Nick Fish
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President of
@atheists.org
. Adopted. Philadelphian by choice, but forever a Midwesterner.
It's almost like feeding your political base unadulterated conspiracy slop ā with a soupƧon of end-times theology ā for decades might eventually come back to bite you
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MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged
Conspiracy theories about the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting have ramped up in recent weeks as once steadfast Trump supporters turn on the president.
https://www.wired.com/story/maga-is-increasingly-convinced-the-trump-assassination-attempt-was-staged/
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The Vice President, if not an outright Nazi himself, sees them as allies and fellow travelers.
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about 19 hours ago
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Decoherence Media
1 day ago
Earlier this week, Decoherence Media reported on 8 fascist, antisemitic, or otherwise far-right accounts that JD Vance followed on X. HowlingMutant was one of them. He frequently posts about rape and refers to himself as a rapist, and makes antisemitic jokes.
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jamelle
about 19 hours ago
oh wow youāre telling me that jd vance follows yet another nazi on twitter
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Senator Ron Wyden
about 21 hours ago
I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
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Taxing $5 million second homes? The scariest thing ever. The world's richest man engaging in Great Replacement and "white genocide" conspiracies? Important discourse you can find on X: The Everything Appā¢!
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about 23 hours ago
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Sarah Stankorb
1 day ago
What a week of rich data! Yesterday, PRRI released its religious census data, which showed, overall, a pretty stagnant picture of religious identification and disaffiliation. Except, among women under 30. @bmietana.bsky.social did a great job summarizing the survey.
religionnews.com/2026/04/15/s...
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Gen Z women are losing their religion, new study finds
(RNS) ā Women have long been more religious than men. But a new study finds the gap closing as more young women under 30 identify as ānoneā ā unaffiliated.
https://religionnews.com/2026/04/15/study-young-women-are-not-flocking-to-church-they-are-leaving/
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Michelangelo Signorile
1 day ago
When the White House is trying to do damage control on all the outrage about Trumpās post showing himself as Jesus, itās not a good idea to call the the media the Pharisees.
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Kevin M. Kruse
3 days ago
This is a favorite strawman of the Religious Right, asserting that the exact phrase "separation of church and state" isn't in the Constitution. They ignore that there are only three references to religion in the entire Constitution, all three of which work to separate church and state.
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Jay Willis
1 day ago
Genuinely funny that Sonia Sotomayor issued a public apology today for her mild criticism of a conservative colleague on a specific, substantive issue, and then a few hours later Clarence Thomas picked up a mic and was like ALL LIBERALS ARE AMERICA-HATING COWARDS
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America
He said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have āfallen out of favorā among Americans.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-blasts-progressivism-threat/story?id=132084353
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jamelle
1 day ago
clarence thomas is just reciting a circa 2010 glenn beck rant verbatim
abcnews.com/Politics/sup...
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Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America
He said that the values enshrined in the 1776 Declaration of Independence have āfallen out of favorā among Americans.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-blasts-progressivism-threat/story?id=132084353
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NY Times Pitchbot
2 days ago
Is Pope Leo XIV the right person to lead the Catholic Church? We asked four evangelicals at a megachurch outside of Nashville.
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Thank goodness we got rid of all that silly DEI stuff and have returned to the meritocracy of, uh, [checks notes] ideological filtered 23-year-old dudes who joined the right club.
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This is not the best way to sell me insurance, Ned. Bing!
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Yeah but is he a Gundam flying over the Statue of Liberty?
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Dave Itzkoff
4 days ago
it'll be back in three days
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My read is that this gave them a plausible, low-cost opportunity to criticize him. Allows them to say "of course I'll call him out when he gets it wrong" without having to engage on anything substantive. A real life version of the "I can excuse racism but I draw the line at..." meme.
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Adam Serwer
4 days ago
Trump is running an interesting experiment in how many self-identified Christian Americans have actual religious commitments and how many are just into it because it provides a means for the socially defensible expression of bigotry
bsky.app/profile/bria...
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ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I IS WEAK ON ANTITRUST. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Linda Holmes
5 days ago
You all are talking about āthe Pope is weak on crimeā and I feel like the real gem is āshould get his act together as Pope.ā
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Mark Jacob
5 days ago
The Constitution forbids any āestablishment of religionā by our government. But Christian extremists are hijacking our political system and using our tax money to foist their beliefs on us. Itās an obnoxious assault on American values.
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As a life-long atheist, I can only aspire to this level of blasphemy.
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Remember when conservatives argued that a city government official telling Catholic Social Services that their anti-LGBTQ policies were out of step with the new Pope's teachings was definitely evidence of anti-Catholic animosity? Anyway, just thinking about that for no reason in particular.
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Trying to imagine the absolute meltdown we'd be seeing on Fox (and the entire Right Wing media ecosystem) and among "religious freedom" Republicans in Congress if Obama had even gently criticized the Pope while president ā nevermind this unhinged screed.
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This is what Christian Nationalism looks like.
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jamelle
5 days ago
i will vote for any candidate who offers up this slogan
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Joel S.
5 days ago
Sure hope the ADL is feeling good about going out of their way to defend this guy against charges of antisemitism.
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Nicholas Grossman
5 days ago
In competitive authoritarianism, leaders abuse state power to tilt the electoral playing field in their favor, manipulate the media environment and minimize opposition voices, maybe even steal close elections by lying about fraud. But they usually can't overcome a large majority voting against them.
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Comfortably Numb
5 days ago
Me, seeing Hungarian elections results
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Kumail Nanjiani
5 days ago
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@taskmaster.tv
. It's hilarious & joyful. I begged to do it, worked out my schedule a year ahead of time to make it happen & got to do the best show on TV w/ the loveliest ppl. Ep 1 is out &, trust me, you need this joy. All seasons free on youtube.
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Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full Episode
YouTube video by Taskmaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRfHA2d3DhM&t=2217s
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Katalin Halmai
5 days ago
ššŗ Hungarian elections: ā¼ļøViktor OrbĆ”n congratulated PĆ©ter Magyar
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jamelle
5 days ago
even the most tenacious autocrats have a difficult time denying a landslide result against them
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On the Media
7 days ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth holds regular Pentagon prayer meetings, which infuse worship with the furor of Christian nationalism. "Hegseth is trying to evangelize the military leadership with his version of Christianity,ā says
@briankaylor.bsky.social
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For once, the Fifth Circuit trying to take us back to the 1850s worked out for the good.
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Matthew Gertz
8 days ago
chyron has me asking a lot of questions already answered by the chyron
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Kevin M. Levin
9 days ago
'Gov. Spanberger signed a bill to end the renewal of commemorative Robert E. Lee license plates in Virginia. A portion of the sale of these plates has previously supported the neo-Confederate organization Sons of Confederate Veterans.'
#CivilWarMemory
www.wavy.com/news/virgini...
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Gov. Spanberger signs bill to end the renewal of Robert E. Lee license plates in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) ā Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed Del. Dan Helmerās bill to end the renewal of commemorative Robert E. Lee license plates in Virginia Wednesday, according to a pressā¦
https://www.wavy.com/news/virginia/gov-spanberger-signs-bill-to-end-the-renewal-of-robert-e-lee-license-plates-in-virginia/
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Most people think child marriage is a thing of the past. It isn't. Over 300,000 minors were married in the U.S. between 2000 and 2021. American Atheists is working to end it - in all 50 states. Join the fight.
atheists.org/marriage
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9 days ago
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"Bombing the Pope for criticizing an illegal war" feels like a dramatic over-enforcement of the Johnson Amendment
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For Christian Nationalists, there is no tension here. Because the religious "freedom" they espouse is only for "real" Americans. In their view, their dominance over every institution is moral and necessary to reclaim their nation from those who have corrupted it (secularists, immigrants, Muslims).
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Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats
9 days ago
Is it possible that MAGA types really don't see the difference between: "I want more religion in public schools" -and- "I want more of MY religion in public schools." [gift link]
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Fight Over Funding Islamic Schools in Texas Exposes G.O.P. Tensions
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/texas-voucher-program-islamic-schools-funding-fight.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.EfMJ.s4gIFKPYozjN&smid=url-share
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jamelle
10 days ago
no offense to the hungarian people but iām sorry, the idea that hungary is some last bastion of āwestern civilizationā is absurd. canāt overstate how much this post-liberal, national conservative nonsense makes you sound like a putz
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Moira Donegan
10 days ago
Kind of thing that should be read aloud in front of a tribunal.
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Dave Itzkoff
10 days ago
Just a normal push alert to wake up to
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Maggie Ardiente
10 days ago
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www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump says God supports U.S. cause in Iran war as he threatens wider bombing
The president offered a new rationale for the costly, unpopular conflict: āGod wants to see people taken care of,ā he said.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/06/trump-iran-war-christianity/
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Somebody's gotta do the hard work of confirming those 27-year-old Alliance Defending Freedom lawyers to lifetime judgeships.
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10 days ago
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jamelle
11 days ago
Vought has in fact written about his belief that the president is an elected dictator.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
11 days ago
OPINION: "Too many Americans have forgotten or never learned that separating religion and politics was crucial to the formation of the United States." ā Harold Jackson
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Are voters on the religious right beginning to question their enduring loyalty to Trump? | Opinion
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-gop-religious-right-evangelical-christians-midterm-elections-20260406.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1775479828
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Who can forget that time Joe Biden cancelled Good Friday, replaced Easter with a drag show, and sent woke ICE agents with purple hair into conservative evangelical churches that didn't comply
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11 days ago
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Samuel Perry
11 days ago
In my observation, this is the modal Christian right defense of Trump's deranged statements. It's not "Hell yeah! Get 'em Trump!" More often it's an attempt to ease their consciences by framing it as a false choice: "It's either Trump or [imagined persecution of Christianity]. What else could I do?"
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