Liberty Institute

Kelly Shackelford, president of the Religious Right legal group First Liberty (formerly Liberty Institute), was among the conservative religious leaders who met with Donald Trump in New York last month and, like many others, seems to have resigned himself to supporting Trump’s presidential candidacy

Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: GOP’s Benghazi Committee just keeps going (and going). Alex Griswold @ Mediaite: More Former Co-Workers Step Forward to Call Corey Lewandowski a Sexist Jerk. Michael Fitzgerald @ Towleroad: Four Men Accuse Former GOP House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Sexual Abuse.

Dan Quinn @ TFN Insider: New Texas AG’s Office Appointee Rejects Church-State Separation. Kira Lerner & Alice Ollstein @ Think Progress: Trump Campaign Manager Accused Of Attacking Reporter Says Violent Supporters Are Just ‘Passionate’. Kalia Abiade @ Imagine 2050: Trying to shake criticis

Rafael Cruz, father of senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz, has become a folk hero in his own right among Religious Right activists as he has barnstormed the country railing against Barack Obama, gay rights activists, and other favored enemies of the far right — and promoting his son’s presi