- Malcolm Ferguson @ The New Republic: Andrew Tate Is on His Way to the U.S. Thanks to Trump
The misogynist facing charges of human trafficking is on a plane back to the United States.
- Angry White Men: Christian Nationalist Podcasters Interview Holocaust Denier Ron Unz
As part of a new interview series, white Christian nationalists C. Jay Engel and Andrew Isker spoke with Ron Unz about Charles Lindbergh and World War II. A well-known Holocaust denier, Unz has written that the Holocaust was a “hoax” and that Jews have a “notorious tendency to lie and dissemble.”
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: GOP Congressman: It's OK if Elon fires you since "God has a plan and purpose for your life"
Republican Congressman Mark Alford of Missouri offered thoughtless religious platitudes to his constituents.
- Janna Brancolini @ The Daily Beast: Johnson Tries to Shrug Off Anti-DOGE Town Halls as the Work of ‘Paid Protesters’
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) claimed Wednesday that Americans who attended recent rowdy Republican town halls were “paid protesters.”
- Ahmad Austin Jr. @ Mediaite: Trump Says He Doesn’t Remember Calling Zelenskyy a Dictator When Confronted in Oval Office: ‘Did I Say That?’
President Donald Trump on Thursday acted as though he had no recollection of calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator.”
- Annabelle Timsit @ The Washington Post: Transgender troops will be removed from U.S. military, Pentagon says
The previous Trump administration effectively banned transgender people from joining, but the new memo says currently serving transgender troops will be discharged.
