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Reporter Molly Jong-Fast warned that the media can't stop allowing Donald Trump to operate unchallenged.

Speaking to MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan on Sunday, Jong-Fast explained that journalists are so concerned about appearing biased that they ultimately end up downplaying the seriousness of Trump's pledge to bring down American democracy as we know it. In reality, regardless of what news outlets say, Trump will attack it as partisan or "fake news."

Former Ambassador and diplomat Manuel Rocha was arrested in Miami after a long-running counterintelligence investigation.

According to the Associated Press, Rocha is being accused of working as an agent of Cuba’s government.

Former U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) flattened Donald Trump's recent attempt to deploy his "I know you are, but what am I" strategy.

Speaking at a recent rally, Trump claimed that President Joe Biden is the "destroyer of democracy." The idea of preserving democracy is an issue that has been at the heart of arguments against Trump from both parties that oppose another Trump term. Voters who supported Democratic candidates during the 2022 midterm election also indicated in surveys that they were concerned about the stability of democracy.

A Christian minister blasted the House Republicans amid the holidays, pointing to them as carrying the water for evil.

Writing for Salon, Nathaniel Manderson, ordained through the American Baptist Churches USA, said that he sees evil in the Republican Party and the devil is among them.

A columnist for the home-state newspaper of Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) is going after the senator, saying he should know better than causing an international incident.

The Louisiana newspaper The Advocate attacked the state's U.S. senator in an op-ed Sunday by longtime columnist Stephanie Grace. Calling him a "smart man who likes to say stupid things," Grace explained that he loves hurling insults at appointees for federal office instead of questioning the individuals about their history he finds so objectionable.

During a discussion on MSNBC on timing Donald Trump's multiple trials around his presidential campaign schedule, a former U.S. attorney suggested a Trump lawyer may have pushed his luck by suggesting the former president's upcoming racketeering trial might have to be rescheduled until 2029.

Speaking with MSNBC host Ali Velshi, ex-prosecutor Barbara McQuade pointed out that any average American facing charges like Trump currently is facing would not be granted the same consideration the embattled Trump appears to be receiving.

This past week Trump's Georgia attorney Steve Sadow asserted that taking his client to trial within the next year would constitute "election interference" in his eyes. That, in turn led Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee to ask if Trump's trial could proceed in 2025, with Sadow replying, "The answer to that is I believe that under the supremacy clause and his duties as president of the United States this trial would not take place at all until after he left his term in office.”

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According to McQuade, that would mean a court date sometime in 2029 which she claimed might lead Judge McAfee to speed the timeline.

Recalling for the host, "The lawyer said, well, because a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime, he also can't sit trial for a crime where he's a sitting president, therefore, that case would not be tried until 2029," McQuade added, "I think that aspect might cause the judge to reconsider, and make sure that this trial gets done before the election, because by 2029, I think the public has lost its right to a fair trial."

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Fox News host Arthel Neville interrupted a speech by former President Donald Trump to point out his "many untruths" about the 2020 election.

As Trump gave a campaign speech in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, Neville cut the former president off mid-sentence.

Rudy Giuliani expressed fear on Sunday that he could go to prison for the rest of his life after Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) suggested that data from Hunter Biden's laptop had been "manipulated" by the former New York mayor.

On his Sunday radio program, Giuliani said he deserved praise for exposing the contents of a laptop belonging to President Joe Biden's son, Hunter.

Former White House press secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki fired back at Donald Trump on Sunday, mocking his "crazy, unhinged," threat to go after her network in a Truth Social post.

On November 28, the former president raged, "MSNBC (MSDNC) uses FREE government approved airwaves, and yet it is nothing but a 24 hour hit job on Donald J. Trump and the Republican Party for purposes of ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Brian Roberts, its Chairman and CEO, is a slimeball who has been able to get away with these constant attacks for years. It is the world’s biggest political contribution to the Radical Left Democrats who, by the way, are destroying our Country. Our so-called 'government' should come down hard on them and make them pay for their illegal political activity. Much more to come, watch!"

After noting it "sounded just like another one of those crazy, unhinged rants" that Americans have become accustomed to from the four-time indicted, twice impeached former president, she first joked, "He also talked about himself in the third person — always a red flag in my book, and he included his middle initial in that too."

Then she took him to school on how freedom of the press works in the United States.

"Trump is promising to resort to an authoritarian tactic should he become president again," she explained. "Does the federal government have any role in the oversight of a cable news network? No they actually don't. But that's not the point here. What's important is that he's threatening to use the power of the government against media he believes is being critical of him."

"Believe me, I know from experience from many days and hours at the briefing room, that the relationship between the U.S. government and the free press can be tense at times," she explained. "And even both of the presidents I worked for, they had their own moments of unleashing their media critiques when they didn't like a story. And when I think about the role of the free press and how essential it is for our democracy. I also think about my time as a spokesperson for the State Department."

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After recalling her experiences with one critic of the administration's policies, she added, "It's actually a threat to the free press. A threat to democracy. And that threat comes at a time when a record total of 533 journalists are currently detained worldwide ; that's according to Reporters Without Borders. A large number of them are being held by the sorts of authoritarian regimes that Trump envisions creating here at home."

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Far-right groups connected to United States Supreme Court conservative justices are actively using "amicus briefs to support their historical narrative," according to a Sunday POLITICO report by Washington DC journalist Heidi Przybyla.

She reports, "A POLITICO review of tax filings, financial statements and other public documents found" conservative billionaire activist and Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo "and his network of nonprofit groups are either directly or indirectly connected to a majority of amicus briefs filed on behalf of conservative parties in seven of the highest-profile rulings the court has issued over the past two years."

During an appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," Republican Party strategist Brad Todd got an earful from both liberal and conservatives sitting on the panel with him when he attempted to defend plans by the GOP-controlled House to impeach President Joe Biden.

Talking about the impeachment inquiry which got the go-ahead from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Todd was lectured that it was "dead on arrival" because multiple Republican House members in swing districts don't want it hanging over their heads as they run for re-election.

"The reality is it is dead on arrival," former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin explained. "There is a slim House Republican majority... If you're [Republican Rep.] Mike Lawler in New York, you're talking about losing seats in D+2 districts."

When Todd tried to compare the inquiry to the impeachments of Donald Trump, and said it would not impact the 2024 election, former Biden White House communications official Kate Bedingfield smirked and pounced.

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"That in and of itself is a hyperpartisan, hyperpolarized argument," she argued. "Just because we impeached Donald Trump for demonstrable crimes against the Constitution doesn't mean that Republicans will in turn impeach Joe Biden. This not just about scoring points."

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Former RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said he is ready to throw his support behind Donald Trump for president even if he is convicted of any of the 91 felony charges he is facing.

During a Sunday panel discussion, ABC host George Stephanopoulos seemed surprised at Priebus' willingness to support Trump despite his criminal problems.

During a CNN panel discussion on "State of the Union" the topic of Gov. Ron DeSantis' faltering bid to become the GOP's 2024 presidential campaign came up and GOP strategist Brad Todd dropped the hammer on the Florida lawmakers for allowing the chaos among his own staffers overshadow his campaign.

Speaking with host Dana Bash, Todd raged at the candidate and his staff by pointing out his collapse in the polls as his staffers battled with a super PAC designed to get him into the White House.

According to a clearly disgusted Todd, DeSantis and his closest aides have run a terrible campaign.

"His campaign is — well, his numbers are falling," host Bash prompted. "But the Super PAC that his campaign has relied really heavily on to do a lot of the leg work and a lot of the tough work, it's in turmoil: another leader in the Super PAC has left."

"This is a classic case of ... a good example of his campaign in general," Todd complained. "They have a big news day for the Iowa caucus, complete every county thing, and then the staff becomes the story."

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"This it is a rule in professional campaigning: never become the story when you're the staff," he lectured. "But in Ron DeSantis' world, from the very beginning of his campaign for governor for the first time, the staff always ends up being a story."

Elaborating, he added, "Because when things don't go well, Ron DeSantis blames his staff and his staff is always infighting. This is his campaign in a microcosm. He was ahead by 11 points last February, he's behind by a cab ride right now. It has been a terribly run campaign. They still have time to get it together, but execution wise, there's been very little done right."

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