- Devlin Barrett and Tyler Pager @ The New York Times: Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.
- Laura Pappano @ Slate: Moms (and Cool, Young Podcasters) for Liberty
At the group’s yearly meeting, the word went out: Less running for school board, more lawsuits.
- Alex Bollinger @ LGBTQ Nation: GOP governor candidate will ban same-sex marriage, top campaign aide promises
"A family comes into place when a man and a woman get married without the same sex," he said as the crowd cheered.
- Layla A. Jones @ Talking Points Memo: Trump Is Using ‘Classical Architecture’ as ‘A Dog Whistle for White Nationalists’
One of President Donald Trump’s final actions in his first administration was a last-ditch attempt to confront the impermanence of a four-year term by leaving his mark on something that could last much longer: federal architecture.
- Amanda Moore @ The Daily Dot: Private Facebook chats for Gavin Wax’s Liberty Conservative littered with racial slurs, Holocaust jokes
Wax previously called out a DeSantis supporter for his old, offensive conversations.
