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One public relations professional in South Carolina is now airing Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-S.C.) dirty laundry on social media, blasting the far-right congresswoman in several viral social media posts. The Daily Beast reported Friday that Wesley Donehue — the founder of the PR firm Push Digital Group — recently unleashed on his former client on his X account. Donehue informed his followers that the two-term congresswoman (who was recently reelected) caused him significant stress, and that he fired her several months ago. "I’m a political consultant and not a babysitter, a sex therapist or a doctor who can prescribe fixes for chemical imbalances," Donehue wrote in one tweet that's been viewed more than 1.5 million times . "I don’t have time for her constant egotistical bull— and drama in my life." READ MORE: 'Media blitz': Nancy Mace spent $165,000 pursuing TV appearances After former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — who is now a Fox News host — critic...

Before he left office, President Joe Biden communicated his intent to confirm as many federal judges as possible in order to deny his successor the ability to pack the judiciary with far-right activists. That plan seems to have borne fruit, according to a new report. In a Friday article, Politico's Anthony Adragna wrote that Democrats' " fight to Trump-proof the federal judiciary " has been an overwhelming success. On Friday night, the Democratic-run U.S. Senate confirmed Biden's 235th judicial appointment, officially putting him past President-elect Donald Trump's 234 judges with a month left to go before Biden leaves the White House. According to NBC , among those 235 judges include one Supreme Court justice in Ketanji Brown Jackson (who replaced Justice Stephen Breyer after he retired), along with 45 powerful U.S. Court of Appeals judges, 187 U.S. District Court judges and two judges on the U.S. Court of International Trade. All federal judges serve li...

One of President-elect Donald Trump's longtime confidants is calling on him to inflict "pain" on the wealthiest Americans and corporations in the form of higher taxes during his second term in the White House. In a wide-ranging Friday interview with Semafor reporter David Weigel, Steve Bannon — who was Trump's former chief White House strategist — indicated he wanted the incoming Republican trifecta to be "populist nationalists." Bannon defined populism as an "anti-elite" sentiment along with economic policies "that make the citizen the actual focus of the government," and suggested that partisan labels were quickly becoming outdated. "I don’t think you look at Republicans and Democrats anymore. I think those labels are meaningless," Bannon said. "The Morning Joe mindset is no different, really, than what the Murdochs really think. The elites have had this concept of an empire that has destroyed the country." REA...

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson has crafted a replacement spending bill to prevent a government shutdown at 12:01 AM on Saturday. The proposal, driven by Donald Trump’s demands, is being viewed by some as a test of loyalty to the President-elect. To pass, the bill will require substantial bipartisan support, including a two-thirds majority in Thursday night’s planned vote — a feat that appears unlikely given the opposition within the Democratic caucus. Some on both sides of the aisle are opposed to Trump’s demand that the bill include a provision that would eliminate or extend the debt ceiling. The legislation extends it into 2027, forcing the party that will be in charge after the November 2026 midterms to deal with it once again. “A pretty clean test is coming of Trump’s sway with Republicans,” reports Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman, referring to how many in the GOP will vote for the bill. “He blew up a deal,” Sherman noted. “They came up with a new deal…And now let’s see if Rep...

Amid House Republicans' fight over a massive government spending bill this week, Speaker Mike Johnson is finding out that "the notion of unified GOP control is a myth," according to Brendan Buck , a former press secretary for ex-House Speakers Paul Ryan (R-OH) and John Boehner (R-OH). In an op-ed published by The Washington Post Thursday, Buck notes that Johnson believes "Republican control of government will begin a new era of productivity," come President-elect Donald Trump's second term. "Now he can only hope he’s around to find out," the ex-Speaker staffer writes, referring to some GOP lawmakers' threats that they won't re-elect Johnson on January 3. READ MORE: 'Disaster': Trump allies said to be mulling 'one of the dumbest ideas anyone could have' "As Johnson has found time and again, like Kevin McCarthy before him," Buck continues, "he cannot consistently rely on 218 Republicans, not even for th...

President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk have succeeded in getting House Republicans to kill what was expected to be an easily-passed continuing resolution that would keep the federal government open and avert a costly and confusing shutdown just days before Christmas. Early Wednesday evening, Republicans rejected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s bill, according to The Washington Post . “The chances of a shutdown have now increased quite a bit,” CNN’s Manu Raju had reported at 4:35 PM ET, amid the fast-moving developments. “Congress hasn’t even discussed a debt ceiling hike. And Trump is inserting that toxic fight on top of the government funding bill that is already at risk of collapsing amid a revolt on the right.” “And just like that,” observed NBC News’ Garret Haake, “we’re teetering on the edge of a government shutdown, as Trump & Vance come out against Speaker Johnson’s CR.” “Suddenly Trump and Vance now say they want to negotiate on the debt ceiling, as the CR+ ...