- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Christian Nationalist Mark Robinson finally admits sex shop stories were true
The defeated North Carolina GOP candidate says he had to lie to help Trump win, a stunning admission after years of denial
- Dan Diamond @ The Washington Post: Trump’s hand-picked panel votes to put his face on a U.S. gold coin
The proposal had been rejected by members of a separate federal coin committee — and panned by former member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
- Andrew Kaczynski, Em Steck, & Gabe Cohen @ CNN: A top FEMA official has history of violent rhetoric and said he once teleported to Waffle House
As millions of Americans braced for a series of brutal storms this winter, the senior official in charge of the federal government’s disaster response had been on the job only a few weeks — and had previously claimed on podcasts that he once teleported to a Waffle House.
- Zachary Leeman @ Mediaite: ‘This Man Is Delusional!’ Roger Stone Tells All About Steve Bannon
Roger Stone went off on Steve Bannon in a new interview during which he called him “delusional” for inflating his importance in the MAGA movement.
- Megan Twohey, Shawn McCreesh, & Hamed Aleaziz @ The New York Times: Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
