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Moments after Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) went on a rant complaining about the release of what is reported to be a highly damaging House Ethics Committee report on ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), he butted heads with CNN host Jim Acosta about Donald Trump wanting to have ex-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) investigated.

Speaking about a Truth Social post Trump wrote in the middle of the night, Acosta asked, "Obviously, you know that there was a House Republican report on January 6th. It recommends that there be a criminal investigation into Liz Cheney. Do you think there should be a criminal investigation into Liz Cheney, one of your former colleagues?"

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) bluff when she threatened to expose wrongdoing by other lawmakers.

Greene previously reacted to notion that the House Ethics Committee would potentially release a purportedly incriminating report on ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz, who had been Donald Trump's first nominee for attorney general, and expose its findings on his alleged sexual misconduct with minors and alleged use of illicit drugs.

The US Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear TikTok's appeal of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the online video-sharing platform or shut it down.

The top court scheduled oral arguments in the case for January 10, nine days before TikTok faces a ban unless ByteDance divests from the popular app.

Rep. James Comer (R-KY) downplayed using a witness who pleaded guilty to lying about a fake bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

While speaking to CNN on Wednesday, host Pamela Brown asked Comer about using Alexander Smirnov in his impeachment investigation. The former FBI informant recently admitted he falsely claimed the Bidens took millions in bribes from Ukraine energy company Burisma. Smirnov was expected to be sentenced in January.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Trade Commission cast the lone no vote Tuesday against a newly finalized rule banning deceptive junk fees in live-event ticketing and short-term lodging.

The rule, according to an FTC release, "targets specific and widespread unfair and deceptive pricing practices in the sale of live-event tickets and short-term lodging, while preserving flexibility for businesses."

Appearing on CNN just moments after it was reported that the House Ethics Committee took a secret vote and agreed to release what is expecting a damaging report on ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) a former colleague fumed and claimed he would push for any and all reports the committee has to be released.

Speaking with host Jim Acosta, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was asked about the report and immediately labeled the bi-partisan committee a "clown show."

"Do you support that?" host Acosta pressed his guest.

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"No, I don't," the Tennessee Republican replied. "I think Matt's out of Congress, and I'm going to push for the Ethics Committee to release all the findings they have on every congressmen, because if it's good for one, it's good for all of them."

"And, you know, congressional ethics to me, is kind of like a military intelligence –– it really just doesn't exist, you know," he continued before accusing, "This thing was leaked out by the Democrat chairman. They they're talking about bringing charges against her (sic) and this is it's a clown show. It's Congress 101, they're releasing it right now right before the big budget thing."

Pressed further, he replied, "This is just an investigation, it's not a court of law. It's in the past. It's you get one side of this thing and if they want to release it, release all of them. I think if it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander."

"Why are they hiding all the others? Why are they protecting powerful members, former powerful that are still powerful on this Capitol Hill?" he added. "And let's be honest to every one of these folks on the Republican side was was appointed by the former speaker [Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA)], which Matt and I both deposed –– or disposed of."

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) insisted that it was time to "start cutting" funds for food stamps because poor people should "go back to work."

During a Wednesday interview on Real America's Voice, Tuberville complained that the so-called farm bill in a House resolution to continue funding the government included $10 billion for farmers but did not cut $1.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) defended himself after news broke that the House Ethics Committee would be releasing its report into his allegedly nefarious activities.

Writing on X, the former Donald Trump attorney general nominee copped to some immoral past behavior but insisted that he did nothing illegal and that he didn't pay an underage girl for sex.

The House Ethics Committee secretly voted this month to release its report on Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, which delighted the Florida Republican's critics.

In a reversal on a previous party-line vote in late November, the panel voted earlier this month to release the report on allegations that the former congressman engaged in sexual misconduct, used illicit drugs, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gifts.

Reacting to reports that several of Donald Trump's key cabinet nominees are facing more resistance than expected, a member of The New York Times editorial board claimed GOP lawmakers are seeing how far they can go opposing the president-elect.

As MSNBC was reporting on Wednesday morning, DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in line to become secretary of Health and Human Services, are getting pushback over their views and may not survive a Senate vote.

According to the NYT's Mara Gay, that could be a problem for Trump and his allies who have been ramping up a pressure campaign to get all of the nominees across the finish line.

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With "Morning Joe" co-host Joe Scarborough pointing to comments made by Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) where he criticized RFK Jr's ties to an attorney who wants the polio vaccine mandate rolled back, telling reporters, “I’ve got a completely open mind, but that kind of nonsense is not, it’s not helpful,” and then adding, "He should fire his lawyer,” Gay explained there is a rising tide of nominee resistance.

"There is a lot going on here," she told the panel. "I think that, first of all, I do think these senators are trying to flex some power with Donald Trump, because they don't want to spend the next four years just being a rubberstamp."

She added, "I think they are kind of trying to test their limits to see how far they can go without enduring his wrath. RFK is a decent target, considering the fact that he was a former Democrat. It is much easier for them to raise questions about this."

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A public health expert scorned Sen. Tommy Tuberville's analysis of vaccine mandates as illogical and unscientific.

The Alabama Republican met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is Donald Trump's nominee for health secretary, and came away saying that they agreed that children are required to get too many vaccines instead of just three, as both septuagenarians had gotten as children in the 1950s, and Dr. Paul Offit faulted his reasoning during an appearance on CNN.

According to longtime political analyst, John Heilemann, overreach by the incoming Donald Trump administration will open the door to Democrats gaining back voters they lost in the 2024 election.

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Heilemann said the Democratic Party has an image problem that depressed turnout for Vice President Kamala Harris, but it is not an insurmountable problem.

"It started with weakness with white working-class voters and now with Latino working-class voters and increasingly with working-class Black men and that's not a position that allows for the Democratic party to be the majority party in America," he told the panel.

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"We still have a country where you know, 60 percent of the country is not college-educated and if you are not able to compete for working-class votes, you cannot be a majority party," he elaborated. "And I think a lot of Democrats, when they think about what has to happen now, figuring that out and also figuring out this thing that Rahm [Emmanuel] was talking about, which is the party has become the party for a lot of people of the establishment, of the institutions and of the rich to some extent."

"That the fact that it's become the party of college-educated voters also means more affluent voters," he added. "This Trump administration offers some opportunities to again, to the point that Rev. Al Sharpton made for Democrats to get their mojo back in the populous lane, in the reform lane. Try to make these arguments about what you are seeing, or about to see in the Trump administration going forward, in terms of almost a pay-for-play element where it looks like kind of a give-away to plutocrats; it's a thing that, it opens opportunities for Democrats on both fronts."

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Axios is reporting that some American businesses are waking up to the possibility that President-elect Donald Trump isn't just bluffing with his plans to slap massive tariffs on all foreign-produced goods.

The report begins by noting that business leaders in recent weeks have been cozying up to Trump more because his planned tariffs "could make their profits go poof."