- Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Republican Senator Says Non-Christians Are Unfit for Senate: ‘Should Be Nowhere Near Washington’
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said on Wednesday night that anyone who does not believe that Jesus died for their salvation is unfit to serve in the Senate and “should be nowhere near Washington.”
- Bex Heimbrock @ Talking Points Memo: Trump Official Teams Up With Right-Wing Influencers To Get More People Like ‘Big Balls’ In Government
After months of haphazard and destructive efforts to slash the federal workforce, the Trump administration is seeking to grow it again — with help from conservative influencers. Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Scott Kupor has embarked on a nationwide tour of college campuses and right-wing media broadcasts with the aim of “reshaping America’s workforce,” appearing alongside the likes of influencer Benny Johnson and Charlie Kirk Show host Andrew Kolvet to tout the benefits of a career in public service.
- Ali Winston @ Wired: ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History
ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.
- Jordan Wilkie @ WITF: U.S. Rep. Perry and House Speaker Johnson say the devil, communists, and barbarians trying to take over America
One of the country’s most powerful Republicans came to Linglestown in Dauphin County to campaign with U.S. Rep. Scott Perry. From the opening prayer to the closing remarks, their message was clear — Republicans are in an existential battle in the midterms to save America from the devil and from communists.
- Hugo C. Chiasson, Evan H.C. Epstein, and Elise A. Spenner @ Harvard Crimson: ‘Abusing and Threatening and Harassing’: Inside the Collapse of Leo Terrell’s DOJ Antisemitism Task Force
Once the public face of the Trump administration’s campaign to reform elite universities, Leo Terrell now presides over an operation that former interns and Justice Department attorneys described as isolated, dysfunctional, and beset by internal conflict.
- Will Neal @ The Daily Beast: Hegseth Fires General Targeted by Crackpot MAGA Hate Campaigner
The defense secretary has bragged that he’s already canned 10 percent of his department’s top brass.
