- Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Mike Johnson Jumps Aboard Trump’s Rigged Elections Bandwagon: ‘Can I Prove That? No’
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) suggested that three 2024 congressional elections may have been rigged against the GOP while speaking to reporters on Tuesday.
- David Moye @ HuffPost: Turning Point USA's Alternative Super Bowl Lineup Is Even Lamer Than You Thought
Turning Point USA, the right-wing political group founded by Charlie Kirk, announced the lineup on Monday for what it’s billed as an alternative Super Bowl halftime show, and people on social media aren’t exactly singing its praises.
- The Throckmorton Initiative: TPUSA's Super Bowl Halftime Show with a Side Dish of Christian Nationalism
The late Charlie Kirk’s organization Turning Point USA is planning and promoting what it calls a “conservative friendly” alternative to the NFL sponsored Super Bowl halftime show. The NFL show features Puerto Rican raggaeton artist Bad Bunny. Headling the TPUSA show is Kid Rock. If you know anything about these artists, you know that both use profanity and explicit lyrics. The key difference for people supporting the alternative show is that Bad Bunny is Puerto Rican and performs his lyrics in Spanish. This has MAGA folk in a tizzy. They want their Super Bowl white and English.
- Sophie Lawton @ Media Matters: Steve Bannon's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Weekend
As his extensive and friendly communications with Epstein were revealed, Steve Bannon's candidate lost a “vitally important” election.
- Alex Galbraith @ Salon: “Can’t understand how they think”: Bundy breaks with MAGA over ICE operations
The rancher famous for armed standoffs with the government said the left is "more correct" on immigration.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump claims he wasn’t ‘friendly’ with Epstein, despite all of the available evidence
The president’s willingness to push a line that was obviously untrue was an odd and unnecessary misstep.
- Vic Verbalaitis @ The Daily Beast: Judge Jeanine Scrambles to Backtrack After MAGA Turns on Her
Judge Jeanine is doing damage control, but it’s not going well.
