- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump says he's dropping Ed Martin’s nomination amid bipartisan opposition
As a rule, Senate Republicans have rubber-stamped Donald Trump's worst nominees. As Ed Martin helped prove, there are rare exceptions.
- Katherine Faulders and Will Steakin @ ABC News: Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC
President Donald Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
- Angry White Men: Elijah Schaffer: Everyone Under 25 At CPAC Was ‘Telling Me They Liked Hitler’
On his Rumble show, The Rift Report, ex-BlazeTV host Elijah Schaffer claimed that young people are increasingly embracing white supremacist politics. According to Schaffer, people he spoke with at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) who were “under 25” told him they “liked Hitler.”
- Malcolm Ferguson @ The New Republic: Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Is Wellness Influencer With No Med Degree
Trump has nominated Dr. Casey Means to be the nation’s surgeon general. She’s completely unqualified.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: MAGA World Planned a Blowout, 100-Days-of-Trump Party. Disaster Ensued.
LAST WEEK, THE CAREER OF CONSERVATIVE journalist Myles Morell hit a new peak. As a reporter for the Daily Caller News Foundation, he had just scored what counts as a scoop in that world: He caught an irritated Rep. Ilhan Omar on video telling him to “fuck off.” Then, this Wednesday, Morell walked into work and was swiftly fired.
- Zack Beauchamp @ Vox: The warped reality of the elites shaping Trump’s administration
Conservatives frequently accuse liberals of being out of touch with Americans. It’s an accusation that stings partly because there’s truth behind it: Real evidence suggests that liberal institutions, the Democratic Party chief among them, inhabit a moral universe distinct from that of the median voter.
