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Some of Donald Trump's appointees have reported violent threats since the president-elect nominated them to high-level government positions, but an analyst said one of his unelected advisers was putting lower-level officials and employees at risk.

The former president has tapped foreign-born tech mogul Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to head the newly created quasi-governmental Department of Government Efficiency to drastically cut federal spending, and the X owner has revealed the names and titles of four relatively obscure government workers in a post revealed tens of millions of times and resulted in waves of harassment.

Democrats suffered three major disappointments in the 2024 election: (1) Vice President Kamala Harris narrowly lost to President-elect Donald Trump, (2) Republicans flipped the U.S. Senate, and (3) Republicans held their small majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Republicans are calling this a "trifecta." To make matters worse, Democratic strategists and organizers are lamenting, Republicans still have a 6-3 supermajority on the U.S. Supreme Court — and Trump may have a chance to move the Court even further to the right if any seats become available during his forthcoming second term.

A former federal prosecutor took it upon herself on Thanksgiving eve to lift up anyone feeling glum about the state of the country’s legal system in the face of Donald Trump swapping any criminal consequences as he instead plots his return to the White House.

Joyce Vance told readers on Wednesday that it might feel like Trump has shattered the rule of law beyond recognition, but she cautioned against sinking into despair by the head-spinning legal developments occurring in the three weeks since Election Day.

Social media critics collectively laughed at Donald Trump on Wednesday night after the president-elect appeared to get a brutal fact-check from the president of Mexico.

Trump bragged earlier in the day that Mexico agreed to help him close the U.S.-Mexico border following his threats to levy a significant tariff on the country.

A former Democratic lawmaker took tech billionaire Elon Musk to task on Wednesday while calling into question how much authority he will actually wield in Washington once he assumes his new quasi-government role.

CNN contributor Bakari Sellers, a former South Carolina state representative, made the comments during an appearance on CNN, where he also gave props to Donald Trump’s incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles for seeing that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy were placed in roles in the new administration with no actual power.

The president of Mexico has disputed President-elect Donald Trump's account of their conversation, specifically denying his claim that Mexico will effectively close the southern Border.

Trump boasted Wednesday that Mexico agreed to help him close the U.S.-Mexico border following his threats to levy a significant tariff on the country.

A new report unearthed years-old comments made by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — President-elect Donald Trump's nomination to head the Department of Health and Human Services — in which Kennedy said a separate federal health agency harms children similar to "Nazi death camps."

That's according to a bombshell report published Wednesday night by NBC News, which surfaced remarks he made over years dating back as far as 2013 to private audiences at a conference for parents of children with autism.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has been tapped by Donald Trump to run a government-wide task force to cut spending and personnel, known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, after an internet meme. But when the rubber meets the road, he may find himself able to do very little, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

"When Mr. Trump takes office, Mr. Musk’s group will face a daunting reality. An entire apparatus has developed over the centuries that allows the government to keep marching on in the face of economic shocks, wartime hardships, or — as in this case — political vows to diminish its size and spending," wrote David A. Fahrenthold, Alan Rappeport, Theodore Schleifer, and Annie Karni. "Any effort to slash the federal government and its 2.3 million civilian workers will likely face resistance in Congress, lawsuits from activist groups and delays mandated by federal rules."

A social media post that Dr. Mehmet Oz — who Donald Trump nominated to lead the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare — published on Wednesday "suggests that he may continue to serve as pitchman for dubious miracle cures even when he’s in government," according to Rolling Stone.

While Oz's X account notes that he is a shareholder for, and serves as "global adviser" to iHerb — a "leading online store dedicated to trusted health products" — the MAGA nominee wrote, "Thanksgiving is a perfect excuse for practicing gratitude — which also happens to be a proven way to reduce stress. You can also reduce stress with adaptogens like ashwagandha from a trusted source like @iHerb. Happy Thanksgiving!"

Donald Trump’s boast on social media that Mexico agreed to “immediately” close the U.S.-Mexico border has at least one doubter — a New York Times reporter who spent years extensively covering the president-elect.

The moment happened on Wednesday during an appearance by Maggie Haberman on CNN when the Times reporter was asked what she made of Trump’s border announcement that he made on his Truth Social platform.

A drone company that stands to be hit hard by Donald Trump's proposed tariffs surged in stocks Wednesday, reported NBC News — right after appointing Donald Trump Jr. to serve on their board.

"Unusual Machines, an Orlando, Florida-based firm born just two years ago as it acquired a drone manufacturer and a separate drone retailing firm, announced the appointment in an early-morning press release," reported Rob Wile and Dan Morgan. In a statement, CEO Allan Evans said, “Don Jr. joining our board of advisors provides us unique expertise we need as we bring drone component manufacturing back to America. He brings a wealth of experience and I look forward to his advice and role within the Company as we continue to build our business.”

Former Obama administration adviser Van Jones thinks tech billionaire Elon Musk can learn a thing or two from a famous Spider-Man proverb.

The moment came Wednesday during a discussion on CNN revolving around Musk using X, the social media platform he owns, to tweet out the names and personal details of federal employees whose positions he sees as expendable.

The Trump transition team's code of ethics appears to carve out an exception for a specific person, CNN reported Wednesday: Donald Trump himself.

"'There does not appear to be a provision addressing the requirement for the president-elect to address his conflicts of interest,' said Valerie Smith Boyd, director of the Center for Presidential Transition at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service," reported Betsy Klein, Steve Contorno, and Arlette Saenz."