There is a "key detail" to be considered in the Minnesota manhunt for the man who allegedly killed a Democratic lawmaker and her husband, and injured another lawmaker and his wife.

CNN's chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst, John Miller, appeared on the network on Saturday to talk about the shooting of four Democratic-linked individuals in Minnesota. Donald Trump's own niece has tied the president to the unfortunately political assassinations.

Miller, on the other hand, highlighted how different the alleged killer, Vance L. Boelter, looks in various pictures being displayed in the media.

"Take a look at this poster. This is the FBI's wanted poster for Vance Luther Boelter. The picture on the far left. That is his driver's license photo from the state of Minneapolis. The picture next to that is from the website of his security company. The next picture shows him with a shaved head. Now that, according to law enforcement sources in Minnesota, is taken this morning during the actual crime where he's wearing that tactical bulletproof vest, he's got a flashlight and he is trying to gain entrance or leave one of the houses where these shootings actually occurred. So that is key because it makes a difference if he doesn't appear like the two pictures on the left, because he has shaved his hair or lost his hair, that is a significant development. Now that picture to the right, there he is in the cowboy hat, spotted at a business this morning in Minneapolis. So that would be the last known photo. But because of the cowboy hat, you can't tell exactly what he looks like there, underneath the hat."

Later in the appearance, Miller suggested the bald look was due to a "mask."

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Leaked texts from a group chat for ultra-wealthy and powerful people has revealed that Donald Trump is losing support even among those tech leaders who voted for him in 2024.

Ben Smith, the former media columnist of the New York Times and co-founder of Semafor, wrote for Semafor on Sunday a deep-dive about "Chatham House," described as "a giant and raucous Signal group that forms part of the sprawling network of influential private chats that began during the fervid early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, and which have fueled a new alliance of tech and the US right."

After Trump's push for out-of-the-norm tariffs, some of those in the group turn on him. But not David O. Sacks, who is the Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

In mid-April, Sacks left the Chatham House, and wrote that, “This group has become worthless since the loudest voices have [Trump Derangement Syndrome]."

Semafor reported that a fellow group member, only identified as Bryan Goldberg, replied by saying, "I'm not sure we have TDS. I think we - Republicans who supported Trump - are seeing that this is a failed administration."

After Sacks left the group, "Signal soon showed that three men had left the group: The Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire, the bitcoin billionaire Tyler Winklevoss, and [former Fox News personality Tucker] Carlson."

The group has so far remained secret.

"They succeeded at avoiding leaks (until, to a modest extent, this article) in part because of Signal’s and WhatsApp’s disappearing message features, and in part because the groups had formed out of a mix of fear and disdain for journalists they believed were 'out to get us,' as one member put it," the report states.

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Former George W. Bush special assistant Scott Jennings was rendered uncharacteristically speechless Sunday on CNN.

Jennings, a frequent contributor to CNN's TV lineup, appeared on the network over the weekend to talk about the Republicans' upcoming budget fights. He specifically highlighted the tax and spending debate as one area in which the GOP could gain some ground in voter approval.

"I think it's a worthy debate to have. I know Democrats are going to argue to keep every dollar and raise every tax, but I do think the Republicans here have some room to run, which is controlling spending, cutting taxes on working class people, making the tax cuts permanent," Jennings said. "This is an area where I do think there's some possibility of improvement in public opinion for the Republicans. If they're able to get their reconciliation package done."

But Dan Koh, a special assistant to then-President Joe Biden, challenged the notorious Trump defender.

"I think it's just really difficult for Republicans to have one side say they're being fiscally conservative, when Donald Trump added more to the deficit than any president in modern history, I think this is a very difficult," Koh said.

Jennings then interjected, asking, "What happened during his presidency?"

The two spoke over each other as Jennings reminded Koh about Covid spending, and Koh said Trump should have been more "fiscally responsible."

Koh then asked, "Was it a historic add to the deficit or not?"

After briefly being rendered speechless, Jennings dodged the question, saying, "It was a historic pandemic that we had to respond to."

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Donald Trump on Sunday pushed "authorities" to investigate a fundraising infrastructure for Democrats.

Trump over the weekend took to his own social media network, Truth Social, to hurl allegations at the political action committee for Democrats.

"Hopefully ACTBLUE, the Democrats ILLEGAL SCAM used to raise money, including from not allowed 'foreign contributions,' is being looked at by authorities," Trump wrote. "The Dems only know how to win by CHEATING, something which they do better than any group or party in history."

Trump went on to say, "But now, with their terrible policies and candidates, and with people like Crooked Adam Schiff, who demanded a full Pardon from Sleepy Joe, leading the way, it is almost impossible to reach their money goals."

He then added, "The USA is wise to these scoundrels and crooks," before tapping into what he believes is the most important question at the moment.

"Also, why did the Auto Pen give Schiff a Pardon? Biden knew nothing about it. Who operated the Auto Pen? That is the biggest question being asked in D.C.," the President wrote. "They almost destroyed our Country. They should all be in jail!!!"

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Judge John G. Roberts Jr. hinted that he will reverse a key high court precedent for Donald Trump, an ex-prosecutor said.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance, who also works as a legal analyst for MSNBC, weighed in on Trump's efforts to consolidate his power at the federal level.

Writing for her Substack blog, Vance noted that Trump is trying to use the court system to overturn a major case from the 1930s.

"Humphrey’s Executor was the plaintiff in a 1930s court case. Mr. Humphrey, a Federal Trade Commissioner, had passed away, and the executor of his will wanted to recover the salary he was due for his work as a commissioner from October 8, 1933, to the time of his death on February 14, 1934. The problem was that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had fired Humphrey, who refused to resign," Vance wrote. "The issue on appeal was whether the president had the power to fire Humphrey. The Supreme Court ruled that he didn’t."

That decision, according to Vance, "clearly doesn’t make Trump happy."

"The Trump administration is in the process of trying to upend the division of power under the Constitution. It is trying to assume congressional power for the executive branch and undercut the legitimacy of the judiciary while exposing individual judges to threats," Vance added.

Vance then said, "The open question is whether the Supreme Court will reverse its own precedent and sign on to Trump’s view," before asking, "What will the Supreme Court do?"

Vance then points to "ominous signs" that purportedly "came from the notorious ruling last summer granting ex-presidents wide immunity from accountability to criminal law."

"That case did not rely on the unitary executive theory, but Chief Justice John Roberts could not help but sing the tune. The president is 'the only person who alone composes a branch of government,' he wrote," according to Vance's essay.

She adds, "The question is whether precedent will trump politics, or whether a conservative majority on the Supreme Court will continue to turn over the keys to the kingdom to the president."

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J.D. Vance raised the eyebrows of legal experts on Sunday by suggesting Donald Trump's administration might refuse to comply with a lawful court order. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court probably also noticed, according to a political analyst Sunday.

Anthony Coley, the former chief spokesperson for Attorney General Merrick Garland, appeared on MSNBC over the weekend. At one point, the analyst called a "pause" in the conversation to raise a red flag about Trump's conduct surrounding the Super Bowl.

In talking about Vance's tweet, Coley brought up John Roberts, who was recently put on notice about throwing a "lifeline" to Trump.

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"I think the Supreme Court Chief Justice, Chief Justice John Roberts, is also paying attention to this particular tweet from J.D. Vance," Coley said. "And I'm not saying that he is normally following the tweets of a Vice President of the United States, but he saw this coming, the chief justice did."

He continued, noting that, "Back in December, he issued his end of year report, where he warned people of all parties of the necessity of holding themselves to the rulings of courts, even when people disagree with them."

"And he outlined over decades how administrations of all parties have disagreed with Supreme Court rulings, but still abided by them," he added. "So I think he's probably paying attention to this important development tonight as well."

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Mark Cuban on Sunday took the fight directly to fellow billionaire Elon Musk, as well as the so-called Department of Governmental Efficiency.

Cuban, who supported Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, took to Musk's app, X, over the weekend to call out DOGE.

It started with a right-wing video creator called MAZE quoting Cuban from 2017: "Reduce the overall size of government by at least one third. Focus on making it more efficient," Cuban said at the time.

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Cuban responded to that video, saying, "Still stand by it."

"Said it many times before then. Blogged about it too. Difference is the transparency," Cuban said, adding that DOGE "says they are transparent."

"They don’t want anyone questioning them," he added. "When it comes to government transparency: If you have nothing to hide, hide nothing."

Cuban then tagged Musk's account on X and asked, "Why not invite some democrats to work side by side with your Doge teams and report on what exactly is going on? That would get everyone who supports smaller gov and efficiently excited."

In a separate post, Cuban said, "The question is not whether government needs to be smaller. Or whether it needs to be more efficient. It does."

"The question is why isn’t Elon sharing Everything that is happening in real time," the billionaire added. "Think of it as information and data for future generations."

President Donald Trump's decision to attend the Super Bowl has narcissist written over it, according to one MSNBC analyst.

Anthony Coley, former chief spokesperson for Attorney General Merrick Garland, appeared on the network on Sunday. He was asked about Kendrick Lamar's halftime show, but he felt another topic needed to be addressed.

"Now who should not be there," the analyst started on Sunday.

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He then said, "Okay can we just pause and talk about how this is the first time that a sitting President has attended the Super Bowl, right?"

He added, "I mean, that's you know, this guy, he wants all eyes on him all the time. If there's a definition of a narcissist, it is Donald Trump."

"And I mean, he doesn't belong," Coley said before referencing Lamar's song. "He's not like us."

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President Donald Trump is "afraid," and there's a good reason for that, an ex-prosecutor said.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance in a post dated Thursday weighed in on Trump's attempt to oust millions of federal workers.

"There is a reason Trump is afraid of the federal bureaucracy, the career civil servants he wants to replace. They are powerful. They are knowledgeable. And although they often get a bad rap, in my experience—25 years of it—they are dedicated and mission driven," Vance wrote. "Tell doctors at CDC, federal prosecutors at DOJ, or scientists at the Department of Agriculture that they can’t do their job, and they will find a way to get it done. Tell the entire bureaucracy you want them to leave? You’ve summoned the sleeping giant."

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Vance went on to say that's what Trump has done with the so-called "buyout offers" that have been reportedly offered to federal workers by the Trump administration.

"Buyouts are not unheard of in the federal government. In fact, they tend to happen every few years. In essence, they are a cost savings device designed to get more experienced and hence more expensive employees to retire a couple of years early to be replaced by younger, less expensive employees," she wrote. "It’s how many offices across the country stay staffed at necessary levels to do the work without busting their budgets. But not this one. Someone experienced in these matters told me it was 'a trap, not a buyout.' Others with experience in federal employment law seemed to agree."

Vance went on to criticize the purported motive of the move.

"If there was any doubt about what this was about, the email laid it out plainly," the attorney wrote. "The goal is to remake the career professional civil service into a troop of Trump loyalists: 'The federal workforce should be comprised of employees who are reliable, loyal, trustworthy, and who strive for excellence in their daily work.'"

Vance even took a look online to see the general reaction from the move.

"On Reddit last night, it was clear that a sizeable number of federal employees are digging in for the fight. Donald Trump has always fantasized about a deep state inside of government that opposes him, something that didn’t exist. Now, he is well on the way to creating one," she wrote. "It turns out federal employees take their oath, their job, and their duty to serve very seriously."

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President Donald Trump and his administration are in for a shock after their recent move, according to an ex-Republican operative.

Former GOP chair Jennifer Horn appeared on MSNBC on Saturday, and was asked by the host of Ayman about the administration's decision to make a late-night firing of at least 12 inspectors general –– including some the president personally approved of in his first term.

What really "surprises" Horn, she said, is that "they are so short-sighted."

"What do they think is going to happen the next time Democrats are in charge - the next time there is a Democratic president in the White House," she said. "It's so short-sighted of them, politically."

She added that the move is a "significant threat" to how the government actually functions.

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A former Republican lawmaker who has been thought by some to be a target of Donald Trump spoke out on Saturday against one of the President-elect's Cabinet nominees.

Former "Tea Party" Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman (VA), a Trump-skeptical Republican who helped assist the House Select Committee on January 6 with its investigation, has previously sounded the alarm about purportedly dangerous Republicans rising to power.

He also told Trump, "Bring it," when it comes to the potential for retribution.

The host asked Riggleman about Republican lawmakers who have "reservations" when it comes to confirming Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's choice to head the nation's intelligence operations.

Host Alex Witt said, "In meetings, the former congressman reportedly couldn't clearly articulate the director's role and was confused about a key national security surveillance power." She then asked if Republicans would defy pressure from Trump.

This prompted Riggleman to let loose, translating the "reservations" line from his perspective as a former lawmaker.

"Well, they should defy pressure from Trump, because I'm telling you right now that Tulsi Gabbard is completely unfit to be in any position in United States government at that level. And I think the word reservations actually equals holy crap. I mean, that's actually what people are thinking about when you look at her past meeting with Assad, when she didn't even really know what FISA did," he said. "I mean, this is somebody who's wholly unqualified. And you look at her past, you know, I know it pretty well. I think it's somebody who shouldn't even be there. I think actually, her name should be withdrawn."

He then added, "As far as Republican senators, they're going to do what Trump tells them to do. I think it's just a lack of courage and conviction on what's right for the American people, because in her, in any position, looking at intelligence data should frighten any real professional, any real American, any real civil servant, any real elected member of congress should look at Tulsi Gabbard and say she's just totally and wholly unfit and unable to actually withstand the intellectual pressures of the job. So that's that's where I think we're at with Tulsi Gabbard."

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Donald Trump's number two has found himself to be the number one target of several faithful members of the MAGA movement, including Jan. 6 rioters.

Vance told Fox News on Sunday that not all Jan. 6 defendants deserved pardons, specifically saying those who engaged in violence could potentially be excluded.

“If you protested peacefully on Jan. 6 and you’ve had [Attorney General] Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice treat you like a gang member, you should be pardoned,” the vice president-elect said. "If you committed violence on that day, obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned.”

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That comment struck a chord with numerous Trump supporters, including Philip Anderson, a Texas man who was arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges connected to the riot.

"Telling your own supporters that the election was stolen and then not giving them a pardon or commutation after you sent them into what you call a 'fedsurrection' and 'trap' is a betrayal," he wrote Sunday. "All of the J6 defendants must be saved. JD Vance is wrong and I hope Trump will save his own supporters."

Another Jan. 6 defendant, Samuel Fisher, (aka Brad Holiday), replied to Anderson, saying, "He better or we will raise hell for the rest of our lives."

Anderson said the sentiment was shared throughout the J6 community, claiming, "Been seeing lots of this."

"J6 defendants and family members are swearing vengeance on JD Vance if all of the J6 defendants are not saved. And they are right to do it," he said on X.

Anderson went on to say Vance "made a HUGE mistake by attacking the J6 defendants," and then warned Anderson's life might hang in the balance.

"If JD Vance has his way and I happen to be included in the half of J6 defendants he abandons… I won’t be alive for it," Anderson said. "My life will be over so no reason to keep living. But here and now I just want to say thank you to every patriot who fought to save all of us."

Anderson even went as far as to remove the MAGA sticker from his vehicle.

"Until all of the J6 defendants are saved I have to take this off my car. JD Vance has crushed the hopes and morale of hundreds of J6ers," he said Sunday.

Popular MAGA commentator Joey Mannarino also chimed in, saying, "Not only should the J6ers be pardoned in a mass blanket pardon, they should be given Presidential Medals of Freedom for standing up when the country needed fighters the most."

"Yes, the violent ones too," he added pointedly.

Vance tried to explain his comments, saying pardons would be offered to those who got a "garbage trial," and that prompted more pushback.

John Strand, who was found guilty of felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Capitol breach replied, "I don’t know who needs to hear this, but every J6 defendant who was forced to be tried by Washington D.C. judges and juries 'got a garbage trial.' EVERY SINGLE ONE."

A Donald Trump ally said he told the President-elect to his face that he and other GOP lawmakers "do not want" an idea Trump has floated in several interviews.

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) was floated by Trump as a potential vice presidential candidate before J.D. Vance was ultimately selected, and Donalds frequently defends the former and incoming president in interviews on TV.

Recently, however, Donalds reportedly stood up to Trump on the issue of making Canada a state. According to Donalds, this controversial idea could backfire dramatically.

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This interaction was part of a "lavish dinner" Trump planned at Mar-a-Lago for Republican lawmakers who are often a thorn in the side of House Speaker Mike Johnson, according to Politico's reporting.

"Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) notably attended. A chief GOP rebel, Roy recently clashed with Trump, who called for a more loyal Republican to challenge him in his next primary," the outlet reported. "According to photos of the dinner posted on social media, other attendees included Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.), Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) — who threatened to block Johnson from the speakership last week before changing his vote under pressure from Trump."

But it was Trump's close ally, Donalds, who is said to have voiced his disagreement to Trump's face.

"One Trump proposal got a chilly reception at the dinner: making Canada the 51st state," according to the report. It also quotes Donalds as relaying what he said to Trump:

"I said, ‘Mr. President, the Canadians, they are going to elect two Democrat senators; we don’t want that. Territory status isn’t too bad," Donalds reportedly said in an interview after the dinner.

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Donald Trump on Saturday made waves with his own fan base when he made an announcement about the Department of Energy in his upcoming administration.

Trump over the weekend announced that he would appoint James P. Danly, a retired U.S. Army officer who served two tours in Iraq, as United States Deputy Secretary of Energy.

"He served in my First Term as General Counsel, Commissioner, and Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where he won countless cases before the Federal Courts, and drove regulatory reform to ensure abundant and affordable energy for the American People," Trump wrote. "James earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Yale University, and his Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University Law School."

Many of Trump's own supporters expressed disappointment with the pick, for a variety of reasons.

@Rebelgirl, a self-described "conservative woman," had a problem with Trump filling the position at all.

"WE ONLY NEED A SECRETARY OF ENERGY, WE DONT NEED ASSISTANS, HELPERS, COFFEE AND DOUGHNUT DEPUTIES!!" she wrote. "SHRINK THE GOVERNMENT [Trump] STOP THE SPENDING OF OUR TAX DOLLARS!!"

She then added, "GIVING OUT POSITIONS LIKE THIS CREATES MORE CORRUPTION AND NEW MILLIONAIRES!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!"

@Hogweed, who promotes right-wing conspiracy theories, referenced Dominion Energy.

"So dominion can rape us more?" the user wrote Saturday.

@sethpatriot, who has said Trump showed Republicans the "way to win," called for an end to the Energy Department itself.

"Shut it down!" he wrote.

Following a similar trend, a Trump supporter called anotherMAGAsaid, "There are thousands of government agencies, bureaus, commissions, departments and offices."

"Most of all of these need to be closed. They are unconstitutional," they added.

Trump-supporting @TakebackGOP thought someone else deserved the job.

"What about Sarah Palin?" the user asked.

Similarly, another pro-Trump account, @LG4LG, asked, "Why are you forgetting Sarah Palin?"

"She has been there since day one for you. She would be perfect to handle opening up oil reserves in Alaska and stop supporting Chinaowned companies like TikTok, just because they helped you," the user wrote. "Thank God that democrats and Republicans came together to stop China companies from purchasing up America!"

Another user who supported Trump had a problem with the appointee coming from a so-called "liberal university."

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan left a little surprise for Donald Trump in the court's recent sentencing filing in the president-elect's criminal case, a legal expert said.

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote on her Substack about how, in her view, Merchan actually made the best out of a bad situation when he announced he wouldn't be sentencing Trump to jail time.

"Given that they are stuck with a bad situation that is out of their control—a convicted defendant about to become president—they are doing the best they can to preserve the conviction itself," Vance wrote. "Trump would like to do away with it altogether. They seem intent on preventing that from happening, and it would be a disgrace if Trump is able to get out from under the jury’s verdict."

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In that same blog post, which is dated Sunday Jan. 5, Vance draws attention to one specific way Merchan tried to protect the conviction.

"What will sentencing look like if we get there? The Judge shared his view of the seriousness of the process when he discussed the sanctity of jury verdicts," she wrote. "There is also a very interesting footnote that comes during his discussion of the Trump lawyers’ frequent allegations of misconduct, even criminality, by the prosecution team and the Judge himself."

Vance goes on to say that, in the footnote, "Judge Merchan refers to Chief Justice Roberts’ recently issued report on the state of federal courts, in which the Chief Justice chastised people who question the courts."

"In a twist the Chief Justice may not have anticipated, Judge Merchan wrote, 'Dangerous rhetoric is not a welcome form of argument and will have no impact on how the Court renders this or any other Decision.' In other words, don’t expect the Judge to kowtow to the future president," the attorney wrote. "Respect for the importance of the office and the needs of the American people, absolutely. Abject deference, no. This is a Judge who is going to talk to this defendant as he would to any other following a conviction."

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A Washington, D.C., insider reminded MSNBC viewers on Saturday about the time Donald Trump reportedly rejected a request for funds from the now-deceased Jimmy Carter.

Longtime Washington insider Jonathan Alter, who wrote a book about Trump's criminal trial, has previously commented about the President-elect's state-based criminal case.

Alter appeared on MSNBC over the weekend to talk about the passing of former President Carter.

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Over the course of the appearance, Alter told the story of how Carter came to build his empire of charity.

"And he went around and raised money. He asked Donald Trump for money at Trump Tower and Trump said no," he said. "But enough other people said yes, that they were able to do this very unique institution that had never been done by a former President."

Indeed, the Washington Post has also reported on this story.

"Trump thought Carter had 'guts' to ask him for a big donation," according to the news outlet. "But he still turned him down."

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While mainstream media is talking about potential invasions of Greenland and Panama, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are making advancements in their real war effort, according to a columnist's analysis.

National opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch, is no stranger to issues related to the president-elect.

Bunch Sunday published an opinion piece in which he argues we should "forget Greenland" and Panama.

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"In a world where the news doesn’t stop getting more bat-guano crazy just because it’s Christmas, where a phony war between the United States and Denmark consumes more electrons than the heartbreakingly real ones in Gaza and Ukraine, you might have missed a major escalation in the world conflict that matters most," Bunch writes. "The unrelenting and wildly successful war on facts, also known as truth."

Bunch goes on to call out specific news outlets he says are missing the bigger picture.

"This significant surrender on the war against propaganda, and the campaign against a holdout pocket of resistance in Wikipedia, got scant attention in a mainstream media that was decimated both morally and economically over the course of 2024. Instead, the scribes at the New York Times, Washington Post and elsewhere were on the scavenger hunt for a new batch of shiny objects planted by the nominal president-elect: wild threats to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland and maybe even Canada," the piece states. "Forget Greenland. My strong — and maybe naive? — hunch is that Denmark’s vast, mineral-rich Arctic territory won’t prove to be 2025’s Sudetenland, but Trump’s blustery and out-of-left-field pitch for American lebensraum is important as the leading edge of Team MAGA’s real World War III — against any consensus on objective truth."

He then adds, "The tactical goals for Musk (lower taxes, the end of government regulations, preferential deals with the U.S. government, and — yes, Bond fans — global domination) and for Trump (disappearing his criminal cases while monetizing the American presidency) are very much in sight. Their strategy for getting there — the real WWIII that doesn’t involve storming Panama — is the nuclear demolition of objective reality."

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A loyal Donald Trump ally on Thursday signaled a "divorce" between the MAGA base and the "tech bros" the president-elect has been recently flirting with.

Trump recently chose internet entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan, who has contributed to the campaign of at least one Democratic lawmaker, as a senior policy advisor for Artificial Intelligence. The former and incoming president has also held dinners and accepted major donations from tech leaders and billionaires.

After the Christmas holiday, Trump ally Laura Loomer, who accompanied Trump on parts of the 2024 campaign, spoke out about it.

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The outrage began with the appointment of Krishnan, to which Loomer responded, "I can’t imagine someone donating to a Democrat who said Trump should be impeached over Ukraine then getting a promotion to go advise Trump in the White House. Truly shocking."

Loomer later questioned, "Should MAGA stay home in 2026?"

"I want [Team Trump] to let us know who is a priority," the far-right influencer added on X. "The MAGA base or an anti-Trump Democrat congressman who gets donations from tech bros and voted to impeach Trump? I just want to know what to tell voters in 2026 when they ask me if they should vote."

Loomer also spoke out after Trump announced at a right-wing event that he'd support a run for Arizona Governor by Karrin Taylor Robson.

Donald Trump made a statement on Sunday that many critics interpreted as exhibiting his weakness.

President-elect Donald Trump used a speech to MAGA supporters to strongly push back on claims that billionaire Elon Musk had effectively taken over his presidency. While speaking to Turning Point USA's AmFest conference attendees on Sunday, Trump argued that "big companies" wanted him to cut regulations more than slashing taxes.

"But no, he's not going to be president that I can tell you," Trump also insisted. "And I'm safe. You know why? He can't be. He wasn’t born in this country."

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This comment went viral, with Scott Dworkin, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Democratic Coalition, saying, "This confirms that Musk is the President-Elect."

Popular satire account Mrs. Betty Bowers replied with, "This is great for two reasons: (1) it shows that all this President Musk talk is getting under Donald’s notoriously thin skin; and (2) it has to be very insulting to JD Vance."

Artist Art Candee said, "President-elect Musk is running the country."

Obama appointee Eric Columbus said, "The last guy Trump claimed wasn’t born in this country was president for eight years."

A group of current and former Republicans who oppose Trump, The Lincoln Project, said, "No previous president-elect in history has ever had to say this."

"He's weak," the group added.

A former Republican lawmaker who has been thought by some to be a target of Donald Trump has two words for the president elect: "Bring it."

Former "Tea Party" Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman (VA), a Trump-skeptic Republican who helped assist the House Select Committee on January 6 with its investigation, has previously sounded the alarm about purportedly dangerous Republicans rising to power.

On Saturday, he appeared on MSNBC, where he was asked about Trump telling NBC News that Jan. 6 committee members should go to jail.

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"Are you worried about political retribution for your role on the committee?" the host asked.

"I would be stupid to say if I wasn't worried about it or have some concern... I say bring it. I don't want a pardon. I don't want anything like that. I would rather be in the fight. I would love to have that opportunity to sit in front of individuals at the House, wearing my congressional pin, and talking about what I saw the day of January 6. It would be a lot of fun for the entire American public," Riggleman said. "I think there are some people who have a right to be concerned about the type of retribution you see here, especially if you have Kash Patel leading the FBI. This is an individual who is seriously underqualified and also is pretty much a January 6 QAnon guy."

He added, "That is the issue we have right now. There are people who I think might get a conditional pardon but as for people like me, the senior technical advisor and the person who looked at all the data, it might get to me but there are other people who should be more worried."

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U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham is experiencing heat from the MAGA wing of the Republican party after publicly contradicting Donald Trump.

Graham said in an interview that he didn't believe government officials who investigated Trump's connections to the events of Jan. 6 while he was still in office the first time, such as Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, deserved prison time.

"US senator Lindsey Graham has said officials who investigated Donald Trump supporters’ deadly attack on the US Capitol in 2021 should not be imprisoned – despite what his fellow Republican has argued in advance of his second presidency," the Guardian reported in an article titled, "Lindsey Graham contradicts Trump by saying January 6 investigators should not go to jail."

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Trump allies were quick to speak out. Derrick Evans, a former member of the West Virginia House a former Jan 6th prisoner, said, "Easy for you to say Lindsey."

"They didn’t ruin your life with LIES and destroy evidence that would exonerate you. As a J6 Prisoner, I want to see them in prison, same goes for your sorry a--," Evans wrote.

A popular MAGA account called PrayingMarine said Graham "point blank" rejected the suggestion of jail time for those on the Jan. 6 committee.

"What is up with this guy? Who controls him? What dirt do they have on him?" the account asked on social media. "Other than him along with [NO NAME] involvement with Ukraine? Trump is right. This dude is dirty."

Another popular conservative influencer, Gunther Eagleman™, said, "Lindsey Graham is a POS."

MAGA influencer @SirStevenKJ said, "Lindsey Graham is a snake."

"He had no problem with innocent protestors and grandmas having their lives destroyed over Jan. 6," the account wrote. "However, he believes the TREASONOUS Jan 6 Committee should not face prosecution or jail time. Nasty."

Former Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois said on Sunday that he knows what the mystery drones actually are, prompting MAGA outrage.

Kinzinger, who recently hit Donald Trump with a challenge of his own after the president-elect said Kinzinger should be jailed, told CNN on Sunday that the "drones" people are seeing are just airplanes. The drones have been reported across the Northeastern part of the United States.

"I've spent the last couple of days looking at every one of these videos, every video I have seen on Twitter, and on the Internet are all airplanes," the ex-lawmaker and pilot said on CNN. "They're literally all airplanes."

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Right-wing broadcaster Nick Sortor said that "disgraced former Rep. Adam Kinzinger says we are NOT spotting drones, but instead are only seeing airplanes."

"He is ONCE AGAIN verifiably wrong," Sortor added. "Why the hell is CNN giving this clown any airtime?"

Pro-Trump influencer Collin Rugg said, "Adam Kinzinger says after spending a couple of days looking at videos, he can confidently say the New Jersey 'drones,' are just airplanes."

"The drone 'expert' said there was nothing to be worried about because the FBI told him everything was okay," the influencer added.

Another popular pro-Trump account, MAGA Kitty, said, "Crack UAP and Drone expert, Adam Kinzinger, tells everyone to move along, nothing to see here…these are ALL just PLANES!"

Conservative political commentator, lawyer, and social media influencer Rogan O'Handley, known better by his social media handle DC Draino, said, "Oh look - The guy who lied (and cried) about J6 now wants us to believe what he says about the NJ drones."

"If Adam Kinzinger says they’re just airplanes then I now definitively know they are anything except airplanes," O'Handley said.

"Look who is pissed, the MAGAs. Somehow this is political. They are MAD it’s not Iran or aliens," Kinzinger said in response to the outrage.

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Donald Trump's former election attorney Jenna Ellis spoke out on Saturday about recent reports that Donald Trump couldn't find one person who liked Ron DeSantis for the top Pentagon post.

Trump instead nominated Pete Hegseth, but New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said on Friday that Trump’s idea of naming Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a potential backup pick to lead the Department of Defense reportedly fell apart because nobody in his inner circle got behind the idea.

Haberman also said a call from Hegseth persuaded Trump to allow him to make the case for his defense secretary nomination in the media and on Capitol Hill as allegations of public drunkenness and sexual assault piled up – and produced negative headlines that angered the president-elect.

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An account on X wrote, "Haberman says that Trump could not find a single person in his orbit that backed Ron DeSantis for Secretary of Defense. According to Haberman Trump's choice was DeSantis or Hegseth and nobody else. After his inner circle said no to DeSantis he stuck with Hegseth."

This post prompted Ellis, who supported DeSantis, to say, "If true, Trump’s orbit is filled with bad actors and terrible advisors."

"I’m a fan of both Hegseth and DeSantis, but Trumpworld really needs to get over their intimidation and feelings of insecurity with RDS," she added.

Donald Trump was "shaken" by recent reports about his pick to lead the Pentagon, the Washington Post reported.

Trump nominated former Fox and Friends co-host Pete Hegseth to be the Defense Secretary. Allegations have spilled out about the pick, with people accusing Hegseth of sexual assault and of having a drinking problem. Hegseth has denied the allegations.

Trump has largely left Hegseth to fight his own battle for winning approval of Republican Senators who will decide Hegseth's fate, but on Friday the president-elect gave his first public comment about the issue.

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On Saturday, the Post reported that Trump "is not yet personally pushing hard for his selections, limiting his exposure if they withdraw or fail to win confirmation."

Part of that might be because, as the report suggests, Trump was "shaken" by allegations of Hegseth's issues with drinking.

"President-elect Donald Trump, a lifelong teetotaler whose brother struggled with alcoholism and died at 42, was shaken by reports about a history of heavy drinking by his choice to lead the Pentagon, former Fox News host Pete Hegseth," according to the report. "Trump’s response was to encourage Hegseth, who has said he has never had a drinking problem, to fight for his job."

The Post says it interviewed more than a dozen insiders, finding that "Trump has held back on pushing hard himself."

"He hasn’t aggressively lobbied senators on Hegseth, according to Capitol Hill lawmakers and their aides. And he has hedged by discussing a backup plan with his former archrival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — often the first sign that he is souring on someone," the report states. "Trump’s more hands-off posture could insulate him from the fallout if Hegseth withdraws or the Senate refuses to confirm him."

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Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), also the vice president-elect, is missing in action, according to Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser, John Bolton.

Bolton, who has been critical of Trump, including the president-elect's election fraud conspiracy theories, appeared on CNN on Saturday to discuss Trump's recent actions on the world stage.

The host asked Bolton about the presence of Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, at many of Trump's events with foreign world leaders.

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"I just want to ask you about another person that's there with Trump in France, and that's Elon Musk, who we've seen, of course, by his side on the campaign trail and now in the transition, but also increasingly in the middle of a lot of these conversations with foreign leaders and in the conversations about foreign conflicts?" the host asked. "What do you make of that?"

"Bolton replied, "Well, you know, it's almost like Musk has become vice president."

"I don't know where J.D. Vance is on this trip, but Elon Musk, to this point, remains a private citizen and he has no governmental authority," he added. "He may have extraordinary influence over Donald Trump, but the rubber meets the road at noon on the 20th of January. Musk is going to have to decide which way to jump and and at that point, I think people will have to make a judgment whether there is undue influence or anything else. But right now, look, these people are private citizens. Let's keep that in mind."

Donald Trump on Saturday declared that the U.S. "should have nothing to do with" fighting in Syria, prompting outrage among some experts.

"Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT," Trump said on Truth Social.

The President-elect added, "THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!"

But Bloomberg LP anchor Joumanna Bercetche was quick to point out on social media: "Note there are 900 US troops stationed there."

Independent journalist Guy Elster said, "US has about 900 troops in Syria, helping the Kurdish forces to prevent an ISIS resurgence."

Elster added that Trump will likely remove those forces once he's in office again.

Alexander Clarkson, a lecturer for German and European Studies at King's College London, said, "Events in Syria now provide a glimpse of what a post-American global security order might look like." He added that there will be an "era where the U.S. can no longer exert decisive influence in much of the world."

Former war reporter Nicolas Henin said on over the weekend, "How do you say 'I don't give a f---' in many words?"

Columnist Michael A. Cohen, said, "I’m pretty sure that the president-elect is unaware that the US is providing direct support to a Syrian rebel group that controls more than a third of the country’s territory."

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Donald Trump is reportedly considering Ron DeSantis to replace Pete Hegseth, if Hegseth drops out of the running to lead the Department of Defense, but some DeSantis allies worry that Trump is actually looking to punish the governor.

DeSantis opposed Trump for the 2024 GOP primary, but immediately joined forces with Trump after being beaten. Still, some have said bad blood still exists between the two Republican politicians.

DeSantis' name has popped up in conversations as Hegseth, a Fox News personality, is reportedly having difficulty with securing enough Republican votes to win confirmation.

Politico did some in-depth reporting on exactly what such a switch would mean.

"POLITICO interviewed 16 Republican lobbyists, elected officials and political consultants tied to both Trump and DeSantis about the possibility of the swap, many of whom were granted anonymity to talk freely," according to the report. "Many DeSantis allies see the Defense secretary job as being attractive to DeSantis, giving him the keys to run the world’s most powerful bureaucracy — and just as important, will keep him in the spotlight ahead of any potential future presidential run."

Some close to DeSantis call the move a "win-win" scenario, but others warn of pitfalls.

The report says, "But some DeSantis allies also think that Trump could just be floating DeSantis’ name to see how senators back in Washington react."

"Such a move could be orchestrated to see whether the president-elect needs to choose a new nominee out of concern that Hegseth won’t get confirmed," it states.

Politico reports that one ally "who often talks to DeSantis’ inner circle" said DeSantis and his team also "had to decide whether to trust Trump knowing that he could join the administration and then get thrown out, perhaps even in a short amount of time."

"The person described the scenario as DeSantis taking a risk — that he might on the one hand gain political longevity, but also that it wasn’t guaranteed given the possibility of angering Trump the way some Cabinet members did during the first term," the outlet reported on Thursday.

Another individual close to Trump reportedly "said they had a hard time picturing DeSantis as a subordinate and said the governor should be skeptical about hopping aboard."

“It could all be a Machiavellian move to kneecap him and leave him with nothing,” the person said, according to the new reporting.

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Donald Trump sparked outrage among his critics with the appointment of Kash Patel as the head of the FBI, and now some are warning Patel to protect himself.

Patel has been seen as a controversial pick, including because of his reportedly unwavering loyalty to the former and incoming president, and because of his purported ties to QAnon.

Morgan Ortagus, a Trump-endorsed candidate for Congress in Tennessee's fifth congressional election who effectively lost the race in 2022 after being removed from the ballot, posted a photo with Patel Saturday.

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"A beautiful Sunday lunch with 45/47 and the next ⁦[FBI] Director my friend [Patel]," Ortagus wrote on her social media.

Far-right activist Laura Loomer, who recently spoke out against a dinner guest Trump had, replied to Ortagus.

"I bet it was beautiful… Remember when you went on MSDNC and said 'you didn’t know' if you could ever support Donald Trump as the GOP nominee for President while you were a campaign surrogate for [Jeb Bush]?" Loomer asked. "Remember when you called Trump 'disgusting.'"

Loomer also felt the need to warn Patel about Ortagus.

"I love Kash Patel. He has always been a big supporter of the J6 patriots and even raised money for them," she wrote. "Morgan Ortagus is a snake who is disliked by all of her colleagues at the State Department and she is a traitor to Trump."

Loomer continued:

"Let’s go down memory lane. Morgan was never with Trump. Her twin sister married a Muslim man, which prompted Morgan to attack Donald Trump over his travel ban from Islamic countries, she divorced her first husband and married a rich, politically connected Jew in DC and had her wedding officiated by the ultra-liberal SCOTUS justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg."

Another X user named Teri McCoy, a self-identified "Trump supporter," also flagged a "Snake Alert on Ortagus!!"

An account on X purportedly about the so-called Trump Derangement Syndrome wrote, "Weren’t you for Jeb Bush in 2016 and Nikki Haley in 2024? What a grifter!"

Another popular MAGA X account, Tammie McDonald, said, "Get out of here" with a snake emoji.

Democratic strategist Nomiki Konst unleashed on Thursday in discussing Donald Trump's recently reported phone call and his tariff threats.

Trump recently claimed his call with Mexico's leader resulted in her agreeing to effectively close down the border, purportedly as a result of his planned tariffs.

Her version of events was slightly different, according to CNN.

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Former George W. Bush spokesman Pete Seat said he didn't think either side was lying, instead suggesting that the results of the call were "lost in translation."

But Konst saw things in a different light, saying, "It's par for the course for Donald Trump to have his own version of events and obviously put that out on Truth Social, his own social media platform that he's making money off of as he goes into the next presidency."

She continued, saying that, if Trump gets his way on his tariff threat on Mexico that lies at the heart of the dispute, the "burden is actually going to be put on the United States, the people of the United States."

Donald Trump Saturday made a move that is being seen as a middle finger to both the Supreme Court and the intelligence community, experts say.

Trump over the weekend announced his appointment of Kash Patel as the director of FBI, leading critics to lash out and causing a pre-emptive strike against Senate Republicans by a top MAGA lawyer who said he would make their political lives hell if they opposed Patel.

Sophia Cai, senior national politics reporter for Axios, said, "Trump's decision to name hardline loyalist Kash Patel to FBI director amounts to a massive middle finger to the intelligence community."

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Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes also weighed in on the big picture of the Patel appointment.

"Underappreciated angle to the appointments of Patel, Gaetz, Bondi, et al. Massive Fuq U to institutions … But also a huge FU to the Supreme Court, because Trump doesn’t think they will be a check on his campaign of lawless retribution," he wrote Saturday. "Nice work, John Roberts."