- Kristen Holmes @ CNN: Matt Gaetz says he’s not returning to Congress next year
Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general on Thursday, said Friday he will not be returning to Congress next year.
- Charisma Madarang @ Rolling Stone: Trump Taps Pam Bondi, His Impeachment Lawyer, for Attorney General
The news arrives on the same day Trump's former AG pick Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.
- Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: Hegseth Railed Against ‘Insidious’ Security Measures That Kept Far-Right Extremists Out Of Armed Forces
Pete Hegseth is mad. The former weekend Fox News host and Army National Guard veteran who President-elect Donald Trump tapped to lead the Department of Defense has made blasting the states of the American educational system and armed forces a cornerstone of his brand. And one of the things that has him most worked up is measures that the military’s leadership have taken in recent years to weed out far-right extremists from their ranks.
- Christopher Mathias @ HuffPost: Trump’s ‘Border Czar’ Pick Has Been Auditioning For The Role On Extremist Media Platforms
The man President-elect Donald Trump would go on to tap as his “border czar” spent the last several years making appearances on some of the most extreme right-wing media outlets in the country — including a program hosted by an Adolf Hitler-admiring QAnon conspiracist — and promising to implement a brutal regime of mass deportations if Trump returns to the White House.
- Caiwei Chen @ The Daily Dot: Rumble teases ‘big creator’ as rumors fly Adin Ross will join site, live stream with Trump from the White House
Streamer Adin Ross appears to be leveling up his partnership with President-elect Donald Trump. The online personality announced that he’ll be hosting a second interview with the president-elect—this time live from the White House after Trump takes office.
- Angry White Men: Wesley Todd: In A ‘Christian Nation’ There Will Be ‘No More Mosques, No More Synagogues’
In a Nov. 20, 2024 livestream for Right Response Ministries, Christian nationalist Wesley Todd claimed that the United States, if it becomes a “Christian nation,” will enact policies that will drive out non-Christians. This includes banning houses of worship, like mosques and synagogues, and publicly executing “pornographers.”
- David Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: ‘One of the Smallest Margins Since the 19th Century’: NYT Crushes Trump’s ‘Landslide’ Claim
Donald Trump, his team, his allies, and his supporters in the right-wing media have been calling his presidential win “historic,” and a “landslide,” while using those provably false claims to declare a mandate. The voting from the election earlier this month is still not complete but Trump’s slim margin of victory is likely to shrink even further.
