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Archive, Christian Nationalism, Media Analysis, OMFG, Politics/LawJanuary 23, 2023

GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident

By Annika Brockschmidt

On December 4th 2022, eight bullets struck the home of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa….

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Archive, Christian Nationalism, OMFG, Science, Sex/Gender/JusticeMay 12, 2021

Not Peace, But Division? Evangelical Vaccine Refusers Divide Families

By Chrissy Stroop

A friend of mine was raised in a family that was quirky, sarcastic, into alternative…

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(A)theologies, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/LawOctober 13, 2016

After the Trump Tapes: Evangelical Authoritarianism Revisited

By Chrissy Stroop

Recent data placed white evangelical Trump support at 78 percent.

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Archive, Beyond Belief: Election 2016, Politics/Law, Remapping American ChristianitiesApril 6, 2016

Why Trumpvangelicals Don’t Need Ted Cruz: Conservative Christianity’s Authoritarian Streak

By Chrissy Stroop

Donald Trump’s bizarre rise seems to be, as new research suggests, the result of an increasing American…

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"Oklahoma State Sen. David Bullard's bill purports to protect children while threatening medical professionals," writes @AndrewLSeidel. "Unlike other bills, Bullard christened his with a biblical name that threatens—that promises—violence and death." https://t.co/fHPDglmxnF

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"Authoritarians and fascists don’t have a majority in the U.S., but with the Big Lie, conservatives have found a myth, a stab-in-the-back-myth, which serves directly as a tool of demonization and mobilization," writes @ardenthistorian: https://t.co/jy3zkvX2vb

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"In order for the center-left to attract the soft right to join its movement, discussion about the Occupation must be muted, or excluded,"writes Shaul Magid. "In a sense, the Occupation is essentially sacrificed for the larger cause of Jewish democracy." https://t.co/KcYJGvgq2s

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