- Robert McCoy @ The New Republic: Trump Plots to Use IRS to Go After His Enemies—and All Liberal Groups
The Trump administration is already drawing up a list of targets.
- Julianne McShane @ Mother Jones: No One in the GOP Hitler Chat Was a “Kid”
We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: Racist Young Republican Chat Leaves GOP Stumbling to Respond
Split over whether to discipline the offenders or just ignore the whole affair.
- Payton Armstrong, Noah Dowe, and Jack Winstanley @ Media Matters: Calling their opponents “demonic,” some right-leaning online shows are embracing “spiritual warfare” rhetoric
Online figures and podcasters have warned of a “satanic world order” and called on their audiences to “fight these demons in culture if we're going to win politically.”
- Shawn Musgrave @ The Intercept: He Tweeted Charlie Kirk “Won’t Be Remembered as a Hero.” The State Dept. Revoked His Visa.
Nota Baloyi is one of several people who lost a visa to visit the U.S. because he spoke ill of Charlie Kirk on social media.
- David French @ The New York Times: Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous
Despite what you may have heard about the renewal of interest in religion in America, we are not experiencing a true revival, at least not yet. Instead, America is closer to a religious revolution, and the difference between revolution and revival is immensely important for the health of our country — and of the Christian church in America.
- Christian Paz @ Vox: The mega-viral ICE videos that explain America right now
They unite — and divide — a deeply polarized audience.