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A former CNN anchor unleashed a profanity-laced tirade on his podcast while talking about a rift that has grown in MAGA world between the right-wing tech crowd of Silicon Valley and President-elect Donald Trump's base.

Don Lemon, who worked at CNN for nearly a decade until leaving in 2023, launched his rant on his YouTube channel on Friday as he cackled at the brouhaha that unfolded.

Trump-loyal Republicans should simply suck it up and unite behind House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) told MSNBC's Ali Velshi — because there's no other option for them.

Johnson's speakership, which was first established after weeks of chaos last year precipitated by the abrupt ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), now appears to be on the ropes as some lawmakers either refuse to back him or won't commit to doing so. President-elect Donald Trump, whose certification could be delayed by a messy speakership fight, threw him an endorsement on Monday, but tech billionaire Elon Musk, who also holds some sway over the caucus, sent much more mixed signals.

After an appeals court upheld veteran journalist E. Jean Carroll's $5 million judgment against Donald Trump on Monday — one day after the president-elect floated the idea of retribution against the ex-advice columnist — ex-federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann said Trump is likely the one in danger.

"This is an interesting day," the former FBI counsel told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace during the latest episode of Deadline: White House.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) suggested Monday he might vote for Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) for speaker of the House because he did not "cheat on his wife."

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Burchett was asked if he would support Johnson's speakership after being endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.

Former White House Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley insisted that Donald Trump continued to have a "good relationship" with Elon Musk after Fox News host Jonathan Hunt suggested that the president-elect had become "slightly annoyed" with his attention-seeking billionaire friend.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Hunt asked Gidley about reports that Trump was tiring of Musk.

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.

Right-wing influencer Steve Bannon doubled down on his battle against billionaire Elon Musk over the use of immigrant visas that Bannon claims take jobs away from Americans.

After Musk defended H-1B visas last week, Bannon returned to his War Room podcast on Monday to attack the billionaire on behalf of his MAGA followers.

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.

A schism erupted last week between two factions in Donald Trump's coalition, and an anti-Trump conservative commentator said that bodes poorly for his impending presidency.

Tech mogul Elon Musk and his budget-slashing DOGE partner Vivek Ramaswamy faced blowback for questioning the abilities of American workers to justify the need for H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, and The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" the clash showed the fragility of Trump's coalition.

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.

CBS correspondent Robert Costa warned Americans to expect "governing by crisis" in 2025 after Republicans take complete control of the federal government.

During a Sunday panel discussion on Face the Nation, Costa pointed to narrow Republican majorities in the House and Senate as a problem for the party.

Rep. Brian Babin (R-TX) warned his Republican colleagues opposing Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) to be speaker of the House would "squander" an opportunity that "the Lord God" had given them to change the country.

During a Sunday interview with Fox News, host Rich Edson asked Babin about Johnson's chances to keep the speakership with a slim Republican majority.

Sarah Isgur, a former Department of Justice spokesperson in the first Trump administration, cast doubt on President-elect Donald Trump's ability to bend the Supreme Court of the United States to his will with a bid to delay a law that would ban the TikTok social media platform.

Although Congress passed legislation giving President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok on Jan. 19 before leaving office, Trump has told the high court to delay the law until he takes office a day later. The law requires the president to ban TikTok if its parent company does not break ties with the Chinese Government. Trump has suggested he would find a way around the law after crediting the TikTok platform with helping him win the 2024 election.