Trump Cabinet stacked with Project 2025 vets

And Republicans look to push government funding fight into Trump's term

VIEW IN BROWSER MSNBC DAILY Understand today's news Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024 THE LATEST Democrats missed an opportunity to help future generations prepare for the next pandemic By Anthony L. Fisher Another society-disrupting pandemic is inevitable, experts have warned us. It could be a century from now or months from now, but it's going to happen.   And if it happens in the next four years, there's a good chance that U.S. public health and science policy will be in the hands of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a nonscientist who has made a practice of taking many a debunked internet conspiracy theory as gospel. Recent reporting also indicates that President-elect Donald Trump's second administration will be well staffed with vaccine skeptics and senior health officials with thin qualifications. Just this week, Trump named Stanford professor Dr. Jay Bhattacharya — who in 2020, prior to available vaccines, advocated for a public health strategy that was essentially "Let everyone get Covid, it'll be fine" — as his choice to lead the National Institutes of Health.   Wide-eyed MAGA-friendly optimists might look at Trump's coalition of amateurs as a necessary corrective to the tyranny of the "establishment." But any objective reading of Trump's last year in office — with his bungling, chaotic and disastrous management of the Covid pandemic — does not bode well for the prospects of crisis competency in the next Trump administration.   This is a preview of Anthony L. Fisher's latest article. Read the full column here. TOP STORIES ALI VELSHI AND JIMSON RODRIGUEZ Trump stacks administration with Project 2025 veterans Despite all of the Trump team's denials and attempts to distance themselves from it, the architects of the far-right blueprint will soon be inside the White House. Read more. LIZ PLANK Florence Pugh thought her symptoms was normal. Then she went to the doctor. Why are women expected to know so much with so little support? Read more. RYAN TEAGUE BECKWITH Why Bill Clinton was so afraid of bond traders — and Donald Trump should be too Trump's plans for mass disruption could cause a backlash in the bond markets. Read more. JAMES A. ROBERTS Netflix's 'Buy Now!' should be required viewing for Black Friday shoppers I thought I was cynical enough about the role of big business in our capitalist doom spiral. I was wrong. Read more.          TOP VIDEOS KATY TUR Republicans look to push government funding fight into Trump's term WATCH NOW JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART  Mideast sees Syrian insurgents breach Aleppo but Hezbollah ceasefire mostly remains in place WATCH NOW JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART What to know about 'walking pneumonia' and other winter illnesses WATCH NOW JOSÉ DÍAZ-BALART 'Growing sense of hopelessness': Founder of Haitian orphanage details dangerous reality WATCH NOW MORE FROM MSNBC The latest episode of "Prosecuting Donald Trump" is now available. MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord discuss the D.C. case and the 11th Circuit appeal being dismissed without prejudice. Plus, Judge Merchan's decision to hit pause on Donald Trump's sentencing. Listen now, and subscribe to MSNBC Premium on Apple Podcasts for ad-free listening and bonus content. Saturday, December 7, MSNBC Films presents "Separated," an NBC News Studios production from Oscar®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris. Based on the best-selling book by Jacob Soboroff, the documentary examines the first Trump administration's family separation and immigration policies and the ongoing, years-long fight to reunite children. Watch "Separated" Saturday, December 7 at 9 p.m. ET on MSNBC.   MSNBC INSIGHTS Have you ever wanted to provide MSNBC with your opinion about their TV programs, documentaries, and digital products, such as MSNBC.com, newsletters, and podcasts? Now is your chance! Join the MSNBC Insights Community.   Download the MSNBC App: 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 PRIVACY | CONTACT | UNSUBSCRIBE