Bess Levin

Dec 11, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

Donald Trump vowed during his most recent run for office to “carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” with JD Vance saying at one point that 1 million people could be deported every year of Trump’s second term, or more than double the amount deported during his entire term the last time he was president. Obviously, an operation of this scale would be unprecedented.

Dec 10, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Bess Levin

Share When Donald Trump named Marco Rubio his secretary of state nominee, it set up a vacancy for Rubio’s Senate job. And—surprise, surprise—the president-elect believes he has the perfect person to fill that seat: his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, whom he’s apparently recommended to Florida governor Ron DeSantis for the gig. The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump “recently spoke to Gov.

Dec 10, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

When Donald Trump was reelected last month, he didn’t just win a second term as the most powerful person in the world; he also escaped any and all accountability concerning the federal criminal cases against him, which were dropped in a matter of weeks. Since then, the president-elect’s legal team has attempted to get the criminal case against him in Georgia dropped too, as well as the hush money one in New York, which resulted in a conviction last May.

Dec 10, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

When Donald Trump named Marco Rubio his secretary of state nominee, it set up a vacancy for Rubio’s Senate job. And—surprise, surprise—the president-elect believes he has the perfect person to fill that seat: his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, whom he’s apparently recommended to Florida governor Ron DeSantis for the gig. The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump “recently spoke to Gov.

Dec 9, 2024 | vanityfair.com | Bess Levin

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the department of Health and Human Services represents a number of historic firsts. It’s the first time an individual who staged a bear-cub murder scene in Central Park will run a major federal agency. It’s the first time someone whose daughter revealed he sawed off a whale’s head and strapped it to the roof of his car will oversee deeply important organizations like the CDC and FDA.