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A Dream Come True Briefing 03/17/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Michael Hirsh @ Politico Magazine : ‘Beyond My Wildest Dreams’: The Architect of Project 2025 Is Ready for His Victory Lap  Paul Dans, the ousted director of Project 2025, says he’s delighted that …

Dominating The Space Briefing 03/14/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Kayla Gogarty @ Media Matters : The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces A new Media Matters analysis found 9 out of the …

Exporting Christian Nationalism Briefing 03/13/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Robert Downen @ The Texas Tribune : Robert Morris, former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes Morris is a former spiritual adviser to President Donald …

The Long War Briefing 03/12/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Andrew Prokop @ Vox : Conservatives’ decades-long quest to destroy the Department of Education Trump has already cut the department’s staff in half. He won’t stop there. Sean Craig @ The Daily Beast : …

Kissing Their Feet Briefing 03/11/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Sean Craig @ The Daily Beast : Lara Trump Insists Americans Should Be ‘Kissing the Feet’ of Trump and Musk Lara Trump said Americans “ought to be kissing the feet” of Elon Musk and President Donald …

Taking All Sides Of Every Issue Briefing 03/10/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Tommy Christopher @ Mediaite : Trump Torpedoes Stock Market Concerns After Years of Touting Gains — Now Favors ‘100-Year Perspective’ on Economy President Donald Trump waved away concerns …

Personal Retribution Via Executive Order Briefing 03/07/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog : Trump-appointed prosecutor gets a much-needed refresher on the First Amendment As this week got underway, a weird conspiracy theory, which was …

Transgenic Is Not Transgender Briefing 03/06/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan and Alex Mierjeski @ ProPublica : Secretive D.C. Influence Project Appears to Be Running a Group House for Right-Wing Lawmakers  Evangelical pastor Steve …

A Foundation Of Lies Briefing 03/05/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Andrew Prokop @ Vox : Trump’s (very long) speech to Congress, explained in 500 words In the first major speech to Congress of his second term, President Donald Trump made clear that he intends to …

Not Fit To Have A Job Briefing 03/04/2025 by Kyle Mantyla Marin Scotten @ The New Republic : Trump Threatens Schools in Dark Attack on First Amendment Donald Trump is threatening schools that allow “illegal protests”—whatever that is. Angry White Men : …