Several House Republicans are threatening to follow Marjorie Taylor Greene and immediately resign, which would give the House majority to Democrats.

Veteran Justice Department attorney Joseph Schnitt met a woman on the dating app Hinge, but it turns out the whole thing was a sting to get dirt about internal investigation files on sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now he is suing the DOJ, claiming his First Amendment rights were violated after Attorney General Pam Bondi fired him. In a lawsuit filed Monday, Schnitt, who previously helped oversee DOJ’s witness protection program, was terminated after activist James O’Keefe published a hidden-camera video, Politico reported. In it, Schnitt speculated that the DOJ would take a more partisan approach to releasing the files. Congress was so concerned that the DOJ would not release all of the records that it passed a nearly unanimous bill mandating their disclosure, with only one member voting against it. “They’ll redact every Republican or conservative person in those files, leave all the liberal Democratic people in those files,” Schnitt said in the video. He also claimed that the transfer of Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell to a prison “camp” that typically bars sex offenders was “offering her something to keep her mouth shut.” One day after the comments were posted online, Schnitt was fired. Schnitt, who is being represented by Mark Zaid, said in the the court complaint, "Had he possessed any information about the topic through his official duties, he never would have said anything. But, like most people in the United States, it was a topic he was familiar with and seemingly normal to discuss, especially within the region of Washington, D.C.” According to Zaid, Schnitt’s having a “personal conversation during non-duty hours” is “quintessential protected speech on a matter of public concern.” The woman who identifies herself as "Skylar" in the video is a marketing administrator at the late Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA. "Skylar" said on her profile she was eager to know “what career" her perspective dates are in. The pair met for lunch in Alexandria, VA and the former DOJ attorney confessed that he found it strange she was asking so many questions about the Epstein files. He attributed the fascination to things that were in the news. The Trump administration claims that disputes over federal employee firings must go to a civil service panel known as the Merit Systems Protection Board. However, Schnitt’s case argues the board cannot offer meaningful relief and is already struggling with an “exponentially increased caseload.” The lawsuit also alleges that the DOJ violated his Privacy Act rights by "posting on social media an email message Schnitt sent his supervisor after O’Keefe’s group texted to say it was going public with Schnitt’s comments," Politico reported. The email makes it clear his remarks were his “own personal comments from what I learned in the media and not from anything I’ve done at or learned via work.” "Federal employees do not lose their privacy simply because they work for the U.S. government, nor do they forfeit their constitutional rights of free speech or to hold personal opinions,” Zaid argued in a statement about the case. “Most importantly, this administration does not have the right to fire an employee without following proper due process protections.” Read the full suit here.

President Donald Trump was expected to announce as soon as Monday a long-awaited fix for the expiring Obamacare subsidies, to prevent health care premiums from skyrocketing to double and in some cases even triple their current levels, but congressional Republicans reportedly have objected. Trump was prepared to extend the subsidies for two more years, according to multiple reports including from MS NOW‘s Jake Traylor and Politico. Traylor had reported that the president would be calling on Congress to send him legislation that would halt the Obamacare premium spikes. “The announcement is expected to occur at the White House, and is slated to feature remarks from Trump and Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,” Traylor had reported on Sunday. Also on Sunday, Politico had reported that “The White House expects to soon unveil a health policy framework that includes a two-year extension of Obamacare subsidies due to expire at the end of next month and new limits on eligibility, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the unannounced plans.” Trump has on his Monday schedule a 4 PM Oval Office executive order signing scheduled. It is unclear if that was to be for the extension of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies. Now, Traylor reports, “White House to delay healthcare proposal after significant congressional backlash.” “According to two White House officials the announcement has been delayed, with one of those officials citing strong congressional backlash to Trump’s proposed plan. Trump planned to make an announcement as early as Monday proposing a framework to address health care costs which included an extension of Obamacare subsides.” Monday afternoon, CNBC reported that “Republicans are proposing direct Health Savings Account payments to ACA enrollees rather than extending enhanced premium tax credits.” “The White House is expected to make an announcement this week addressing efforts to either renew or replace the Affordable Care Act enhanced premium tax credits, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent,” CNBC added, appearing to make clear any decision has yet to be set in stone. Bobby Kogan, Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy at American Progress, responded to Traylor’s reporting: “It’s because congressional Republicans want the enhanced subsidies to expire,” Kogan wrote. “That’s why they didn’t extend them in [the One Big Beautiful Bill Act], and that’s why they kept calling them a ‘December problem’ even though open enrollment [began] on November 1.”

President Donald Trump's weaponization of the U.S. Department of Justice is weakening investigations in civil rights and national security, among other things, according to The Guardian. This weaponization, they write, has led to thousands of lawyers leaving or being fired, and, according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Justice Connection, "overall DOJ employment has dropped by about 5,500 lawyers and non-lawyers who have left since Trump took office." "By contrast, the department last year employed about 10,000 attorneys, according to DOJ data," they add. Much of this reduction in staff has been the product of Trump's Attorney General Pam Bondi. "In revamping the department, attorney general Pam Bondi and other top officials have ousted many attorneys they deemed as anti-Trump, including about 20 who worked on the prosecutions of the mob who stormed the Capitol on January 6 to try to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden as president," they explain. The priorities of the DOJ have also shifted to pursue MAGA agendas, they write, "leaving some key areas strapped for resources, say critics." The civil rights division has taken a huge hit, having lost 70 percent of the 600 lawyers and staff who worked there when Trump took office, they report. Stacey Young, the founder and executive director of Justice Connection, an advocacy group supporting ex- and current DoJ employees, says it's alarming. "The purge we’ve witnessed at the justice department has been catastrophic, and it isn’t slowing down,” Young, who left the deparment in January after 18 years as a senior attorney, says. "Thousands have already left because of this administration’s degradation of DOJ’s vital work and its attacks on the public servants who do it." Young says the damage is devastating — and lasting. "We’re talking about dedicated and brilliant professionals who worked on behalf of the public – not any one president – to protect our national security, our environment, our economic interests, and our civil rights. It may take generations to rebuild what we’re losing," she explains. Barbara McQuade, a former US attorney for eastern Michigan who now teaches law at the University of Michigan, says that this damage also affects national security. "While the Trump administration’s purge of attorneys may help advance his agenda to exact revenge on his perceived enemies, the loss of experience comes at a cost to public safety,” she says. "Effective federal law enforcement requires training and expertise. Understanding the threats to our national security to prioritize counter-measures is not something someone can learn overnight. Dismantling violent gangs and drug cartels requires institutional knowledge. I worry that as we lose experienced investigators and prosecutors who can disrupt acts of violent extremism before they occur, the risk of a terrorist attack becomes a ticking time bomb," McQuade adds. Trump's obsession with exacting revenge against the likes of former FFBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James is undermining the Justice Department's capabilities and reputation. Paul Pelletier, a former acting chief of DOJ’s fraud section, says "this office once led the nation in pursuing white collar and national security crimes. This purposeful DOJ-wide decimation by the administration is both shortsighted and broadly harmful to American people." "While DOJ’s first duty is to protect those vulnerable to criminal and terroristic harm, it’s pretty obvious that the neutering of experienced economic crime and national security prosecutors creates a perniciously permissive environment for bad actors," Pelletier adds. Jacqueline Kelly, former chief of the civil rights unit in the criminal division of the SDNY US attorney’s office, who left her post over the summer, agrees. "You don’t need a crystal ball to see how this decimation and redirection of resources could lead to a resurgence of unlawful discrimination and constitutional violations for years to come," Kelly says. Michael Gordon, a former prosecutor in Tampa who worked on public corruption cases and was fired this summer after over eight years, is also sounding the alarm. "This administration has deliberately kneecapped the ability of the federal government to investigate and prosecute public corruption,” he says. Philip Lacovara, who served as counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor, agrees. "Thanks to Trump’s perversion of the historic mission of the justice department, with enthusiastic cooperation from his pliant attorney general, Pam Bondi, every day offers a bounty of ‘get out of jail free’ cards for criminals at home and abroad," he says.

Coming off blowout victories in New York, New Jersey and Virginia earlier this month, Democrats are looking to keep their electoral momentum going with a special election in a deep-red state, according to a new analysis from The Hill, and potentially make President Donald Trump's growing problems in Congress even worse. Tennessee's 7th congressional district has been vacant since this past summer, when former Rep. Mark Green resigned to accept a job in the private sector. A special election is now underway, with former state Department of General Services Matt Van Epps, a Trump-endorsed Republican, and State Rep. Aftyn Behn, a Democrat, vying to fill the seat. The GOP has handily carried elections in the district over the years, but a heightened media spotlight on the race and a major push from Democrats have seen Van Epps' odds continually erode. Despite the party's recent success in races elsewhere, the odds are still not quite in the Democrats' favor in Tennessee, but that has not stopped the flow of fundraising dollars to Behn's campaign from groups outside the state. Given that Trump carried the district by 22 points in the 2024 election, The Hill reports that even a 10-point loss for the Democratic candidate would be seen as a major message to the Republican Party at large. This will also be Tennessee's first special election in decades, prompting some Democrats to see it as a golden opportunity, given their past strength in such races. “This is our first special election in nearly 40 years in Tennessee, so this is really a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us,” Dakota Galban, chair of the Davidson County Democratic Party, said. “They drew these new lines intentionally to rob Democrats of our voice in Congress, so I think that especially motivates Nashville voters." As Galban noted, the borders of the district have changed since 2018, the last time there was no incumbent in the race to represent it in Congress, with it now including parts of Nashville, an urban area known to vote more for Democrats. Major party surrogates have also been lending their support to Behn's campaign, including former Vice President and 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The race is seen as especially important due to the minuscule GOP majority in the House of Representatives, just six seats as of Monday. Any seat gained by Democrats at this stage makes House Speaker Mike Johnson's job of wrangling his party for votes much more difficult, and increases the odds that the majority could flip back to Democrats.

Professor of economics and public policy Justin Wolfers said that if done correctly, President Donald Trump's tariffs might eventually work out, but the problem is that he's so erratic that they don't. Speaking to CNN's John Berman on Monday, Wolfers, who teaches at the University of Michigan, explained, "The problem is the tariff regime — whatever it is on Monday, it's changed by Tuesday. And then the president's in a bad mood by Wednesday. And then someone said something mean in the middle school cafeteria on Thursday. And the tariffs are back on or back off." As Americans head into the holiday season, inflation and the high costs of items are at the forefront. He specifically cited "stagflation." "So, 'stag' is stagnation. That's when the economy slows," he explained. "Sometimes, when it goes backward. I was just looking at the markets. They're suggesting there's roughly a 1 in 3 chance of a recession over the next year. So, that's the stag. Deflation is inflation. When inflation, currently, has remained stubbornly high, it's stuck at about percent." "The president continues to deny that prices are rising at all. The real question is how do we get inflation down from three to the [Federal Reserve's] target of two. And that's occurring at a moment when we've got tariffs that are pushing things in exactly the wrong direction," Wolfers added. He noted that even if the U.S. makes "incredible progress" in 2026, there will still be a "lot of work to do." In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump claimed that the country was making huge profits off of his tariffs and "it's going to be better and better." Wolfers said that the benefit of tariffs is that they encourage more domestic manufacturing. The problem is that it doesn't happen in a year or two. Whatever tariffs Trump imposed in 2025 won't deliver results for years, and that's only if companies can project long-term profitability.

Republican members of Congress continue to vent their frustrations and threaten to leave Washington amid the fallout from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, with some citing worries at the arrival of President Donald Trump's "lame duck" era. Greene, long a staunch and outspoken ally of the president, announced on Friday evening that she will be resigning from Congress on Jan. 5, only halfway through her current term, citing her dissatisfaction with Trump's current term after her recent break from him on numerous issues. On Monday morning, a Punchbowl News report cited multiple anonymous GOP members of Congress with similar sentiments, with some predicting that more high-profile resignations are possible before the 2026 midterms. “More explosive early resignations are coming," one Republican told Punchbowl. "It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. [House Speaker] Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.” Following the release of that report, its writer, Jake Sherman, took to X to share that more and more GOP members of Congress had reached out with their own similar sentiments and thoughts of resigning, expressing frustration over the bleak outlook for Congress for the next year or so. "Since this [original report from Punchbowl] ran this morning — 4 hours ago? — I've gotten countless text messages from House Republicans agreeing with this sentiment," Sherman posted. "And saying why the hell should we stay in Congress if all we're going to do is vote on censures and be a potted plant." Responding to one of Sherman's earlier posts about the story, conservative talk radio host Erick Erickson said that the sentiments shared by Punchbowl's sources matched what he had been hearing from Republicans in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. "Can confirm that both House and Senate guys despise the White House legislative team and are tired of being treated as just there to do the White House's bidding," Erickson wrote. "Lame Duck is here. These guys will either assert their need to be a part of decisions, or they will quit early."

An Associated Press (AP) lawsuit against the Trump administration has revealed a curious White House position on press access, the New York Times reports. The White House banned the Associated Press (AP) from accessing certain areas — including the Oval Office and Air Force One — due to the AP's refusal to use "Gulf of America" instead of "Gulf of Mexico" based on an executive order from President Donald Trump. The AP has been barred from covering specific events because it acknowledges the president's executive order but will continue to use the original name in its reporting. The AP claims the ban violates the First Amendment. "Arguments in that case are set to continue on Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit," the Times writes. "At stake is whether the president is entitled to curate the crew of reporters who cover official events in the Oval Office. Can he boot those whose work he doesn’t like?" Something curious, they write, has been discovered as this case ramps up: The administration has restored front line access to "AP photographers, even as it often excludes AP’s reporters from press pool events." Evan Vucci, the chief Washington photographer for the AP tells the Times, "For me, I’m back to normal, completely. It’s like nothing happened, and it’s completely different for the print side of things.” "The administration’s forked policy has the appearance of illogic. Why make a fuss of stiff-arming the AP only to welcome its photographers back into the fold?" the Times asks. Experts say this "contradictory approach" is par for Trump's course, and note he "is eager to energize his MAGA base by bashing the work of mainstream journalists while keeping them close enough to carry his message to the world and perhaps take a memorable photo or two of him in action." Susan Mulcahy, a former New York Post reporter, says this is how he operates, explaining, "He will trash a press person when he doesn’t get what he wants, but he’s never going to totally throw out an important press organization. He’s not. He needs them. That’s his oxygen.” The AP's top lawyer Karen Kaiser says the press pool "demotion" remains a serious problem. "The government should not be permitted to pick its coverage based on what it likes or doesn’t like. These principles transcend any administration, any news organization and any journalist," Kaiser says. Traditionally, it's the AP photographer who is first to enter rooms where events are taking place, the Times explains, and the organization had two slots in the press room — one for a reporter and the other the photographer — until the "Gulf of America" situation. "We didn’t have any inkling that we were a target or would be retaliated against,” AP''s executive editor Julie Pace says. In April, a U.S. District Court judge ruled in the AP’s favor and issued a preliminary injunction rescinding the access denial, explains the Times. The Trump administration then appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, which put enforcement of that injunction on pause two months later. During the legal maneuverings, the White House has "maintained its bifurcated access standards for AP photographers and reporters," the Times notes. "AP officials said they had not received an explanation about the policy, and the White House did not provide a specific rationale in response to questions from The New York Times," they write, adding that "Trump has made it clear he likes seeing himself in AP photography." The AP's Vucci was the one who took the now-infamous fist pump photo of the president following his assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Marc Fisher, Trump biographer and a former Washington Post reporter, says Trump and his aides “view the photographers as less dangerous and less antagonistic than reporters.” “To him, a great news photo, a great magazine cover, is more important than a great podcast appearance, just because he is and will always be an artifact of the ’50s and ’60s," Fisher says. Meanwhile, reporters await the court's decision on their fate inside the press pool. Zeke Miller, former AP chief White House correspondent turned deputy Washington bureau chief says, "We ask to join the pool pretty much every day or before every event. We ask to join the trips. Most often we’re told the pool is full, but others are getting in.”

U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan was not legitimately appointed to her position and, as such, all of her cases, like those against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, are dismissed "without prejudice." The judge cited the legal precedent set by President Donald Trump's own case. In Florida, Judge Aileen Cannon ruled in U.S. v. Trump that the U.S. Senate did not appoint special counsel Jack Smith and, as such, was not a legitimately appointed prosecutor. She then dismissed the case involving the classified documents. "So that is the nail in the coffin," CNN's Katelyn Polantz explained. Both cases have the same problem, with Halligan, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Halligan was "placed there on an interim basis" after the previous U.S. attorney said there was not enough evidence to charge James or Comey. The last remark in the court decision is "invalidating the acts performed by Ms. Halligan and dismissing the indictments, returning Ms. James to the status she occupied before being indicted. Which was not being an employee of the Justice Department, she was an employee of the White House." "The judge in this case is saying that James and Comey ... cannot face these charges because the prosecutor was invalid and is basing that largely upon the Trump case," she added. "So, a really interesting correlation there."

President Donald Trump’s Department of Defense is now targeting a sitting U.S. Senator, one of six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video reminding members of the U.S. Armed Forces and the Intelligence Community of their right to refuse to obey an illegal order. U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a retired astronaut and former naval officer, along with the other five said, “threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.” “Our laws are clear,” they added. “You can refuse illegal orders.” In an official statement on social media, the Department of Defense alleged it has “received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.).” It added, “a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.” The statement also said, “federal laws such as 18 U.S.C. § 2387 prohibit actions intended to interfere with the loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces.” President Trump last week in a series of social media posts promoted hanging the six Democrats. “It’s called seditious behavior at the highest level,” the president also charged. “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be Arrested and put on trial. Their words cannot be allowed to stand – We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example must be set.” “Seditious behavior, punishable by death!” he continued. Critics blasted the Pentagon’s move. “Sen. Kelly didn’t tell troops to defy lawful orders, he reminded them of their duty to refuse unlawful ones, which is literally what the UCMJ and decades of military precedent require!” wrote The Bulwark’s Evan Rosenfeld. “Pretending that doing so is ‘misconduct’ is complete propaganda and not rooted in law.” Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio called it “Pretty extraordinary to call out a sitting senator in this way.” The Bulwark’s Sam Stein labeled it “ham-handed,” and Bill Kristol of Defending Democracy called it “Naked authoritarianism.” But The Independent’s Andrew Feinberg noted that the video “looks to have been an official one for which [Kelly] would enjoy Speech or Debate immunity.”

A federal judge dismissed the criminal charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Leticia James after deciding Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. Attorney who brought the case, was unlawfully appointed. Judge Cameron Currie ruled that the appointment of Halligan was invalid, which in turn made the indictment against Comey and James invalid. This ruling is a significant win for Comey and James, though the Justice Department may appeal. "Both cases are now dismissed without prejudice," writes Politico's senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney on X. Comey was indicted for false statements and obstruction related to 2020 Senate testimony, while James was indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution. Both pleaded not guilty. MSNOW senior legal reporter Lisa Rubin says "This is a dismissal without prejudice, which means that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has an important choice before it. There's a federal statute that allows a case that has been time-barred but is dismissed for other reasons to be brought again within a six month period of time." Rubin explains that if they bring the case against Comey again, "it also means that if they do that they don't get a chance to appeal the ruling with respect to the lawfulness of Halligan's appointment." And it's not just that Halligan can't remain in her position, Rubin explains. "It's [also] that Attorney General Pam Bondi and the president can not do this again," she says. "They're not entitled to use this same procedural process, but rather, the district judges of the Eastern District of Virginia under the statute in place are entitled to nominate and choose somebody of their own selection now going forward." Only after a new US attorney is appointed can they decide whether to bring charges against Comey or James again, Rubin says. "Again, the US attorney's office, whoever it's going to be led by in the future — its not going to be Halligan, it looks like — will have to make a choice in the Comey case whether to appeal or whether to try and file these charges again and still deal with some of the same motions to dismiss that Comey has also brought," Rubin explains. "If they were to bring the case again, you'd have to imagine that Comey and his legal team, led by Pat Fitzgerald, would bring those same motions yet again," she adds. Legal affairs reporter Fallon Gallagher notes that the dismissal isn't a full victory for either team as both teams asked for the cases to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning they can still be brought to trial again. "This is a procedural victory, it's not a substantive victory," says MSNOW intelligence correspondent Ken Dilanian. "So James Comey is no doubt happy this is happening, but assuming the indictment gets refiled with a different US attorney, he's still going to have a legal battle on his hands." "But it does underscore that Donald Trump has been playing games with the appointments clause in all these cases for a long time and it's finally caught up to him," he adds. "From the first sentence of the decision, the judge is decrying what has happened as outlandish and pleading for normalcy. This is embarrassing for the administration and surely opens the door for other cases that the court may just rule against," USA Today's DC bureau chief Susan Page says of the ruling.

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The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) formerly spearheaded by Elon Musk has disbanded after just 10 months in operation, leaving millions of lives devastated in its wake.

The White House postponed the unveiling of President Donald Trump's health care plan on Monday. The new proposal, which is not final and could change, is expected to offer a temporary extension of subsidies, restore an income cap, offer a monthly premium for enrollees and health savings plan for lower-tier plans, CNN reported. It wasn't immediately clear what prompted the delay. With Affordable Care Act subsidies expected to expire, Republican and Democrat lawmakers have been at odds on how to take the next steps to keep health care affordable — a major point of contention that led to the more than 40-day government shutdown. "It's a little worrying the Republican Congress pushed back so much they basically delayed the proposal and they're just kicking the can down the road one more time," Zack Cooper, professor of Health Policy at Yale University, told CNN. Hospitals are buying out other hospitals, buying out doctors, and prompting the rise of health care costs, Cooper added, saying that potential bipartisan reforms could take some pressure off the American public, calling it a serious source of frustration for more than 20 million people facing rising insurance premium costs.

A California right-wing group planning a "MAGA invasion" day at Disneyland next year was skewered by critics online. The meetup slated for Saturday, Feb. 28, was shared by SoCal Patriots on Facebook, calling on followers to "Give Your Family A Chance To Experience Disney On A Day With As Many Like Minded Patriots Possible" and asking attendees to bring MAGA hats and buy "Patriots in the Park" apparel, including T-shirts, a hoodie, and a baby onesie. It's also happening the same weekend as a gay pride event planned in Anaheim, California, People reported. The move appeared to be accidental, and organizers said they "didn't plan" for the event to coincide on that same day. One of the MAGA event organizers said they planned to "go have some fun by triggering as many liberals as possible." People had a lot of opinions in the comments: "Let's 'trigger as many liberals as possible.' Seriously, nothing better to do? S--- like this is why I do not vote for any Republicans anymore. How miserable do you have to be to live life trying to make others just as miserable as you are?" James Barber wrote. "Bunch of pedophile defenders running around Disneyland what could go wrong?" Dan Kaye wrote. "Where else but in the USA can losers with a history of bad life choices band together into a mass political movement that prides itself on ruining a special day for families and their kids? Well done, MAGA! You've proven again that the label 'deplorable' is richly deserved," Duncan Lively wrote. "Don't do it," Kenny White wrote. "I thought you guys hated Disney but willing to give them your money," Marquez Michael wrote. "Certainly a day to avoid. Who wants to hang out with pedo supporters," Joseph P. Spano wrote. "'Patriots.' more like 'pathetic group of brainwashed dimwits.' But sure, go pay your $175 and wear your stupid hats and pretend that you're accomplishing something. You can wear all the 'patriot' gear you want but you are not ONE OUNCE more American than any other citizen. Grow up," Chris Alberghini wrote. "This is so stupid... Disney is a place for kids... how about letting families enjoy it instead of spewing your stupid ass MAGA hate... Get a life," Steve Egan wrote. "Go, and get banned from Disney for life!" Michael Reese wrote. "Invasion may not be the best Maga word to use, js [just saying]," Tracy Sotelo wrote. "Better not hug any characters. They gay might rub off on you!!" Christy Thede wrote. "Nobody at Disney cares about your political statements. We just want to hug Pluto and goofy and eat corn on the cob. Disney should raise their prices to 500," Liz Beth wrote. "You vile excuses for human beings are nothing but a s--- stain in US history. Can't wait for all of you worthless pieces of s--- to go the f--- away," Jason Lloyd wrote. "Just to be clear, this is a grift. Buy our T-Shirt For your RSVP, which you can't wear in the park. And, wear your cult identifier MAGA hat, of which you can't wear in the park. This is a FAFO moment, patriots. Good grief, dumb is a disease," Steve Hermosillo wrote.

Republicans are losing their grip on young men, a key voting group "seduced by an ecosystem of hucksters," while Democrats make serious gains among the demographic, according to a PhD researcher at the University of Melbourne. Cory Alpert, a former Biden-Harris administration strategist who studies how AI impacts democracy, wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian describing how Democrats' focus on affordability has pushed men left in the elections this month. "Young men in the US face a political identity crisis," Alpert wrote. "It should not be controversial to say that the world that many were promised as children has not come to fruition. Two decades of war and a turbulent economy have combined with a massively changing workforce. Young men’s disaffection should come as no real surprise." Elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City have given Democrats a lesson on how to win young men back. "Most young men, like most trans people and Black people and immigrants and everyone else, are dealing with housing that has skyrocketed in price, especially compared with our parents’ generations," he added. "Instead of having one career in our lifetimes, we now have to continually seek new jobs. Living independently as an adult is much more expensive and complicated now than it has been. These affordability campaigns gave young men something to do about those pressures rather than ceding that frustration to the most cynical actors." Alpert called it a "political miracle" that the men who followed Trump just a year ago have now turned toward the left. He described how Republicans were focusing on defending President Donald Trump and "tying Democrats to the culture war of the moment" while Democrats were focused on affordability and paying bills. "Undoubtedly this conversation is easier to have when Donald Trump is taking three steps every day to dismantle the economy. There’s a real sense that the economy is getting worse," he explained. That it’s more difficult to pay bills and keep food on the table, especially when Republicans are, quite literally, ensuring that 42 million people cannot afford to keep food on their table by refusing to fund SNAP during their government shutdown." "Young men, like everyone else, are looking for a politics that can make life a little better. Democrats are finally figuring out how to offer them that chance," Alpert wrote.

At the same time that a judge in Maryland was dismissing cases filed by Donald Trump’s Department of Justice against former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, the president was picking another fight on Truth Social. Now that long-time MAGA supporter Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is resigning in January after she clashed with Trump and he sicced his supporters on her, leading to death threats, the president is focusing his attention on Sen. Rand Paul, with Trump putting the Kentucky Republican’s title, “Senator,” in quotes. On Truth Social, Trump wrote, “Whatever happened to ‘Senator’ Rand Paul? He was never great, but he went really BAD! I got him elected, TWICE (in the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky!), but he just never votes positively for the Republican Party.” “He’s a nasty liddle’ guy, much like ‘Congressman’ Thomas Massie, aka Rand Paul Jr., also of Kentucky (which I won three times, in massive landslides!), a sick Wacko, who refuses to vote for our great Republican Party, MAGA, or America First,” he continued. “It’s really weird!!!” he added for good measure. You can see his post here.

President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters erupted Monday following the news that two of the administration’s most high-profile criminal indictments were tossed out by a judge because the Trump-backed prosecutor had been unlawfully appointed. “Judge dismissed both cases. I give up,” wrote X user “Detroit Brian 88,” a self-described pro-gun-rights, pro-police advocate who’s frequently shared content supportive of Trump and critical of the Democratic Party, and has amassed more than 4,000 followers. “I am going to turn into a democrat criminal and steal millions and get away with it since the Republicans do nothing and Democrats are crooks and nothing ever happens.” A former insurance lawyer and member of Trump’s defense team, Lindsey Halligan was appointed by Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, at the behest of Trump. Just days after her appointment, Halligan’s office secured perjury-related indictments against former FBI Director James Comey, whom Trump has long feuded with. She also secured an indictment on mortgage fraud charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led the criminal case against Trump over his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Both those cases were dismissed on Monday, however, after U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie found that Halligan had been unlawfully appointed to her position, sparking fury among Trump’s supporters. “FIRE INCOMPETENT Pam Bondi for screwing up the Comey and James trials so that the statute of limitations has run out now on Comey!” wrote X user “Pretty Patriot,” whose profile says they “stand with President Trump,” describe themselves as “MAGA and has amassed more than 11,500 followers. “F--- YOU Pam Bondi you feckless [piece of s---]! You did this on purpose so he’d walk! We The People will NEVER see Justice for J6 or anything else!” Halligan was appointed in the wake of the abrupt resignation of the previous acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, who left out of fear that he’d be forced out for refusing to pursue criminal charges against Comey. Halligan made good on Trump’s demands to have Comey indicted just days after the president demanded it on social media. Nick Akerman, an attorney who served as a prosecutor with the Watergate investigation, predicted in early October that Halligan’s hurried appointment would be the downfall of the case against Comey, pointing to her lack of prosecutorial experience and what he called her “willful blind loyalty to Trump.” But for many MAGA supporters, Bondi caught the brunt of their anger, and not Trump, despite the president having pushed for Halligan’s appointment.“Time to get an new AG,” wrote X user “hpowders,” a pro-Trump self-described conservative who’s amassed more than 5,000 followers. “Both cases dumped on Comey and James. How inept and embarrassing! Bondi's got to go!” Comey and James just dismissed of all charges proves they are above the Law. We have zero justice in this Country. Thanks Pam Bondi. — Kilo Kilo (@11thTeufulHund) November 24, 2025

Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley criticized Lindsey Halligan, President Donald Trump's illegally appointed prosecutor, after a judge dismissed two cases she brought against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. After United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie ruled that the indictments against Comey and James were invalid on Monday, Fox News host John Roberts noted that Attorney General Pam Bondi had issued a memo to declare that she had "ratified" the indictments in an attempt to insulate the charges in case Halligan was found to be illegally appointed. "I mean, did the judge take this into consideration? Can the judge still throw out the cases if they'd been ratified by the Attorney General?" Roberts asked Turley. "He can in the sense that novelty is not good when it comes to criminal indictments," Turley explained. "And there was a lot of novelty in the final day to get this indictment through. They were right up against the clock. And particularly with Comey, they had rejected one of the counts. And so Halligan sort of put together the other two counts rapidly and then submitted that." In the end, Halligan's last-minute shenanigans to secure indictments had no bearing on the dismissals. "This is something that a number of us raised when the indictment first came out," Turley pointed out. "Under federal law, the president has 120 days to use an interim U.S. attorney, an acting U.S. attorney. That time was effectively used up by her predecessor. And reportedly, he was shown the door because he had misgivings about some of these charges." The Fox News analyst suggested that Trump's Department of Justice scored a "small victory" because the judge dismissed the indictments without prejudice, meaning the government could bring the charges again in the future if the statute of limitations had not expired, as they had in Comey's case. "The Justice Department has some good faith arguments that the reading of that law is wrong," Turley said of a possible appeal. "But I think a lot of judges would have raised the same concern. The general view has been that you sort of get one bite at the apple. You've got 120 days."

Lindsey Halligan could face potential disbarment over her actions in the cases involving President Donald Trump's enemies former FBI director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, an analyst said Monday. Bradley Moss, a national security attorney, told CNN that Halligan's career future is now in question. "It doesn't look good for her in terms of any real idea that she's going to get to remain there, unless somehow they succeed on appeal," Moss said. "But a bigger concern I would have about Lindsey Halligan is a lot of what came out, particularly in the Comey case, about how she presented things to the grand jury, that speaks to potential ethics violation, that speaks to potential disbarment at some point by which ever state bar she's licensed in. "That's no small thing... that's in real jeopardy from what we learned from this whole case." United States District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie Monday dismissed the federal government's indictments, citing that Halligan, who was Trump's former personal attorney and appointed to her role as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, was invalid because it was never approved by the Senate. "This is a mess of their own making and it's the president's personal vendetta and it's blown up in their faces on a Monday morning as we're getting ready for Thanksgiving," Moss added.

A federal judge dismissed the charges against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding President Donald Trump had unlawfully appointed the U.S. attorney who prosecuted them — and the administration instantly became a target for mockery. Trump appointed former White House aide Lindsey Halligan as interim U.S. attorney despite having no prosecutorial experience, and U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie agreed with attorneys for two of Trump's political enemies and dismissed both cases. He ruled that Halligan had been improperly installed as US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia because it wasn't approved by the Senate, and she had no authority. "I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid," Currie wrote. "And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey’s motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice." Trump critics gloated online over the judge's ruling. "I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country," James posted on her X account. "I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day." "Rule of law: 1, authoritarian revenge lust: 0," posted Mother Jones' David Corn. "I'm not sure what it's gonna take for people to realize that being subject to a sick burn in a judicial opinion is not something that will dissuade Trump or his cronies," opined widely followed Bluesky user mtsw. "They will push and push and try again and again until something sticks unless they are sanctioned and punished!" "Because Judge Currie says the govt can’t keep appointing acting US Attys after an initial 120 day appt, it’s now up to the local district judges to name an acting us atty," said former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance. "They’re likely to name someone who will stand for the rule of law & not reindict bad cases. But expect DOJ to contest that, both in court and by trying to install their own pick under other rules. They only have 6 months to reindict. As a practical matter, it’s unclear any of this resolves that quickly. It’s a mess." "To no one’s surprise, federal judge just dismissed the extremely thin Trump DOJ cases against Jim Comey and Letitia James," added political scientist Larry Sabato. "The Trump Department of 'Justice' has two more black eyes." "This footnote from Judge Currie's ruling could be crucial," noted Adam Klasfeld, of All Rise News. "She writes that the statute of limitations was never tolled by the invalid indictment. If that's the case, Comey's statute of limitations has lapsed." "The Trump admin has now had four U.S. attorneys (Halligan, Habba, Chattah, Essayli) disqualified and two high-profile indictments (Comey & James) dismissed as a result of its efforts to install loyalists by circumventing Senate confirmation process for top federal prosecutors," said Politico's Erica Orden. "The judge got in a dig at Halligan in the first line of the decision tossing out the Comey & James charges," pointed out congressional correspondent Jamie Dupree, showing where the judge noted Halligan had no prosecutorial experience. "Lindsey Halligan can go back to her previous job as an extra on Dynasty," joked journalist Marisa Kabas.

Lindsey Halligan was never confirmed by the Senate and the judge who dismissed the DOJ cases Monday against former FBI director James Comey and Letitia James found the DOJ's appointment of her was invalid. Senior U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in an opinion that Halligan's appointment violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution and that her actions, including signing Comey's indictment, "were unlawful exercises of executive power and are hereby set aside." "On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding," according to the opinion from McGowan Currie. Comey had filed a motion to dismiss the indictment. “I agree with Mr. Comey that the attorney general’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey’s motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice," McGowan Currie wrote.

President Donald Trump likes to claim Thanksgiving costs are down this year, but some holiday hosts are considering extraordinary measures to keep their meals under budget. The president has claimed costs for this year's meal are down 25 percent, citing a misleadingly priced Thanksgiving meal basket listed online by Walmart, but the Washington Post reported on social media debates over the ethics of charging guests for their dinner. "Nothing says happy holidays like a cover charge," the newspaper reported. "With Thanksgiving here soon, you may have noticed online postings by would-be hosts asking whether it is okay to charge guests for their roast turkey and cranberry sauce" the report continued. "But it is part of a larger trend of people billing guests for food and drink that, depending on your point of view, is either a major breach of etiquette or simply pragmatic." A caller on a recent episode of the “Maney and LauRen Morning Show” recounted that her aunt charges guests $10 each for their meal, which left the radio hosts aghast, and debates broke out on Reddit over a graduate student charging $12 to help pay for turkey at a “Friendsgiving” potluck dinner. “It’s the inflated price that gets me,” wrote one person who disagreed with charging guests a fee. “That’s way more than a fair contribution to a turkey alone … it’s fair for the friends to contribute, but the way this is presented just looks like friends being asked to pay for a dinner party they were invited to.” However, not everyone was opposed to charging guests. “Hosting a dinner can be expensive," one person wrote, "[so] it’s not uncommon to ask people to chip in.” Consumer costs are rising across the board, and the Post suggested several options for helping to keep costs down for Thanksgiving hosts. "If you’re tired of being the annual host because of the cost and labor, change the dynamics of your function by hosting a potluck," wrote personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary. "This is often the big cost-saver. Don’t just say: 'Bring something' Be specific." The columnist also advised serving only three of the most crowd-pleasing side dishes and not cooking enough to provide leftovers, and if the meal is too expensive to serve without charging guests, skip it altogether. "Just because you have always been the host doesn’t mean you have to accept the duty when you know your finances can’t handle it," Singletary wrote. "As I always say: Live your financial truth. If the truth is that your money is tight, don’t shift the cost to your guests."

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