Jan. 14, 2025

MAGA Granny Says No, Village People Say Yes: Trump's Wild Inauguration Week

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From pardons to parties: Jan 6 'MAGA Granny' shocks by refusing Trump's clemency while the Village People agree to perform YMCA at his inauguration. Plus, Biden's final student loan forgiveness push, Melania's White House return plans, and Trump's three-ball celebration schedule. Your daily dose of political whiplash served with a side of disco.

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Calaruga Shark Media.

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From Washington, DC, where we think Trump still doesn't know

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why it's fun to stay at the YMCA. This is ballot,

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that's right, and Grandpa Joe is giving away the store.

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Where's my check, Joe, let's hit this.

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Trump's inauguration schedule is out and it's packed tighter than

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mar A Lago's parking lot during a subpoena delivery. They're

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kicking things off at Trump National Golf Club because apparently

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the first order of business is making sure everyone knows

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which golf course is getting the most secret Service protection

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for the next four years. Then we've got the Maga

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victory Rally at Capitol One Arena.

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What's in your wallet?

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Apparently a ticket to watch Trump do his Greatest Hits

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tour one more time, though honestly, calling it a victory

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rally after winning an election is like having a gender

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reveal party after the baby's already in college. On a

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inauguration day, there are three balls planned, the Commander in

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Chief Ball, the Liberty Ball, and the Starlight Ball. Trump's

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speaking at all three, which means by the end of

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the night, the third crowd will be hearing about electoral

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votes while trying to figure out if they can still

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catch an uber. The schedule was announced by Steve Whitcoff

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and Kelly Loefler, who called it a celebration of Trump's

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historic return to the White House, because apparently historic return

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sounds better than second time's the charm.

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And of course it all wraps up with.

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A prayer service on Tuesday, after four inaugural balls, a

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victory rally, and a fireworks show. I'm guessing plenty of

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people will be praying, mostly for aspirin. The music lineup

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is about as surprising as finding out your ex is

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still using your Netflix password.

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The Village people are performing.

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That's right, the same group that sent Trump a cease

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and desist a letter for playing macho man at rallies

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is now headlining his party. That's like suing on one

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for breaking into your house and then inviting them over

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for dinner. They're saying music is to be performed without

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regard to politics, which is a brave stance from a

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group whose biggest hit is literally about the Young Men's

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Christian Association.

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I mean, what's next?

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Are they going to change the lyrics to Maga and

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Carrie Underwood singing America?

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The Beautiful.

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This is the same Carrie Underwood who once mocked Trump's

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tweeting habits at the CMAS. Now she's performing at his inauguration.

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That's like roasting someone at their bachelor party and then

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agreeing to officiate their wedding. Remember in twenty twenty, when

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Trump couldn't get anyone to perform, Celine Dion, Andrea Baccelli

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and Elton John All said no faster than Simon Cowell

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judging a bad karaoke night. Now he's got the village

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people doing the YMCA dance in the nation's capital.

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The list of artists.

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Who sued Trump for using their music without permission reads

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like a rock and Roll Hall of Fame roster, but hey,

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at least now he's got permission to play macho man.

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Although watching Trump dance to YMCA again might make some

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people wish he was still using the songs illegally. Looks

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like Milania's already got her White House moving checklist ready

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to go, though, honestly, after that tell All book and

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now an Amazon Prime documentary, it feels like she's treating

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the White House like her backup plan on apartment hunting.

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She says her life is incredible and incredibly busy. You

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know the kind of busy where you have time to

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write a memoir, film a documentary and still manage to

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pick out all new furniture for your government owned mansion.

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That's what I call premium level busy. And how about

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Amazon jumping on the Trump train. They're donating two million

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dollars between cash and streaming services. Jeff Bezos went from

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Twitter enemy to inauguration bestie faster than a prime delivery.

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The best part, Baron's getting his own room with the

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White House, even though he's a freshman at NYU. That's

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like your parents keeping your childhood bedroom exactly as you

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left it, except the bedroom is in the most famous

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house in America. And Malania is bringing back be Best.

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Remember that her anti cyberbullying campaign that launched while her

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husband was well, let's just say he wasn't exactly following

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the be Best guidelines on social media. That's like teaching

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a masterclass in irony without even trying. She says, the

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second transition is easier because she knows where everything goes. Though,

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Let's be honest, when you've got a staff of one

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hundred and fifty people knowing where the furniture goes.

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Is probably the least of your worries.

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Well, Governor Abbott has decided Texas flags need to go

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full mast for Trump's inauguration, thirty days of morning for

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Jimmy Carter, be darned.

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It's like he's running a flagpole nightclub.

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These colors go up at midnight, whether you've got a

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hall pass or not. And look who else is ignoring

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flag protocol. Mar A Lago's got their flags up too.

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Trump and Abbot are treating the US flag code like

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it's one of those suggested serving sized labels on a

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bag of chips. Abbot's out here trying to split the

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difference with his statement, yes, we're morning Carter, but also

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party at the flagpole on January twentieth. That's like telling

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someone I'm sorry for your loss, but also can you

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keep it down. We're trying to throw a celebration over here.

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You know what's really something. Trump was just at Carter's funeral.

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He was right there sitting next to Obama, probably thinking

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about how his flags were already at full staff back home.

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That's like showing up to someone's memorial service wearing a

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party hat. This whole situation is peak twenty twenty five.

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We can't even agree on how high to hang a

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flag anymore, Biden says, half, Abbot says full, and somewhere

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in America, a very confused flagpole operator is probably getting

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whiplash from all the up and down. Looks like Maga

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Granny just became Maga nanny, as in Nanny nanny, boo boo.

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You can't pardon me.

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So Pamela Hemphill, who went from filming herself in the

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Capitol saying come on in, have fun, but doing sixty

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days in Dublin, California, not the fun one with the

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Guinness factory, is now telling Trump to keep his pardon

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to himself. That's like returning a gift card to someone

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who hasn't even given it to you yet. Here's what's wild.

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Trump actually posted about her case, trying to compare her

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prison time to Hunter Biden's, and she responded with basically, sir,

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this is a Wendy's Please don't use me for your

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political drama. She says she finally realized she was in

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a cult after her family.

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Staged an intervention.

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She's a former substance abuse counselor so imagine her surprise

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when she ended up needing the exact kind of help

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she used to give. Talk about a plot twist. That's

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like a dentist getting lectured about flossing. The best part,

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she says, she started noticing Trump's narcissistic behavior.

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Called it gaslighting.

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Coming from someone who literally filmed herself participating in an insurrection.

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That's like a food critic finally noticing their own cooking

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need salt. And now she's refusing a pardon she hasn't

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even been offered yet. That's like breaking up with someone

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before they ask you out. Although in twenty twenty five,

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I guess that's what we call setting healthy boundaries. So

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President Biden just announced more student loan forgiveness, and by forgiveness,

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I mean he's treating.

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Student debt like his grandkids. At Christmas, everybody gets a present.

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I'm glad my dad worked his ass off and dropped

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debt in his fifties so I could go to college.

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Where's his check? Joe? Joe hooked up.

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Three groups people who got scammed by shady schools, folks

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with permanent disabilities, and public service workers. You know your

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school was sketchy when the government has to step in

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and say, yeah, that diploma's worth about as much as

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a degree from Trump University. One hundred and fifty thousand

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more borrowers are getting reliefringing the total to five million Americans.

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That's right, five million people are getting their student loans

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canceled faster than my generation cancels streaming subscriptions. The price

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tag one hundred and eighty three point six billion dollars.

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That's like buying everyone who ever watched a TikTok about

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manifesting debt relief a new car. Of course, Republicans aren't

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happy about it. They're treating student loan forgiveness like it's

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a Halloween haunted house, screaming about it and trying to

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shut it down.

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But here's what's interesting.

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Biden keeps finding these little side doors to forgive debt

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after the Supreme Court blocked his big plan. He's like

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a dad who got told no dessert but keeps sneaking

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his kids cookie.

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Crumbs when mom isn't looking.

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And honestly, having your student loans forgiven in twenty twenty

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five is like winning a game show where the grand

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prize is getting back to exactly where you started. Congratulations,

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you've won the ability to maybe think about buying a

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house someday.

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That's today's news.

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Made with the help of AI and my dad working

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his ass off and paying back the loans we took

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out without any handouts.

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Five stars.