- Julia Ornedo @ The Daily Beast: Trump Pardons MAGA Sheriff Convicted of Cash-For-Badge Scheme
President Donald Trump pardoned a MAGA sheriff from Virginia who was convicted of accepting more than $75,000 in bribes.
- Kenneth P. Vogel @ The New York Times: Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
Paul Walczak’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.
- Graeme Demianyk @ HuffPost: Trump Marks Memorial Day With All-Caps Rant At ‘Scum’ And ‘Monsters’
President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day by posting an all-caps rant on social media that attacked Democrats as “scum” and condemned federal judges as “monsters.”
- Naomi LaChance @ Rolling Stone: Trump Brags to West Point Grads He Can Do Whatever He Wants Now
The president delivered a campaign-style speech to West Point cadets, touting his election “mandate” and how it “gives us the right to do what we want”
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Dept. of Justice targets small Idaho town over zoning dispute with extremist church
Pastor Doug Wilson’s controversial church claims religious bias, but Troy leaders say it's about zoning, not zealotry.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: MAHA in Disarray: Leading Anti-Vaxxer Parts Ways with RFK
There could be more trouble afoot in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement.
- Dan McClellan: Responding to Charlie Kirk on homosexuality & the Bible
