Writing as a self-declared "Jewish atheist," Paul Waldman says,
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Jennifer Rubin states:
"Those willing to call out with humor and humanity the toxicity of white Christian nationalism deserve the gratitude of all Americans."
She quotes Sen. Raphael Warnock, an ordained minister:
“The biggest adversary to Christian faith is people who speak in the name of Christianity but continue to behave in ways and support policies that are decidedly anti-Christian."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism
/3https://contrarian.substack.com/p/undaunted-in-denouncing-religious
@wdlindsy Are we ever going to stop referring to the monsters as "Christian"? They're just nationalists. There's nothing Christian about what they do. Nationalists are un-Christian.
#UnChristianNationalists
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Writing as a self-declared "Jewish atheist," Paul Waldman says,
"The more radical Republicans get, the more Democrats have an opportunity to persuade the religious people who are growing alienated from the GOP."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico
/1https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-need-religious-candidates
@wdlindsy as I said in my other comment, the MAGA fall apart over Epstein, paired with the other shit happening. It makes a void that those of us against Trump and the admin can leverage to continue fighting against him.
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"Of course, the administration wants all those who were invited to join the Board of Peace to join, because, again, the Board of Peace is overseeing the reconstruction of a territory that has been plagued with violence, with bloodshed, poverty for far too long. This president has a very bold and ambitious plan and vision to rebuild and reconstruct Gaza, which is well underway, because of the Board of Peace.”
#Trump #PopeLeo #KarolineLeavitt #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism
/11"So many people are noticing now the division in the Catholic Church. They are starting to realize that the architects of Project 2025, [are] a lot of far-right Catholics. And also what we're dealing with here is a Pope, a Holy Father, who is not complying with the cool kids. And he doesn't want to sit at their table, okay?"
~ Shannon Vavich
#Trump #PopeLeo #KarolineLeavitt #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism
/12https://shannonvavich.substack.com/p/live-with-gutter-catholic-daily-digest-e95
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"So many people are noticing now the division in the Catholic Church. They are starting to realize that the architects of Project 2025, [are] a lot of far-right Catholics. And also what we're dealing with here is a Pope, a Holy Father, who is not complying with the cool kids. And he doesn't want to sit at their table, okay?"
~ Shannon Vavich
#Trump #PopeLeo #KarolineLeavitt #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism
/12https://shannonvavich.substack.com/p/live-with-gutter-catholic-daily-digest-e95
"For half a century in American public life, a political force has attempted to use Christian faith and 'traditional values' to turn back the gains of the 20th century’s civil and human rights movements."
~ William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/13https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-christian-about-christian
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"For half a century in American public life, a political force has attempted to use Christian faith and 'traditional values' to turn back the gains of the 20th century’s civil and human rights movements."
~ William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/13https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-christian-about-christian
"Donald Trump came to power by successfully joining this so-called 'Christian nationalism' with the reactionary fears of the Tea Party insurgency and the greed of emerging techno-feudalists. The MAGA coalition that made Donald Trump president would never have gained power without the religious nationalist movement that markets the GOP as 'God’s Own Party.'”
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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"So many people are noticing now the division in the Catholic Church. They are starting to realize that the architects of Project 2025, [are] a lot of far-right Catholics. And also what we're dealing with here is a Pope, a Holy Father, who is not complying with the cool kids. And he doesn't want to sit at their table, okay?"
~ Shannon Vavich
#Trump #PopeLeo #KarolineLeavitt #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism
/12https://shannonvavich.substack.com/p/live-with-gutter-catholic-daily-digest-e95
@wdlindsy as an atheist I like this Pope, he says and does what Christians who follow that book should be doing. He does good Pope'ing
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"Taking on Trump’s far right base, Talarico rails about the shameful gulf between the teachings of Christ and the suffering Trump is inflicting on the nation and the world.
Talarico notes that MAGA, while hewing to a self-proclaimed Christian identity, doesn’t seem to mind that Trump is building concentration camps to cage people who haven’t committed a crime."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico
/6Talarico is a real Christian.
"You will know them by their fruits" or "By their fruit you will recognize them".
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"Donald Trump came to power by successfully joining this so-called 'Christian nationalism' with the reactionary fears of the Tea Party insurgency and the greed of emerging techno-feudalists. The MAGA coalition that made Donald Trump president would never have gained power without the religious nationalist movement that markets the GOP as 'God’s Own Party.'”
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/14"This has become the foundational base of white Christianity, of white Christian nationalism, I should say, because white Christians are alone in the belief, what I just told you, that there should simply be fewer non-white people in America, that the non-white population must be reduced to as low as possible so that white Christians prevail."
~ Joy-Ann Reid
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/15https://www.joyannreid.com/p/countering-white-christian-nationalism
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@wdlindsy as an atheist I like this Pope, he says and does what Christians who follow that book should be doing. He does good Pope'ing
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"For half a century in American public life, a political force has attempted to use Christian faith and 'traditional values' to turn back the gains of the 20th century’s civil and human rights movements."
~ William J. Barber and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/13https://ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-christian-about-christian
@wdlindsy
The authors argue that for the past 50 years, a specific political movement has weaponized Christian faith and "traditional values" to reverse civil and human rights gains made in the 20th century. -
"This has become the foundational base of white Christianity, of white Christian nationalism, I should say, because white Christians are alone in the belief, what I just told you, that there should simply be fewer non-white people in America, that the non-white population must be reduced to as low as possible so that white Christians prevail."
~ Joy-Ann Reid
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/15https://www.joyannreid.com/p/countering-white-christian-nationalism
"This has become their theology and they're alone in that theology."
Robert P. Jones replies:
"It's really plain that what we're seeing today is a battle for the soul of white Christianity in this country. I can just not say it any plainer than that. It's not actually new, but it has come to a head under Trump. Trump has really brought it back to the fore."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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"This has become their theology and they're alone in that theology."
Robert P. Jones replies:
"It's really plain that what we're seeing today is a battle for the soul of white Christianity in this country. I can just not say it any plainer than that. It's not actually new, but it has come to a head under Trump. Trump has really brought it back to the fore."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/16Joy-Ann Reid and Robert P. Jones discuss the contest in Texas between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, two self-professed Christians challenging white Christian nationalism, but with different emphases — Crockett more as the prophet and Talarico more as the priest.
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico #JasmineCrockett #Texas
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Joy-Ann Reid and Robert P. Jones discuss the contest in Texas between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, two self-professed Christians challenging white Christian nationalism, but with different emphases — Crockett more as the prophet and Talarico more as the priest.
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico #JasmineCrockett #Texas
/17"Today’s white Christian nationalists, who along with Trump scream about persecution, are part of a long tradition. ...
Those who study white evangelical Christian movements are not surprised by how disconnected their attitudes are from political reality and the policies currently on display."
~ Tom Schaller
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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"Today’s white Christian nationalists, who along with Trump scream about persecution, are part of a long tradition. ...
Those who study white evangelical Christian movements are not surprised by how disconnected their attitudes are from political reality and the policies currently on display."
~ Tom Schaller
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/18"In fact, many conservative American Christians happily ignore entreaties from the Beatitudes to bless the neediest in favor of exacting punishment on them.
'What some on the hard right think is religion amounts, in many cases, to a punitive impulse: the desire to punish perceived evildoers and transgressors,'" (continued in /20)
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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"In fact, many conservative American Christians happily ignore entreaties from the Beatitudes to bless the neediest in favor of exacting punishment on them.
'What some on the hard right think is religion amounts, in many cases, to a punitive impulse: the desire to punish perceived evildoers and transgressors,'" (continued in /20)
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/19(continued from /19)
"Katherine Stewart, an expert on white Christian nationalism and author of the 2025 New York Times bestseller, 'Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy,' wrote to me by email."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism
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Joy-Ann Reid and Robert P. Jones discuss the contest in Texas between Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, two self-professed Christians challenging white Christian nationalism, but with different emphases — Crockett more as the prophet and Talarico more as the priest.
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico #JasmineCrockett #Texas
/17Democrats tend to go for the watered down candidate.
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"So even if you don’t share the faith of candidates like Beshear and Talarico, or their visible piety makes you a little uncomfortable, don’t forget that Christian nationalism is a growing threat, and fighting it is going to require the help of a lot of Christians."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #JamesTalarico
/2@wdlindsy "The only thing that can stop a bad man who believes in the flying spaghetti monster is a good man who believes in the flying spaghetti monster."
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"Katherine Stewart, an expert on white Christian nationalism and author of the 2025 New York Times bestseller, 'Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy,' wrote to me by email."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism
/20Noting that "the nearly half of Republicans who said the Epstein files mattered at least 'a little' to how they assess Trump’s presidency in July 2025 dropped to just 36 percent by November," Kalli Hollaway says,
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism #Epstein #pedophiles
/22https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/epstein-maga-trump-morals/
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Noting that "the nearly half of Republicans who said the Epstein files mattered at least 'a little' to how they assess Trump’s presidency in July 2025 dropped to just 36 percent by November," Kalli Hollaway says,
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism #Epstein #pedophiles
/22https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/epstein-maga-trump-morals/
"For the better part of a decade, conservatives lurched from one pedophile-focused moral panic to the next, proclaiming themselves the true saviors of children. They didn’t mean all children, of course; these are the same people who gifted a white woman with $750,000 just for calling a 5-year-old autistic Black boy the n-word."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism #Epstein #pedophiles
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"For the better part of a decade, conservatives lurched from one pedophile-focused moral panic to the next, proclaiming themselves the true saviors of children. They didn’t mean all children, of course; these are the same people who gifted a white woman with $750,000 just for calling a 5-year-old autistic Black boy the n-word."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism #Epstein #pedophiles
/23"Their concern was always reserved for the white children they saw as fully human.
The moral charade was always going to be undone by the Trump of it all. His supporters are members of a reactionary movement almost singularly animated by racial grievance."
#Trump #Republicans #MAGA #WhiteChristianNationalism #WhiteEvangelicals #WhiteSupremacy #racism #Epstein #pedophiles
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Gli ultimi otto messaggi ricevuti dalla Federazione
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@deadsuperhero so, now it's time for *me* to put *you* on the spot.
As is probably clear from the last 12 hours of active conversation on the thread you started, you've got an audience and a network that really brings people together.
I wonder, how comfortable you are using that convening power more often? As in, when are we having the WeDistribute conference? 😉
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@kappazeta @leodurruti c'è stato un periodo in cui era un problema, poi un po' sono state introdotte delle misure per bloccarlo (che però io non sto usando) ed era fondamentalmente sparito, e oggi e ieri è apparso di nuovo
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Lollobrigida al posto di petrecca...una italia tutta lollo!
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Lollobrigida solo tredicesimo posto
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@leodurruti
davvero? pensavo che xmpp fosse (sostanzialmente) immune...
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@heluecht @deadsuperhero hey, is anyone interested in participating in the API task force?
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@thegiddystitcher (the best kind of Friday night :D )
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@valhalla I think I shall go for a walk.
(maybe catalogue some stamps later, wild Friday night)
