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How a little girl named Virginia promotes Christian nationalism
Promoting white supremacy on the down-low, writes Claire Potter.
The Republicans’ either/or trap
They ask us to choose God or trans people. Don’t fall for it.
Trump world’s Easter parade of hate
How evangelical, writes Stephen Robinson.
The important but overlooked detail in Trump’s bible sales pitch
It was a signal to believers of “the one true religion.”
More Republicans are literally demonizing opponents
We laugh about the Satanic Panic, but we’re living through something much worse, writes Lindsay Beyerstein.
Blaming a bridge collapse on ‘DEI’ is part of a pattern of malice
That’s what you need to know.
The ballad of Buckley’s blowhard
Holy Joe Lieberman has died, writes Erik Loomis.
When masters of the media believe their own makebelieve
Newspeople are trying to appease Donald Trump by manufacturing a middle position that seems politically neutral. It’s not going to work.
Populism isn’t about popular policies
That’s the whole point, writes Noah Berlatsky.
Maga Republicans in the House believe in brute strength alone
Democracy confuses Marjorie Taylor Greene, writes Stephen Robinson.