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Going beyond Donald Trump personally insulting reporters as “stupid” and addressing a reporter as “piggy,” the Trump administration is launching a broader assault on the press as his poll numbers spiral downward.

During the news lull in Washington, D.C., over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a new page appeared on the White House website attacking mainstream media organizations that have been breaking news on missteps, blunders, and infighting within the administration.

The White House lashed out at former CNN correspondent Kate Bennett, calling her a "scumbag," after she pointed to President Donald Trump's habit of insulting female reporters.

"You know, everyone keeps writing these stories about how President Trump is only insulting female reporters by calling them piggy, ugly, stupid etc," Bennett noted in a Friday post on X. "But, it's actually because the women are the ones asking all the tough questions. Give that a thought."

Pro-MAGA television host Gina Loudon suggested that people who couldn't afford high turkey prices on Thanksgiving had a "lack of patriotism" and a "lack of sentimental regard for our pilgrims."

During a Thanksgiving Day segment on Real America's Voice, host Emily Finn noted that "wholesale turkey prices are skyrocketing to an average of $1.32 per pound this year, up about 40 percent from the last holiday."

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.