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“So he resigned from the 118th Congress, and when he gave his speech on the House floor announcing that resignation, he said I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress. “So you have to ask: Does he bow, take that back, and try to be a congressman or does he …

The New York Times reports: The woman claimed she was introduced to Mr. Hegseth at the end of the conference. She told the police that she had observed him acting inappropriately, including rubbing women’s legs. In a text message, she told someone whose name was redacted that Mr. Hegseth “was giving off a ‘creeper’ vibe,” the report said. She said …

CNN reports: Donald Trump is considering a right-wing media personality, people who have served on his US Secret Service detail, as well as others to run the agency that has been plagued by its failure to preempt two alleged assassination attempts on Trump this summer, sources familiar with the president-elect’s thinking tell CNN. Podcaster Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service …

“We know that will be tough for the economy. There is no doubt about it. People have to get, as my father would have said, real work, real jobs. People are going to have to get jobs and they’re going to be scrambling. “You know, one would think that the economy will start churning out new jobs. That’s going to …

“It’s up to Matt Gaetz to prepare and give his mission and take the murder board, which is going to be the Senate committee hearing. But just looking at the Republicans that are likely to vote against him. “I think Mitch Mcconnell is a no. I think that Murkowski is going to be a no, just judging by her comments. …

“This is an incredible, incredible man with the right values, a flawed man who has made mistakes in his life, but a good man who wants to live up to his values and dearly loves the United States of America. “This tattoo issue is nothing short of defamatory, and I’m waiting for the army of lawyers to start attacking the …

“Do not use the justice system as a weapon. The message for Republicans is don’t do it on the other side either with this absurd AG pick that you just made. “Justice is different. It is a combination of policy, law and also morality. You do not use our justice system as a political weapon. Voters rejected it in November …

ABC News reports: President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he is naming former Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy as his nominee to be transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet. Duffy is a former reality TV star who was one of Trump’s most visible defenders on cable news — a prime concern for the media-focused president-elect. Duffy …

The Washington Post reports: Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault as part of a nondisclosure agreement, though he maintained that their encounter was consensual. Hegseth’s attorney said that Hegseth was “visibly intoxicated” at the time of the incident, and maintained that police who were contacted a few …

“This is going to be so much fun to get skinny. And having everybody be hot again. Because if you look at 1990 this was just a smoking hot country, alright? “They put ultra processed food into the food pyramid. Then everybody started getting obese and overweight. They unleashed pharmaceutical drugs into the doctors’ offices. “And they moved everybody out …

“You don’t have to pick between character and competency. You can actually have both in a nominee. Gaetz doesn’t have both “The overwhelming majority of his [Trump’s picks will sail through because they were grand slam picks. But you don’t root out corruption at the Department of Justice by picking a corrupt person to lead it. “So, Matt Gaetz, either …

The Associated Press reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and …

The Washington Post reports: Senior officials on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Friday weighed the future of Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the Defense Department, amid new revelations that police investigated an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2017. The internal turmoil over Hegseth’s future was sparked by a complaint shared with the transition team with …

“Bobby Kennedy is an absolutely inspired choice for HHS, just like the rest of this cabinet. Every day, Rob, I wake up and it’s like Christmas morning. “Like what kind of incredible pick are we going to get today to fundamentally transform America? But in a good way, not in the way that Obama meant when he used that phrase, …

CBS News reports: Pete Hegseth, the Army veteran turned Fox News host selected by President-elect Donald Trump to be defense secretary during his second term was investigated for an alleged sexual assault in 2017, Monterey, Calif. officials confirmed. The incident allegedly occurred somewhere between a minute before midnight on Oct. 7, 2017 and 7 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2017 at …

The New York Times reports: President-elect Donald J. Trump chose Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to be his next defense secretary, elevating a television ally to run the Pentagon and lead 1.3 million active-duty troops. The choice of Mr. Hegseth was outside the norm of the traditional defense secretary, but …

“New York state needs federal money and they get a lot of it. And there is a lot that the federal government could do in terms of pulling funding from both the city and the state of New York. There’s a bunch of ways to do it through the Justice Department and other places, and you know, at the end …

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): Here’s the thing. Those people are all entitled to their opinion and they can feel how they feel. But, he is going to be president for four years. He won a four-year term. Just deal with it. AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Some of those people — LAWRENCE JONES (CO-HOST): I don’t think it’s …

“People are taking some space in the Watters household. I’ll have you know that I was not invited to my mother’s house for Thanksgiving. Apparently, there wasn’t enough room. She said it was a scheduling situation and then, at the last second, invited me to come over on Black Friday. I told her no thanks, I’ll be at Best Buy.” …

“Deportation. They’re going to lose the states on this because that is a federal issue, and there will be massive clashes because you’re going to have cameras out there making sure that they capture the images of ICE coming along and taking these people away. And they deserve to be taken away. Sometimes, you have to do tough stuff, but …