We have added two more names to this project! I’m pretty sure that will be it lol. Any guesses?
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Great thread on Moms Club, documentary by @wintersrock.bsky.social about local school board takeovers organized by national groups trying to bully LGBT kids.
High praise from Jenny: "no one has created anything comparable."
I moderate Q&As after screenings. Join the next virtual one Friday night!
On Sunday the Trump admin is hosting a 9-hr Christian nationalist festival on the National Mall — w/ govt funding & govt speakers.
I study these movements & wrote a field guide: the leaders, the agenda, the history, & what makes this event genuinely unprecedented.
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I was on @msnowreports.bsky.social (Chris Jansing) this afternoon talking about "Rededicate 250" — the White House-promoted, govt-funded Christian nationalist event happening on the National Mall this Sunday.
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This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
A recent Supreme Court case opened the door to providing LGBTQ+ youth with conversion therapy in public schools, even in states where it’s now statutorily banned. @jonsawyer.org @edweek.org bit.ly/42CN8p6
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A recent Supreme Court case opened the door to providing LGBTQ+ youth with conversion therapy in public schools, even in states where it’s now statutorily banned.
Why we should be concerned about Sunday's White House-sponsored Christian nationalist event on the National Mall
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America’s story cannot be told honestly without religion. This July, Faithful Politics is spending the month with historians, scholars, journalists, and faith leaders to understand why.
The Trump administration is planning to host an all-day prayer festival on the National Mall this weekend. The event is raising questions about the separation of church and state. Visiting scholar at ...
The New Apostolic Reformation has been staging Christian nationalist events on the National Mall since 2000.
Today they finally got one organized & sponsored by the White House – the culmination of 25 years of work.
My new piece explains what it means to them:
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Adam Rose
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Wow. I just previewed “Moms Club,” an amazing doc re the astroturfed SoCal school board wars & the moms fighting back. Jaw-dropping—especially where they infiltrate a meeting of the CNP, the secretive Christian Right umbrella driving the school board wars. Private May 15 screening link in post 2. 1/
Five years of PhD work summarized in about a minute — but a lifetime of preparation!
Five years of PhD work summarized in about a minute — but a lifetime of preparation!
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A guide to the movement behind today's White House-sponsored Christian nationalist festival on the National Mall