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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

Yes, Vance Boelter's Anti-Abortion Terrorism Was Political — And it Was Motivated by His Christianity

Immediately after Vance Boelter was indicted by a federal grand jury for the stalking and killing of Democratic Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, along with the attempted…
Thomas Lecaque
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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
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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
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