- Ryan Bort @ Rolling Stone: Trump Melts Down Over Reflecting Pool Reports in Wild Posting Spree
The president isn’t exactly locking in ahead of his high-stakes visit to China this week.
- Madiba K. Dennie @ Talking Points Memo: There’s an Easy Way to Tell That Trump’s Judicial Nominees Don’t Belong On the Bench
Trump has long lashed out when judges he nominated rule against his interests because he believes that his appointees are his to control. Now, Trump is publicly asserting that his expectation of fealty is, as he put it, “really OK.” Trump-appointed judges owe their positions to him, and Trump is signaling to judicial hopefuls that they should repay that debt with their court rulings.
- Sherrilyn Ifill: White Supremacy Is an Antidemocracy Movement
If You Want Democracy in this Country You Have to Fight White Supremacy.
- Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti @ The New York Times: A Racist Remark About Jeffries Sets Off Democratic Anger in Virginia
Representative Jen Kiggans, a Republican in a tough re-election fight, faced criticism after she agreed with comments by a local radio host that included a racist line about Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic minority leader.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: Nick Fuentes Faces a Revolt From His Fellow Groypers and Groypettes
Federal agents, alleged assassination plots, and a Fyre Festival-like disaster!
- Tommy Christopher @ Mediaite: ‘This Is a Coup’: Trump Pal Laura Loomer Flips Out Over Obama Visit
Conspiracy theorist and close Trump ally Laura Loomer had an over-the-top reaction to former President Barack Obama’s visit with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
- Bill Scher @ Washington Monthly: Hondurasgate Looks Worse than Watergate and Iran-Contra Combined
Trump pardoned a right-wing authoritarian convicted of cocaine trafficking, apparently to reinstate him to power in Honduras and undermine left-wing governments in Mexico and Colombia. So why isn’t America media covering it?
