- Adele M. Stan @ The New Republic: Trump’s Pick for Federal Prosecutor in D.C. Gives Hacks a Bad Name
Now it appears that [Ed] Martin is positioning himself to “investigate the investigators,” as Trump and his minions have promised, perhaps looking for words in charging documents that he can twist into a false narrative of prosecutorial malfeasance on the part of the government lawyers who charged the insurrectionists.
- Vittoria Elliott @ Wired: The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover
Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.
- Jacob Kornbluh @ Forward: Former Trump staffer fired for attending white nationalist conference tapped for top State Dept. position
The ADL has condemned appointing Darren Beattie, who invoked the antisemitic trope that George Soros orchestrated efforts to oust President Trump
- Angry White Men: Stew Peters Denies Being A ‘White Supremacist’ Before Interviewing ‘Living Legend’ David Duke
At his confirmation hearing, Kash Patel — President Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI — was grilled over his association with Holocaust denier and Nazi sympathizer Stew Peters. On a Friday livestream, Peters denied being a white supremacist, shortly before introducing former Klan leader David Duke as a “living legend.”
- Brian Kaylor @ A Public Witness: Lutherans Hammer Against Misinformation by Michael Flynn & Elon Musk
We might need to update that famous saying by German Lutheran theologian Martin Niemöller. First they came for the Episcopalians … then they came for the Catholics … then they came for the Lutherans.
- Mark Silk @ Religion News Service: Idaho goes after same-sex marriage
This week, the Idaho House of Representatives passed a “joint memorial” (i.e. resolution) of the Legislature calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark decision that in 2015 established a constitutional right to marry for same-sex couples and insisting that “the issue of marriage and enforcement of all laws pertaining to marriage” be returned to the states. The state Senate is expected to take up the memorial shortly.
- Rob Port @ The Grand Folks Herald: Port: North Dakota lawmaker suggests overthrow of 'Jew' Mexican president
"Isn't she Jewish?" an unapologetic state Rep. Nico Rios asked when reached by phone. "Why is it wrong that I state a fact?"