William Barr's bombshell about Trump is more revealing than it seems  —  Having gone to extraordinary lengths to help Donald Trump corrupt the presidency, William P. Barr is working overtime to launder his post-Trump reputation.  But the former attorney general's latest cleanup exercise …

Clarence Thomas says federal laws against marijuana may no longer be necessary  —  Clarence Thomas, one of the Supreme Court's most conservative justices, said Monday that because of the hodgepodge of federal policies on marijuana, federal laws against its sale or cultivation may no longer make sense.

Trump's Situation Room shouting match  —  Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly blew up at President Trump over how to handle last summer's racial-justice protests, The Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender writes in his forthcoming book, “Frankly, We Did Win This Election.”

His Insurrection Inside the Oval Office on January 6.  —  Seems like quite a few crazies," said the president.  —  A little more than three weeks before rioters and revelers stormed the Capitol on January 6, several thousand Trump fans and fanatics gathered in Washington …

U.S. Conservatives Are Uniquely Inclined Toward Right-Wing Authoritarianism Compared to Western Peers  —  Global Morning Consult data reveals a distinctive authoritarian bent in the American right  — A scale measuring propensity toward right-wing authoritarian tendencies found right …

Trump Returns to the Stump in Ohio  —  And Rep. Anthony Gonzalez responds to his biggest critic.  —  1 hr ago  —  After five months—long months if you liked the guy, short ones if you didn't—former President Donald Trump returned to form on Saturday, holding his first major political …

Documents Show Ivanka Trump Didn't Testify Accurately in Inauguration Scandal Case  —  The Trump family has trouble with depositions.  In 2007 testimony, Donald Trump was repeatedly shown to be a liar.  In February, Donald Trump Jr. was deposed in the Trump inauguration scandal lawsuit …

Red America's Covid Problem  —  Cases are rising, because of the Delta variant.  —  There was a strange Covid-19 pattern in the U.S. for much of this spring.  The virus was not spreading any faster in communities with low vaccination rates than in those with high vaccination rates.

Kim Jong Un Lost Some Weight—and North Koreans Are Alarmed  —  Pyongyang watchers don't suspect a health scare, but the implication is that the leader is belt-tightening alongside his citizens who face food shortages  —  SEOUL— Kim Jong Un has shed some weight.  Much of North Korea is now in tears.

The Surfside-Condo Tragedy Does Not Need Your Political Hot Take  —  This is a tragedy, not an election.  Those pressing it into a partisan narrative are broken.  —  Hey, you.  Yes, you.  The one with his hands arched above the keyboard, debating whether to press “Send” on your Surfside hot take.

Olympic hammer thrower Gwen Berry ‘pissed’ national anthem was playing at Olympic trials  —  A U.S. hammer thrower turned away from the American flag as the national anthem played while she and two other athletes stood on the podium at the Olympic trials Saturday, later saying she was “pissed” …

Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines Likely to Produce Lasting Immunity, Study Finds  —  Immune cells are still organizing to fight the coronavirus months after inoculation, scientists reported.  —  The vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna set off a persistent immune reaction in the body …

How the Arizona Cyber Ninjas Audit Happened—In One Easy Step!  —  It will amaze you how simple it is for politicians to hijack the ballots after an election.  —  Donald Trump wasn't able to use his big lie to overturn the 2020 election through local officials, the courts, or Congress.

Revealed: neo-Confederate group includes military officers and politicians  —  Leaked data shows other high-profile members have overlapping membership in more explicitly racist or violent groups  —  Leaked membership data from the neo-Confederate Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) …

YouTube Permanently Bans Right Wing Watch, a Media Watchdog Devoted to Exposing Right-Wing Conspiracies  —  Right Wing Watch has been banned while the right-wing extremists they merely exposed via the platform continue to publish misinformation on YouTube.  —  Right Wing Watch …

Kyle Rittenhouse, American Vigilante  —  After he killed two people in Kenosha, opportunists turned his case into a polarizing spectacle.  —  The proliferation of digital video has exposed abuses of power that in the past often remained hidden.  It has also allowed people to watch shocking footage …

The Theorists Who Insist That You Think as They Do  —  Popularizers of critical race theory have one thing in common with Marxist literary scholars: a tendency to see their own view of the world as the only valid one.  —  About the author: Anne Applebaum is a staff writer at The Atlantic …

Texans agree with Gov. Abbott over Biden on border response, poll finds  —  WASHINGTON — As Gov. Greg Abbott moves to build border barriers and have state troopers begin arresting migrants, a new poll says he's earned the approval of a far greater percentage of Texans than President Joe Biden …

Gosar's siblings press for his removal from Congress: ‘Traitor to this country’  —  Siblings of Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) are saying he should be removed from Congress for backing former President Trump's false claims of a stolen election and widespread voter fraud.  —  “I consider him a traitor to this country.