- Robert Downen @ Texas Monthly: The Fight to Christianize Texas Public Schools Just Escalated
David Barton calls church-state separation a myth. He’s now an adviser on state social studies curricula.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Megachurch founder and Trump ally Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse
After a plea deal, the evangelical preacher will spend six months in jail and register as a sex offender.
- Michael Luciano @ Mediaite: Trump Deems Democrats ‘The Party of Hate, Evil, and Satan’
President Donald Trump deemed Democrats the party of “Satan” on Thursday amid the ongoing shutdown of the federal government.
- Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: DHS Includes White Supremacist Meme in Video Promoting Deportation Blitz
A video posted on X by the Department of Homeland Security included a brief flash of a character who has become associated with violent racist and neo-Nazi content online.
- Jacqueline Sweet and Marisa Kabas @ Slate: MAGA’s Top “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec votes in one state and lives in another.
- Wiktoria Gucia @ The Daily Beast: Keystone Kash Gives Out Bonkers Merch to FBI Agents
FBI Director Kash Patel is handing out a challenge coin that’s part action movie, part self-branding—featuring guns and his own name front and center.
