Grateful Alive

Our rights don’t come from God. They come from “We the People” through the Constitution we established ourselves. But we’ll gladly take the reminder that even Gorsuch seems to understand America is not — and was never intended to be — a Christian nation.

Prayer didn’t abolish slavery, secure women’s rights, defeat segregation, or expand civil liberties. People did that — through activism, reason, democracy, and constitutional protections. Progress comes from courageous action, not politicians staging prayer circles for cameras.

Close, it rhymes with “right.”

🔥 NEW from Faithful America Trump’s Freedom 250 Rededicate 250: “It's a front for white Christian Nationalism.” “Stand with us to declare: NOT IN OUR NAME.” @faithfulamerica.bsky.social: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ch... @faithfulamerica.bsky.social

You can read Trump's whole pitch deck for Freedom 250 in the story I wrote about it earlier this year. He is explicitly selling access and favor to the highest bidders.

🔥 NEW MSNOW: Major companies are funding Trump’s Christian nationalist event "Several well-known companies have signed on as sponsors of Trump’s plans to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th anniversary." Ja'Han Jones writes about the upcoming Rededicate 250 event: www.ms.now/news/news-an...

Super piece here on the Christian nationalist takeover of the 250th anniversary celebrations. citing @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social www.ms.now/news/news-an...

Apparently Trump is now opposed to the senate housing bill because of its inclusion of an anti-institutional ownership measure that he pushed for in the first place!

And there's the video from over the weekend. Because nothing says America's 250th like Glenn Beck and Moms for Liberty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKT...

HEADS UP NORTH JERSEY! Christofascist nutjobs are are having a fireworks display! Bring the kids! patch.com/new-jersey/h...

"Freedom250" is the fascist alternative to the real deal "America250" - and this is both a propaganda show & a $$$ haul.

Another major departure from the SEC. Defund the Police continues unabated. www.sec.gov/newsroom/pre...

Far-right Moms for Liberty extremists are using the "Freedom 250" branding used by Trump to promote an event Saturday at Ellis Island. Be a George Washington-level sponsor for the low price of $100,000! www.momsforliberty.org/event/ellis-...

Seriously, this is what he's spending his time on www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

We've entered another never-ending war, gas is $4 a gallon, and the president of the United States is playing pool boy

"Notably absent from the lineup are representatives from other non-Christian faiths, such as Islam or Indigenous spiritual traditions, or leaders from mainline Christian or historically Black denominations." These people think they can hijack our country for their version of one religion.

🔥 NEW: Pentagon Pete Headlines Bonkers Event Rededicating America to God Defense Sec Pete Hegseth will headline Trump's Freedom 250 'Rededicate 250' It's a 12-hour Christian nationalist event on the National Mall on May 17 Via @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...

NEW: The faith-themed "Rededicate 250" event on the National Mall next month will feature a slate of conservative Christian pastors, bishops and cabinet members, including Pete Hegseth, Mike Johnson and Bishop Barron, as well as some of Trump's evangelical advisers. religionnews.com/2026/04/22/h...

🔥 NEWS: Defense Sec Pete Hegseth will headline Trump's Freedom 250 'Rededicate' event on May 17 on the National Mall. The 12-hour Christian nationalist event centers on "solemnly rededicating our country as One Nation under God." @thedailybeast.bsky.social www.thedailybeast.com/pete-hegseth...

@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social fyi on this religionnews.com/2026/04/22/h...

🔥 NEW by me: Mike Johnson will speak at Trump’s Freedom 250 | Rededicate 250 event in DC on May 17. The all-day event event is set to “rededicate our country as One Nation under God." Sponsored by Mastercard and United Airlines, among 15 companies. www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...

That’s our money. Money that we paid into the treasury.

Christian nationalist Sen. Josh Hawley says that in order to create a culture of "biblical masculinity," the nation must establish a "Christian economy" where "men can get a job and afford to have a family." www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

1/ Here’s a snapshot of tankers currently heading to the U.S. to load up on crude. It took weeks to offload oil already in transit when U.S./Israel attacked Iran. THIS buffered the initial shock. Now that the cushion is gone, the disruption is intensifying. 🧵👇

Yet another example of AI companies continuing to invest heavily in influence operations in DC. OpenAI, the company behind chatbot ChatGPT, spent $1.02 million lobbying in Q1, new report shows. That's up 82% from Q1 of 2025. lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...

Secretary Burgum is defying Congress to hide the status of renewable energy projects from the public. The Trump Administration is waging an all-out war on renewable energy—I’m demanding answers.

Burgum, randomly, on Fox News: "Shout out to President Trump"

Sunday scoop from me before Burgum testifies in the House tomorrow: heatmap.news/energy/total...

like, they’re a software company and government contractor…. why the philosophy fetish

Construction of Trump's Triumphal Arch will begin “sometime in the next two months," Trump tells @politico.com: politico.com/news/2025/12... As I previously reported, fundraising for the arch will be conducted by an org called Freedom 250, which is also behind lighting the Washington Monument.

That is, the new URL, launched on Tuesday, 250.gov has reverted to URL Freedom250.org The Christian nationalist theme is prominent

🚨 On May 17, Trump’s Freedom 250 will stage Rededicate 250, a 12-hour Christian nationalist event on the National Mall for purpose of 'rededicating our country as One Nation under God.' Sponsored by companies including Mastercard, Scotts Miracle-Gro, and United Airlines.

What???

Vince Haley, director of the Domestic Policy Council of the US: “Through Scripture and testimony, music and worship, Americans will be invited to recognize the unmistakable hand of God at work in our national life" Mastercard, United Airlines among sponsors www.crescent-news.com/news/local_r...

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

Good morning! Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates— 💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion 💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million 💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million 💰20-year-old Barron is worth $150 million And Jared became a billionaire last year. Have a great day!

🧵 On Tuesday, Trump's Freedom 250 relaunched as 250.gov saying it's "An official website of the United States government." That language has been scrubbed and 250.gov has reverted to Freedom250.org @schiff.senate.gov is leading an investigation into Trump's Freedom 250 over fundraising questions.

On Friday, Anthropic hired Trump-linked lobbying firm Ballard Partners for “advocacy regarding DOW procurement.” lda.senate.gov/filings/publ...

“Crypto Investor at Center of Trump Corruption Allegations Now Sees Himself as ‘Victim’” 🕯️ @kyletorpey.bsky.social for @gizmodo.com

Swalwell OUT of governor’s race—

it's all pretty abundantly annoying at this point

awww i'm almost birthday pals with metro (2 years older)

Hmm...

The very day Doug Burgum killed offshore wind leases & used their carcass to feed fossil fuels, one of Burgum's key cheerleaders in the Abundance crowd, Alex Trembath, touted how his org, The Breakthrough Institute, filed a court brief *OPPOSING* a youth-led fight for the right to a livable climate.

Let’s remember that the architect of this “kill a major renewables project and use its carcass to boost fossil fuels” deal is Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum—a man that key leaders of the Abundance crowd fawned over.

I’d really love the Abundance crowd to explain how federal “permitting reform”—which is predicated on providing long-desired concessions to fossil fuels under the premise Trump & Rs would end their War on Renewables—would address this double-whammy attack on renewables and the climate.

Jesus. Paying a French company a billion dollars *not* to build a wind farm.

🚨 Big Oil is lobbying "to rig the system" to escape legal accountability for their climate lies and keep sticking the public with the bill for the damages. @govjayinslee.bsky.social is sounding the alarm. "If the fossil fuel industry is following the law, what does it have to fear in court?"

NEWS: Democrat Shawn Harris has forced a runoff in the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s deep-red Georgia seat (Trump +37). With ~70% in, Harris leads with 38.3% to Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller’s 34.5%. Runoff set for April 7. A major warning sign for MAGA.