- Sophie Jager @ The New Republic: Trump Appoints Pastor With No Experience as CDC Tobacco Adviser
Why is a pastor advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on tobacco health?
- Max Tani @ Semafor: Paid actors, AI writing: How a new kind of video business cashed in on America’s divided politics
Over the last several months, a new generation of YouTube growth-hackers have flooded American politics with sensationalized, low-quality content, reaching millions of viewers with nearly identical videos taking aim at progressive politicians including Zohran Mamdani, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. Notably, while the videos are presented as laypeople giving straight-to-camera ideological news recaps, they feature actors and spokespeople paid small
- Madeline Peltz @ Number Two Pencil: Turning Point USA tour features influencer who thinks women shouldn’t have the right to vote
Joshua Haymes, a former pastoral intern at Pete Hegseth’s church, is a Christian nationalist who has also said Adolph Hitler was “misunderstood.”
- Michael Luciano @ Mediate: JD Vance Says He’s Doing ‘God’s Work’ and ‘If That Leads to the End Times, Ok’
Vice President JD Vance claimed that he is “doing as much of God’s work as possible,” and added that he is at peace if doing so means bringing about the end times.
- Andrew Egger, Cathy Young, and Jim Swift @ The Bulwark: We Found Her: The Most Absurd General-Election Candidate in America
She’s under indictment. She lost her primary. And she’s on the ballot in November.
