- Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite: Trump Calls Himself ‘The King’ While Tooting His Own Horn for Killing Controversial NYC Congestion Pricing
President Donald Trump crowned himself with a new title Wednesday as he gave himself credit for “saving” Manhattan from congestion traffic pricing, writing a Truth Social post in which he declared “LONG LIVE THE KING!”
- Josh Fiallo @ The Daily Beast: Why DOGE’s ‘Receipts’ Show Elon Musk’s Math Doesn’t Add Up
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency finally released a “wall of receipts” as part of its “maximum transparency” promise Monday, but some of their figures are not quite adding up.
- Zack Beauchamp @ Vox: The obscure manifesto that explains the Trump-Musk power grab
Russ Vought, Trump’s OMB director, wrote an essay in 2022 that reads like a blueprint for what was to come.
- Lawrence Norden and Derek Tisler @ Slate: The Trump Administration Is Going After Our Elections Too
Government employees have long protected the ballot from attacks. The president is preparing to fire many of them.
- Angry White Men: Christian Nationalist Pastor Joel Webbon Promotes Pizzagate Conspiracy Theory
On a recent livestream, white Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon and his co-hosts were asked for their thoughts on a Trump-themed goat statue displayed at Mar-a-Lago. In response, Webbon suggested it was indicative of demon worship and promoted the debunked Pizzagate conspiracy theory.
- Khaya Himmelman @ Talking Points Memo: Project Veritas Video At Heart Of Latest Trump Admin Improper Interference At DOJ
A right-wing conspiracy theory website is at the heart of the latest Justice Department resignation in protest of the Trump administration’s interference at the DOJ.
