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MAGA freaks out over 'woke nightmare' TV fears: 'Stop this!'

A number of MAGA figures are pleading with President Donald Trump Friday to intervene after the streaming giant Netflix announced it had reached an agreement to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery for $72 billion, warning that the acquisition would produce an endless “woke nightmare” for films and television.

“TRUMP MUST STOP THIS!” wrote Matt Gaetz, the former Republican congressman from Florida who left amid scandal, including allegations that he paid for sex with a 17-year-old.

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Mike Johnson mocked for claiming he’s a 'wartime speaker' under Trump

Fears that Republicans will lose their small majority in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms intensified when Democrats enjoyed a variety of off-year election victories on November 4, from double-digit gubernatorial wins in New Jersey and Virginia to three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices winning retention elections by a landslide. And a special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, December 2 didn't do much to calm Republicans' nerves.

The GOP candidate, Matt Van Epps, defeated Democrat Aftyn Behn by roughly 8.5 percent, but given how deep red that district is — Donald Trump carried it by 22 percent in 2024 — Democratic strategists believe Behn overperformed.

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Judge orders trove of unseen Epstein evidence to be made public

U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith ordered the release of grand jury materials from investigations into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

After rejecting a similar bid earlier this year, Smith said on Friday that the Epstein Files Transparency Act granted him the authority to release grand jury transcripts.

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'Now pay the price!' Black leader pummels immigrants who voted Trump

The Trump administration’s recent decision to end immigration protections for Haitians shocked many in the migrant community, but for Caribbean-U.S.-based journalist Felicia Persaud, it was a predictable outcome driven in part by pro-Trump immigrant voters.

The Department of Homeland Security announced last month that it would be terminating Temporary Protect Status for Haiti, first enacted under the Biden administration due to the ongoing political instability in the Caribbean nation that has endured centuries of exploitation and political meddling from Western nations.

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'We just got duped': Fox News attacks Trump's 'rigged' FIFA event

Fox News hosts expressed disappointment after claiming that FIFA had "rigged" an event with President Donald Trump and other world leaders.

During a Friday ceremony at the Kennedy Center, Trump received FIFA's first annual peace prize before participating in a draw with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

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Trump's FIFA 'peace prize' parade gets rained on with resurfaced Nobel committee remarks

It did not take long after Donald Trump was awarded a “peace prize” from FIFA, the governing body for international soccer responsible for World Cup events, when the glitter started to come off the gold.

On Friday afternoon, the president, who has been lobbying for Nobel Prize for years, attended a FIFA event at the Kennedy Center designed around for the match-up draw for the 2026 World Cup where Trump was gifted the newly created honor by FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

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'Totally legit and not made up!' Mockery erupts as Trump awarded new 'Peace Prize'

Mockery erupted after President Donald Trump received the inaugural FIFA peace prize Friday.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino gave Trump the shiny gold medal on stage at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw at the Kennedy Center — which Trump plans to rename after himself — in Washington, D.C.

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'All your fault!' Furious backlash as senator sounds RFK Jr alarm — after voting for him

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), a gastroenterologist who voted to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the U.S. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in February, isn't exactly garnering praise for his condemnation of Kennedy's latest controversial health recommendations.

Cassidy, whose support during Kennedy's confirmation hearings looked tentative at best due to his status as a medical doctor clashing with RFK Jr's antivax views, ultimately ensured the controversial confirmation by the full Senate.

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NJ parents fume after Trump Cabinet member bans parents from public school meeting

A visit by Education Secretary Linda McMahon at a public school in New Jersey ended up infuriating the parents who were invited to take part and then were banned from entering after arriving.

According to a report from MS Now, from Colts Neck, New Jersey, McMahon was scheduled to appear before the children at Cedar Drive Middle School with representatives from the late Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA to discuss civics labeled, “History Rocks!”

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'Morale has never been lower': Republican privately warns Johnson his grip 'slipping away'

A Republican lawmaker has privately told House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) that he is losing his power within the party.

GOP leaders are secretly angry with Johnson over his handling of the economic concerns and rising health care premiums, The Daily Beast reported Friday.

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CNN puts Trump on the spot over whether he deserves peace prize amid 'threats to strike'

President Donald Trump, who has long said he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, said that he didn't need such awards after CNN asked him if he deserved one during his ongoing threats to strike Venezuela.

"You're expected to get the FIFA Peace Prize, Mr. President," CNN's Kaitlan Collins told Trump at a Kennedy Center event on Friday. "What would you say to people who say that prize might conflict with your pledge to strike Venezuela?"

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Trump's coalition 'collapsing faster than thought possible' after 'bad week': reporter

President Donald Trump has weathered political scandal after scandal, but last week may have been the week that “the wheels finally, at long last, came off the Bad Orange Man’s decade-long authoritarian project,” Zeteo reporter and columnist Peter Rothpletz argued Friday.

Trump had indeed been plagued with a number of major controversies this week. On Monday, Trump scrambled to defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for having allegedly committed a war crime; on Tuesday, the GOP suffered a major blow after winning a tight race in a district Trump carried by 22 points.

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'Will Trump's justices care? Supreme Court's 'unexpected' ruling could echo Project 2025

The conservative-majority Supreme Court could decide if IQ tests can rule out an intellectual disability — a move that could echo Project 2025 — and potentially change how states execute disabled people.

The high court will hear Alabama death penalty case Hamm v. Smith starting Wednesday and has prompted the question: "Will Trump’s justices care?" Mother Jones reported on Friday.

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