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Thomas Lecaque

Thomas Lecaque is Associate Professor of History at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, located on Baxoje, Meskwaki and Sauk lands. He has written for The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and The Bulwark. Follow him @tlecaque on Twitter.

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Religion Dispatches

The US Military's Jerusalem Cross Fetish

This is about so much more than “disrupting drug trafficking"
It’s never a good sign when the Jerusalem Cross hits the news in the United States. Which is unfortunate, since the symbol, which features prominently on the flag of Georgia (the country, not the…
Annika Brockschmidt
Thomas Lecaque
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yellow highlight of jerusalem cross on US soldier’s helmet
Religion Dispatches

Neomedievalist memes are doing white Christofascist work

G iven that the white supremacist running the account churns out offensive content like the hatemonger he is, it might seem silly to focus on just one DHS Instagram post. But as a trained medievalist…
Thomas Lecaque
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DHS insta post “the enemies are at the gates join.ICE.gov defend your hearth and home"
Religion Dispatches

Corrosive Conformity: Evil Banalities Are the Building Blocks of the Trump Administration's Fascist Architecture

DHS’s social media is at it again, and while I’m looking forward to more deep dives into DHS speechwriter Eric Lendrum’s personal life , it’s the posts themselves—on a verified government account…
Thomas Lecaque
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