- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump praises North Korea’s ‘very honorable’ dictator.
- Eli Clifton @ The Lobe Log: Mercer-Backed Group Throws Viral Video Messaging Behind Pompeo.
- Zack Ford @ Think Progress: Conservatives claim banning ex-gay therapy will also ban the Bible.
- Dylan Scott @ Vox: How a convicted coal baron upended the West Virginia Senate race.
- Samantha Allen @ The Daily Beast: These States Want to Make LGBT Adoption as Hard as Possible.
- Nancy LeTourneau @ Washington Monthly: The Status Anxiety of White Evangelicals.
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