- Nick Corasaniti @ The New York Times: Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.
- Jack Jenkins @ Religion News Service: 11 faith groups accuse Trump administration of violating court order while spying on churches
Religious groups now argue that the government has committed ‘multiple egregious violations’ of a preliminary injunction handed down in their case back in February.
- Edith Olmstead @ The New Republic: Natalie Harp’s Full Trump Letters Exposed—Revealing Creepy Obsession
Donald Trump’s much younger assistant wrote him fawning letters calling him her “guardian and protector.”
- Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: Colorado GOP Gov Nominee Claims to Have Battled ‘Demons’ With ‘Reptilian’ Eyes
Improbable stories are a foundational element of Marx’s career as a Christian Nationalist Evangelist preacher and podcaster. Marx, a Marine veteran, claims to hold multiple high-level black belts stemming from his stepfather’s creation of a martial arts system, “Keichu-Do” or “Cajun Karate.” At points, Marx has suggested that he’s used these deadly skills to rescue tens of thousands of women and children from hot zones around the world.
- Jeremy Kohler @ ProPublica: Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into Anti-Trans Sentiment
Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion.
- Ari Breland @ The Atlantic: An Unsettling Glimpse Into the GOP’s Future
James Fishback lost badly in Florida but showed that there’s support for bigotry among the young.
- Scott MacFarlane Reports: Committee Review Finds Trump Pardons Have Cost Crime Victims $1.7 Billion and Enriched Trump Allies
A Scathing Report from House Judiciary Committee Finds Cost of Trump Pardons Continues to Soar.