- Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: Trump Suggests Letting Iran “Take Out” Los Angeles and San Diego
California leaders are furious after the president suggested that losing the two cities is a “small price to pay.”
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Jim Bakker, the godfather of scamvangelism, is dead at 86
The convicted fraudster spent decades exploiting Christians with bogus promises, survival buckets, partisan paranoia, and a fake COVID cure.
- Alejandra Jaramillo @ CNN: Trump says he will pay for campaign-style ads himself after backlash over taxpayer-funded effort
President Donald Trump said Monday he will no longer use taxpayer money to fund a series of promotional television ads, announcing that he will instead pay for them with funds raised for MAGA, Inc., the pro-Trump super PAC.
- Frank Yemi @ AlterNet: Trump meets with convicted election fraudster to discuss ‘the plans'
President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office with former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, who is a convicted election fraudster, to discuss election integrity and “the plans” for the midterm elections, according to former Justice Department official Ed Martin.
- Zach Buchanan @ Axios: Sheriff's office outsourced investigations to Cyber Ninjas-tied firm
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) failed to properly vet a firm with ties to the Cyber Ninjas audit of the 2020 election before awarding it an investigative contract, per a newly-unsealed report from the court-appointed monitor overseeing the agency.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump says some journalists ‘should be arrested,’ escalating attack on free press
If the president wants to lie about crowd sizes, that’s pitiful. But when he talks about arresting reporters without cause, don’t look away.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: A Small Montana Town Tells Ben Shapiro to F*ck Off
The Daily Wire wanted a backdrop to film an Antifa siege. The filmmakers got a revolt over their own behavior.
