- Kiera Butler @ Mother Jones: God or Deep State? Christian Nationalists Can’t Decide Who to Blame for Hurricane Helene
More than a week after Hurricane Helene decimated the rural mountain communities of Western North Carolina, residents are still searching for missing loved ones and grappling with the destruction of their homes and businesses. On social media, meanwhile, powerful accounts are turning the disaster into the latest vehicle for politically coded conspiracy theories about the failures of the Biden administration—and the righteousness of the Trump campaign.
- Josh Marshall @ Talking Points Memo: DeSantis Threatening Jail Time for Running Abortion Rights Ads in Florida
Now we learn that the state is quite literally threatening jail time for the employees of stations that agree to run one of the ads for the pro-choice amendment. You heard that right — not sue under some claim of defamation but actual criminal charges.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Ryan Walters (barely) revises proposal to spend taxpayer money on Trump Bibles
The end result is that the Trump Bibles are still the only viable option for the schools, and Walters has every intention of spending over $3 million in taxpayer money on them.
- Alex Griffing @ Mediaite: A GOP Senate Candidate Claimed ‘The Bad Guys Won’ WWII and The Media Is Barely Covering Him
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Minnesota, Royce White, has been a lightning rod of controversy since entering the race and winning the GOP primary back in August to run against incumbent Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). White, a former NBA player, made headlines again over the weekend when a 2022 social media post was uncovered, in which he wrote “the bad guys won” World War II.
- Tess Owen @ New York Magazine: Inside the Patriot Wing
January 6 rioters are running their jail block like a gang. They’re leaving more radicalized than ever.
