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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough dared House Republicans to subpoena the individuals whom president Joe Biden pardoned on Monday.

The outgoing president issued preemptive pardons to 51 government officials and other Donald Trump critics, whom many believed would be targeted for prosecution or other persecution as retribution for the former president's own legal troubles, and the "Morning Joe" host questioned the wisdom of holding congressional hearings on their actions.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he was "totally supportive" of purchasing Greenland after MAGA economist Stephen Moore suggested renaming the autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark to "Trumpland."

During a Sunday "Inaugural 2025" discussion of Trumpenomics 2.0 sponsored by Moore's Unleash Prosperity think tank, the economist presented a map with "Trumpland" in place of Greenland. The map also featured the "Gulf of America" for the Gulf of Mexico and named Canada the 51st state. Mexico was called "The Other Side of the Wall."

President-elect Donald Trump based much of his candidacy and policy platform on expelling unauthorized immigrants from the United States — something that voters broadly support, even if they also tell pollsters they don't quite agree with the ways Trump wants to do it, and even if sectors of the economy dependent on immigrant labor are in panic.

But nothing about his agenda is going to play out the way he promised voters it would, wrote David J. Bier of the libertarian Cato Institute in a lengthy thread posted to X.

On. Monday morning President Joe Biden offered a wide array of preemptive pardons to enemies of Donald Trump which led two GOP lawmakers to issue statements that they have no intention of backing off holding investigations.

That, in turn, led to a denunciation by MSNBC's Joe Scarbrough that they will be making a huge mistake that will come back to haunt them one day.

Addressing comments made by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) that those who received pardons, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and retired United States Army General Mark Milley, still face GOP-led congressional hearings, the Morning Joe host launched into a scathing response.

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"I can't sit here and listen to statements like that from these members of Congress," he began. "And it's as if, like me, of course when I first got to Washington, they just fell off a turnip truck. And they don't realize, like old people like me who have seen this happen time and time and time again, that what goes around comes around."

"Oh, you want to do that to these people who have been pardoned?" he suggested. "Let's wait for the Democrats two years from now, and let's wait and see what those hearings are going to be like for every single January 6th convicted felon or someone convicted of misdemeanors that will be hauled before the Democratic committee two years from now."

"I hear these statements and I'm like, seriously? Do you not think what you dish out, you're going to get?" he asked.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had vowed to raise flags at the United States Capitol building to full staff for Donald Trump's inauguration.

However, the Wall Street Journal's Olivia Beavers brings word that this plan has hit a bit of a snag as "the cords are frozen" on the flagpoles due to cold temperatures, thus making raising the flags more difficult than initially expected.

President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to a number of government officials and other individuals whom Donald Trump has threatened to prosecute, and one of his former aides thinks the president-elect might have been granted a favor with the last-minute move.

The outgoing president pardoned 51 individuals, including members of the Jan. 6 committee and police officers who testified before that panel, on Monday morning, hours before leaving office, and former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin told CNN that the decision could actually protect Trump from his own worst instincts.

The GOP is only just securing unified control of government — but they already feel the clock ticking to get President-elect Donald Trump's agenda passed, reported Politico on Monday.

This comes at a time when Republicans only barely were able to re-appoint House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) with one of the narrowest House majorities in modern history — and when House and Senate Republicans are bitterly divided and facing chaos over how to use the reconciliation process.

by Paul Ellis with Akshata Kapoor in London

A teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to killing three young girls in a stabbing spree last year that sparked the UK's most violent riots in a decade.

As Donald Trump prepares to be sworn in for a second term, allies and opponents of the U.S. are bracing for a return to his unpredictability and hoping Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), tabbed to the the next secretary of state, will have a calming effect on him.

According to an analysis by the Guardian's Diplomatic Editor Patrick Wintour, foreign leaders and diplomats have been dreading the return of Trump who has been making bold announcements –– with an emphasis on tariffs –– prior to his swearing in and have been hard at work game planning their own "reprisals."

As Wintour pointed out, Trump recently told the Wall Street Journal that President Xi Jinping of China “respects me because he knows I am f--king crazy.”

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The Guardian columnist offered, "Unfortunately, fear of the madman recedes if he does not occasionally do something truly deranged. For that reason, many expect Trump to start his administration fast, trying to unsettle his opponents and prove his America First approach has substance."

That is where Rubio comes in, diplomats hope.

"More generally, European diplomats insist they are not clutching at straws when they say the Trump administration’s policies may be more nuanced than his rhetoric," the report states before adding, "The transcript of Rubio’s Senate confirmation hearing is also being cited as a sign that the US is not about to pull up the drawbridge. His evidence repeatedly referred to the US’s global role and the importance of cultivating alliances, even admitting a preference to cooperate with Mexico over fighting drug cartels."

X owner Elon Musk will reportedly be hit with a lawsuit within minutes of Donald Trump getting sworn in as president on Monday.

The Washington Post reports that public interest law form National Security Counselors has teed up a complaint alleging that Musk's Department of Government Efficiency ("DOGE") violates a 1972 law requiring White House advisory committees to adhere to standards on disclosure and hiring.

President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to a number of individuals who Donald Trump seemed likely to target for prosecution once he returns to the White House.

The outgoing president announced the pardons of members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 insurrection, as well as police officers who testified during that probe, and the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the head of Trump's response team during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thousands of supporters of US President-elect Donald Trump braved long waits in freezing temperatures, rain and snow to attend a "victory rally" in the US capital on Sunday, saying they were eager to see him get to work.

"I'm happy to be here to support (him)," said Loren Stephenson, 40, pulling an American flag tighter around her head to shield herself from hailstones. "It's been a long day but people are generally in good spirits."