The Big Picture: The Power of Denial in the Conservative Movement If there's one consistent thing that many #NeverTrump conservatives have tried to get the American public to believe, it's that the only problem in the conservative movement and the current iteration of the Republican Party is Donald J. Trump. If we could just get … Continue reading On the Conservative Movement and Evangelical Spin Doctoring: A Response to A. J. Nolte
#EvangelicalContributions? I Can Think of a Few
Donald Trump is reportedly hosting a dinner at the White House tonight in which he, as Christian Broadcasting Network David Brody phrased it on Twitter, "will honor contributions Evangelicals are making to american [sic.] life." Some 80% of white evangelicals voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election, and, with 75% giving the so-called president … Continue reading #EvangelicalContributions? I Can Think of a Few
The Israel Disconnect: Trump Compromises Israel’s Security, Christian Right Shrugs, Carries on with End Times Prophecy
As increasingly embattled #SoCalledPresident Trump embarks upon his first foreign trip in office amid more damning revelations about what he told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office on May 10, I think it's worth taking a few moments to pause on the reaction--or rather, mostly, non-reaction--of the Christian Right … Continue reading The Israel Disconnect: Trump Compromises Israel’s Security, Christian Right Shrugs, Carries on with End Times Prophecy
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