- Willa Pope Robbins @ Mediaite: House Republicans Vote Down Resolution to Release Epstein Files
House Republicans, Tuesday, blocked an amendment mandating the release of the DOJ’s files on Jeffrey Epstein.
- Dhruv Mehrotra @ Wired: The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
- Paul Waldman @ Public Notice: Trump betrays his conspiracy-addled base
From Epstein to chemtrails, they're learning it was all a scam.
- Katherine Stewart @ Money, Lies & God: You Know It When You See It
What really matters is the war on truth.
- Kiera Butler @ Mother Jones: Churches Can Now Endorse Candidates and Trump Couldn’t Be Happier
On Monday, President Donald Trump spoke for nearly 90 minutes at the White House Faith Luncheon, a gathering of faith leaders and CEOs whose companies support faith-based groups. Though his speech wasn’t all about religion—he touched on the election, his “Big Beautiful Bill,” and foreign policy, among other topics—he devoted a portion of it to celebrating the recent decision by the IRS to redefine the rule against political activity at churches.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Republicans confirm the first judge of Trump’s second term — and she’s a doozy
Whitney Hermandorfer is the first far-right judicial nominee to be confirmed during the president’s second term, and she won’t be the last.
- Susan Rinkunas @ Balls and Strikes: The Trump Administration Is Staffing Up With Nationwide Abortion Ban Zealots
Conservative activists have spent years pushing a fringe legal theory that could ban abortion nationwide. A pair of newly appointed White House lawyers could do exactly that.
- Jack Jenkins @ Religion News Service: With Pete Hegseth in the pews, a Christian nationalist church plant launches in DC
Christ Kirk DC is the latest example of pastor Doug Wilson's growing sphere of influence among a cadre of conservatives sometimes described as the 'New Right.'
