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On Monday, The Washington Post reported that outgoing President Donald Trump is privately enraged that more celebrities are willing to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration than went to his own.
"Since Jan. 6, every day has dumped more bad news on the president, including his historic second impeachment," reported Mary Jordan. "But one person close to the president said it can be hard to predict what will bother him most and that even with all that was going on, he was particularly upset that Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks and other stars agreed to perform as part of Biden's inaugural celebrations."
The CEO of MyPillow complained on Monday about no longer being able to sell his products at Bed Bath and Beyond.
Lindell appearing on Right Side Broadcasting Network, with a chyron list a 66% discount on his pillows for viewers.
When a small group of pro-Trump lawyers announced they would be filing challenges in court to overturn the results of the 2020 election in several swing states that voted for President Joe Biden, Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis referred to the team of Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell as having "RELEASED THE KRAKEN!"
This promptly became the butt of several jokes as Powell and Giuliani proceeded to lose case after case, with roughly 60 smackdowns in state and federal court — including from at least one judge appointed by Trump.
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