- Annie Grayer, Paula Reid and Manu Raju @ CNN: Nomination for Trump’s pick for DC’s top prosecutor in trouble amid key Republican push back
The odds that President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to serve as US attorney for Washington, DC, reaches confirmation are rapidly diminishing as he faces public pushback from a key Republican on Capitol Hill.
- David Gilmour @ Mediaite: Trump Slams ‘Communist Persecution’ of Convicted Election Clerk, Demands DOJ Release Her
President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Justice to “take all necessary action” to help free former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year sentence in Colorado for breaching election equipment security in a bid to uncover voter fraud.
- Angry White Men: Matt Walsh Defends White People Using The N-Word
On Monday, Daily Wire contributor Matt Walsh used his show to defend Shiloh Hendrix, a racist woman accused of calling a Black child the N-word. After lauding the people who contributed to her online fundraiser, Walsh complained that it’s not socially acceptable for white people to say the N-word.
- Janna Brancolini @ The Daily Beast: MAGA Tries to Sway Pope Vote With $100 Bottles of Wine and Billion-Dollar Promises
As the College of Cardinals prepare to vote on a new pope this week, conservative U.S. Catholics are trying to woo them with expensive meals and donations if “the right pope” is selected.
- Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: While His Admin Delights In The Culture Wars, Trump Tiptoes Around Abortion. At Least For Now.
This general embrace of the culture war stands in stark contrast to the administration’s low-key triangulation on abortion. That mutedness was a feature of the 2024 campaign and has, somewhat surprisingly, continued into the early months of Trump’s second term.
- Dan McClellan: Responding to Charlie Kirk on Christian nationalism
