- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: ‘Loyalty tests’ in Trump administration hiring reportedly take a ridiculous turn
There’s little about the White House’s hiring practices that appear normal. For example, asking applicants, "Was Jan. 6 an inside job?” is ludicrous.
- Abdallah Fayyad @ Vox: The real lesson of the DOGE racist tweets scandal
Musk and Trump say they promote free speech. They seem to only defend racist speech.
- Robert Draper @ The New York Times: How Charlie Kirk Became the Youth Whisperer of the American Right
Collecting donors, voters, TikTok viewers and high-powered friends on his way into Trump’s inner circle.
- Angry White Men: On X, MT State Rep. Lukas Schubert Attacks Diversity As A ‘Code Word’ For ‘Anti-White
Recently, Montana state Rep. Lukas Schubert took to X to warn that “South Africa stands as a reminder of what’s to come in America” if Democrats “implement their explicit anti-white discrimination policies.” But Schubert has spread other far-right, racist talking points on X, including the claim that diversity as a “code word” for “anti-white.”
- Ahmad Austin Jr. @ Mediaite: Kanye West Paid for a Super Bowl Commercial that Only Aired in Local Markets — Promoted Website Where He’s Selling Swastika T-Shirts
Kanye West made a Super Bowl ad on his phone to promote a website he’s currently using to sell t-shirts with swastikas on them.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: North Dakota Republicans are pushing a resolution to honor the "Kingship of Jesus Christ"
Usually, when Republicans want to push Christian Nationalist legislation, it’s through bills promoting the Ten Commandments in schools under the guise of “history and tradition” or attacking LGBTQ people using the rationale that they violate God’s preferences as expressed in the Bible. But sometimes they just take the hoods off and dispense with even trying to come up with a secular-sounding justification for their religious agenda.
