- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: GOP rep blames Ben Carson’s furniture on nefarious ‘Deep State’.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Good News! Congress’ Latest Spending Bill Won’t Repeal the Johnson Amendment.
- John Fea: How Robert Jeffress Has Changed His Tune (and why he should be ashamed of himself).
- Betsy Woodruff & Lachlan Markay @ The Daily Beast: Trump’s Lawyers Sharing Space With Anti-‘Deep-State’ Group.
- Martin Cizmar @ Raw Story: John Bolton praises ‘new era of freedom’ under Putin in bizarre propaganda video for Russian gun group.
- Jane Lytvynenko @ BuzzFeed: This Public Relations Firm Has Been Secretly Placing Articles In Conservative Publications.
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