https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to mike johnson en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/12/10/coverage-tucker-carlsons-demonic-assault-missed-importance-man-he-shared-story “Physically mauled” is how Tucker Carlson refers to the alleged demonic assault he suffered in his own bed a year ago. Carlson’s comments, clipped from a larger documentary, have been covered by a variety of news outlets and social media… Tue, 10 Dec 2024 01:14:09 EST Sarah Riccardi-Swartz 1f351e11-b5e6-4e30-847d-74e1de9b014c https://religiondispatches.org/2024/11/24/trumps-cabinet-and-other-picks-paint-picture-christian-nationalist-kakistocracy Benjamin Franklin’s hope and warning, “A republic, if you can keep it,” resonates with too many of us these days. This has especially been the case watching the president-elect nominate his Cabinet, a wishlist of personnel that perfectly embodies Trumpism’s… Sun, 24 Nov 2024 01:01:51 EST Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque c83347ce-8675-4bc3-8a9a-31b4ddc6e168 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/11/03/adl-correct-antisemitism-rising-main-and-most-dangerous-source-isnt-left-its-always-been When the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual Antisemitism Audit was released in April, its claim of a 140% rise in antisemitic incidents in 2023 seemed like old news. Following the October 7th Hamas attack that killed nearly 1,200 Israelis, news reports… Sun, 03 Nov 2024 06:50:39 EST Shane Burley 830c7cf5-e91f-4de9-a064-765c921e7f0e https://religiondispatches.org/2024/10/22/heritage-foundations-christian-nationalist-project-esther-wont-combat-antisemitism-it On the anniversary of October 7, the Heritage Foundation released Project Esther: A National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. The 33-page document calls on the federal government to use counterterrorism, immigration, surveillance, intelligence gathering and other apparatuses to “disrupt and degrade”… Tue, 22 Oct 2024 04:19:40 EDT Ben Lorber 037428b4-99dc-4570-bdae-c52e060b160f https://religiondispatches.org/2024/07/29/rising-influence-new-apostolic-reformation-teachings-ominous-sign-us-especially-lgbtq Whether or not anyone recognizes it by name, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is hitting its stride. After his June declaration that “every teacher, every classroom… will be teaching from the Bible,” Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, who… Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:48:35 EDT Jonathon Sawyer 5e940aa4-aa08-44ac-b58e-d8e19bf46bb7 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/06/04/trump-totem-other-fascist-leaders-trump-has-turned-man-symbol-and-thats-danger Last week’s historic verdict is worth rehearsing. On May 30, Donald J. Trump became the first former president to be convicted of a crime. Twelve ordinary citizens unanimously found Trump guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in… Tue, 04 Jun 2024 04:39:54 EDT Robert P. Jones 94d97121-085b-4ebc-a208-9b1007fa1e2d https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/23/first-it-was-insurrection-flag-now-supreme-court-justice-alito-caught-flying-another-far Some things regarding the Supreme Court are not surprising. For example: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito who, along with Clarence Thomas forms the extreme Right flank of this Court (which is saying something), doesn’t like women very much. Or abortion… Thu, 23 May 2024 08:58:44 EDT Annika Brockschmidt dea7d5c3-022f-4f73-9b22-4e6e12cc4482 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/23/reporters-guide-new-apostolic-reformation-revised-2025 The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story of NAR is happening in the… Thu, 23 May 2024 04:58:12 EDT Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné 718434ec-a88e-45dd-910b-153d686ea9bf https://religiondispatches.org/2024/04/23/great-evangelical-divorce-speaker-mike-johnsons-breakup-marjorie-taylor-greene-could-be When Speaker of the House Mike Johnson pushed through aid to Ukraine this week, it did more than green-light funds to support the Ukrainians. In recent weeks, he changed from hard-core opposition to supporting Ukraine to championing its cause. His… Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:44:42 EDT Diana Butler Bass 7464cb0a-fc27-40e1-a35a-d1de2637677a https://religiondispatches.org/2024/04/02/right-peddles-conspiracy-about-trans-people-and-easter-reflection-spiritual-nature-my Sunday was Transgender Day of Visibility; it was also Easter, a holy day for many people. This incidental confluence (Transgender Day of Visibility is always on March 31, and Easter just happened to fall on that date this year), gave… Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:59:48 EDT Willow Schenwar d1d24146-971e-46c1-86d9-3ce40274a63b https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/15/project-2025-how-trump-loyalists-and-right-wing-leaders-are-paving-fast-road-fascism Religion Dispatches ’s sibling publication, The Public Eye— a quarterly magazine for analysis and commentary on the U.S. and Global Right — is back! To celebrate The Public Eye’s return, Religion Dispatches will present a series of articles from the… Fri, 15 Mar 2024 07:00:16 EDT Peter Montgomery 9dcb6eb8-09f3-4fc3-89d4-60f5c7caed5a https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/12/new-research-suggests-belief-demons-may-help-explain-christian-support-trump In a strange way, I envy the people who were raised as evangelical Christians in the 1980s and 1990s, because many of them got to experience This Present Darkness in a way I never could. For the uninitiated, This Present… Tue, 12 Mar 2024 01:57:54 EDT Robert Repino 897d1df0-d1b6-4c44-bff6-e5cbc042879a https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/05/alabamas-ivf-ruling-reveals-deep-ties-increasingly-influential-christian-right-movement In the Alabama Supreme Court’s IVF ruling that sent shockwaves through the country, the word “God” appears 41 times—and that’s no coincidence. Embryos, according to Alabama’s highest court, are in fact “extrauterine children”—a phrase so dystopian it would make Margaret… Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:29:17 EST Annika Brockschmidt e4a60f3b-6173-4b0b-ab29-7719222b2f20 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/02/01/speaker-mike-johnson-allow-privately-run-national-prayer-breakfast-heart-capitol Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast will take place in the U.S. Capitol Building’s National Statuary Hall for the first time, congressional sources tell me. Use of the hall is controlled by the House, meaning the move had to be approved by… Thu, 01 Feb 2024 05:06:27 EST Jonathan Larsen f486833f-34f6-46b0-a8ef-f73822508316 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/12/24/2023-review-year-one-without-roe-gop-code-red-scotus-gone-wild-and-ray-hope As the New Year approaches and gift guides (and pleas for support) litter our inboxes, let’s take some time to reflect upon 2023. As I’ve previously stated , this is rarely a joyous occasion in my line of work, but… Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:02:43 EST Annika Brockschmidt b379a8b7-7e53-4222-afea-e932631f30ad https://religiondispatches.org/2023/11/15/mike-johnsons-porn-monitoring-isnt-just-creepy-its-window-fascist-desire-driving-white When the news broke that the recently elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson (R-La), used a Christian technology service called Covenant Eyes to monitor his online habits for porn, reactions varied. The fact that his then-17-year-old son Jack served… Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:20:20 EST Jessica Johnson eedc9446-99aa-4ad8-abef-7a963b394700 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/11/05/mike-johnson-isnt-just-your-average-christian-right-avatar-hes-influenced-fringe Who is Mike Johnson, the man with horn-rimmed glasses who managed to become Speaker of the House—something Steve Scalise, Jim Jordan and Tom Emmer all failed to do? And what does he have that the other three didn’t? Johnson comes… Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:24:57 EST Annika Brockschmidt f2fd3406-8411-42fd-b1ae-3b41f2c5dbf9 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/11/welcome-war-what-creationist-conference-can-teach-us-about-evangelical-vaccine When I signed up to attend a 3-day conference at the flagship young-Earth creationist organization Answers in Genesis, I assumed I would be the only person wearing a mask. I was right—kind of. Although none of my fellow attendees was… Mon, 11 Oct 2021 03:30:52 EDT Caroline Matas 1cbf7793-acb3-4b87-994e-056f8be677b3