- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Trump over call for federal judge’s impeachment
The White House has been engaged in an intense fight with the judiciary. By calling for a judge’s impeachment, Trump just took the fight to a new level.
- Khaya Himmelman @ Talking Points Memo: 2020 Election Denier Ed Martin Is Now Using Trump’s DOJ To Investigate ‘Election Integrity’
President Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is using the Department of Justice to “investigate” one of Trump’s oldest, and most baseless grievances to date — the integrity of the country’s election system.
- Matt Gertz @ Media Matters: How Heritage and MAGA media crafted Trump’s autopen attack
The Heritage Foundation and MAGA media laid the groundwork for President Donald Trump’s unprecedented and lawless overnight claim that he is invalidating the pardons President Joe Biden issued to the January 6 House select committee.
- Mark Silk @ Religion News Service: In Oklahoma, a fight of biblical proportions
To teach or not to teach ... the King James Version.
- Sarah Rumpf @ Mediaite: Pro-Trump Lawmaker Behind Bill to Name ‘TDS’ a Mental Illness Jailed Same Day For Allegedly Soliciting Teen For Sex
Minnesota State Senator Justin Eichorn (R) had a very busy Monday. He was one of five Republican co-authors to introduce a bill that would add “Trump Derangement Syndrome” (“TDS”) to the state’s statutory definition of mental illness. And, according to police, he also chatted with someone he thought was a 16-year-old girl to make arrangements to meet up for sex.
