An upcoming NAR rally in Brazil is “a benchmark in a wider trend in which much of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity is being courted by the leaders of right-wing, populist authoritarianism…” writes @fredclarkson.bsky.social religiondispatches.org/the-nar-vows...

I have never heard of a reservation being "cancelled" (for no stated reason) after a person checks in a receives a boarding pass. Highly suspicious and disconcerting. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

To get a sense of where things stand: Here's an exchange from earlier this year, in which a Baptist minister was told by a Texas Senator that she didn't understand the Gospel because she cited Baptists' historic support for church-state separations as one reason to oppose the Ten Commandments bill.

🧵🧵 Texas Republicans have been increasingly open and aggressive about Christianizing America via schools - to, in the words of the state education board chair, center classrooms around "GOD, GOP & USA." That fight just escalated, and you should pay attention - because your state could be next.

The first day of the 2025 legislative session also featured prominent pastors and lawmakers calling for spiritual warfare and, at one point, praying on the walls of the Capitol to ward off demonic spirits they believe control Austin.

Last month, two Republican State Board of Education members appointed David Barton, a Christian nationalist activist and widely debunked "amateur historian," as an expert advisor for the state's upcoming revision of curricula to focus on Texas and American history.

Will Berry opposed the execution of Geoffrey West, the man who took his mother's life. Alabama suffocated him anyway. Read the full story here.

Such a good story here from @rubycramer.bsky.social about an overwhelmed immigration lawyer working in Louisiana’s “Detention Alley.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Sudan is a portent of a certain kind of world…. via @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.

Incredible story about Volkswagen, and modern day slavery in the Amazon via @terrencemccoy.bsky.social wapo.st/46sX08n

Julio González Jr. thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. Instead, the plane landed in El Salvador. “The horror movie started there,” he said. What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.social

Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.

NEW: Of the 230+ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador: • Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided • More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.

Today we published our 2nd story in an investigation into the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to El Salvador. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum. www.propublica.org/article/vene...

New: How an adorable yellow lab got caught up in Trump's campaign of "Deep State" revenge. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

More and more, Trump is detaining children. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Trump is detaining children. And $45 billion for new detention facilities includes room for more. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Such a good story via @gregjaffe.bsky.social -

The spiritual path of the Minnesota shooting suspect brought him in contact with the radical world of the New Apostolic Reformation, where leaders describe politicians as demon-infested, federal judges as opposing God, and the world as a spiritual battleground. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

This movement in Brazil, a huge force in politics, has ties and parallels to the charismatic/NAR movement in the US: newrepublic.com/article/1530...

"fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit" is a phrase that makes me feel like maybe i've passed away and all the news i read is all just the final neurons in my brain racing around making haphazard connections in the moments before darkness

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... vía @teoarmus.bsky.social

This is something: elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22/v...

Over the past several months, I’ve spent many hours in conversations with people who have experienced firsthand a flip from democracy to dictatorship.🧵

Must read via @adriennelaf.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month. He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵

My former WaPo colleagues continue their incredible run of breaking vital stories —subscribe! — the latest via @hannahnatanson.bsky.social @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social and Rachel Siegel. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

An obscure federal grant was bringing doctors to rural America. Could it survive DOGE? Project 2025? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

‘It’s us or nobody’ — an obscure federal grant is bringing doctors to rural America. Will it survive DOGE? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

An obscure federal grant was bringing doctors to rural Alabama. Then came DOGE. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

BREAKING: More international graduate students at Johns Hopkins University have lost their student visas. The total is now "several dozen," up from around 12. We are the first outlet to report on this, here is what you need to know: www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the first full day of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda — an ominous memory.

Too many women have miscarriage stories. This is mine. Now w free gift link, bc I think people should talk openly and honesty about pregnancy loss: www.theatlantic.com/family/archi... But also, obvi, subscribe to @theatlantic.com! Lots of good work over here...)

This story delves into an often-overlooked dimension of the NAR movement - its relationship to Israel:

The prophet and apostle crowd is casting The Atlantic’s security breach revelation as a deep state plot against Trump. Also, a prophet says the deep state is battling “God himself” now… via FlashPoint, where a lot ofTrump’s Christian followers get their news. www.flashpointarmy.com/episode/flas...

So proud of @washingtonpost.com Health & Science reporters, who continue to kick ass every damn day amid trying times. SCOOP by @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social & @joelachenbach.bsky.social What a time to be canceling research into vaccine hesitancy, w/more than 200 cases of measles in 12 states.

Thank you for this important, timely and powerful reporting here, @michaelluo.bsky.social

Really meaningful to see "Tragedy at Rock Springs" getting the hero treatment @newyorker.com. Asian American history IS American history. And it feels incredibly relevant to the present moment. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Meanwhile, in New Orleans, happy #MardiGras….

The great Marty Baron: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Even top ACLU lawyers say they will not be able to stop Trump from deporting millions if he is determined to do so. “The only way this is going to be stopped is if the American public rejects it,” the ACLU’s Lee Gelernt said. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Even top ACLU lawyers say they will not be able to stop Trump from deporting millions if he is determined to do so. “The only way this is going to be stopped is if the American public rejects it,” the ACLU’s Lee Gelnert said. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...