- Timothy Noah @ The New Republic: Meet Elon Musk’s Puppet Master: Russell Vought
Elon Musk may have “left Washington” last week, but the Department of Government Efficiency won’t miss a step. That’s because Musk was never running DOGE in the first place. I’m not suggesting that Amy Gleason was in charge. Gleason, you may recall, is the government official whom the White House last February named as a sort of papier-mâché acting DOGE administrator as part of its legal sleight of hand to shield Musk from litigation. Gleason is a data expert who worked for Musk, not the other way around. No, I’m talking about Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought.
- Zachary Leeman @ Mediaite: Judge Warns Mike Lindell to Stop Posting About and Discussing Defamation Trial on Social Media
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was warned by the judge presiding over his defamation trial to stop discussing the proceedings on social media.
- David Edwards @ Raw Story: Mike Lindell's trial attorneys won't argue his vote-rigging claims are true
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's attorneys have declined to argue that his election-rigging claims are true at a defamation trial in Colorado this week.
- David Moye @ HuffPost: Marjorie Taylor Greene Freaks Out After She Finally Reads Bill She Voted For
"I would have voted NO if I had known this was in there," she said about a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill that the House passed last month.
- Hunter Walker @ Talking Points Memo: Internal Docs Raise Questions About Trump IRS Pick Billy Long’s ‘No-Show Jobs’ And ‘Strange’ Schedule Inside A Powerful Agency
It’s not quite clear what is happening with former Missouri Congressman Billy Long and his associates at the federal Office of Personnel Management, where he has been a senior advisor to the director since March.
