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Maybe the president should install a billboard ad on the side of the White House? -- 'Seeking new chief of staff. Apply within.': |
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Who will ~not~ be the next chief of staff: 36-year-old Nick Ayers. Ayers is Vice President Pence's chief of staff and was seen as the natural replacement for Kelly, but opted to move to an external job at a pro-Trump super PAC. According to The New York Times's Maggie Haberman, an announcement for Ayers replacing Kelly was even drafted. https://nyti.ms/2QJ8yh8 Possible replacements: Axios is reporting that Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, is a top contender. Bloomberg News is reporting other possible replacements: Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and budget director Mick Mulvaney. http://bit.ly/2QoCa47 How the job has become less glamorous: The job of chief of staff was once an easy rise to prominence -- Rahm Emanuel became Chicago mayor after, and Leon Panetta later served as CIA director and Defense secretary -- but is now a tough position, especially as Democrats take over the House in January. https://politi.co/2QMvbBi |
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| It's Monday -- welcome back! I'm Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what's coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com -- and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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I wonder who is angrier, Mueller (for being on the list at all) or Trump (for being on the list with Mueller): |
| Time announced its 10 finals for the 2018 "Person of the Year." Who made the shortlist: President Trump, separated families, Russian President Vladimir Putin, special counsel Robert Mueller, film director Ryan Coogler, professor Christine Blasey Ford, murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, March for Our Lives activists, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Meghan Markle, the duchess of Sussex. Reasoning for each: http://bit.ly/2zNkmVW When the winner will be revealed: Tuesday morning on NBC's "Today" in the 7 a.m. hour. |
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| FROM TRUMP'S TWITTER ACCOUNT THIS MORNING | |
You know the old saying — A payment a day keeps the porn star away: |
| President Trump accused Democrats of "wrongly" calling a "simple private transaction" a "campaign contribution." What's he talking about: The payments made by his former lawyer Michael Cohen to two women who say they had affairs with the president. Read the tweets -- and try to ignore the misspellings of "smoking": http://bit.ly/2rw4lzc |
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'Tis the season to put off deadlines, fa la la la la, la la la la: |
| Via The Hill's Jordain Carney and Juliegrace Brufke, President Trump is expected to meet with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday to discuss keeping the government open. http://bit.ly/2QkPg28 Why it likely won't amount to anything: Republicans are pushing for border wall funding; Democrats have stuck to their guns in demanding that funding is excluded from a budget deal. I.e.: Shutdown, here we come. |
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| WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING ON CAPITOL HILL THIS WEEK: |
| Yemen debate: The Senate will debate a measure that would end U.S. support for the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen. http://bit.ly/2QkPg28 Farm bill: The House may vote on the farm bill after months of closed-door negotiations. The dispute: Changes to work requirements in the food stamps program. Google hearing: Google CEO Sundar Pichai is testifying Tuesday about "potential bias" and "the need for greater transparency regarding the filtering practices." Nomination: The Senate is expected to hold a procedural vote on Justin Muzinich for deputy Treasury secretary. Lol, which would mean: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's deputy would be Muzinich. Context and details for each: http://bit.ly/2QkPg28 |
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Beto may not be the besto: |
| Via The Hill's Amie Parnes and Alexander Bolton, "Beto O'Rourke has caught fire with the Democratic base and media pundits, but not everyone is sure he'd be the best candidate to take on President Trump in 2020." Why: He may be too liberal, he's a white man and he just lost a Senate race. Context for each: http://bit.ly/2GbpZDb |
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*Insert mental image of Elizabeth Warren doing the shopping cart dance move*: |
| Via Politico's Natasha Korecki, if Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) decides to run for president, she already has the core elements: a team of people, $12.5 million left from her Senate win and even a few spots scoped out for a campaign headquarters in Boston. How her campaign infrastructure is already incredibly prepared: https://politi.co/2SCZtUe |
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Washington Post's fact-checker has a new category: |
| This morning, The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler announced a new rating for the publication's fact-checker: "the Bottomless Pinocchio." The definition: "That dubious distinction will be awarded to politicians who repeat a false claim so many times that they are, in effect, engaging in campaigns of disinformation." How many times the false claim must be repeated for this category: At least 20 times. https://wapo.st/2B5rAEK Who made this list -- lol, you can guess...: "The Fact Checker has not identified statements from any other current elected official who meets the standard other than Trump. In fact, 14 statements made by the president immediately qualify for the list." |
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Wow, that's a lot of red: |
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Happening outside House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office: |
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Livestream of the protests: http://bit.ly/2rtT9mA |
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| The House is in. The Senate will meet later today. President Trump and Vice President Pence are in Washington, D.C. 12:30 p.m. EST: President Trump has lunch with Vice President Pence. 4 p.m. EST: The Senate meets. 5 p.m. EST: Vice President Pence swears in the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 5:30 p.m. EST: The Senate has a procedural vote on Justin Muzinich to be deputy secretary of Treasury. The Senate's full schedule today: http://bit.ly/2B6a5UB 6:30 p.m. EST: Votes delayed in the House. The House's full schedule today: http://bit.ly/2jYhqPv |
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| 2 p.m. EST: A House subcommittee is holding a hearing on international child abduction. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2B3rVre 7 a.m. EST Tuesday: Time's 2018 "Person of the Year" is announced on NBC's "Today." Happening now: The victory parade for Atlanta United, which won the MLS Cup over the weekend. Livestream— this looks like a blast: http://bit.ly/2EdFMyo |
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| Today is National Lager Day. |
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Styles always come back -- they always come back: |
| Via GQ, boot-cut jeans are coming back into style. http://bit.ly/2UvMPbs |
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| And to make you smile on a cold Monday morning, here's a dog still working out the logistics of how to be a dog: http://bit.ly/2ruRihl |
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