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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Political Research Associates
Inform Your Resistance Season 4: Episode 4
In this first of a two-part series on analyzing Trump 2.0’s first 100 days in office, we share insights from PRA’s researchers about how to move beyond the work on blocking rising authoritarianism, to the work of building power, vision, and solidarity.
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Religion Dispatches
Last week was a bad week of social media posts from the Department of Homeland Security. Videos claiming a militarized Border Patrol is God’s will; memes about ICE funding assisting in mass…
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Religion Dispatches
Spoiler Alert: The article below discusses virtually everything that happened in this week’s South Park.If you haven’t seen this week’s season premiere of South Park , you might be forgiven for…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Religion Dispatches
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…
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Public Eye
What’s Behind the U.S. Antidemocratic Reaction?
Katherine Stewart traces the rise of the antidemocratic movement fueling Trumpism and the authoritarian Right in this adapted excerpt from her book Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy.
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Public Eye
Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative reveals a new neoreactionary bloc is growing in strength and influence within the Trump administration, although competing interests may reveal fault lines in this coalition of tech capitalists.
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Public Eye
Authoritarian Gains and Consolidation
In this wide-ranging piece covering the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, PRA researchers recap the state’s authoritarian gains and sweeping repressive policies, from LGBTQ rights to immigration and Christian Zionism.
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Religion Dispatches
It’s the uncoupling of the decade—bigger than Brangelina and messier than Kanye breaking up with everyone. Yes, you got that right, dear citizens of the disunited states: Elon Musk, the sentient vape…
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