- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: Todd Blanche Concedes Creation of Trump’s $1.8 Billion Payout Fund Is Unprecedented, Won’t Guarantee Money Won’t Go to MAGA Donors
Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) grilled Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Tuesday about the recent DOJ settlement with President Donald Trump to create a $1.8 billion payout fund for his allies. The settlement has been widely slammed as creating a “slush fund” for MAGA and as being unprecedented in the history of the country.
- Sarah Ewall-Wice @ The Daily Beast: Trump Given Sweeping Tax Amnesty in Secret Deal
The president’s personal lawyer, who is now acting attorney general, is blocking the president and his family from any punishment for unpaid taxes.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: MAGA Lawyers Shiv Each Other Over Trump’s J6er Fund
Trump has created a $1.776 billion reparations pot for his “victimized” followers. The greedy maneuvering started quickly.
- Cody McDevitt @ Repro Rights Now: How the New Apostolic Reformation Is Reshaping the Anti-Abortion Movement and American Politics
Scholar David Brockman says the New Apostolic Reformation has intensified Christian nationalism and reframed abortion politics as spiritual warfare.
- Stephanie Mencimer @ Mother Jones: A Kentucky Primary Has Become a MAGA Reality Show From Hell
Laura Loomer, Kyle Rittenhouse, and online provocateurs turned Trump’s war on Rep. Massie into a political circus.
- Kenny Stancil @ Talking Points Memo: Democrats Shouldn’t Let Russell Vought Fly Under the Radar
President Donald Trump’s second administration is full of highly qualified candidates for “top villain.” But there’s a central White House figure who continues to evade his fair share of scrutiny: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought.
