- Adam Gabbatt @ The Guardian: Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech
The Trump administration’s promotion of white Christian nationalists and prosperity gospel preachers to key government roles will lead to the “further dismantling of government institutions” and the chilling of free speech, experts have warned.
- Alan Feuer @ The New York Times: Judge Threatens Contempt Proceedings Over Deportation Flights to El Salvador
The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders.
- Harry Litman @ The New Republic: On Abrego Garcia, Trump Is Lying on the Facts and Wrong on the Law
Let’s start by calling Monday’s contrived White House meeting between El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump what it was: a set piece to deceive the American people and the world—and make a sucker of the courts and the rule of law.
- Brad Reed @ Raw Story: 'The Trump administration is lying': Dem senator left furious by trip to El Salvador
Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) accused the Trump administration of blatantly lying about the whereabouts of wrongfully deported immigrant Kilmar Ábrego García on Wednesday.
- Dana Mattioli @ The Wall Street Journal: The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers
The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.
- Molly Olmstead @ Slate: It Happened on Liberation Day
How the stabbing of Austin Metcalf became a right-wing cause célèbre.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump-appointed prosecutor’s appearances on Russia-backed outlets draw scrutiny
Ed Martin not only made controversial comments on RT and Sputnik, he also initially failed to disclose the appearances to the Senate.
- Nikki McCann Ramirez @ Rolling Stone: Marjorie Taylor Greene Town Hall Turns Chaotic as Protesters Get Tased
The Georgia congresswoman was confronted by demonstrators, as well as constituents who aren't happy with the Trump administration.
- Ian Millhiser @ Vox: A Supreme Court case would take a wrecking ball to separation of church and state in schools
The Oklahoma charter school case is one of two April cases seeking to remake schools in the religious right’s image.
