- Jacqueline Alemany @ The Washington Post: Johnson aide advised against Hutchinson subpoena over concerns about lawmakers’ ‘sexual texts’
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack in an effort to prevent the release of sexually explicit texts that lawmakers sent her.
- Charisma Madarang @ Rolling Stone: Trump Brushes Off Jan. 6 Rioters Beating Cops: ‘Minor Incidents’
The president’s pardoned 1,500 individuals, including offenders convicted of violently assaulting police.
- Zoë Richards @ NBC News: Trump picks father of convicted Jan. 6 rioter to serve as CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media
L. Brent Bozell III wrote a letter last year defending his son L. Brent Bozell IV, who was charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
- Stephen Robinson @ Public Notice: The shitcoin presidency
Donald Trump declared on the campaign trail that he’d be a “crypto president” during his second term. He said he’d make America “the crypto capital of the planet” and a “bitcoin superpower.” His sudden and wholehearted embrace of cryptocurrency thrilled the industry, but just days before taking office, Trump surprised his crypto supporters with a cash grab that’s shameless even by his standards.
- Nicole Lafond @ Talking Points Memo: Trump’s Long, Not Terribly Convincing Con On Abortion Policy Is Over
Donald Trump’s Week One actions on abortion appear to be just as brazen and trollish as his attempts on the campaign trail to convince voters he’d moderated on abortion.
- Jordan Green @ Raw Story: Nashville school shooter's social media shows he embraced white supremacy
The 17-year-old who killed a female student at a high school in Nashville before taking his own life was an African-American Reserve Officers' Training Corp member who hated Black people and identified as involuntarily celibate, according to a manifesto apparently posted by him online.