8SpMffRYjJ">pic.twitter.com/8SpMffRYjJ</a>
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&#8220;I hereby resign, as the United States Representative for Florida&#8217;s First Congressional District, effective immediately, and I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress to pursue the position of Attorney General in the Trump administration,&#8221; Gaetz <a href="https://x.com/jamiedupree/status/1859660501019656636" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to the House speaker.
Sources <a href="https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-transition-news-11-21-24#cm3rn93fu000o3b6n4hqe6hmm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN</a> that the way Gaetz worded his letter leaves room for him to be sworn in at the beginning of the next Congress, which starts in January. In a post to X, Fox News&#8217; Chad Pergram similarly <a href="https://x.com/ChadPergram/status/1859671505434706304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that his news outlet was told that the part of Gaetz&#8217;s letter about his future plans was not binding.
It appears a key element is Florida Governor Ron Desantis&#8217; administration not setting up a special election to determine a successor to Gaetz. DeSantis <a href="https://x.com/GovRonDeSantis/status/1856993208900739437" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last week he instructed Secretary of State Cord Byrd to announce a schedule for special elections for seats held by Gaetz and other Trump picks, but Byrd has <a href="https://dos.fl.gov/elections/for-voters/special-elections/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">yet to do so</a>.
Further strengthening the case for a comeback, CBS correspondent Scott MacFarlane <a href="https://x.com/MacFarlaneNews/status/1859685899396604295" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on X that a House aide said: &#8220;Florida officials sent federally-required election certifications to the Clerk of the House confirming who was elected to serve during the 119th Congress. Matt Gaetz&#8217;s name was included in that list.&#8221;
It&#8217;s unclear whether Gaetz will try to retake his seat. DeSantis press secretary Jeremy Redfern said, “You’d have to ask Gaetz,” when asked if the governor expects Gaetz to vacate his seat next congress, according to the publication, <a href="https://floridapolitics.com/archives/709041-now-out-of-attorney-general-running-will-matt-gaetz-be-sworn-in-for-another-house-term/">Florida Politics</a>. Since ending his bid for AG, Gaetz has not publicly shared any plans.
Would there be implications if Gaetz returns? Per MacFarlane&#8217;s source, Gaetz might get the last office available because the room lottery for incoming members is done. And, as <a href="https://x.com/MarcACaputo/status/1859667801092522222" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> by a Tallahassee lawyer who spoke to Bulwark reporter Marc Caputo, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-ethics-committee-has-not-agreed-to-release-report-on-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House ethics report</a> on Gaetz is &#8220;waiting for him if he goes back.&#8221;

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Can Matt Gaetz Make A House Comeback Next Year?

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It&#8217;s another battle of the billionaires, with Amazon founder <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeff-bezos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeff Bezos</a> denying a politically charged allegation shared by tech executive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a>.
Overnight, Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1859483544612913376" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to his social media platform, X, about hearing that Bezos had been telling people that President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> would lose the 2024 election.
&#8220;Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that [Trump] would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock,&#8221; Musk said.
Musk, who endorsed Trump on the campaign trail and is now slated to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-outline-the-doge-plan-to-reform-government" target="_blank" rel="noopener">help lead</a> the president-elect&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-government-efficiency-doge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)</a>, owns <a href="https://fortune.com/2023/11/27/tesla-sweden-lawsuit-labor-unions-postal-workers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/16/amazon-and-spacex-are-quietly-trying-to-demolish-national-labor-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SpaceX</a>.
Bezos shot back in <a href="https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1859615862984167549" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reply</a> on Thursday morning, saying, &#8220;Nope. 100% not true.&#8221;
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Nope. 100% not true.
&mdash; Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/1859615862984167549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The denial was the latest salvo in a longstanding rivalry that ranges from <a href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/amazon-spacex-will-compete-to-corner-internet-satellite-market" target="_blank" rel="noopener">competition</a> between their space companies to Musk <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/elon-musk-slams-jeff-bezos-lord-of-the-rings-woke-1235361273/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dissing</a> Amazon&#8217;s &#8220;Lord of The Rings&#8221; series.
And there is the question of who is the wealthiest person in the world.
With Tesla shares rising since the election and SpaceX just conducting another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-musk-witness-successful-sixth-launch-of-starship-at-spacex-hq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">successful launch</a>, Musk led the list as of press time with a net worth of $316.1 billion, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/#30010ccd3d78" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Forbes</a>.
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At $213.3 billion, Bezos ranked third, behind Oracle&#8217;s Larry Ellison. Bezos <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-bezos-elon-musk-worlds-richest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had been</a> the world&#8217;s richest person as recently as earlier this year.
Bezos made headlines in October when it emerged that he made the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-hell-breaks-loose-after-washington-post-declines-to-endorse-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> for the newspaper he owns, The Washington Post, to end its practice of endorsing presidential candidates.
&#8220;Presidential endorsements do nothing to tip the scales of an election. No undecided voters in Pennsylvania are going to say, &#8216;I’m going with Newspaper A’s endorsement.&#8217; None,&#8221; he wrote in an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a>.
&#8220;What presidential endorsements actually do is create a perception of bias,&#8221; Bezos added. &#8220;A perception of non-independence. Ending them is a principled decision, and it’s the right one.&#8221;
After Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election, Bezos released a statement congratulating the president-elect.
&#8220;Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory,&#8221; Bezos <a href="https://x.com/JeffBezos/status/1854184441511571765" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X.
&#8220;No nation has bigger opportunities,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Wishing [Trump] all success in leading and uniting the America we all love.&#8221;

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