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The Public Interest

Thursday, December 11th, 2025 Today, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT to hide from US courts; Judge Breyer blocks Trump from deploying the California National Guard; Miami elects its first woman mayor and the first Democrat since the 90s; Democrats flip a Georgia state house seat Republicans won by 22 points last time; the DOJ responded to my Epstein files lawsuit arguing that there’s not any public interest in the Epstein case; the US plans to scrutinize visitors’ social media; Kushner and the Saudis are backing a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers for Paramount Skydance; Federal prosecutors in Chicago say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer committed multiple “gunpoint sexual assaults”; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

The Daily Beans · Dana Goldberg, Allison Gill

December 11, 202539m 33sExplicit

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Thursday, December 11th, 2025

Today, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT to hide from US courts; Judge Breyer blocks Trump from deploying the California National Guard; Miami elects its first woman mayor and the first Democrat since the 90s; Democrats flip a Georgia state house seat Republicans won by 22 points last time; the DOJ responded to my Epstein files lawsuit arguing that there’s not any public interest in the Epstein case; the US plans to scrutinize visitors’ social media; Kushner and the Saudis are backing a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers for Paramount Skydance; Federal prosecutors in Chicago say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer committed multiple “gunpoint sexual assaults”; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

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Stories
Judge Dismantles Trump's Legal Argument for Deploying the National Guard|Allison Gill
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/judge-dismantles-trumps-legal-argument

Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant|Popular Information
https://popular.info/p/kushner-and-saudis-back-hostile-takeover

O'Hare-based Border Protection officer sexually abused, robbed women at gunpoint, indictment claims|Chicago Sun Times
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/09/ohare-based-border-patrol-officer-sexually-abused-robbed-women-in-2022-indictment-claims

Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors|NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/pentagon-boat-strike-survivors.html

U.S. Plans to Scrutinize Foreign Tourists’ Social Media History|NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/travel/social-media-tourists-visa-border-patrol.html

NEW: DOJ Responded to Our Epstein Training Materials Motion, Arguing There's No Public Interest|Allison Gill|The Breakdown
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-doj-responded-to-our-epstein

Miami elects first woman mayor, marking first win by Democrat in 28 years|POLITICO
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/miami-elects-first-woman-mayor-ends-gops-28-year-control-of-city-hall-00683878

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From The Good News
Democrats notch gains in another state-level special election|NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/democrats-gains-state-level-special-electioon-georgia-rcna248358

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