- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: In the wake of failure, McConnell looks for someone to blame.
- Alexia Fernández Campbell @ Vox: What McCain did was hard. What Murkowski and Collins did was much harder.
- Jay Michaelson @ The Daily Beast: Does Trump Religious Freedom Pick Sam Brownback Believe in Dominionism?
- Hatewatch: Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities Rules Against Anti-LGBT Hate Group in State Giving Campaign.
- Rob Boston @ Wall of Separation: Shocking Headlines Elicit Yawns From The Religious Right.
- Alan Pyke @ Think Progress: Trump praises police violence to audience of laughing cops.
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