President-elect Donald Trump named firebrand Republican US Representative Matt Gaetz to be his nominee for attorney general, as he moves swiftly to assemble a Cabinet reut.rs/3O6qEFR

My take “The folks who brought us the fraudulent Trump University…now threaten to dismantle a higher education ecosystem that is still (for now) the envy of the rest of the world. We must not be neutral about this.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/11/12/us/tr…

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He’s also a Princeton & Harvard grad and a think tanker, briefly. He’s got a pedigree and a record that suits him to the role, even though he’s also on tv. Given the less desirable alternatives floating around, this is hard to object to.

Trump's plan to dismantle the U.S. indoctrination system (college) by seizing funds from schools that refuse to comply with his accreditation system. 1. "Our secret weapon will be the college accreditation system." 2. "Fire the radical left accreditors that have allowed our colleges to become dominated by Marxist maniacs and lunatics." 3. "We will then accept applications for new accreditors who will impose real standards on colleges once again." "These standards will include defending the American tradition and Western civilization, protecting free speech, and eliminating wasteful administrative positions that drive up costs." 4. "Remove all Marxist diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrats, offering options for accelerated at low-cost degrees, providing meaningful job placement and career services, and implementing college entrance and exit exams to prove that students are actually learning and getting their money's worth." 5. "Direct the Department of Justice to pursue federal civil rights cases against schools that continue to engage in racial discrimination." 6. "Schools that persist in explicit unlawful discrimination under the guise of equity will not only have their endowments taxed, but through budget reconciliation, I will advance a measure to have them fined up to the entire amount of their endowment." 7. "The seized funds will then be used as restitution for victims of these illegal and unjust policies."

News: Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt told Trump transition that he's withdrawing his name from consideration for attorney general, per a person familiar. The Missouri senator will help select judges and work to move Trump's agenda in the Senate

Donald Trump's allies have come out in full support of Sen. Rick Scott's (R-Fla.) bid for Majority Leader. But could the move doom Scott's campaign from the start? Playbook co-author Rachael Bade delves into the race. More in today's Daily Briefing: traffic.megaphone.fm/ASD9765…