- Will Weissert @ The Associated Press: At signing of Laken Riley Act, Trump says he plans to send migrants in US illegally to Guantanamo
At the signing of the Laken Riley Act, President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to hold up to 30,000 migrants who are living illegally in the United States and cannot be deported to their home countries.
- Travis Gettys @ Raw Story: Defense agency takes aim at MLK Day and Holocaust Remembrance Day in leaked memo
A leaked memo from the Defense Intelligence Agency shows personnel were instructed to suspend observances of certain holidays that do not specifically honor white men, including Holocaust Remembrance Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month.
- Jeff Stein and Tony Romm @ The Washington Post: Trump White House rescinds freeze on federal grants, reversing course
The White House budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing federal grants, according to a copy of a memo obtained by The Washington Post, after the administration’s move to halt spending earlier this week provoked a backlash.
- Nick Schwellenbach @ Project On Government Oversight: “Raging Misogynist” Now Federal Government H.R.’s Top Lawyer
Andrew Kloster, a self-described “raging misogynist” with a public history of racist comments and insistence on loyalty to President Donald Trump, has been installed as general counsel for the federal government’s human resources agency, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
- Angry White Men: Antisemites And Christian Nationalists Apply For White House Press Credentials
At a Jan. 28, 2025 press conference, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that, under a new policy, “independent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers and content creators” will be able to apply for White House press credentials. Since the announcement, several antisemitic and Christian nationalist figures claimed to have applied.
- Katherine Stewart @ The Contrarian: How Trump is Spearheading the American Christian Nationalist Movement
The Christian nationalist ideology sits at the core of Trump's plans for America. From cutting DEI programs to stripping away reproductive freedoms, Trump is privileging one, specific group.
- Sarah Jones @ Intelligencer: For MAGA, the Line Between God and Trump Has Blurred
Trump owes his initial rise in part to Christian nationalists, who once considered him a modern Cyrus, or a flawed vessel for God’s will. In the years since he first came to power, he has become something of a holy figure, whom many consider to be anointed by God. When he survived an assassination attempt last July, some had all the proof they needed. God’s hand was on Trump — and to oppose God’s man was to oppose God Himself.