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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called on Republican senators to block some of Donald Trump's most extreme and unqualified nominees for Cabinet positions, and predicted electoral consequences if they did not.

The former president picked Matt Gaetz as his attorney general nominee despite a House Ethics Committee investigation into sex trafficking allegations against him, and Trump has suggested that GOP senators should step aside and allow him to make recess appointments without an up-or-down vote in Senate confirmation hearings.

Donald Trump is once again becoming president — and it's time to "saddle up la resistance," comedian Jon Stewart told viewers late Monday on "The Daily Show."

Stewart recalled that the left was "clear-eyed" about what was at stake before the election, as he played a super-cut clip of MSNBC host Joe Scarborough saying "fascism" was on the ballot and New York Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman asserting that the president-elect is paving the way for himself to "become Vladimir Putin" or "Adolf Hitler."

A Republican strategist sparred with an Iraq War veteran on Monday night during a discussion over President-elect Donald Trump's plan to use the military on American soil to carry out his mass deportation campaign pledge.

Paul Rieckhoff told fellow guests on CNN's "NewsNight" there's nothing more serious than asking a member of the U.S. military to deploy "opposite American civilians."

Sparks flew on a CNN panel Monday evening, when never-Trump conservative Ana Navarro clashed with former Trump strategist Erin Perrine over Trump's push to use recess appointments to end-run any Senate review of his more controversial nominees, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services and Matt Gaetz for attorney general.

"Isn't this the job of the United States Senate?" said anchor Anderson Cooper. "I mean, do you believe that there are going to be recess appointments?"

A heated discussion sparked Monday night on CNN when a former adviser to Joe Biden called the GOP "morally bankrupt" during a discussion over reports that President-elect Donald Trump is personally lobbying Republican senators to support former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney general.

Ashley Etienne told panelists she doesn't believe four Republicans will "stand up" to Trump — and block Gaetz's nomination.

Former Marine Corps fighter pilot Amy McGrath took part in "war games" with the Veterans for Responsible Leadership (a 527 Super PAC) earlier this year for situations that might now come to pass.

The group worked through the first days of Donald Trump's new presidency using the policies he has indicated he plans to implement, The Atlantic reported at the time.

Donald Trump Jr. issued a warning to people who refused to stand with his father after he incited a riot on Jan. 6, 2021.

During a Monday interview with the younger Trump, right-wing host Charlie Kirk celebrated the results of the November election.

Right-wing host and activist Charlie Kirk called on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), the nominee for attorney general, to arrest Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) and other Pennsylvania officials after a recount was automatically triggered because incumbent Sen. Bob Casey (D) lost to challenger Dave McCormick (R) by 0.2%.

During his Monday show, Kirk expressed outrage because Pennsylvania officials were conducting a recount that could find that Casey won his Senate race. The state automatically conducts recounts on races decided by a margin of 0.5% or less.

The lawyer for two women who testified before an Ethics Committee investigating allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) said his clients told the panel the congressman paid them for sex.

Gaetz has denied all of the allegations against him, including one that he sexually assaulted an underage girl — an alleged attack the lawyer said one of his clients witnessed.

Allies of President-elect Donald Trump have taken steps to scan government workers' emails and text messages in the first step of a mass purge that has political spectators admittedly scared .

The conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — the political agenda Trump denied any knowledge of as a candidate — has already begun hunting for liberals within the federal government's rank-and-file on his behalf, CNN reported Monday.

A Donald Trump plan to court-martial top military brass for their part in the withdrawal from Afghanistan was slammed as 'utter nonsense" by a retired general Monday.

The Trump transition team is reportedly crafting a list of current and former military brass involved with the withdrawal, with the proposal that they be charged with treason, NBC News reported over the weekend.

MAGA supporters were forced to cut short a celebration Monday after right-wing host Steve Bannon falsely reported that President-elect Donald Trump had named Kash Patel as the next director of the FBI.

On his daily War Room broadcast, Bannon shared what he called "blockbuster" news.

CNN's Pamela Brown clashed with Oklahoma's school superintendent Ryan Walters over religion in the classroom.

Walters announced last week that the state had purchased more than 500 Donald Trump-endorsed Bibles to put into classrooms, and he angered many parents and teachers by directing them to play videos of him praying for the president-elect.