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Now that President-elect Donald Trump has won reelection, America's problems will be his to solve in less than three weeks when he's sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. Now, one Republican strategist is warning that Trump's incoming administration will have an uphill battle to follow through on his campaign promises.

Politico reported Saturday that the recent wave of terror attacks and cybersecurity breaches from foreign actors underscore the problems that await Trump after his January 20th inauguration ceremony. In addition to the deadly attack on New Orleans' Bourbon street that killed 14 people (and injured dozens more) in the early morning hours of New Years' Day and the Cybertruck detonation in Las Vegas that injured seven, a Chinese cyberattack compromised the U.S. Treasury Department.

Donald Trump's re-election win in November has led to him being showered with cash from previous donors as well as corporate interests hoping to either stay on his good side or find future favor with the president-elect, reports the New York Times.

On Saturday morning the Times reported the president-elect has raked in a "staggering sum" to be used for his Jan. 20 inauguration as well as to fund a "super PAC called Make America Great Again Inc. and its associated nonprofit group, which is expected to be used by Mr. Trump’s team to back his agenda and candidates who support it, while opposing dissenters."

A ruling by New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan on Friday that he will hold a sentencing hearing for Donald Trump next week, while indicating there will be no jail time, is a blow to the president-elect's attorneys who wanted to see their client's hush money convictions tossed out entirely.

During an appearance on CNN on Saturday morning, former U.S. Attorney Michael Moore explained that what the judge is doing is "unusual" but makes sense should Trump's attorneys want to contest the ruling.

Sitting down with with hosts Amara Walker and Danny Freedman, Moore was asked, "What happens on this January 10th sentencing then? I mean, is it just a formality?"

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"I mean, it pretty much is a formality," Moore conceded. "It's a little funny because the judge went ahead and said, look, he took the arrows out of the quiver for Trump's team, saying, you don't have to be here, we're not going to take a lot of time, I'm' not going to put you in jail, nothing's going to happen to you."

"Basically, you can just get on a Zoom link. I'm going to say thank you. you've been convicted by a jury. The court imposes sentence, gives you an unconditional discharge –– meaning there's nothing that happens to you, no jail, no probation, no nothing –– but we just closed the book on this case and I think that's pretty much all that happens on that day," he elaborated.

"I mean, is this is this justice? I mean, what are we looking at here?" Freedman asked.

"Well, I mean, it's unusual," Moore replied. "Judges really don't do that. And even this judge was careful in his order to say, you know, 'I'm not trying to prejudge,' but essentially to take away the argument that somehow the former, the president-elect may be in jeopardy of going to jail."

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Disgraced and ousted former Long Island Rep. George Santos (R) had some crucial tips for former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) – but not for his political career or new hosting gig.

Instead, Santos – at Gaetz’s request – offered the former Florida congressman make-up advice and expressed concern for his appearance. The moment came Friday on a segment titled “Makeup-Gaetz” on his new One American News Network program, “The Matt Gaetz Show.”

The federal government is lowering flags to half-staff to honor the late former President Jimmy Carter, and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the same for state government buildings there.

But Democrats say a MAGA county executive in the state is refusing requests to lower flags for Carter.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) read off a prayer on Friday shortly after being re-elected to House speaker, but experts say he flubbed his assertion it was recited daily by President Thomas Jefferson.

“I was asked to provide a prayer for the nation," Johnson told his colleagues on Friday, according to a report in The Daily Beast. "I offered one that is quite familiar to historians and probably many of us. It is said each day of his eight years of the presidency and every day thereafter until his death, President Thomas Jefferson recited this prayer."

Elon Musk, the billionaire X owner, said Friday night that new modifications were on the way for users of his social media platform.

The algorithm changes, which Musk said he hoped would result in a more satisfying user experience, were announced – unsurprisingly – via a post on his X platform.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) narrowly avoided the embarrassment of failing to get a majority of votes to keep the speaker's gavel on Friday, when the 119th Congress was sworn in. But a new report suggests that a faction of far-right House Republicans is likely to give him plenty of headaches over the next two years.

Politico reported Friday evening that Johnson securing the 218 votes necessary to be speaker came with conditions. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who is a member of the arch-conservative House Freedom Caucus, told the outlet that there would be potential "consequences" for the speaker if he failed to uphold his end of the bargain on certain sticking points.

A political cartoonist for The Washington Post is quitting her job — and posted an explanation on Substack accusing the paper of censoring her mockery of billionaires, including the paper's owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

"I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist," wrote Ann Telnaes. "I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations — and some differences — about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now."

President-elect Donald Trump continued swinging at Judge Juan Merchan hours after he was ordered to face sentencing in his New York fraud case on Jan. 10 – and also hurled furious attacks at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and special counsel Jack Smith.

The incoming president’s Friday evening sound-off on Merchan came as no surprise; Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung issued a fiery rebuke of the justice earlier in the day, calling his boss’s prosecution a “witch hunt."

An Olympic sprinter was reportedly hit by a stun gun and arrested in Miami Beach on Thursday night, according to new reports.

Fred Kerley, who won a silver medal in the 100m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a bronze medal in the 100m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, approached four police officers investigating an incident with an "aggressive demeanor," Miami Beach police said, according to The Washington Post. Kerley had been inquiring about his vehicle, which was parked near the scene.

A federal judge on Friday refused to allow a Jan. 6 felon permission to travel to Washington D.C. to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration, despite congressional support and a personal invitation from three Utah Republican lawmakers.

U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth appeared unmoved by former Rep. Chris Stewart’s (R-UT) endorsement of Russell Taylor’s character, his good conduct while on probation, and assistance to prosecutors. The judge found that the “unusually grave conduct” admitted to by Taylor, and the “sheer danger” he contributed to on the day of the Capitol attack, did not entitle him to attend an inauguration.

Stacey Plaskett, a Democratic congresswoman from the Virgin Islands, is sent to Congress as a territorial representative — but she has no right to vote in the election for speaker of the House, a fact she stood up and reminded the nation of during the roll call to confirm Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday.

Speaking to MSNBC's Joy Reid on Friday evening, Plaskett more starkly laid out the crisis of disenfranchisement facing citizens of the U.S. territories.