- David Gilmour @ Mediaite: Tulsi Gabbard Confirmed as DNI — Mitch McConnell Breaks Ranks as Only Republican ‘No’ Vote
The Senate confirmed Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence in a 52-46 vote on Thursday—but not without Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sending a signal to President Donald Trump as the lone Republican “no” vote.
- Pema Levy and Kiera Butler @ Mother Jones: Ignoring Court Orders Would Make Trump a King
How Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Christian nationalist figures are pushing a fresh constitutional crisis.
- Angry White Men: Joel Webbon: ‘European Culture’ Exists And Is ‘Superior’ To All Others
On a Friday livestream, racist, antisemitic, anti-LGBTQ, and misogynistic Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon asserted that white people do, in fact, have their own culture. He also claimed that this “European culture” has been “superior” to all other cultures because it was “heavily influenced by the Christian gospel and the Christian faith.”
- Arthur Delaney @ HuffPost: Republican Introduces Bill To Rename Greenland ‘Red, White And Blueland’
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) has pioneered a new kind of symbolic legislation to flatter President Donald Trump.
- Pavan Acharya and Robert Downen @ The Texas Tribune: In quest to infuse more religion into Texas schools, advocates say courts are now on their side
Past efforts to allow more religion in public schools have been hamstrung by legal challenges. But those on the religious right feel empowered by recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions.