- Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling @ The New Republic: Trump’s Relationship With Epstein Further Exposed in Bombshell Video
In resurfaced video testimony, Jeffrey Epstein was asked if he and Donald Trump ever spent time with young girls.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: MAGA Inches Closer to a Ghislaine Maxwell Alliance
Is perpetrating heinous crimes against children too big a hurdle for a political alliance of convenience? Maybe not.
- Kathryn Wilkens @ Mediaite: Candace Owens Vows to Fight Macron Lawsuit Over Claim French First Lady Is a Man: ‘Obvious’ She ‘Has a Penis’
Candace Owens doubled down on her claim that French First Lady Brigitte Macron was born a man on Wednesday after French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife filed a defamation lawsuit against the right-wing commentator accusing her of spreading the conspiracy theory that Brigitte was born “Jean-Michel Trogneux.”
- Amanda Moore @ The Intercept: Project 2025 Data Leak Shows a Paul Ingrassia Calling for Test for Voting and Halting Immigration
Trump appointed far-right loyalist Paul Ingrassia to head a Justice Department office responsible for keeping politics out of the civil service.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: So much for ‘looking forward’: Republicans launch yet another Jan. 6 probe
The GOP's Jan. 6 probe in the last Congress was an embarrassing dud. Rather than learn an obvious lesson, the party is going to give it a second try.
- Jessica Mason Pieklo @ Rewire News Group: These Two ‘Culture Warriors’ Are Trump’s New Federal Judges
The conservative legal movement used Trump’s first term to seize control of the federal courts. Will it use his second term to rewrite the Constitution entirely?
