- Alexander Willis @ Raw Story: 'I'm going out tonight': Trump to stroll DC streets with military amid crackdown
President Donald Trump casually shared Thursday that he would be personally accompanying the thousands of federal officers and National Guard members patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C. later tonight amid the president’s federal takeover of the city.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: James Dobson, an architect of evangelical Christian cruelty, is finally dead at 89
His toxic teachings on family, sex, and politics left generations scarred—and America worse off.
- Allegra Kirkland @ Talking Points Memo: How the Christian Right Hijacked the Fight for Sex Ed in America’s Public Schools
Formal school-based sex ed in the United States was born of the turn of the century social hygiene movement, a hybrid medical and moral project that hoped to eradicate social ills of the day.
- Tom Dreisbach @ NPR: Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops
Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice, which has been dramatically remade under the second Trump administration.
- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: ‘This is Socialism!’ Conservative Radio Host Slams Trump Admin For Wanting Stake In Private Company
Veteran conservative radio host Erick Erickson pulled no punches on Wednesday in hammering the Trump administration, particularly Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, for suggesting the government take a large share of chip maker Intel.
- Michael Scherer @ The Atlantic: ‘Make McCarthy Great Again’
Laura Loomer has become the Joseph McCarthy of the Trump era.
