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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

Whether we like it or not, religion is part and parcel of American political life and long has been. And no one is better equipped to challenge the toxic Christian nationalism of MAGA than those who stand within the Christian tradition but who recognize that MAGA is offering a perverted, twisted, demonic version of Christianity.

This is especially important for those living in red states like Texas and Kentucky.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

These are valid and serious concerns, of course. At the same time, it has to be said, they ignore the centrality of religious discourse in American politics and the way the Trump's fascist movement has occupied center-stage precisely by promoting Christian nationlism.

From where I stand, to fail to address that dominance directly, by wresting religion away from the hands of fascist movements, is to yield to those movements.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

Whether we like it or not, religion is part and parcel of American political life and long has been. And no one is better equipped to challenge the toxic Christian nationalism of MAGA than those who stand within the Christian tradition but who recognize that MAGA is offering a perverted, twisted, demonic version of Christianity.

This is especially important for those living in red states like Texas and Kentucky.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

He's concerned that, though what Talarico and Beshear espouse runs directly counter to the Christian nationalism animating MAGA, their appeal to religion threatens the church-state wall as much as Christian nationalism does.

As a Jew (though a secular one with a family heritage of repudiating religion), he's also troubled by the Christian-specific language of Talarico and Beshear.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats #JamesTalarico #AndyBeshear
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

These are valid and serious concerns, of course. At the same time, it has to be said, they ignore the centrality of religious discourse in American politics and the way the Trump's fascist movement has occupied center-stage precisely by promoting Christian nationlism.

From where I stand, to fail to address that dominance directly, by wresting religion away from the hands of fascist movements, is to yield to those movements.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

In a lengthy statement, David Rothkopf sets out his concerns with the acceptance among some liberals and progressives of the overtly religious language employed by James Talarico and Andy Beshear in their Democratic campaigns.

Rothkopf is alarmed at this application of religious language and its acceptance by members of the Democratic coalition.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats #JamesTalarico #AndyBeshear
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https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/heaven-and-hell-in-american-politics

Heaven and Hell in American Politics

What is the proper response to white Christian nationalism in the U.S.? What isn't?

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

He's concerned that, though what Talarico and Beshear espouse runs directly counter to the Christian nationalism animating MAGA, their appeal to religion threatens the church-state wall as much as Christian nationalism does.

As a Jew (though a secular one with a family heritage of repudiating religion), he's also troubled by the Christian-specific language of Talarico and Beshear.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats #JamesTalarico #AndyBeshear
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

In a lengthy statement, David Rothkopf sets out his concerns with the acceptance among some liberals and progressives of the overtly religious language employed by James Talarico and Andy Beshear in their Democratic campaigns.

Rothkopf is alarmed at this application of religious language and its acceptance by members of the Democratic coalition.

#ChristianNationalism #religion #Democrats #JamesTalarico #AndyBeshear
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https://davidrothkopf.substack.com/p/heaven-and-hell-in-american-politics

Heaven and Hell in American Politics

What is the proper response to white Christian nationalism in the U.S.? What isn't?

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Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · last week

32% of Americans. One third. Same as Trump voters!

Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in the U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/republicans-christian-nationalism-trump

#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #ChristianNationalism #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Democracy Matters :verified:

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social · last week

32% of Americans. One third. Same as Trump voters!

Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in the U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2026/02/18/republicans-christian-nationalism-trump

#TrumpMustGo #TrumpKillsAmerica #ChristianNationalism #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

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@MissGayle@urbanists.social · 2 weeks ago

In case you didn't know where we are the coup process, we're at the part where the coup plotters openly reject the constitution and declare a set of laws made up by themselves.

We have arrived at the overthrow of the US government, unless Democrats or the military do something useful very soon.

And frankly, don't hold your breath.

Link: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-constitution-is-not-a-bargaining

#Coup #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #ChristoFascism #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #Government

The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation
The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."
Radley Balko
Feb 16, 2026

"We need to be clear about something. The Democrats’ demands aren’t “common sense reforms,” as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described them. All but a few are already the law — and most of the others are either longstanding norms in U.S. policing or the foundational principles of any free society. The “demands” are really just restatements of what most people already expect from law enforcement and democratic government: No secret police. Immigration officers shouldn’t be arresting and incarcerating U.S. citizens. Cops can’t threaten, beat, and arrest people who are for exercising their First Amendment rights. Cops can’t kill people with impunity.

This is basic stuff." — The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters." Radley Balko Feb 16, 2026 "We need to be clear about something. The Democrats’ demands aren’t “common sense reforms,” as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described them. All but a few are already the law — and most of the others are either longstanding norms in U.S. policing or the foundational principles of any free society. The “demands” are really just restatements of what most people already expect from law enforcement and democratic government: No secret police. Immigration officers shouldn’t be arresting and incarcerating U.S. citizens. Cops can’t threaten, beat, and arrest people who are for exercising their First Amendment rights. Cops can’t kill people with impunity. This is basic stuff."

The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation

The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."

@MissGayle@urbanists.social · 2 weeks ago

In case you didn't know where we are the coup process, we're at the part where the coup plotters openly reject the constitution and declare a set of laws made up by themselves.

We have arrived at the overthrow of the US government, unless Democrats or the military do something useful very soon.

And frankly, don't hold your breath.

Link: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-constitution-is-not-a-bargaining

#Coup #ChristianNationalism #Fascism #ChristoFascism #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #RuleOfLaw #Government

The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation
The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."
Radley Balko
Feb 16, 2026

"We need to be clear about something. The Democrats’ demands aren’t “common sense reforms,” as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described them. All but a few are already the law — and most of the others are either longstanding norms in U.S. policing or the foundational principles of any free society. The “demands” are really just restatements of what most people already expect from law enforcement and democratic government: No secret police. Immigration officers shouldn’t be arresting and incarcerating U.S. citizens. Cops can’t threaten, beat, and arrest people who are for exercising their First Amendment rights. Cops can’t kill people with impunity.

This is basic stuff." — The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters." Radley Balko Feb 16, 2026 "We need to be clear about something. The Democrats’ demands aren’t “common sense reforms,” as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described them. All but a few are already the law — and most of the others are either longstanding norms in U.S. policing or the foundational principles of any free society. The “demands” are really just restatements of what most people already expect from law enforcement and democratic government: No secret police. Immigration officers shouldn’t be arresting and incarcerating U.S. citizens. Cops can’t threaten, beat, and arrest people who are for exercising their First Amendment rights. Cops can’t kill people with impunity. This is basic stuff."

The Constitution is not a bargaining chip for a budget negotiation

The Democrats demanded that Trump's immigration cops follow the law and the Constitution. The Republicans called those demands "nonstarters."

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"But the reality is that America has become less religious — about 28% of Americans claim no religion — because white Americans are less religious."

#Trump #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

Bob Smietana notes that in having immigrants rounded up, detained, deported, Trump is doing MAGA bidding. But MAGA also wants America "returned" to the "Christian" nation it was originally — or so MAGA imagines.

And ironically, Trump's draconian anti-immigrant policies are having the opposite effect from what MAGA wants in the second arena: they threaten to make the nation less Christian.

#Trump #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://wordandway.org/2025/11/20/why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-may-make-america-less-christian

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"Younger white Americans are one of the least religious groups in the country — while nonwhite Americans and immigrants are among the most religious. ...

Podcaster and conservative personality Tucker Carlson, known for his controversial takes on American culture — and his recent interview with antisemitic activist Nick Fuentes — has blamed immigration for the decline of religion in America."

#Trump #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"And especially in North Carolina, when small businesses are 50% of your workforce and also farms and agribusiness are the number one economic driver in your state…. This is just impacting people, again, who don't feel safe to go to work, even if they are U.S. citizens. And it's just it's hit everybody everywhere in every sector."

#Trump #JDVance #immigrants #deportations #economy #food #agriculture #jobs #LaborForce #housing #NorthCarolina
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

Bob Smietana notes that in having immigrants rounded up, detained, deported, Trump is doing MAGA bidding. But MAGA also wants America "returned" to the "Christian" nation it was originally — or so MAGA imagines.

And ironically, Trump's draconian anti-immigrant policies are having the opposite effect from what MAGA wants in the second arena: they threaten to make the nation less Christian.

#Trump #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://wordandway.org/2025/11/20/why-trumps-immigration-crackdown-may-make-america-less-christian

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

Video footage showing ICE's masked thugs smashing the car window of a man in Charlotte and detaining him though he had proof of American citizenship and a valid ID.

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/us/video/trump-ice-charlotte-north-carolina-real-id-man-detained-vrtc

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

Video footage showing ICE's masked thugs smashing the car window of a man in Charlotte and detaining him though he had proof of American citizenship and a valid ID.

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/us/video/trump-ice-charlotte-north-carolina-real-id-man-detained-vrtc

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"Residents described officers sprinting through parking lots, jumping fences behind small bakeries and mercados. Some said they watched people shoved to the ground, grocery bags splitting apart, oranges rolling into traffic, voices shaking as shouts ricocheted between brick storefronts."

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"A city defined by banking towers and craft breweries, where weekends were measured by Panthers touchdowns, farmers’ markets, and late-night debates about who served the best barbecue in town.

By this weekend, that rhythm collapsed.

Before sunrise, unmarked SUVs slid through quiet neighborhoods, and ICE agents moved in like a storm front."

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump…

Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags."

~ Alt National Park

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://www.facebook.com/AltUSNationalParkService/posts/pfbid02KTbbdYvLb5e3fMXsSUcHsG6N3sTQDnbiMyMYwC7EdGBgExA5hMh1Vt7ukpQXTbnhl

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses. A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children on Nov. 15, 2025."

~ Nick Sullivan and Khadejeh Nikouyeh

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article312932422.html

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 3 months ago

"Anti-ICE protests in Charlotte: ❤ People all over the country had enough of Trump's Nazi bullshit!"

~ Gavin Rocks!

#Trump #StephenMiller #Charlotte #NorthCarolina #ICE #MaskedThugs #immigrants #deportations #ChristianNationalism
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https://newsom2028.substack.com/p/anti-ice-protests-in-charlotte

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 months ago

"Attacks on mosques in the UK have soared in recent months, the government’s Islamophobia monitoring partner has said, with more than 40% of incidents featuring British or English flags and Christian nationalist symbols or slogans."

~ Chris Osuh

#Islamophobia #UK #mosques #ChristianNationalism #fascism #Nazis
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/07/uk-mosques-soaring-attacks-british-muslim-trust-flags-christian-nationalist-slogans

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