- Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: Supreme Court Rules Against Republicans’ Attempt to Restrict Vote by Mail
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected, 5-4, Republicans’ attempt to limit which mail ballots can be counted, an effort which would have unleashed chaos and disenfranchised voters for the 2026 midterms and beyond.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Trump's "Religious Liberty" report is really a blueprint to end church-state separation
The administration's commission claimed to defend religious freedom while pushing policies that privilege conservative Christianity over everyone else.
- Robert Downen @ Texas Monthly: The State Board of Education Is Rewriting Texas History. It Will Only Get More Extreme.
The board approved standards that insert a number of biblical readings and Christian themes into the state’s social studies requirements.
- Melissa Gira Grant @ The New Republic: The Trump Administration Is Siding With Hate Groups
In investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Department of Justice is making plain whose agenda it’s interested in furthering.
- Alex Prendergast @ Slate: Victor Marx’s Run for Governor Has the Colorado GOP Looking For an Exit
Republicans may have finally found someone who goes too far.
- Ben Lorber @ Religion Dispatches: Tucker Carlson's Latest Foray Into Far-Right Antisemitism Flies Under the Radar
The tragic irony is that far-right Christian critics of Israel are just swapping out one form of antisemitism for another.
- Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: DOJ Taps Gang, Terrorism Prosecutors to Crack Down on Political Groups
One task force co-director has a background as a right-wing blogger.
