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Jeh Johnson calls out by name the Republican senators he knows and respects who he is counting on "to do their jobs" with respect to vetting Donald Trump's nominees.

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Milley answered, “Mr. President, we have military ethics and laws about what happens in battle. We can’t do that kind of thing. It’s a war crime.” Trump said he didn’t understand “the big deal.”
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A funny thing about the timing of Matt Gaetz's resignation from Congress in order to be nominated as attorney general...

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New: Matt Gaetz’s conversation with Trump on Trump Force One this morning had a major role in getting him named for AG this afternoon, ppl inside Trump’s operation tell me.

Transition team started vetting AG candidates way before the election and Gaetz “came out of left field”

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🚨 🚨BREAKING NEWS FROM @PunchbowlNews :

Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) resignation from Congress came two days before the House Ethics Committee was set to vote on releasing a “highly damaging” report outlining its investigation into the Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the probe.

The committee planned to vote Friday on releasing the report. Ethics loses its jurisdiction over Gaetz when he leaves Congress.

The secretive panel has been investigating Gaetz on and off since 2021.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Gaetz to be attorney general Wednesday.

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Also note! New screenings of Separated have been added to the schedule. Find out about those dates and tickets at https://t.co/ySpnkqqALz

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. @jacobsoboroff points out that "mass deportation" is just family separation by another name.

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Here is last night's full interview with @jacobsoboroff and Becca Heller, CEO of the International Refugee Assistance Project, discussing Donald Trump's mass deportation plan.

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"Everybody I've talked to now expects it to only be more chaotic, unpredictable and perhaps off the rails than the previous administration." @joshgerstein describes how the DOJ is bracing for Donald Trump's return.

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"It's an early sign that we may be in for some really dysfunctional days as Trump acts so cavalierly about the democratic checks and balances that have held this country together..." @ChrisMurphyCT sees dark tidings in Trump's pursuit of the recess appointment loophole.

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“We literally have a blueprint of what they are planning to do, and so we had months and months to figure out how to protect people,”
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"The incoming Trump administration is considering locations and talking to private prison companies about drastically expanding immigrant detention centers that would hold immigrants before they are deported as part of President-elect Donald Trump's promised mass deportation plan..."
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"It happens very slowly. It doesn't happen overnight." Even as we can identify Donald Trump's objectives in bringing about an autocracy in the United States, @michaeldweiss points out that it won't be an abrupt change.

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"There is a word for a government like this. It is a kleptocracy." Alex Wagner remarks on the extensive influence Elon Musk has purchased in the new Trump White House.

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What should we look for in the early stages of Donald Trump constructing an autocracy? @mjs_DC suggests to look for Trump to dismantle the federal government now that his Supreme Court supporters have made that easier.

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"It almost feels like Elon's role in this transition is almost like V.P.-ish, right?" @teddyschleifer considers the role of Elon Musk in the new Trump team.

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"America’s information economy is rotten from top to bottom, starting with the digital infrastructure that stands between quality journalism and the public."
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Joining now!

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"If those judgments are all upheld we're talking about a universe in which Donald Trump owes more than a half billion dollars to two women, alone."

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Donald Trump is going to need money to fund his agenda. If Republicans control the House, they're still going to need Democratic help passing spending bills. And that's when things will get interesting.