Nikki Haley lashed out at Pete Hegseth, Matt Gaetz and Tulsi Gabbard. She said, "There's gonna be a lot of issues getting Matt Gaetz confirmed as attorney general," said Haley. "It's hard to start a confirmation when you have allegations of illicit drug use and sex parties with minors." "Now this to me is disgusting."
https://rawstory.com/nikki-haley-trump-2669960924/
Trump named Pete Hoekstra as his Ambassador to Canada. Hoekstra promoted conspiracy theories, such as that Hillary Clinton's longtime aide Huma Abedin had connections to the Muslim Brotherhood and that Barack Obama deliberately allowed radical Islam to proliferate.
https://rawstory.com/pete-hoekstra-2669961443/
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily blocked Louisiana from forcing all public-school classrooms to post the Ten Commandments, which will take effect until after the law's New Year's Day deadline to post the commandments. “As the district court ruled, this law is unconstitutional on its face.”
https://rawstory.com/louisiana-ten-commandments/
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel ripped into Donald Trump in a new memoir. “For him, all countries were in competition with each other, in which the success of one was the failure of the other; he did not believe that the prosperity of all could be increased through co-operation.”
https://rawstory.com/angela-merkel/
Dr. Ruth Ben-Ghiat said Trump's picks (Linda McMahon et.al) are "a declaration of war on expertise and facts...The con artists, fraudsters, and professional propagandists that populate authoritarian governments see facts and laws as impediments to their goals."
Federal investigators established a "trail of payments" fr. Matt Gaetz to women he is accused of paying for sex. "The document of the investigators shows thousands of dollars in Venmo payments b/w Gaetz and his friends in drug-fueled parties where women and a 17 year old girl were paid for sex.
https://rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2669961257/
A newly found video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that U.S. govt secretly caused the COVID-19 pandemic. It shows Kennedy talking about the pandemic, who said "a lot of it feels very planned to me." and that it was planned from the outset as a tool of "obedience".
https://www.rawstory.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-plandemic/
Trump's popularity faces imminent peril in the form of a mounting housing crisis as mass deportation will make it harder and more expensive to build homes. Columnist Heather Long writes, "Mortgage rates might turn out to be Trump’s Achilles’ heel."
https://rawstory.com/trump-housing-crisis-achilles-heel/
Presidential strategist Ashley Etienne thinks Gaetz isn't the most dangerous nominee people should have their eyes on. It should be on Tulsi Gabbard for her disbelief of U.S. intelligence and promoting propaganda of foreign dictators. Etienne said Gaetz is a smokescreen," who serves as a distraction from the real danger which is Gabbard.
https://rawstory.com/ashley-etienne-2669960751/
Rep. Summer Lee called out white conservatives like Rep. James Comer after he pushed a bill that would modify the Civil Rights Act to outlaw diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government. Comer encouraged members of the House Oversight Committee to support the Dismantle DEI Act.
https://rawstory.com/james-comer-dei-bill/
Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters stated he would "absolutely" penalize schools that don't show a video of him praying for Trump. Walters said he spent $25K of OK taxpayers' money buying Trump Bibles because they included the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Pledge of Allegiance.
https://rawstory.com/ryan-walters-trump-prayer-324/
Trump has formed a powerful alliance with Musk, but an analyst said why the two men are unlikely to split anytime soon. "Musk is not just a great ally to have," CNN's Stephen Collinson said and he added, "he would be a terrible enemy if they did break up."
https://rawstory.com/donald-trump-elon-musk-breakup/
Ukraine is having a tough time as its neighbor Russia wages war against it and "it’s going to get so much worse under the Trump administration," Mary Trump wrote. She adds, "...we must continue to support Ukraine in whatever way we can." She then continued, "And we can start by saying to my uncle, “Go f--- yourself.”
https://rawstory.com/trump-family-member-russia-ukr/