turning point usa https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to turning point usa en The Right is Attempting to Get Men to the Polls https://religiondispatches.org/2024/11/05/right-attempting-get-men-polls To help readers navigate this pivotal election, RD is collaborating with PRA’s research team to provide short, timely posts, with a special emphasis on far-right organizing and election interference—including intimidation at the polls, efforts to prevent certification, and the mobilization… Tue, 05 Nov 2024 02:35:51 EST Ben Lorber e301ce6a-43ad-4042-be6b-55d636bfa1d0 Election Reporters: Here's Why Simply Descriptors Like 'Christians' Can Have Enormous Consequences https://religiondispatches.org/2024/08/08/election-reporters-heres-why-simply-descriptors-christians-can-have-enormous Here at Religion Dispatches, we have an informal policy that ” religion is as religion does .” Which is to say, we don’t try to adjudicate who is, for example, a ” real Christian ” and who’s not. If you… Thu, 08 Aug 2024 02:39:44 EDT Daniel Schultz d58ab064-909e-4e1c-8a53-e814068a1d4c Rising Influence of New Apostolic Reformation Teachings is Ominous Sign For the US — Especially For LGBTQ Students 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 A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation [Revised for 2025] 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 Where’s Wallnau? A NAR Apostle Takes Aim at Swing Counties in 'The Battle for the Mountain of Government' https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/10/wheres-wallnau-nar-apostle-takes-aim-swing-counties-battle-mountain-government Just as they prophesied Trump’s victory and collaborated in the 2020 attempted coup, the Trump wing of the New Apostolic Reformation is on the offensive once again, waging a campaign in counties they think will swing the 2024 presidential election… Fri, 10 May 2024 05:22:29 EDT Frederick Clarkson 8198eb41-dfac-463b-b7a7-3c59af04b5d8 At Moms for Liberty Summit, 'Mama Bears' Declare Spiritual War on the 'Radical Left' https://religiondispatches.org/2023/07/06/moms-liberty-summit-mama-bears-declare-spiritual-war-radical-left “Mamas are the key political force in 2024 and we need to harness that energy!” Ron DeSantis called down from the stage in the Franklin Ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia, where 650 “joyful warriors” had gathered for the… Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:17:05 EDT Annika Brockschmidt 05c2af7f-1129-4f98-bdc8-5b2821f0da3e Turning Point Efforts to Export Drag Queen Attacks and 'Take Back Universities' Marred by Fringe Associations and Farcical Missteps https://religiondispatches.org/2023/05/15/turning-point-efforts-export-drag-queen-attacks-and-take-back-universities-marred-fringe Bullhorns and chants fill the air. Conservatives are gathered to protest a drag show. Mothers and fathers are walking with signs saying “Groomer Free Zone.” Some hold babies while others push their children through a narrowed street. The group is… Mon, 15 May 2023 04:18:25 EDT Matthew Boedy a7cb485d-a890-49e2-ac74-1c29a7ad70ce The Chilling Response to the Pelosi Attack isn't Simply a Matter of Partisanship, it's a Sign of the Right's Embrace of Fascism https://religiondispatches.org/2022/11/10/chilling-response-pelosi-attack-isnt-simply-matter-partisanship-its-sign-rights-embrace A couple of weeks before the midterm elections, a man broke into the San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi , who is second in line to succeed the president, in order to kidnap, torture—and maybe even kill her. She wasn’t… Thu, 10 Nov 2022 01:06:17 EST Annika Brockschmidt fac5cd70-e703-427f-b7f4-3c17bc29acc7 Caught in a Fever Dream of Originalism, Can SCOTUS Majority Learn the Lessons of Early America Before it's Too Late? https://religiondispatches.org/2022/07/18/caught-fever-dream-originalism-can-scotus-majority-learn-lessons-early-america-its-too The separation of church and state feels like bedrock in America. It is, after all, part of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment—that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”—which has traditionally been interpreted to mean… Mon, 18 Jul 2022 08:43:48 EDT J.L. Tomlin, Thomas Lecaque b0bd3de6-b907-4006-a16b-8f665e5ff5c2 'Manufactured' Smear Campaign Attempts to Intimidate Church 'Fasting From Whiteness'— It Didn't Work https://religiondispatches.org/2022/04/11/manufactured-smear-campaign-attempts-intimidate-church-fasting-whiteness-it-didnt-work This Lenten season, when the First United Church of Oak Park, Illinois gathered for Sunday services, the music had all been composed by people of color. They had decided to give up whiteness for Lent. This was consistent with the… Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:02 EDT Frederick Clarkson 8142751c-ab59-423d-a06d-d5ceac9478c9 I Grew Up Evangelical and the Christian Nationalist Insurrection Did Not Surprise Me https://religiondispatches.org/2021/01/28/i-grew-evangelical-and-christian-nationalist-insurrection-did-not-surprise-me On Wednesday, January 6, I, like almost everyone else in America, watched as a mob of predominantly white domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol, in an attempt to prevent the Senate from certifying the electoral college vote in favor of Joseph… Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:39:30 EST Deirdre Sugiuchi 9b27a65d-ed5c-46fa-9d30-1129d55133bb