This Ohio-Hating Michigan Democrat Has Thoughts on Why Her Party Lost
Kristen McDonald Rivet won a tough House race in a heavily white, working-class area even as many Democrats in such places lost. In an interview, she warned against a “tone-deaf” economic message.

Trump invites Chinese President Xi Jinping to inauguration: report
It’s unclear whether Xi has accepted the invitation.
Trump Picks Ed Martin, ‘Stop the Steal’ Promoter, for Management and Budget Staff Chief
President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Ed Martin, a Missouri Republican with a long track record as an anti-abortion activist, for a top position in the agency that administers the budget.
Mayor Eric Adams to meet with Trump’s border czar pick Tom Homan about NYC migrant crisis, including deporting ‘known offenders’: sources
Hizzoner is expected to sit down with Homan on Thursday afternoon at City Hall where the two are expected to discuss the migrant crisis in the Big Apple as well as the broader immigration failures at the federal level.
Trump Is Filling His Cabinet With People Who Have Lost Elections
President-elect Donald Trump is stocking his administration with people who have lost elections.
Tulsi Gabbard’s Syria visit doesn’t faze GOP senators who also seem poised to confirm Ratcliffe as CIA director
President-elect Donald Trump’s top spy picks appear to be enjoying an increasingly receptive Senate GOP, as they make the rounds huddling with senators in a bid to shore up support for their confirmations.
Biden admin loans Ukraine $20B backed by profits from ‘immobilized’ Russian assets
The distributed funds are part of a $50 billion loan initiative agreed to by the leaders of the Group of Seven countries earlier this year to support Ukraine’s “budgetary, military and reconstruction assistance.”
Pete Hegseth’s lawyer, Sen. Cotton slam West Point for sharing false info about defense pick’s admission in possible privacy violation
Attorney Tim Parlatore and Cotton (R-Ark.) fired off a pair of letters to the US Military Academy’s superintendent, expressing concern that a public affairs officer shared “false information” with a journalist that could have blocked President-elect Donald Trump’s defense pick from confirmation.
House Passes Defense Bill Denying Transgender Health Coverage for Minors
The $883.7 billion measure was approved over the opposition of most Democrats, who rejected a provision inserted by Republicans to deny the coverage to the minor children of military personnel.