- Andrew Kaczynski @ CNN: Far-right activist with history of anti-gay comments fired from leadership role at Kennedy Center after CNN investigation
Floyd Brown, a far-right political activist with a history of anti-gay rhetoric and promoting conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama, said he was fired from a senior leadership role he briefly held at the Kennedy Center — just hours after CNN reached out with questions about his past statements.
- Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: Trump Seems to Have No Idea What’s Happening With Student Visas
Donald Trump struggled to understand a simple question on what his team is doing to international students.
- John Fea @ Christianity Today: From Prosperity Televangelism to the White House
Paula White-Cain’s friendship with the president turns into a position leading Trump’s faith office.
- Emily Kennard and Margaret Manto @ NOTUS: The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
- S.V. Date @ HuffPost: Trump Openly Sells Access To Those Who Put The Most Cash In His Pocket
His Thursday night “gala” dinner is unprecedented in American history. Using public office for personal enrichment is the literal definition of corruption.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump finds more convicted congressional Republicans to reward with pardons
Thanks to the president's latest flurry of pardons, he's now pardoned most of the Republican congressmen convicted of felonies in the 21st century.