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

Don't be Diverted by the Diversions — Trump Admin's Bizarre Posts May Be Aimed at QAnon

It’s just another normal week in America, where the President is reposting—i.e. re-“Truth”ing— deepfake videos of a former President being arrested and on its official Instagram account the White…

Thomas Lecaque

July 22, 2025

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Religion Dispatches

Terminally Online Trump Administration Uses Social Media to Frame Its Anti-Immigrant Agenda as ‘Holy War'

Black helicopters roll over the tarmac. From off screen we hear a voice with a generic Southern accent casually intone: “Here’s a Bible verse I think about sometimes, many times. It goes…” The images…

Annika Brockschmidt

Thomas Lecaque

July 18, 2025

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Religion Dispatches

Fool of a Took: Palantir’s Fascism on Campus

This week it was revealed that White House deputy chief of staff and avid White nationalist Stephen Miller , the man behind the brutal escalation of ICE raids all over the country, owns between $100…

Annika Brockschmidt

Thomas Lecaque

June 27, 2025

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