- Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer @ The New York Times: With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue
A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.
- Nicholas Gutteridge @ Texas Monthly: Greg Abbott’s CAIR Terrorist Designation Looks Awfully Similar to an Anti-Muslim Think Tank’s Work
Months before the governor’s proclamation, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy emailed DPS a report that levies similar evidence against the Muslim civil rights group.
- Molly Olmstead @ Slate: The FDA Just Handed Looksmaxxers a Big, Strange Victory
RFK Jr.’s MAHA movement is finding plenty in common with the bros who are obsessed with peptides.
- Noel Sims and Rebecca Crosby @ Popular Information: The fake historian advising Trump's anti-Smithsonian crusade
So why does the Trump administration care so much about controlling the Smithsonian Institution? One factor: the influence of right-wing Christian nationalist “historian” David Barton and his son Tim.
- Kyle Clark @ 9 News: Victor Marx hunts for demons, and votes, in the race for Colorado Governor
The ministry leader says casting off evil spirits is his greatest achievement, but his exorcisms have drawn questions and criticism.
- Leonardo Blair @ The Christian Post: Greg Locke reveals congregation down to few hundred followers
Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke, who is under federal investigation for allegedly misappropriating church funds, says his “tent” church, which drew up to 3,000 people in its heyday, is now down to a few hundred in the wake of his ongoing challenges.
