- Zach Despart @ The Texas Tribune: Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on “illegal voting.” He may have violated Texas election law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Christian influencer brags that she had six kids to "help the white race"
Sarah Elizabeth Tenney's viral videos expose how white Christian Nationalism turns children into props for racist ideology.
- NPR: The pastor who wants to repeal voting rights for women is becoming more mainstream
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invited Pastor Doug Wilson to give a sermon at the Pentagon in February as part of Hegseth's monthly Christian worship service. The pastor's appearance was controversial. Wilson is a self-described Christian nationalist who wants to repeal a woman's right to vote, has defended slavery and believes homosexuality should be a crime.
- Zachary Leeman @ Mediaite: 4 Most Embarrassing Gaffes From Trump’s NATO Visit
President Donald Trump made a handful of glaring gaffes during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, bragging about his position on “Tic Tac” and at one point referring to the “Islamic Republic of Japan.”
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Judge rejects Team Trump’s $3.8 billion defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post
The demise of the president’s latest case against a media company is a demonstration of the benefits of fighting back — and of the folly of appeasement.
- Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: Elon Musk and GOP House Members Weigh in on Deep White Nationalist Conspiracy Beef
As America observed its 250th birthday this past weekend, billionaire Elon Musk and Republican members of Congress aired out a conspiracy theory that has emerged amid internecine white supremacist feuding.
