- Nikki McCann Ramírez @ Rolling Stone: Ken Paxton Makes Excuses for Floundering Campaign in New Leaked Audio
The Republican Senate candidate complained that he doesn’t “have the ability to change anything,” within his campaign.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: White House takes radical new steps to wrest the power of the purse from Congress
As one observer put it, Team Trump’s efforts to control federal spending “subvert the basic structure of the American system.”
- Annabella Rosciglione @ The Daily Beast: White House Defends New Hire Who Wore Vulgar Biden Shirt
The White House called its latest hire, who wore a shirt reading “F--K JOE BIDEN,” a “trusted voice for the MAGA movement.”
- Qasim Rashid @ Let's Address This: The Truth About “Shariah Law?”
As the right wing media and political ecosystem spread fear and disinformation—here’s your easy to digest breakdown of the actual facts about Islamic Shariah.
- Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: Kristi Noem Has Some Explaining to Do
The former DHS secretary appears to have gotten a sweetheart deal for one of her biggest donors on her way out the door.
- Amanda Chu @ Politico: RFK Jr.’s movement is in disarray
Tony Lyons, the leading organizer of the Make America Healthy Again movement, promised to raise $100 million to support Republicans this year. He’s nowhere close.
- Ahmad Austin Jr. @ Mediaite: JD Vance Makes Bonkers Claim That Taxpayer-Funded Ads Urging Americans to ‘Love’ Trump ‘Are Not Partisan’
Vice President JD Vance insisted Monday that the taxpayer-funded ads praising the Trump administration actually weren’t partisan.
