- Janna Brancolini @ The Daily Beast: Trump’s Election Nut Loser Humiliated After Missing Deadline
Mike Lindell is demanding a recount despite not providing any evidence of election fraud.
- Brandy Zadrozny @ MS Now: The State Department promised proof of a censorship conspiracy. The plan backfired.
The State Department leaked documents to prove that officials were censoring conservative Americans. It outed a secret Pentagon employee instead.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: A MAGA Propaganda Circular Firing Squad
How leaking to a prominent pro-Trump influencer prompted accusations of entrapment and deep-state conspiracy.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Team Trump’s campaign against inspectors general is an underappreciated scandal
Since Watergate, IGs have rooted out corruption, ethical lapses and mismanagement. The White House, however, is rejecting the purpose of these offices.
- Audrey Dutton @ ProPublica: Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.
Almost every year since 2015, Idaho children in a faith-healing sect have died of treatable conditions such as pneumonia and bacterial infections that turned to sepsis. Former members of the Followers of Christ sect say parents are pressured to follow doctrine that forbids medical care. Those who stray risk shunning, they said.
- Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling @ The New Republic: Darline Graham Goes All In on Election Denialism
Lindsey Graham voted to certify the 2020 presidential election. His sister isn’t so sure she would have done the same.