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Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

Today, the conservative President of South Korea invoked martial law which was quickly voted down by Parliament; TEN current and former Fox News employees tell NBC News that Pete Hegseth’s drinking is a problem as at least six Republican Senators tell NBC they’re not comfortable supporting him; the Trump transition team has signed the agreement with the Justice Department allowing FBI background checks to begin - but will it make a difference; Elon Musk has lost his bid to get his $56B bonus check from Tesla; the judges in the Hunter Biden cases have dismissed all the charges following the pardon; the Supreme Court will hear arguments today on Tennessee's efforts to ban puberty blockers and hormones for trans teens; a Wisconsin judge strikes down a Scott Walker era attack on union rights; and Allison delivers your Good News.

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Stories:
South Korea lifts president’s martial law decree after lawmakers reject military rule (Kim Tong-Hyung | AP News)

Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News (Chloe Melas, Courtney Kube, Sarah Fitzpatrick | NBC News)

Tesla CEO Elon Musk loses bid to get $56 billion pay package reinstated (Lora Kolodny | CNBC)

'Monumental victory': Wisconsin Judge axes Walker-era attack on union rights (Olivia Rosane, Common Dreams | Raw Story)

Supreme Court to weigh bans on puberty blockers, hormones for trans teens (Casey Parks and Ann E. Marimow | Washington Post)

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From The Good News
Tragic To Magic  Rescue and Protect Dogs In Need (tragictomagic.org)

 2017 Women's March (Wikipedia.org)

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