- Katherine Long @ The Wall Street Journal: DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that advocated for racism and eugenics.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Why Pam Bondi’s first day as attorney general was such a mess
The attorney general had all kinds of first-day moves, but the creation of the Justice Department’s “Weaponization Working Group” was the most ridiculous.
- Matt Gertz and Ben Van Bloem @ Media Matters: The idiotic meltdown over Politico Pro subscriptions is a perfect case study for the right's broken information ecosystem
The right-wing disinformation machine on Wednesday transformed the banal reality that the federal government purchases subscriptions for news outlets into what President Donald Trump described as potentially “THE BIGGEST SCANDAL OF THEM ALL, PERHAPS THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY.”
- Hannah Gais @ The Baffler: Unhuman Resources
The many grievances of Jack Posobiec.
- Aneela Mirchandani @ The Daily Dot: A constitutional sheriff led a campaign to take over a whole county—and won
A small Idaho county is the blueprint for the future of America’s burgeoning constitutional sheriff movement.
- Charlie Nash @ Mediaite: Pardoned Ex-Proud Boys Leader Announces He Will Run for Office: ‘Two Weeks Ago I Was in Prison … Last Night I Was in Mar-a-Lago’
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio revealed on Wednesday that he would run for office after going from prison to Mar-a-Lago in the space of just two weeks.
