- Robert Downen @ Texas Monthly: He Remade the Southern Baptist Convention in His Image. Then Came the Abuse Allegations
Paul Pressler helped ordain the marriage between white evangelicals and the Republican Party, all while accusations of sexual abuse piled up. Right-wing groups are still using his political playbook.
- Alex Young @ Consequence Of Sound: Kid Rock Rides Apache Helicopter with Pete Hegseth in Video to Open New Tour
The Secretary of War gives Kid Rock a joyride and shows off his tattoos.
- Lesley Stahl @ 60 Minutes: Some white nationalists swoop in after natural disasters, trying to soften their image while offering help
A pattern has emerged in recent years in which militias, conspiracists, and white supremacists show up to hard-hit communities — as they did last week in Texas — offering help.
- Douglas MacMillan, Andrew Ba Tran, Drea Cornejo and Luis Melgar @ The Washington Post: Internal ICE records reveal widespread use of force in detention centers
The reports detail how guards have increasingly used chemical agents and physical tactics on detainees, including groups demanding adequate water, food and medical care.
- Adrienne Matei @ The Guardian: ‘Christofascism’ is here: inside the slow demolition of US public health
From prescribing spiritual warfare to demonizing health experts, RFK Jr’s health empire has become a dangerous vehicle for a Christian nationalist worldview
- Philip Wegmann, Liz Essley Whyte and Jennifer Calfas @ The Wall Street Journal: The Antiabortion Movement Is Turning on Trump
The ubiquity of abortion pills during the second Trump administration has frustrated antiabortion advocates.
- Asawin Suebsaeng @ Zeteo: Trump Is Only Pretending to ‘Fight’ Antisemitism
This administration will happily lie about how its ‘combating antisemitism,’ even as it shuts down programs that fight antisemitism. Meanwhile, the president’s poll numbers sink even lower.
