https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to the big lie en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/21/roundup-conspiracies-and-bad-ideas-caught-or-gained-momentum-2023 In 2023, the landscape of conspiracy theories witnessed a significant evolution, with some older conspiratorial ideas surviving into the new year and others moving from the fringe to become influential narratives shaping public discourse and political agendas. QAnon , the… Thu, 21 Dec 2023 02:42:39 EST Carmen Celestini, Amarnath Amarasingam 6e4679f3-e515-4063-92fe-063b4da3227e https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/18/pure-white-examines-white-supremacist-origins-evangelical-purity-culture Over the past few years purity culture has become a hot topic in the secular press. The harm it inflicts on White women has been explored by a number of scholars and survivors in books (both popular and scholarly), on… Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:05:25 EST Emma Cieslik f0274a50-d4a7-4ef4-b579-c34dd5ef9974 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/11/16/vermin-remark-trump-crosses-fully-nazi-territory One of the most dangerous things about Donald Trump is the way he has normalized hate speech. The venom and vitriol come so often that even when it is reported, its extremism fails to register with a fatigued and desensitized… Thu, 16 Nov 2023 01:27:55 EST Robert P. Jones 433dce33-00c7-4824-be02-2478656a71d4 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/10/04/its-not-name-its-theocratic-vision-new-apostolic-reformations-pr-problem The rifts in the New Apostolic Reformation that emerged last year have erupted into a full-blown identity crisis. This is a crisis born, in part, of the movement’s desire to project a benign Christian image to distract from public scrutiny… Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:29:02 EDT Frederick Clarkson 1d542cc2-4477-49af-b6d4-c787ccd0d3b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/05/12/cnns-disastrous-town-hall-trump-put-country-risk “CNN’s New Hampshire town hall with DONALD TRUMP last night may have done more to boost his chances of winning the GOP presidential nomination than anything that’s happened since the 2020 election.” That was Politico Playbook’s substantive conclusion the following… Fri, 12 May 2023 05:30:58 EDT Robert P. Jones 1239421b-81b5-443f-8026-4cd301947776 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/23/gop-candidate-allegedly-orchestrating-shooting-democrats-homes-no-accident On December 4th 2022, eight bullets struck the home of Bernalillo County Commissioner Adriann Barboa. On December 11th, 12 bullets followed. On January 3rd this year, three bullets hit the house of Linda Lopez, New Mexico senator representing District 11… Mon, 23 Jan 2023 05:32:56 EST Annika Brockschmidt ac23963a-9772-4ea0-82f6-0a3493f40397 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/11/coups-feather-striking-similarities-between-brazils-insurrection-and-jan-6-may-be-due The images were eerily similar: Insurrectionists were storming the halls of Congress, beating police officers who tried to fend them off, wreaking havoc in the offices of legislators, desecrating the very symbol of democracy itself— all in the name of… Wed, 11 Jan 2023 02:54:25 EST Annika Brockschmidt f9fdf7a3-8b05-459a-8079-5a6e36adfb88 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/12/27/broken-courts-big-lies-and-genocide-rehearsal-review-2022-and-what-we-can-expect-2023 As 2022 draws to a close, amongst the last-minute hustle before the New Year, there’s a moment for reflection. In my line of work this isn’t necessarily a joyful task, but it is an essential one—especially for what it can… Tue, 27 Dec 2022 12:59:50 EST Annika Brockschmidt 90d12d30-1152-456a-b75c-712afee390fb https://religiondispatches.org/2022/08/29/disturbing-trend-far-right-candidates-are-getting-crucial-support-militia-groups-and How many local churches are providing direct electoral support to far-right-wing Christian candidates for political office? How many of these churches have members who participated in the January 6, 2021 insurrection, radicalized in part by their pastors’ extreme preaching? How… Mon, 29 Aug 2022 02:53:31 EDT Chrissy Stroop 8dca006f-c49b-4325-ac22-d69be0d48f1f https://religiondispatches.org/2022/08/12/crossing-rubicon-mar-lago-raid-enflames-right-wing-fantasies-christian-caesarism A Roman, a Confederate, and a Nazi walk into a political discourse… Sorry, there’s no punchline. This is just how the online conservative pundit machine is dealing with the FBI raid on Trump’s Florida home, Mar-a-Lago —comparing it to the… Fri, 12 Aug 2022 05:48:29 EDT Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque 1edfdecb-c11d-4a47-9e0e-178021baf1aa https://religiondispatches.org/2022/08/10/right-using-fbis-mar-lago-search-martyr-trump-and-maintain-violent-myth-big-lie On Monday, the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s home in Florida, during which, according to the former president, federal officials even “broke into my safe.” While there are reports that the warrant for the search is related to classified documents… Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:29:56 EDT Bradley Onishi 96f6945e-b89b-4c6f-9b77-4c5c9e920444 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/06/22/has-american-conservatism-abandoned-christian-right Most of us don’t want to grow up to be our parents, especially when we’re in our twenties and ready to forge our own path in the world. For better or for worse, age often proves that we’re more like… Wed, 22 Jun 2022 02:08:57 EDT Bradley Onishi 50c9ce58-7193-43cb-8adf-6644f65e7c20 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/10/gop-candidate-pa-governor-affiliated-far-right-gun-church-rod-iron-ministries-heres Pennsylvania State Senator and retired colonel Doug Mastriano has announced his candidacy for governor. And, in keeping with his participation in the Jericho March movement, the Stop the Steal Rally on January 6 th , and other appearances at Christian… Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:03:28 EST Thomas Lecaque 0de76d50-8907-4ec3-ae08-8871f4b7493e https://religiondispatches.org/2021/11/22/we-remember-united-states-fought-nazis-german-scholar-fascism-weighs-christian “January 6 helped argue the case for fascist tendencies in Christian Nationalism,” Annika Brockschmidt tells me. As someone who spends his time on the front lines battling Christian Nationalism and writing about it, including a new epilogue on the January… Mon, 22 Nov 2021 01:10:12 EST Andrew L. Seidel 6726860c-dc8f-45ae-b645-40bc9faa064f https://religiondispatches.org/2021/08/11/new-clashes-portland-confirm-christian-nationalism-remains-clear-and-present-danger On Friday, August 7, the Department of Homeland Security announced to state and local authorities that an uptick in violent online chatter about the Big Lie of “election fraud” might lead to more anti-democratic street violence like what the United… Wed, 11 Aug 2021 02:24:58 EDT Chrissy Stroop 4c313649-5196-479e-8255-2d0fa3a8e7c0 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/06/09/why-mike-lindell-and-majority-white-evangelicals-cant-give-big-lie This Saturday, June 12 th , MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will host a rally aimed at supporting the Big Lie that the 2020 election was illegally stolen through widespread coordinated fraud. For over seven months, Lindell has taken to whatever… Wed, 09 Jun 2021 01:59:32 EDT Mark Leuchter 2db50112-4073-4185-9145-d9ebff17c642 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/04/27/claiming-we-birthed-nation-nothing-cnns-rick-santorum-gives-master-class-christian Dear CNN, Many questioned your decision to hire Rick Santorum as a senior political commentator back in January 2017. Not because he’s a conservative—diversity of opinion can be valuable—but because he’s a bigot. His bigotry toward LGBTQ people was already… Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:19:26 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 1c442f39-19ee-4368-ac48-ea237b5a8c78 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/10/19/lincoln-clinton-and-trump-strategy-spin-straight-bullshit Is someone a liar if they actually believe their delusions to be true? Wed, 19 Oct 2016 01:19:04 EDT Martin Jay 3426ccb1-cf98-4288-a06a-748c8abaa897 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/02/13/why-lie-brian-williams-pulpit-fiction The deafening whomp-whomp-whomp you may have heard when Brian Williams got caught in a lie last week was not the approach of a Black Hawk helicopter. It was the media’s schadenfreude machine roaring to life. Why would a man at… Fri, 13 Feb 2015 01:26:08 EST Peter Manseau 0ad53d83-d237-43e7-918a-6c873ed0a908