- Josh Dawsey, Dana Mattioli, Annie Linskey and Emily Glazer @ The Wall Street Journal: ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
- Judd Legum and Noel Sims @ Popular Info: Meta will train its AI on far-right media outlet
This week, Newsmax — a far-right news organization with a strong allegiance to President Trump and a history of pushing wild conspiracy theories — announced it had struck a deal with Meta. Under the agreement, Meta will “draw upon Newsmax’s significant current reporting as well as archived content across its platforms to support AI queries across Meta’s apps and devices.” Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy said the company was “pleased to work with Meta to help ensure users have access to timely, high-quality journalism through AI technologies.”
- Adam Lynch @ AlterNet: CNN anchor busts Jim Jordan for ruthless double standard — to his face
CNN anchor Pamela Brown let no inconsistency fly in a Thursday interview with U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan.
- Bill McKibben @ Rolling Stone: The Wannabe Trump Running for Congress in N.Y. Is Everything Wrong with Our Politics
Sticker magnate Anthony Constantino has called reporters “scumbags” and his veteran primary opponent a “fucking coward.”
- J Oliver Conroy @ The Guardian: College Republicans are fighting and the far right is benefiting: ‘It looks very childish’
Tensions in the national party are trickling down to US college campuses, where a newer student group is rapidly outflanking longstanding moderate rivals
- Phil Williams @ Hate Comes To Main Street: Southern Baptist 'Leader' Listed as Speaker for Anti-Muslim, Anti-Immigrant Conference
William Wolfe heads the Center for Baptist Leadership. This is the controversial company he's keeping at an upcoming conference in Texas.
- Daniel Silliman @ The Roys Report: Greg Locke asks for funds, saying his church has shrunk by 90%
Locke has 2.2 million followers on Facebook. Video clips of his sermons are watched tens of thousands of times — sometimes hundreds of thousands, when they have a controversial title. But the congregation in the warehouse off Interstate-40 in Lebanon, about 30 miles east of Nashville, has dwindled to a tenth of its former size. Global Vision Bible Church used to draw 3,000 people, according to Locke. Currently, regular attendance is closer to 300.
