https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to marjorie taylor greene en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/09/27/america-appears-be-heading-religious-civil-war Civil war is coming to America. At least that’s the view sizable numbers of Americans have expressed to pollsters in recent years. A 2022 Economist/YouGov poll found that 43% of respondents think it’s likely a civil war will break out… Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:02:13 EDT Nilay Saiya e8ff7500-f053-4cb7-a716-93dae679a053 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/08/17/overnight-sensation-rich-men-north-richmond-isnt-just-window-forgotten-america-its An anthem is more than a song. An anthem is a representation of a people or a movement. It exemplifies how those with a shared identity or history or experience see the world, understand their struggles, and hope for the… Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:44:26 EDT Bradley Onishi 9e819ed8-089d-49d2-aec4-40cf14b932aa https://religiondispatches.org/2023/03/06/2023-cpac-lived-down-expectations-dont-buy-narrative-gop-not-divided-you-might-think Considering that CPAC is the largest conservative conference in the US, the line-up of their 2023 conference was distinctly unimpressive, with some notable names absent from the list of speakers . While Mitch McConnell hasn’t been invited to CPAC in… Mon, 06 Mar 2023 03:43:20 EST Annika Brockschmidt 478c4d63-ff3b-4e9a-a662-a5ab2c5bb83b https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/24/marjorie-taylor-greenes-redblue-national-divorce-looks-awful-lot-confederate-flag There is nothing quite like the fresh hell of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account, wondering on a daily basis what the most erratic far-right member of congress will scream out into the void. And on Presidents’ Day, she tweeted this… Fri, 24 Feb 2023 04:36:26 EST Thomas Lecaque, Joshua Call aac45bef-a78d-4e0e-be97-4cc8d3c9fdeb https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/09/christian-nationalism-authentically-christian-and-according-new-poll-most-white When I attended K-12 evangelical Christian schools in the 1980s and 1990s, we didn’t call ourselves Christian nationalists; we just called ourselves Christians. As the pious Christians we were (compelled to be), we memorized Bible verses for assignments, attended mandatory… Thu, 09 Feb 2023 04:07:12 EST Chrissy Stroop fe34f301-d905-4f23-bb96-4ea2daab96a3 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/02/07/rights-satanic-grammy-panic-isnt-about-devil-or-pfizer-or-even-scantily-clad-women-its When I need to know what’s wrong with the world and who to be outraged at I turn to the words of Ted Cruz , Marjorie Taylor Greene (MTG) or even Ben Shapiro . Why? Because they certainly give upstanding… Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:30:55 EST Mary Rambaran-Olm 452aa4e6-16c3-498b-9209-bed85f00d402 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/2022/11/22/colorado-springs-massacre-captures-christian-nationalist-monster-mirror Sometimes, the scholarly life means taking delight in unexpectedly relevant news items: a new adaptation of a book one has studied, an unearthed manuscript from one’s period of interest. Other times, it means being horrified when the objects of one’s… Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:27:05 EST Lucas Kwong e1023c0a-f13d-478a-b13c-bc9f8f042942 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/17/desantis-more-polished-and-less-bombastic-trump-he-less-threat-democracy The midterms proved an abysmal disappointment for the Republican Party. Instead of the promised red tsunami, it was more of what many are calling a red ripple. Instead of winning the House by a large margin, they appear to have… Thu, 17 Nov 2022 03:02:38 EST Annika Brockschmidt 71bc6ead-51fc-4e93-87ce-f77bf6aa8d6f https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/16/christian-nationalist-bestseller-rooted-volk-homeland-and-patriarchy-blood-relation As a researcher , I’ve tracked the ascendance of White Christian nationalism in the United States for years by following preachers, rallies, politicians, militias, and, sadly, insurrections. As a former evangelical minister , it’s a world that shaped my youth… Wed, 16 Nov 2022 12:31:36 EST Bradley Onishi c214d67e-6a0b-412e-9252-d711f3efefe6 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/10/10/marjorie-taylor-greenes-genocide-rhetoric-creates-permission-structure-right-permission Even for her, it was a chilling statement. “We’re all targets now though, for daring to push back against the regime,” Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed at a Trump rally in Michigan last Saturday. This is not the first time she… Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:17:51 EDT Annika Brockschmidt 337bd1d8-d5a2-4150-82ed-c0364f7bbb5e https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/23/inspired-anti-abortion-movement-and-qanon-anti-trans-rhetoric-blatant-call-violence They care for trans children and teenagers—and they’re getting death threats. On August 30th, Boston Children’s Hospital was shut down due to a bomb threat , and shut down a second time on September 9th, the latest in a series… Fri, 23 Sep 2022 03:01:47 EDT Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque b8fa6819-5726-427a-a0cf-bebf925256fd https://religiondispatches.org/2022/09/06/failure-focus-and-yes-cancel-right-wing-antisemitism-problem Earlier this month, amid increasing death threats, the synagogue of the judge who signed the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search warrant was forced to cancel its Shabbat service . And this is hardly an isolated incident. Antisemitism is becoming more and more… Tue, 06 Sep 2022 03:56:34 EDT Elad Nehorai 614f301e-c234-49d5-ad18-ba1afe9a1a97 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/2021/01/29/blinken-and-blinkered-two-oath-office-stories-embody-divided-america America continues to divide and migrate toward opposing poles, one in which democratic government is a value and the other in which it’s a barrier to power. Christian nationalism, contributes to this division. The dichotomy floated across my digital timeline… Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:06:14 EST Andrew L. Seidel 289eced6-9a7c-411d-bc49-b36f16524b9e