Dems panic, say Trump's AG pick would 'weaponize' the DOJ

Biden congratulates Trump, tells him ‘welcome back’ to White House in historic meeting
"Politics is tough, and it's, in many cases, not a very nice world," Trump replied, "but it is a nice world today, and I appreciate it very much."

Melania Trump trashes Jill Biden after revealing she called her post-assassination attempt — questions if her ‘concern was genuine’
“I do question, however, whether Jill’s concern was genuine, as a few days prior she referred to my husband as ‘evil’ and a ‘liar,’” she told French outlet Paris Match in an interview just before the election.

Senator Questions Whether FEMA Guidance To Skip Trump Homes Was ‘Isolated Incident’
Sen. Rand Paul demanded answers from top Biden officials on guidance "to avoid homes with Trump campaign signs."

FBI seizes Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's phone, electronics: Report
"This is obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election."

Supporters of Colorado Springs’ black mayor faked burning cross, racist slur during 2023 campaign, feds allege
The hoax was allegedly intended to smear the white Republican mayoral candidate as a white supremacist, who then lost the election.

Teenager accused of swatting hundreds of places nationwide pleads guilty
Prosecutors claimed that 18-year-old Alan Filion of California made more than 375 swatting and threatening calls from 2022 through January 2024. Some of the calls included claims that he placed bombs at religious institutions, schools, and government buildings.

Trump Nominates Matt Gaetz For Attorney General
Trump said Gaetz's top priority will be ending the weaponization of the justice system.

Trump dares Senate Republicans with Gaetz nomination
The nomination of MAGA fire-breather Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general has put soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader John Thune on the hot seat.

Washington reacts after Trump taps Gaetz for attorney general: ‘Shocked’
Sen. Susan Collins, who said she was “shocked” by the nomination, announced she would not support Gaetz in the upper chamber, while Sen. John Cornyn also offered a less-than-enthusiastic reaction, per reports from Punchbowl News.

Gaetz resigns from House ahead of attorney general confirmation fight
The news will give Republicans time to cement its footprint in the lower chamber, as it allows Florida to fill Gaetz’s vacant seat as early as Jan. 3.

The left should welcome Matt Gaetz as attorney general
For those who have closely followed his legislative career, the Florida lawmaker represents a sharp break from the corporate-friendly orthodoxy of the modern Republican Party.

Adam Schiff in a Panic That Trump's AG Pick Would Weaponize the DOJ
"Confirming him would mean affirming the worst potential abuses of DOJ."

Trump picks Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
Gabbard, a former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee who endorsed Trump and joined the Republican Party late in the 2024 campaign, will oversee America’s 17 intelligence agencies in the powerful post.

Flashback: Tulsi Gabbard Placed On TSA Watchlist
Placed on a terror watch list, the former Hawaii congresswoman and her husband were tailed by Air Marshals and bomb dogs. "Unconstitutional on every level," she says. "And I'm not the only one."

Trump officially taps Marco Rubio for secretary of state
"Marco is a Highly Respected Leader, and a very powerful Voice for Freedom," Trump said in a statement Wednesday. "He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries."

CNN’s Jennings on Trump Cabinet Picks: ‘Are You Not Entertained?’
"I mean, his is the most entertaining transition I’ve ever seen."

Trump's plans to cut government face big hurdles from Congress, civil service rules
Without real authority, outside recommendations like those from the Department of Government Efficiency are largely symbolic. Trump's agenda to cut departments and jobs needs Congress, but with RINOs, Senate math, and civil service protections in the way, substantial cuts seem extremely unlikely.

To Succeed at Cutting Government, Musk and Ramaswamy Must Take on Entitlements
When it comes to cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, what's lacking is not ideas but the political will to act on them.

The FDA forced Costco to recall 80,000 pounds of butter
Why? Because it forgot to include milk as an ingredient on its label.

Axios: Money tensions rise between Harris' team and DNC
Many campaign committees have debt at the end, but the DNC is worried about being loaded down with tens of millions in debt, as it was after Barack Obama's successful re-election campaign in 2012.

Harris Skipped Joe Rogan Podcast over Fear of Progressive Backlash: Report
"There was a backlash with some of our progressive staff that didn’t want her to be on it, and how there would be a backlash," said Jennifer Palmieri, a senior adviser to Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff.

Biden-Harris DOJ Violated Its Own Policies by Warning Musk Against Swing-State Giveaway and Then Leaking to the Media, FEC Chairman Says
FEC Chairman Sean Cooksey is calling on the DOJ's inspector general to investigate.

After Trump Landslide, GOP Senate Votes For Business As Usual In Leadership Race
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota was promoted from Republican Senate whip to majority leader on the second secret ballot with 29 votes in a contest against Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who received 24.

What to know about John Thune, the next Senate majority leader
Prior to winning the race to become the leader, the establishment D.C. insider published an op-ed for Fox News about his commitment to advancing Trump’s campaign promises and unifying the Republican Party post-election.

Mike Johnson wins GOP nod to remain House speaker with Trump's backing
Johnson will need 218 votes in January to retain his gavel, with a tiny majority to pull it off. But President-elect Trump told Republicans on Wednesday he's 100% with Johnson.

Zito: Casey chases windmills and ballots as McCormick settles in
Democrat allies in both the western and eastern halves of the state on the condition of anonymity have privately said Casey should concede because ultimately, the voters are not there. Experts estimate it will cost Pennsylvania taxpayers $2 million to conduct a recount.

Scott Jennings Floats Hulk Hogan As Replacement For Rubio In US Senate
"He stood up to the Russians and the Iranians in the 1980s when he defeated the Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff."

Teamsters prez says Dems 'lost touch' with working class, Pelosi's and Schumer's 'time is over'
"The Democrats took a position that their opinion mattered: it's all that mattered and they wanted to talk down to a lot of working-class people."

Libertarians turned out for Trump
Chase Oliver is a relic of previous iterations of libertarianism. His support of open borders, transgender surgeries for children, and the Black Lives Matter movement and his less than stellar record on COVID-19 tyranny alienated right-leaning libertarians.

Babylon Bee: Biden Administration Declares Trump Cabinet Picks ‘Unqualified’
The Democratic Party, fresh off appointing a dude who wears dresses as a health minister and a guy who steals women's luggage as nuclear weapons officer, felt that Trump's choices did not have the proper credentials for their jobs.

Americans fall further behind on debts, New York Fed finds
Americans fell a bit further behind on their credit cards and other loans last quarter, as household debt reached an all-time high, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported on Wednesday.

Javier Milei, Staunch Economist, Brings Argentina’s Inflation To Less Than 3%
In December, when he took office, monthly inflation leapt by 25.5% after he devalued the peso by more than 50%. It has since been on a downward trajectory, coming in at under 5% each month since May.

As Trump prepares for mass deportations, Mexico is not ready
Nearly half of the estimated 11 million people living illegally in the United States are Mexican, according to analysts. Deporting them is cheaper and easier than sending them back to more distant countries that are at odds with Washington, such as Venezuela.

Sanctuary State Told To Cut Spending On Hotel Stays For Migrants As Costs Expected To Hit $1 Billion
A state commission is encouraging Massachusetts to cut costs on emergency shelter services for migrants and other families by spending less on expensive hotels.

West Point effort to hide DEI campaign called out
The Army officers college in New York this summer rebranded its Office for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity to “Office of Engagement and Retention.”

‘The View’ Hosts Work Themselves Into Full-Blown Panic Mode Over Pete Hegseth
And they got almost everything about him wrong.

Pete Hegseth Is The Perfect Candidate To Gut The Pentagon’s Bureaucratic Rot
Hegseth’s outsider status makes him a threat to the bureaucratic rot infecting the highest levels of the Pentagon.

Take It From A Female Army Vet: Pete Hegseth Is Right About Women In Combat
Putting women in combat should not be the goal, and the reason for that is simple: Most can’t — and shouldn’t — handle it.

WaPo: Israel prepares Lebanon ceasefire plan as ‘gift’ to Trump, officials say
A close aide to Netanyahu told Trump and Jared Kushner this week that Israel is rushing to advance a ceasefire deal in Lebanon, with the aim of delivering an early foreign policy win to the president-elect.

FBI arrests alleged leaker of US intelligence documents related to Israel’s attack plans against Iran
Asif W. Rahman was indicted last Thursday for willfully retaining and transmitting national defense information, according to court documents. He was arrested Tuesday in Cambodia.

Ukraine’s European allies eye once-taboo ‘land-for-peace’ negotiations
Among Ukraine’s European allies, there is a quiet but growing shift toward the notion that the war with Russia will end only through negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow involving concessions of Ukrainian territory.

Zelenskyy’s nuclear option: Ukraine ‘months away’ from bomb
Kyiv could rapidly develop a rudimentary weapon similar to that dropped on Nagasaki in 1945 to stop Russia if the U.S. cuts military aid.

Russian Court Denies Appeal of US Citizen Sentenced to 12 Years for Donating $51 to Pro-Ukraine Charity
Ksenia Karelina was prosecuted as part of a larger “treason” crackdown that is unprecedented even by Russia’s illiberal standards.

EU court rules Ukraine cannot trademark Russian warship insult
“Russian warship, go f*** yourself” cannot be trademarked on European territory because it is a political slogan.

ABC brass scramble to bring in pro-Trump voices to ‘The View’
“ABC bosses don’t want to alienate the pro-Trump demographic.”

Whoopi Goldberg reveals on 69th birthday that she likes ...
Don't click on this story unless you want to eject your breakfast from your stomach. ... Seriously, don't do it, don't click the link. ... I warned you, I said don't click on it, and you did it anyways. Don't blame me, that's on you.

Disney’s ‘Snow White’ star Rachel Zegler hopes Trump supporters ‘never know peace’
Rachel Zegler has a message for the 75.6 million Americans who voted for Trump this year: May you “never know peace.”

Jamie Lee Curtis and Don Lemon quit X
Oh no, we lost them ...

Kevin Costner: 'I’m very proud of Liz Cheney'
"We should applaud her."

Read the National Archivist’s Statement on the Sentencing of the Eco-terrorists who Dumped Paint on the Constitution and Declaration
Exploding pink powder across the Constitution encasement and the Rotunda did not foster a discussion about climate change; it simply, and tragically, deprived thousands of Americans the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the founding documents while we restored the Rotunda.

Babylon Bee: Democrats Warn Abolishing Department Of Education Could Result In Kids Being Too Smart To Vote For Democrats
"The impact on our loyal future electorate could be devastating," said union boss Randi Weingarten. "Children might learn terrible Republican things, like math. Voters knowing math would be an existential threat to the Democratic party."

Democrat Seth Moulton isn’t backing down
For all his talk, when he had a chance to vote on this issue, he voted against keeping boys out of girls sports.

RFK Jr. still pushing for HHS secretary appointment — despite efforts to give him advisory role
Kennedy is being “stubborn” in his push for HHS, one source told the Post, with a second source saying he’s becoming difficult to deal with in discussions, as he’s an honorary chair in Trump’s transition team.

Robot that watched surgery videos performs with skill of human doctor
A robot has, for the first time, learned to perform surgery by watching videos of experienced surgeons, achieving a skill level comparable to human doctors.

Cruise Line Offers 4-Year 'Skip Forward' Tour for Those Suffering from TDS
Villa Vie Residences is now promoting a new “Tour La Vie program,” which starts at “just under $40,000 per year."

Syracuse football coach says he doesn't shower or brush his teeth when he loses
"You gotta earn the right to certain things, so winners get washed."