- Renzo Downey @ The Texas Tribune: A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.
Muslim delegates and attendees hoping to participate in the state Republican convention were shunned and rejected by members as they espoused themes of party unity ahead of the November election.
- Daniel Silliman @ The Roys Report: Sean Feucht claims donor who gave $250,000 does not have right to sue for fraud
Worship leader Sean Feucht says he can’t be sued for allegedly misspending $250,000 because the the contribution was given through a donor-advised fund.
- Matt McManus @ The Bulwark: This Far-Right Thought Leader Is Embarrassingly Vacuous
Auron MacIntyre’s world of resentment, decline, and perpetual emergency.
- Riya Misra @ Politico: Trump announces July Fourth ‘TRUMP RALLY’ on National Mall
The announcement comes after many performers withdrew from the Great American State Fair, citing concerns about its ties to Trump.
- Steven Waldman @ The Christian Century: Whose Christian nationalism?
If political power were distributed based on a census of the founding era, the United States would be run by Episcopalians and Congregationalists.
- Sarah Beth Spraggins @ The Spectator: How Paula White-Cain guides Trump through evangelical America
[Paula] White-Cain has platinum blonde hair and a large, Spanish-style house in central Florida, where she spends the majority of her time. Her past two marriages ended but she is currently married to Jonathan Cain, who plays keyboard in the rock band Journey and co-wrote “Don’t Stop Believin’.” She is a televangelist, preacher, fundraiser and founder of Paula White Ministries, a global media and evangelical organization. Like the President, she is an outsider in the upper rooms of the Republican party.
