- Willa Pope Robbins @ Mediaite: Trump Not Ruling Out Third Term as He Proclaims to Reporters, ‘I’ve Saved the Lives of Millions of People’
President Donald Trump refused to answer directly when asked by reporters on Air Force One on Monday if he would rule out running for a third term, maintaining that he’d “love to do it,” while touting the eight wars he claims to have ended.
- John Fea @ Religion News Service: MAGA preachers make Charlie Kirk a test of true faith. Here's how that went 300 years ago.
When politics and religion mix in religious communities, it is the spiritual health of congregations that suffers.
- Samuel Perry @ The Conversation: What is CREC? The Christian nationalist group has a vision for America − and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s support
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s affiliation with the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches – commonly called the CREC – drew attention even before his confirmation hearings in January 2025.
- Edith Olmstead @ The New Republic: Just Who Exactly Does Mike Johnson Think Is in Charge of Government?
The House speaker gave his dumbest excuse yet for why the shutdown is dragging on.
- Phil Williams @ News Channel 5: He thinks Hitler may have been right, now he wants a Whites-only community in Tennessee
Who is Eric Orwoll, and what does he really believe? NewsChannel 5 had some tough questions for the man pushing for a Whites-only community in the Volunteer State.
- Jack Revell @ The Daily Beast: Laura Loomer Rages at White Nationalist Nick Fuentes: ‘Own Worst Enemy’
The MAGA loyalist and far-right extremist spent hours hurling insults at each other on social media.