- Matthew Chapman @ Raw Story: Trump's embattled watchdog nominee withdraws after pro-Nazi texts leaked
Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel, has withdrawn from consideration after a series of bombshell scandals that rendered Republican senators unwilling to advance his nomination.
- Media Matters: Nick Fuentes: “If we can get very far-right people in the bureaucracy … eventually they will be the deep state”
Fuentes on Paul Ingrassia: “He seemed to me to be pretty far right. ... It says something about the face and the landscape of the Trump administration that a guy like that is tolerated.”
- Pema Levy @ Mother Jones: As Trump Plans to Steal $230 Million From Taxpayers, You Can Thank John Roberts
President Donald Trump is demanding that the Justice Department transfer $230 million in taxpayer dollars into his own personal bank account. He can do this, because thanks to the Supreme Court’s recent decisions, the executive branch could accurately be described by King Louis XIV—L’état, c’est Trump.
- Zachary Leeman @ Mediaite: Pentagon Announces ‘Next Generation’ Press Corps That Includes Gateway Pundit and LindellTV
Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell introduced the “next generation of the Pentagon press corps” on Wednesday, referencing those media outlets that have accepted the Pentagon’s new controversial press policy.
- Gabe Ortiz @ Combating Nativist Narratives: Speaker Johnson Claims He Hasn’t Seen ICE ‘Cross The Line Yet.’ Maybe He Should Open His Eyes
The growing list of ICE violations against U.S. citizens wrongfully detained by ICE includes nearly 20 American children—including two with cancer.
