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In 2012 Bishops Join Fight to Repackage Discrimination as ‘Religious Freedom’

By Sarah Posner

…w discriminated against Catholics is rendered even more absurd by the hard numbers: in 2011 alone, according to the federal government database at www.usaspending.gov, Catholic Charities received over $753 million in federal funding. Meanwhile, the Obama administration has not, as the president promised on the campaign trail, reformed faith-based funding to ensure, among other things, that groups receiving taxpayer aid do not discriminate in hirin…

Should CNN Religion Writer Accept Award From Religious Advocacy Org?

By Becky Garrison

…its first annual Vine and Fig Tree Award. Named for a reference in George Washington’s letter to the Jews of Newport, the award will be given on September 19, 2013 to a journalist who, in their estimation, demonstrates “excellence in reporting on religious liberty issues.” Other figures honored by the Becket Fund include Gov. and Mrs. Mitt Romney, evangelical author Eric Metaxas, and National Organization of Marriage co-founder Robert P. George. …

‘Hello, Trump Warriors!’ Little-Known Preachers and Rabble Rousers are the Unregulated Id of the Felon’s First Rally

By Jeff Sharlet

…g that Root’s speech won’t make any major media coverage of the rally. The Washington Post will follow the horse race, noting Trump’s endorsement of a senate candidate. Both CNN and the New York Times will add wonkiness, highlighting a Trump pledge to end taxes on tips for hospitality workers, as if policy had brought the thousands out screaming for Trump in triple degree sun. The proper political press rarely pays much attention to Trump’s warm-u…

Coups of a Feather: The Striking Similarities Between Brazil’s Insurrection and Jan 6 May Be Due to ‘Authoritarian Learning’

By Annika Brockschmidt

…d a pardon from the former president, has spent months on his “War Room” podcast claiming the Brazilian election was stolen. Bannon, who called the Brazilian insurrectionists “freedom fighters” as the attack was underway, wrote on the right-wing platform Gettr: “The Criminal Atheistic Marxist Lula stole the Election and the Brazilians know this… now see Lula crackdown like all Communist dictators.” And he wasn’t the only prominent voice on the Ame…

Even Calling the Debate a ‘Shitshow’ Normalizes the Threat to Democracy

By John Stoehr

…ul phrase on live TV. The Times’ Alex Burns used it on the paper’s daily podcast. “Shitshow” seemed to capture two things valuable to members of the press corps: a measure of fairness to the candidates, and the disapproval demanded by news consumers who are putting more and more pressure on elite reporters to speak truth to power. Reporters are trapped in an abusive relationship proportional to their unwillingness to confront their abuser. It was…

Palin Goes ‘Hopey-Changey,’ But Don’t Call it Political

By Julie Ingersoll

…n exhortation to work for “change in Washington” and to “send a message to Washington that every life is precious… every life is valuable.” In fact, across the board the speakers emphasized electoral politics: the need to win enough seats to overturn the health care bill; they invoked “states’ rights” and the 10th Amendment in support of Arizona’s controversial immigration law even as they insisted that “we’re not supposed to be talking politics.”…

Ralph Reed’s $30 Million Battle Plan

By Sarah Posner

…a lot of competition: over the weekend tea partiers will be converging on Washington for the Unite In Action March on DC and FreedomWorks is organizing the 9/12 March. And the following week is the Values Voters Summit, where religious right powerhouses will be holding a presidential straw poll, a preview of which possible 2012 GOP candidates capture their imaginations. Reed promises that his event will “chart our road to victory as we enter the…

2021 National Prayer Breakfast: A Kinder Gentler Christian Capitalism

By Becky Garrison

…storically lofty tone” that “highlighted the president’s effort to restore Washington’s institutions to their traditional pre-Trump form.” One can presume that “traditional pre-Trump form,” represents a discrete reference to white-gloved backdoor diplomacy practiced by The Family that promotes their fundamentalist mixture of capitalism and Christianity. Organizers and speakers at this year’s NPB remained mum regarding the role The Family played be…

Gun Group That Promotes Militias Thrilled With O’Donnell Victory

By Sarah Posner

…erica, which Rep. Ron Paul has called “the only no compromise gun lobby in Washington,” is thrilled with Christine O’Donnell’s victory in the Delaware Senate primary on Tuesday. On its website, the group enthused: The O’Donnell win adds to a string of victories for GOA-backed candidates this year in Senate primaries in Nevada, Kentucky, Utah, Colorado, as well as the non-primary in Florida (where Marco Rubio chased Gov. Charlie Crist out of the pr…

The True Meaning of ‘Law and Order’ Became Painfully Clear on January 6

By Jemar Tisby

…his supporters on December 19, thousands of whom showed up in Washington, DC, several weeks later at their leader’s urging. They climbed walls, waved Trump flags, and literally broke into the chambers of Congress. Trump’s army had orchestrated the breach that the Confederate Army had hoped for during the Civil War. The response, or lack thereof from law enforcement officials as this act of terrorism unfolded, reveals the true meaning of “law and…