- Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Far-Right Lawyer Trump Is Considering for AG Says He Want to Drag ‘Dead Political Bodies Through the Streets’: ‘F*ck Unity’
Mike Davis, a Republican lawyer whom President-elect Donald Trump reportedly considers a candidate to serve as attorney general in his second administration, celebrated Trump’s election with some pugnacious and even disturbing rhetoric on Wednesday.
- Bob Smietana @ Religion News Service: White Christians made Donald Trump president — again
White Christians remain an influential force in American culture and politics. Their support, and the support of Hispanic Christians, helped Donald Trump regain the White House.
- Mike Hixenbaugh @ NBC News: Evangelical leaders celebrate Trump's victory as a prophecy fulfilled
Some evangelical Christians see Donald Trump’s win as ordained by God, offering “a divine mandate” in his second term.
- Media Matters: Steve Bannon: “Rough Roman justice” coming for media companies like NBC, Washington Post, NY Times
"What you have done to this country, what you've done to the citizens of this country, and yes yes yes, you will pay a price for that. You will pay a price for that. It's called justice. Rough Roman justice."
- Hannah Allam @ The Washington Post: Far-right extremists celebrate, see opportunity in second Trump win
In a burst of hate and misogyny, MAGA militants cheered the return of a president they consider an ally.
- Mark Joseph Stern @ Slate: Meet the Extremist Trump Judges Likely to Shift the Supreme Court Even Further Right
In his first term, Donald Trump reshaped the federal courts in his image, installing far-right jurists at every level of the judiciary and securing a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court. His second term will cement that legacy, likely locking in the Supreme Court’s hard-right bloc for generations. Over the next two years, we should expect the two oldest justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, to step down—and for Trump to replace them with two of the most unabashed partisans the court has ever seen. These justices will make Trump’s first three appointees look moderate by comparison. And their elevation will thwart Democrats’ hope of recapturing or rebalancing the court for the foreseeable future.
