Adelle Banks @ Religion News Service: Church-state separation is a ‘lie,’ says Trump's Religious Liberty Commission chair
The leader of President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission said that church and state separation is a falsehood at the group’s final meeting
Nina Burleigh @ Courier: The Curious Case of Attorney General Todd Blanche
Blanche appears to have found his life’s calling – using state power to defend an autocrat who provides him and the rest of the MAGAs with a Big Daddy to cower to, venerate and obey.
Thomas Howes @ The UnPopulist: JD Vance's Devil-May-Care Attitude Is UnAmerican and UnCatholic
If there is anything that defines Vance’s public persona, it is this attitude of cynical indifference to anything that is not of obvious benefit to his base.
Taylor Giorno @ NOTUS: ‘Dark Money’ Kingpin Leonard Leo Revamps Operation Ahead of Midterms
Conservative legal activist Leonard Leo’s “dark money” operation is getting a makeover.
Brian Kaylor @ A Public Witness: Hegseth Borrows Violent Prayer from ‘Pulp Fiction’ to Bless Iran War at April Pentagon Worship Service
Pete Hegseth read a violent prayer — that echoes a scene in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction — during a worship service at the Pentagon on Wednesday (April 15) to bless the U.S. war against Iran and call for “great vengeance and furious anger.”