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Good convo here between @jemartisby.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social about reporters & how they cover Christian Nationalism. It was sparked by 2 NYT religion reporters sating they do not use the label "CN" How reporters write about CN is important youtu.be/kO6GigXCRL8?...

Pamela Jo has until December 20th to release the Epstein files. She must include explanations for everything she redacts or withholds.

The Presidency was never intended to be a safe haven for criminals.

Just dropped @convocation.bsky.social —Trump’s Drumbeat of Violence and Christian Nationalism. Our latest episode w/ @jemartisby.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social convocation.substack.com/p/trumps-dru...

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

If there are no consequences to the "president" for threatening political opponents with death or being cruel to reporters, then why is it even news? Just so we can all be sad about it?

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.

Whatever the Epstein Files reveal, it is clear that he must go. The nation cannot endure a full term of the grifting, dismantling of institutions, and abductions on the street by masked agents, much less skyrocketing prices, allying with dictators, and outright lying.

You are not actually avoiding the difficult terrain of politics in the pulpit by not saying anything. Refusing to speak simply becomes tacit approval of the status quo. In times of moral chaos, silence is complicity.

U.S. grocery prices have hit a record high — the monthly cost for a family of four is now $1,030.

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year. That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare. Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

The guy who said he could stand in the middle of 5th Ave. and shoot someone and still get elected— sure looks like he was right about that. So, it makes sense that people are cynical about whether releasing the Epstein files will change anything… or bring any real accountability. 1/2

What the Senate Democratic defectors did is like the Montgomery bus boycotters calling it quits after 40 days because city leaders promised to “review” bus seating policies. History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.

Latest podcast episode just posted! Our take on the meaning of the 2025 election results: the surprising, the practical, and the big picture. @jemartisby.bsky.social @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social @kkdumez.bsky.social convocation.substack.com/p/the-most-i...

My hometown. ✊🏾 Waukegan’s had a vibrant and proud Latino community for as long as I can remember. I’ve always considered that a blessing. They picked the wrong city to mess with.

Turns out most people do, in fact, prefer democracy to autocracy.

Thoughts with the families of the 3 crew who were on the UPS flight from Louisville to Honolulu. We all depend on folks like them to deliver essential goods to us, and it’s hard when something goes so horribly wrong as it clearly did today. 😢

MSNBC calls NYC for Mamdani

SNAP benefits won’t go out in November. People of conscience all over the nation are already coming together to fill the gap and fill stomachs. My concern is that we won’t talk enough about how it’s not supposed to be this way.

For the film and faith enthusiasts.

Perhaps the moral of the story is to take racism seriously.

Subtle metaphor for America.

The campaign against “antifa” is about establishing a beachhead for further attacks on speech and assembly rights. We see that today in the effort to preemptively label No Kings protesters as “terrorists.”

If you missed the Convocation Unscripted’s LIVE episode this week, we’ve just posted the recording. Tune in below! Plus, the latest writing from me, @jemartisby.bsky.social , @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social , and @kkdumez.bsky.social . open.substack.com/pub/convocat...

Reflecting sadly on the fact that in 2020 lots of pastors didn’t get woke, they got interrupted. For a brief moment it seemed like all the world was talking about racism. These pastors got swept up in the furor and began gesturing toward justice.

"Conservative" is not the word. It's "extremism"--and a host of other words. But there is nothing conservative about what this regime is doing. Their project is not conservative, it's regressive. They don't want to conserve, they want to destroy.

It is abundantly clear (and has been for a while) that many people of faith do not know the difference between Christianity and white Christian nationalism. They practice the latter but mistake it for the former.

PSA: When you share clips of Black people echoing racist talking points, that doesn’t make the ideas less racist. Putting a Black face on white supremacy doesn’t change what it is.

The Congressional Black Caucus released a statement following the Charlie Kirk Resolution. Only it’s not just a statement…

Seeing so many white Christians defend Charlie Kirk while ignoring, minimizing, and dismissing the concerns of so many Black Christians is exactly what compromise and complicity look like today. #ColorofCompromise

@jemartisby.bsky.social and @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social did a joint podcast last year. We rereleased it on the Disarming Leviathan Podcast. Check it out on YT or your favorite podcast app.

A bunch of influencers appear persuasive because they super fast and confidently. But if you really listen, they're saying a whole lotta nuthin'.

A refusal to seriously address racism is why everyone is here. I don't know what to tell you.

We are excited to introduce the PRRI Senior Democracy Fellows — a dynamic cohort of scholars and knowledge producers working at the intersection of religion, culture, and politics.

Author/historian @jemartisby.bsky.social provides even more important context to the harmful and misleading PragerU video in this excellent article: jemartisby.substack.com/p/pragerus-c...

I started this publication in January 2021. I did it because I love to write and my brain was brimming with thoughts on faith, history, and justice I just had to share. Grateful folks are tuning. Most of my stuff is totally free. Stay in the know: JemarTisby.Substack.com

Been sounding the alarm about his dictatorial tendencies. Worst part is some people really do think it would be better.

House Oversight's Robert Garcia says the "overwhelming majority" of the 33,000 pages of Epstein materials received from DOJ was previously-disclosed information. "DOJ's limited disclosure raises more questions than answers and makes clear that the White House is not interested in justice."

Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users. While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.

The president wants us to focus on anything but the economic debacle and the Epstein files.

Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised. CALL IT OUT NOW.

Your Periodic Reminder: A handful of Republicans in Congress could stop many of this regime’s abuses.

History is not simply about memory. It’s about identity. By partnering with propaganda machine, PragerU, the White House is seeking to redefine the nation as exceptional—free from any narratives that challenge their mythologized past. Follow along at this account and on Substack. #LinkInBio

Part of why we are where we are is that few people on any point of the political spectrum actually take racism seriously.

If U.S. history is honest, white Christian nationalist theology falls apart. Rather than change their theology to fit the truth, they twist the truth to fit their theology. They whitewash, mythologize, and propagandize the past.