Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump’s case against Jerome Powell collapses, proving the value of fighting back
The president went after the Fed chair with a vengeance, trying everything to get Powell to yield. But he didn’t.
Evan Hurst @ Wonkette: Reason For Navy Sec Firing Maybe Even More Pathetic And Hegseth-y Than We Knew
All these people out here making Whiskeydick Pete feel like a very tiny and impotent WAR SECRETARY indeed!
David Gilmour @ Mediaite: Trump Demands 2020 Election ‘Be Wiped From the Books’ If New SPLC Case Proves ‘True’
President Donald Trump called for the 2020 presidential election to “be permanently wiped from books and be of no further force or effect” if new fraud charges brought by the Justice Department against the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) prove “true.”
Josh Fiallo @ The Daily Beast: Trump’s DOJ Goon Brings Back Executions by Firing Squad
Federal prosecutors claim the change is “critical to deterring the most barbaric crimes.”
Bill Scher @ The Washington Monthly: Tucker Carlson Broke with Donald Trump. He’s Still Terrible
The longtime conservative commentator is wrapping his newfound opposition to the president in loopy anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.
Michael S. Schmidt @ The New York Times: F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend
The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering.
