- Tom Dreisbach @ NPR: Multiple Trump White House officials have ties to antisemitic extremists
President Trump campaigned on a pledge to fight antisemitism. "Antisemitic bigotry has no place in a civilized society," Trump said at an event in 2024. However, the president's critics question whether antisemitism may have found a place within his administration.
- The Throckmorton Initiative: David Barton's Jefferson Lies Redux
Before the Texas House of Representatives Public Education Committee, David Barton was in friendly territory. The Republican majority committee allows Barton to say his stories without much push back. On April 29/30, 2025, that changed a little when Barton and Matt Krause testified in favor of a bill which would require posting the Ten Commandments in every Texas classroom.
- Kyle Davidson @ Michigan Advance: House Dems aim to censure Rep. Schriver over ‘racist statements’ made on House floor
Michigan House Democrats on Tuesday came out in support of a resolution put forth by state Rep. Sharon MacDonell (D-Troy) aiming to censure Rep. Josh Schriver (R-Oxford) for “racist statements” made on the House Floor earlier this month.
- Zack Beauchamp @ Vox: The anti-woke right won in 2024. Now they’re turning on each other.
It’s been a rough week in the world of the online intellectual right, which is currently in the midst of two separate yet related blowups — both of which illustrate how the pressures of power are cracking the elite coalition that aligned behind President Donald Trump’s return to power.
- Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Health and Human Services Honcho RFK Jr. Tells Congress He Doesn’t Think Anyone Should Take ‘Medical Advice from Me’
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the doesn’t “think people should be taking medical advice from me” during a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
