Right Wing Round-Up: The Trump Bible

  • Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Trump Is Now Hawking Copies of the Bible — Watch His Utterly Bonkers 3-Minute Sales Pitch
  • Former President Donald Trump is celebrating Easter — the holiday commemorating the Resurrection of the Christian Messiah, Jesus Christ — by hawking copies of his new product, the God Bless the U.S.A. Bible, with singer Lee Greenwood, insisting that supporters buy it for the sake of their hearts and souls.

  • Juan Perez Jr. @ Politico Magazine: The State Superintendent at the Forefront of the GOP’s Education Crusade
  • Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s millennial superintendent, is trying to remake public education by injecting religion into schools.

  • Ryan Bort @ Rolling Stone: Right-Wingers Are Already Pushing Conspiracy Theories About Baltimore Bridge Collapse
  • The city’s mayor called the incident “an unthinkable tragedy.” Conservatives see it as a chance to bash Biden and float baseless conspiracies.

  • Kate Riga @ Talking Points Memo: Right-Wing Justices Toss Scraps To Anti-Abortion Movement While Unable To Embrace Its Shoddy Argument
  • For this Supreme Court to reject abortion restrictions, the argument has to be pretty bad.

  • Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: GOP’s Burchett faces defamation lawsuit over false online post
  • Rep. Tim Burchett falsely accused a man of being a Kansas City Chiefs victory parade shooter and “an illegal alien.” The result is a defamation lawsuit.

  • Sophie Lawton & Jacina Hollins-Borges @ Media Matters: The Heritage Foundation quietly released draconian new IVF policy recommendations for the next GOP president
  • The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing think tank organizing the plan for a conservative overhaul of the federal government known as Project 2025, recently published another blog critical of in vitro fertilization procedures, this one with a list of specific policy recommendations for limiting access to the reproductive method.

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