Recommended Reading: The Supreme Court’s Gift To Donald Trump

This Week's Recommended Reading on Substack: Mehdi Hasan, Jemar Tisby, Kelly Weill, Judd Legum, Noah Berlatsky, Melissa Ryan, and Matthew Sheffield

The Week's Recommended Reading on Substack:

Mehdi Hasan

writes that “the truth is that this was never about the law, and always about the politics… As the Supreme Court ruling proved today, and as I have pointed out plenty of times before, those nine justices are politicians in robes.”

The Supreme Court’s Gift To Donald Trump

Jemar Tisby, PhD

writes that “even though Black and white Christians exhibit about the same levels of support for Christian nationalism, holding these ideas means translates into a very different political profile for Black Christians. So what is the difference between Black Christian nationalists and white Christian nationalists?”

What's the Difference Between a Black Christian Nationalist and a White Christian Nationalist?

Kelly Weill

writes that “today, most elected officials on the right will disavow QAnon in name, but its underlying paranoias and promise of violent purges still echoes in right-wing rhetoric and official policy.”

Going Somewhere?

Judd Legum

writes that “to be clear, the cause of Nex's death has not been determined. It is not known whether or not, when the medical examiner issues a report on Nex's death, it will determine that their death was related to the assault that took place the day before. So why does this matter?”

How the media failed Nex Benedict

Noah Berlatsky

writes that “the conflation of migrants with crime — which of course was the theme of the speech Trump delivered launching his presidential campaign in June 2015 — has been debunked repeatedly, but it’s worth ticking through the evidence again. There’s simply no data or reputable analysis finding that migrants commit crime at a higher rate than citizens.”

Fox News' "migrant crime" hysteria is a sign of GOP weakness

Melissa Ryan

writes that “MAGA Republicans might resent that we still have elections, but that doesn’t change the fact that we have a big one coming up this November… Those of us in favor of an equitable multiracial Democracy in America (I admit we’re not there yet.) need to do everything in our power to make this election about the future MAGA wants vs. what the rest of us want.”

“Welcome to the End of Democracy.”

Matthew Sheffield

writes that “the right-wing rage over a Mardi Gras clip may seem like so much nonsense. But it’s more than that. The current dance video obsession is actually a recapitulation of a controversy that broke out at the end of last year which has come to be known as ‘Calendargate,’ in which incels and Christian fundamentalists ranted against a right-wing beer company for releasing an absurd calendar of female Republican politicians and commentators in skimpy clothing and sexy poses.”

The right wing freakout about a viral dance video is about so much more

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