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The Guardian – We’re pastors. The fight against Maga Christianity starts locally
‘As faith leaders, our greatest strength during Trump 2.0 and the rise of Christian nationalism is our local congregations.’ Photograph: Olga Fedorova/EPA Donald Trump wants us to believe that the “war on Christianity” is spreading across the globe. The US president...
The Guardian – ‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates
Supporters cheer as James Talarico kicks off his Senate campaign in Round Rock, Texas, on 9 September 2025. Photograph: Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images ... Whereas Carter earned 60% of the white evangelical vote in 1976, fellow Democrat...
Axios – The Christians mounting a moral counter to Trump’s immigration agenda
Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Russell Contreras/Axios, Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu, David Pashaee/Middle East Images/AFP, and Spencer Platt via Getty Images A diverse coalition of moderate and progressive Christians has opted to jump off the pulpit and...
The Free Press – Trump White House Plots Ways to Go After Left-Wing Groups
Guy Smallman via Getty Images Doug Pagitt a progressive evangelical pastor who leads the advocacy group Vote Common Good, said he has expected a crackdown in the nonprofit sector ever since Trump won reelection. “It's what so many of us have worried about,” he told...
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Trump fired Pam Bondi. In November, it’s our turn
Now we finish the job… Friends, Pam Bondi was fired today. She was the Attorney General whose DOJ obstructed state investigators trying to find out who was responsible for the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in the streets of my hometown of...
Honestly, here’s where we are
The quarter ends at midnight and the road ahead is long… Friends, Eight million people showed up to No Kings protests last weekend. The Pope stood in St. Peter's Square and rebuked MAGA Christianity in front of the world. Minnesota is suing the federal...
The Pope said it. Why won’t Congress?
God doesn't listen to the prayers of those who wage war… Friends, Yesterday, in front of tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV stood up on Palm Sunday and delivered a direct rebuke of MAGA Christianity — from the steps of the...
Yesterday, at least 8 million people said it out loud
We were right there with them… Friends, Yesterday, at least 8 million people showed up to No Kings protests. More than 3,300 events across all 50 states and nearly every continent. Organizers are calling it the largest single-day nonviolent protest in modern...
While Pete Hegseth and his pastor pray for violence, James Talarico practices love
"I love you more than you could ever hate me." Friends, The dangerous rhetoric and actions of this administration continue to shock the American people. Pete Hegseth's pastor prays "that God kills" Common Good candidate James Talarico. This is Brooks...
Minnesota just sued the feds over Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Her car is sitting in a federal warehouse, unexamined… Friends, Minnesota investigators have a court-ordered warrant for Renee Good's car. It's sitting in a federal storage facility a few miles from my house in Minneapolis — locked away,...