- Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen and Mica Rosenberg @ ProPublica: Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the Push to Cash in on the Trump Administration’s Deportation Campaign
A Pennsylvania businessman who had Tom Homan on his payroll led companies to believe his connections to the future border czar could help advance their bids for government work, industry executives said.
- Lee Moran @ HuffPost: Corey Lewandowski Drops Menacing ICE Threat Over Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show
The Department of Homeland Security adviser also joined in with MAGA outrage over the Puerto Rican superstar’s halftime gig.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: James O’Keefe, Of All People, Won’t Let Trump Skate on Epstein
RIGHT-WING ACTIVIST AND UNDERCOVER VIDEO AUTEUR James O’Keefe struck again last week when he released a video that purports to offer yet more proof that the Trump Justice Department is covering up the Jeffrey Epstein case.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: To justify deadly military strikes, Trump sends radical rationale to Congress
Following military strikes on civilian boats in international waters, the White House has come up with a legal rationale that’s hard to take seriously.
- Jack Wheatley @ Media Matters: White nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes is making the rounds on podcasts with millions of viewers
Fuentes has drawn attention for his attempts to work “his way into the mainstream,” and he recently claimed he’s become “ubiquitous” among the right.
- Julie Roys @ The Roys Report: Christianity Today Rejects $10 Million Buy-Out Offer by Doug Wilson-Affiliated Publisher
Christianity Today (CT) magazine has rejected a $10 million buy-out offer from Canon Press, a publishing company founded by prominent Christian nationalist pastor Doug Wilson.