- Dan Diamond @ The Washington Post: Vance dismisses Watergate scandal, says ‘deep state’ went after Nixon
The vice president said he admired Nixon and drew parallels between the past president, who resigned amid pressure in 1974, and Trump today.
- Gabe Cohen and Andrew Kaczynski @ CNN: FEMA official who claimed he teleported to Waffle House ousted from agency, sources say
A top FEMA official who had drawn scrutiny for bizarre past remarks — including claiming he teleported to a Waffle House — has been pushed out of the agency, four sources tell CNN.
- Ruth Graham @ The New York Times: Where Testosterone and the Bible Are the ‘New Punk Rock’
Thousands of men and boys gathered in central Washington for masculinity, Christianity and right-wing politics.
- Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: High Ranking GOP Representative Goes on Anti-Somali Rant
“Celebrate your culture, I don’t care. Italian, Polish—you know, Somali, OK. But they don’t assimilate.”
- Jennifer Bowers Bahney @ Mediaite: ‘Go Back to F*cking Haiti!’ Megyn Kelly Goes on Wild Rant Over Supreme Court Ruling
Podcaster Megyn Kelly celebrated the conservative Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling Thursday that paved the way for the Trump White House to end temporary legal protections and work authorization for hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
- Nick Hilden @ AlterNet: 'Trump wears thin after a while': Evangelicals bail on lame-duck president
As the latest polls show plunging support for President Donald Trump among evangelical Christians — the group that has remained most loyal to him through three elections — experts say it’s because a growing number of them are beginning to question his “cult of personality” and asking themselves whether they “have to keep supporting everything he does.”
