Lots of Lancastrians are standing up against facism and are speaking out against Christian nationalism. It’s honestly stunning to me how few of them are interested in learning about how/where/why/when it manifests locally. Still sitting on a ton of research. Lancaster, you know where to find me.

In light of all the revisionist history and statements by the Christian nationalist extremists now running our government, a reminder from @hcrichardson.bsky.social. “The country’s founding documents are the Declaration of Independence…”

Tonight Trump illegally stripped collective bargaining rights from 400,000 workers without telling the governments lawyers.

oh no shit?

Trump’s plan to rig the 2026 midterms became crystal clear on Wednesday, as Texas Republicans introduced a new congressional redistricting map that would give their party five new seats in the US House, making it much more difficult for Democrats to retake the chamber next November.

Jason Yates, a prominent conservative Christian activist and former CEO of My Faith Votes, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography

Quite literally manifesting the FEMA camps conspiracy theory

I’m not interested in the lies that Trump’s corrupt DOJ bribes Ghislaine Maxwell into telling. I’m interested in the truths that the victims and witnesses told investigators years ago, which are in the files that Trump’s DOJ refuses to release. Release the files.

Fascist Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon says that anyone who votes for a "foreigner" like Zohran Mamdani or Vivek Ramaswamy is "a traitor to God and country." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

why can’t he just pretend Mamdani is Trump and do nothing

SCOOP: The Trump Administration directed the Muir Woods National Monument to remove language it had added to its interpretative signs detailing women's contributions to the monument and the racist ideologies of some of its founders. 19thnews.org/2025/07/publ...

Praying in the House, while preparing to vote away benefits for seniors, children, and the sick. Hypocrisy at its finest.

10/ All three of these co-authors—Hammer, Hazony, and Cline—signed NatCon’s Statement of Principles. Please read this excerpt. It’s important. Please also note that Russ Vought, Peter Thiel, and a plethora of Claremont Institute associates signed this Statement. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

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3/ As you can see, I’ve been waiting for this article to drop since last year. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

👀 The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has just published an article by A3P Sr. Counsel Josh Hammer, Timon Cline, & Yoram Hazony. It calls on SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states & requires a separation of church & state. 1/

People in wheelchairs are getting arrested right now in the Russell Senate Office Building in DC. They showed up to tell Congress not to cut their Medicaid, because they cant afford health care without it. If you look closely you can see the zip ties on their hands. #WeWontGetOverLosingMedicaid

White people in 2025: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!! This is unheard of, unthinkable, unimaginable!! This isn’t who we are as a country!!! Black people since 1619: Omg they’re snatching people off the street and doing unthinkable things to them!!

They want to take our joy.

I never thought Mitch would get through the pearly gates before this, now I’m certain he will spend eternity with Limbaugh.

So many experts warned of this. CNN ‪‪@natashabertrand.bsky.social: Pentagon's "Defense Intelligence Agency has assessed that the core components of Iran's nuclear program are largely intact and that Iran's nuclear program has essentially only been set back by months."

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People showed up and made sure their voices were heard in Bethlehem yesterday for the third PA stop of the “Stop the Billionaire Tax Giveaway" bus tour – despite the heatwave! ✊🔥

Alright I have a question for *all of you*, esp for those of you who are not into environment stuff. When you think about planting native plants in the area you control, what *prevents* you from taking that action? These could be emotional, financial, practical, anything. RTs appreciated here.

The next stop on the @fairshareamerica.bsky.social “Stop the Billionaire Tax Giveaway" bus tour was Scranton! We gathered yesterday afternoon to say NO cuts to Medicaid or SNAP in exchange for tax breaks for billionaires. Communities across PA are DONE sacrificing so the ultra-rich can get richer!

In the immediate aftermath of the US bombing raid on Iranian nuclear facilities, a careful evaluation of the mission and its purported success was impossible because of Trump's constant lying. But now, initial assessments are emerging—and they're far from the total success he claims.

Wrote a bit more on the Christian education of Vance Boelter. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/on-the-chr...

After the No Kings march in Philadelphia yesterday, a few hundred people took to the streets by the Federal Detention Center for a militant protest in solidarity with the ICE detainee revolt in Newark: youtu.be/TX7gpadYw1A?...

At yesterday's protests in Atlanta, police arrested the respected journalist Mario Guevara—clearly ID'd as press and, crucially, known for tirelessly documenting ICE abuses—for livestreaming their crackdown. He was booked on charges of "obstruction" and "pedestrian walking on or along" a roadway.

"And when the band plays 'Hail to the chief'...they point the cannon at you." Trump got trolled...by the US Army. Most expensive prank in history. But I'm here for it.

Are we supposed to trust law enforcement officers who wear masks after an assassin impersonated a law enforcement officer while wearing a mask?

I love this so much

There is a massive opportunity here but only if we can maintain and build momentum; we cannot let off the gas on this, not even a little

The fact that people turned out in huge numbers to protest in Minnesota even after a right-wing chud assassinated a Democratic member of the legislature is a good example of why we are going to win.

I will say for the umpteenth time that the Democratic establishment is terrible at understanding enthusiasm math. An energized base is crucial to winning fights-- electoral and otherwise-- because they will drag the low info folks out to vote and protest and engage. You NEED that energy.

Minnesota assassination suspect Vance Boelter seems to be associated with the authoritarian, charismatic Christian right. 2 months ago, The Christ for The Nations Institute (CFNI) honored Cindy Jacobs, a top apostle and prophet in the theocratic New Apostolic Reformation movement.

In some sermons that we reviewed, Vance Boelter can be heard railing against the LGBTQ community and abortion www.wired.com/story/shooti... story with @timmarchman.bsky.social and @leahfeiger.bsky.social

One of my subscribers, a retail business owner, commenting this morning. "The effects of tariffs are not "yet to be felt," they are "yet to be reported."

This is not hyperbole: this Republican bill makes higher education accessible only to the wealthy few and tells the working class to either not go to college or find a more dangerous private lender to do so. Unacceptable. This bill must be stopped. prospect.org/education/20...

Great write up on that Wisconsin judge bust by @emptywheel.bsky.social: www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/27/s...

Health care workers know from experience that only organizing will lead to enforceable standards and better conditions.

Thread. bsky.app/profile/jenn...

People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. (Published Dec. 2024)

If you aren't following Jenny Cohn, you are missing an awfully good analysis of the ongoing fuckery of the Heritage Foundation.

GIFT LINK in post 2.

SCOOP --> The cop who initially attested to Abrego Garcia's alleged MS-13 membership was subsequently suspended and indicted for serious professional misconduct: Sharing case info with a sex worker. This undermines Trumpworld's smears. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1940...

As I noted here: if Abrego Garcia were as dangerous as Stephen Miller and Karoline Leavitt claim, why the fuck did Trump let him out of detention in 2019? www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/15/w...

There it is!

“Now That Trump Is President, He Can Remind America That Christ Is King”. By Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts & William Wolfe (co-editor of the “Statement on Christian Nationalism” manifesto & former fellow of Russ Vought’s organization). 4/14/25 1/ www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/14/n...