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'Gut feeling': Fox News forces Trump border czar to admit he has no proof for attack claim

Fox News host Sandra Smith pushed incoming border czar Tom Homan into admitting he had no proof after he claimed that recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas were connected.

During a Thursday interview on Fox News, Smith told Homan that authorities had "no evidence" to connect a truck explosion in Las Vegas to a truck driver who killed at least 15 people in New Orleans.

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'Slander': J.D. Vance defends far-right German party as he promotes Elon Musk endorsement

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance defended a far-right, anti-immigrant German political party after billionaire Elon Musk revealed plans to use his social media platform to promote the group.

A spokesperson for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party confirmed this week that Musk planned to host a discussion with AfD's chancellor candidate Alice Weidel.

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'Emergency break glass option' on the table for Republicans to rush Trump certification

Confronted by the possibility of a revolt by far-right House members against re-electing House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the GOP leadership is considering taking emergency measures to assure the certification of the votes for Donald Trump as president next week.

According to a report from CNN, there is a consideration of an "emergency break glass option" on the table designed to go around the lack of a speaker if one is not voted in on Friday.

As it stands now, there is one definite no vote on Johnson from Rep. Tom Massie (R-KY), with as many as 14 more House Republicans who are on the fence about handing the gavel back to the Louisiana conservative.

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With that in mind, there is consideration being given to calling an emergency session –– the "break the glass" scenario –– that would allow the Trump presidential certification to proceed four years after it was disrupted by supporters of the losing Trump who stormed the Capitol and forced lawmakers to flee for their lives.

However, as CNN is reporting, that "special" session may not come to pass because it "would be a tough sell for many institutionalist Republicans."

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Pro-Palestinian activists who shunned Harris now have 'more to lose' with Trump: report

Pro-Palestinian activists who refused to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris in November because of the policies of President Joe Biden's administration are going into 2025 facing the prospect things will likely take a turn for the worse for their cause with Donald Trump in power.

According to a report from Politico's Irie Senter, the political director for Jewish Voice for Peace Action, Beth Miller, admitted, "“The Palestinian rights movement is very clear-eyed in understanding that it is very likely that this Trump administration will mean that things get much worse for Palestinians,” and then added, "This administration will likely be coming very quickly to try to take down the Palestinian rights movement."

As Senter explained, "The movement has tended to focus its efforts on who controls the White House and Democrats, whom its leaders view as more persuadable to soften support for Israel. But 15 months into the war in the Middle East, as the GOP trifecta prepares to control the White House and Congress, leaders in the movement find themselves with far less leverage — and much more to lose."

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Noting that the president-elect is a staunch defender of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of his key donors is Israeli billionaire Miriam Adelson, the report adds he likely will side with Israel in every dispute.

According to Arab American Institute and DNC veteran James Zogby, the leadership of the "Uncommitted" movement that refused to endorse Harris put themselves in the place they find themselves now.

“Some self-criticism is due in the pro-Palestinian movement because they boxed themselves into a corner following the convention by not enabling themselves to support Harris,” Zogby explained.

According to Uncommitted National Movement co-founder Layla Elabed, sister of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), "Harris didn’t lose just because of Uncommitted or because she was unwilling to shift on Biden’s Gaza policy. But she could have really possibly won if she had turned the page away from Biden’s policy and brought in those voters, especially young voters, who were withholding their vote, or decided to do a protest vote in the general election because of that policy.”

The report adds the pro-Palestinian movement will now move on to "more local political tactics, including economic pressure campaigns like boycotts, supporting protests and community organizing."

You can read the Politico report here.

'If you were a friend of Trump, you'd be worried': Billionaire's influence raises alarm

The growing influence that one of Donald Trump's most ardent backers has over the president-elect should be the object of serious concern to his friends and allies, suggested noted Yale historian Tim Snyder.

In an interview with the Guardian's Martin Pengelly published on New Year's Day, Snyder pointed out that Elon Musk's massive wealth dwarfs Trump's and he will not only be able to do the president-elect's dirty work, he'll be able to use his money to exert even more unheard influence over Trump.

According to Snyder, “Trump is a little guy, and Musk is a big guy when it actually comes to having money.”

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With the report noting Musk has already sunk millions into getting Trump re-elected, Snyder claimed the president-elect not only already owes Musk, but will continue to be held captive by the billionaire's wealth.

“I think we overestimate Trump and we underestimate Musk,” the historian explained. “People can’t help but think that Trump has money, but he doesn’t. He’s never really had money. He’s never even really claimed to have money. His whole notion is that you have to believe that he has money. But he’s never been able to pay his own debts. He’s never been able to finance his own campaigns."

"Unless Trump breaks it off right now, he’s going to be in this kind of dependent relationship for the rest of the way, because you get used to people giving you money … and I think if you were a friend of Trump, you would be worried," he added.

You can read more here.

Jan. 6 defendants beg courts to attend Trump's inauguration: report

Those accused of attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are now begging the courts to be allowed to attend Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

Among the 1,600 people charged with a felony or misdemeanor for their role in Jan. 6, many of them have had their travel restricted, particularly when it comes to visiting the building they allegedly attacked, CBS News reported.

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Jim Jordan and Byron Donalds floated to replace Mike Johnson as speaker

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) refused to commit to supporting Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) as speaker of the House in the next Congress and instead floated the names of other Republicans like Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).

During a Tuesday interview on Fox Business, Roy said he hadn't decided to support Johnson despite President-elect Donald Trump's endorsement for reelecting him as speaker.

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Trump bragging to friends Musk renting cottage from him at $2K a night: report

Elon Musk is sleeping near Donald Trump in a cottage at the Mar-a-Lago club that would normally cost at least $2,000 each night.

Musk is staying in the Banyan cottage several hundred feet from the big house, A source told The New York Times. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the Banyan is an "unusually shaped tree" native to the Indian subcontinent that "spreads laterally indefinitely."

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Trump's former Transportation Secretary predicts 'biggest obstacle' facing next president

Elaine Chao, Donald Trump's former Secretary of Transportation, thinks she knows the biggest obstacle that the incoming administration will face.

Speaking to Politico, Chao warned the Surface Transportation Act was set to expire right before the 2026 election. If it doesn't get continued support, she said all future transportation funding will cease.

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Laura Loomer escalates MAGA feud: Elon Musk using Trump to 'establish a monarchy'

Right-wing agitator Laura Loomer warned her MAGA followers that billionaire Elon Musk was using President-elect Donald Trump to "establish a monarchy" in the United States.

During a Monday interview on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast, Loomer complained she had been demonetized on the X social media platform after criticizing Musk's use of H-1B immigrant visas.

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'Never even sang a song': Trump hits Kamala Harris over cash spent on Beyoncé and Oprah

A Truth Social post by President-elect Donald Trump's Truth Social post in which he endorsemed Mike Johnson as Speaker took a major dig at Vice President Kamala Harris' failed campaign.

The Washington Post reported over the weekend that President Joe Biden believes that he could have defeated Trump if he had stayed in the race — and the incoming president appears to agree that Biden would have run a different kind of campaign.

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Trump adviser: New speaker of the House will be 'one-person decision' by Donald Trump

Trump 2024 adviser Corey Lewandowski insisted that Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) would retain the speaker's gavel because it came down to a "one-person decision" by President-elect Donald Trump.

"I think it's very simple. Mike Johnson's gonna be the next speaker of the house. I believe that Donald Trump is going to support him as a next speaker of the House," Lewandowski told Fox News on Monday, dismissing Republican members of Congress who oppose Johnson.

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'America's version of Hitler': Newsmax pundit reminds Trump adviser of J.D. Vance's insult

Newsmax pundit Ellis Henican reminded John Elliot, a senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, that Vice President-elect J.D. Vance had once insulted his running mate by comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

During a Sunday discussion on Newsmax, a right-wing news network, Henican argued that Elliot could improve civil discourse by appearing on mainstream outlets like MSNBC.

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