Also, MTG's scathing NY Times interview
| | | | WHAT WE'RE WATCHING | | 💥 Marjorie Taylor Greene unloads on Trump. In a scathing New York Times interview, the outgoing congresswoman questioned President Trump's faith and called his loyalty a "one-way street." Greene, who is resigning on Monday, also criticized the "MAGA Mar-a-Lago sexualization," signaling a departure with the president she once ardently supported. | 📉 GOP-led Congress sets inactivity record. With fewer than 40 bills signed into law by the Republican-controlled Congress, 2025 marks the lowest legislative output for a new presidency's first year in modern history. The House of Representatives set a 21st-century low with just 362 votes cast in the first session of a new Congress. | ⏳ Congress returns to unfinished business. Lawmakers face a January 30 deadline to pass a funding bill and avoid another government shutdown. The last one, a historic 43-day standoff, was sparked by expiring Obamacare subsidies, an issue that remains unresolved as the new session begins. | ⚖️ DOJ sues Virginia over migrant tuition. The lawsuit challenges a state law granting in-state tuition to certain illegal migrants. The DOJ argues this violates federal law, which prohibits states from providing postsecondary education benefits to illegal migrants that are not available to all US citizens. |
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| | | INSIDER RADAR | Pam Bondi on investigating Biden lawfare | | Insiders behind the paywall: Pam Bondi, Harmeet Dhillon, Lauren Boebert, Kevin O'Leary. |
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| | | HOAX TRACKER | NPR targets Nick Shirley's fraud investigation while sidestepping the issue | |
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| | | QUICK AND IMPORTANT | Trump announces "Triumphal Arch" construction | |
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| | | THE MAIN STORY | Entire Trump apparatus targets Somai fraud | | _WHAT'S HAPPENING_ | HHS froze federal child care payments to Minnesota and demanded a "comprehensive audit" from Gov. Tim Walz (D). The expanding investigation beyond Minnesota suggests federal authorities believe they've uncovered a nationwide pattern rather than isolated incidents…
| | Exclusive analysis and uncensored facts behind the paywall: How the Trump administration launched a full-scale federal crackdown on alleged Somali fraud, why billions in taxpayer funds are now under scrutiny, and how the scheme appears to be spreading to every corner of the US. |
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| | | _JOIN THE DISCUSSION_ | Should Trump revoke US citizenship for Somali-American fraudsters? | |
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| | | MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER | How left and right outlets frame MTG's New York Times interview | | | Mentioned behind the paywall: The Guardian and Mother Jones on the left, and The Daily Caller and The New York Post on the right. |
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| _THE DAILY DEBATE_ | 📊 Who bears the most blame for allowing Somali fraud to flourish?Want your comment to be featured? Be sure to include your name. | |
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| POLLS RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY | Politically speaking, how are you feeling about 2026? | 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ☀️ Optimistic (1,124)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🌧️ Pessimistic (194)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤷♂️ Somewhere in the middle (537) | ☀️ Optimistic: "I think we're a much stronger country than we have been in a number of years." — Brian 🌧️ Pessimistic: "GOP is in-fighting instead of doing anything which will result in massive mid-term losses as voters rightly punish them for not doing anything they said they would." — Denise 🤷♂️ Somewhere in the middle: "Congressional Republicans need to get some spine and actually legislate." — Julia | | | | 1,855 votes |
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