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Fantasy Football Week 10 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em
Set your fantasy football lineups with the help of analyst Dalton Del Don, highlighting his favorite starts and sits from every game on the Week 10 slate.
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- PoliticsTechCrunch
Trump included Elon Musk on call with Zelenskyy
President-elect Donald Trump looped in Elon Musk on his phone call with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, according to Axios. As one of Trump's top campaign donors, Musk has forged a strong alliance with the incoming president. The Tesla CEO has been rumored as a candidate for a position in Trump's cabinet, and his involvement on a key foreign policy call makes Musk's potential appointment seem more likely.
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- PoliticsAFP
Trump makes first cabinet pick, eyes Putin talks
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made his first cabinet appointment after his decisive election win, while signaling his intent to ditch the outgoing administration's policies by talking to Vladimir Putin.Billionaire Trump later told NBC News that he had not talked to Putin, the authoritarian leader whom he has repeatedly praised over the years, since his victory but "I think we'll speak."
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- PoliticsThe Hill
Van Jones on Trump win: ‘It turned out we were the idiots’
CNN pundit Van Jones says Democrats’ media strategy is a major reason Vice President Harris lost this week’s presidential election to former President Trump. “We got beat because the conservatives and Republicans built a different media system,” Jones said on the channel Thursday. “It had to do with online, had to do with podcasts, with…
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- PoliticsABC News
Harris campaign leadership urges staffers not to speak with reporters: Sources
During an all-staff call earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign leadership urged staffers not to speak with reporters and addressed concerns about the future after her loss to Donald Trump in the election, two people on the call told ABC News. Campaign Chair Jennifer O'Malley Dillon and Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks implored staffers not to speak with reporters with Fulks saying they still needed staffers "staying in this fight." One source noted that the call gave t
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- PoliticsAssociated Press
Trump's shunning of transition planning may have severe consequences, governance group says
A good-governance group is warning of severe consequences if President-elect Donald Trump continues to steer clear of formal transition planning with the Biden administration — inaction that it says is already limiting the federal government’s ability to provide security clearances and briefings to the incoming administration. Without the planning, says Max Stier, president and CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service, “it would not be possible" to "be ready to govern on day one.” T
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- PoliticsThe Hill
Trump tears into Newsom over special legislative session
President-elect Trump has criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom for calling a special legislative session to "safeguard" the state ahead of his return to the White House in January, while Newsom has accused Trump of attempting to impose new restrictions on the Golden State.
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- PoliticsThe Hill
Jon Stewart: Trump’s 2024 win ‘feels different’
“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart said President-elect Trump’s win this week feels different than when he won in 2016, during his latest podcast episode of “The Weekly Show.” “This feels different, because it is a democratic victory,” he said on the episode that aired Friday. “I feel like we were prepared for all scenarios and…
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- OpinionThe Daily Beast
Harris Staffers Furious Over Post-Election Pep Talk: ‘Detached From Reality’
Kamala Harris’ staffers were left angry and frustrated by attempts by the vice president and her campaign leaders to sugarcoat their election nightmare. Harris was blasted for her “happy talk” after an all-in call on Thursday night to thank exhausted campaign workers. “Yeah, this sucks... We all just speak truth, why don’t we, right?” she said, according to Axios. “There’s also so much good that has come of this” campaign.
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- CelebrityThe Daily Beast
The Mysterious Erasure of ‘Mamacita’ Kimberly Guilfoyle
Donald Trump Jr.’s fiancé Kimberly Guilfoyle may have been the only woman in the world more somber than Vice President Kamala Harris following Tuesday’s election results—and all the contouring in the world couldn’t hide it on her face. Though dressed the part in MAGA red, Guilfoyle appeared to be the odd woman out as she joined the Trump clan onstage Wednesday to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in Palm Beach, Florida. And Don Jr. seemed to be making sure she felt it. The scene:
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