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Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) faced backlash after he took to social media to air his grievances about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City.

"Would it kill y'all @Macys to have some Country Music as part of the Parade?" Burchett whined in a Thursday morning post on X.

A C-SPAN caller who said she was upset by "hatred" in the media suddenly pivoted and threatened to "shoot these people's brains out."

During the Thanksgiving Day edition of C-SPAN's Washington Journal program, a woman named Gerry called in from New Jersey to complain about the network.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted that the United States "can't have" soldiers questioning whether orders are legal after Democrats pointed out that troops have a responsibility not to follow illegal orders.

During a Monday interview on Fox News, Leavitt said Democrats were giving "a wink and a nod to the 1.3 million active duty service members who serve in our United States armed forces and essentially encourage them to defy the orders of their commander-in-chief."

Bill Maher called out Lara Trump after she tried to deny that her father-in-law called a reporter "piggy."

During his Monday Club Random podcast, Maher told Lara Trump that some of President Donald Trump's rhetoric made it difficult for him to win over opponents.

Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley criticized Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's illegally appointed prosecutor, after a judge dismissed two cases she brought against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

After United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that the indictments against Comey and James were invalid on Monday, Fox News host John Roberts noted that Attorney General Pam Bondi had issued a memo to declare that she had "ratified" the indictments in an attempt to insulate the charges in case Halligan was found to be illegally appointed.

Former CIA adviser Jim Rickards, a MAGA supporter, admitted that President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Ukraine was to give Russian President Vladimir Putin "everything he wants."

"The criticism of the plan is that it gives Putin almost everything he wants," Rickards told MAGA influencer Steve Bannon on Monday. "Well, I have news for you. That's how we're going to end the war. That's the only way you're going to end the war. The Russians won, you know, with a lot of casualties and a lot of people."

President Donald Trump denied that he was "threatening death" for Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. troops that they are obligated not to follow illegal orders.

On Thursday, Trump accused Democrats of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after they published a video advising troops to uphold the Constitution.

Real America's Voice host David Brody noted that US lawmakers could not legally face the death penalty for sedition after President Donald Trump suggested hanging Democrats after they reminded US troops of their duty to obey the Constitution.

During a Friday segment on Real America's Voice, co-host Gina Loudon responded to the video from congressional Democrats.

White House adviser Stephen Miller accused Democrats of "rebellion" after they released a video reminding the U.S. military of a duty to "refuse illegal orders."

In a video posted to X on Tuesday, Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, along with Reps. Jason Crow, Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio, and Chrissy Houlahan alleged that "threats to our Constitution" were coming "from right here at home."

Former Miami-Dade County Court Judge Jeff Swartz concluded that the Department of Justice's case against former FBI Director James Comey was essentially "over" after interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan admitted that the grand jury never saw the government's final indictment.

In a hearing on Wednesday, Halligan told U.S. District Judge Michael Nachmanoff that the full grand jury never saw the final two-count indictment against Comey.

Attorney General Pam Bondi suggested that the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein could be delayed after President Donald Trump ordered a new investigation into Democrats connected to the sex offender.

During a press conference on Wednesday, Bondi was asked about whether she would comply with a bill to release the Epstein files after Trump committed to signing it into law.

President Donald Trump explained his raspy voice by revealing that he had recently shouted at "stupid" people "about something having to do with trade."

During an Oval Office event on Monday, one reporter asked Trump if he was feeling well.

U.S. Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino threatened to retaliate after a federal judge suggested as many as 600 detainees could be released due to violations of a consent decree requiring warrants for arrests.

In an order issued on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings said that the Department of Justice must release 13 detainees who were caught during the "Operation Midway Blitz" enforcement operation in Chicago. The judge also ordered the review of 600 others.