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Apr 23 29 tweets 7 min read
Doug Wilson’s family publishing company published “The Case for Christian Nationalism,” which advocates an ethnically uniform nation ruled by a “Christian Prince.” Why is Tucker trying to normalize Wilson, Wilson’s network, & CN by omitting the most alarming parts? 1/ Image 2/ Image
Apr 22 30 tweets 8 min read
“Most Southern Baptists Reject Tenets of Christian Nationalism: Lifeway Survey” (But a well funded new venture aims to change this. It’s led by WILLIAM WOLFE, a self-professed “Christian Nationalist” & ally of ROD MARTIN, former senior advisor to billionaire PETER THIEL.) 1/ crosswalk.com/headlines/mich…Image 2/ Wolfe’s new organization is called the Center for Baptist Leadership. I wrote about it here.
Apr 22 6 tweets 2 min read
“Peter Thiel Once Wrote That Women Getting The Vote Was Bad For Democracy” (It was Thiel who bankrolled JD Vance’s last campaign. Vance is reportedly on Trump’s VP shortlist.) 1/ huffpost.com/entry/peter-th…
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Apr 22 8 tweets 3 min read
Peter Thiel has invested in a “period tracking app that dissuades users from taking birth control” (It was Thiel who bankrolled JD Vance’s last campaign. Vance is on Trump’s VP short list.) 10/31/22 1/ mediamatters.org/peter-thiel/pe…
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Apr 21 4 tweets 2 min read
Cory Mills took the seat of Rep. Stephanie Murphy who had been one of the most vocal proponents in Congress for more transparency re: Russia’s attack on our election infrastructure in 2016. Roger Stone protege Jacob Engels bragged that his harassment of Murphy was the catalyst for Murphy’s decision to not run for re-election. 1/Image 2/
Apr 21 27 tweets 7 min read
Leonard Leo ally Timothy Busch calls SCOTUS the “Leo Court,” explaining that Trump “radically changed” the direction of SCOTUS by appointing (anti-abortion) justices “shepherded” by Leo, who he says is “one of the big supporters of the Napa Institute” (founded by Busch). 1/ 2/ These remarks are from the Napa Institute Conference in July 2022. Link. 1/
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Apr 20 4 tweets 2 min read
Project 2025 (an apparent Leonard Leo project) includes “a plan to withdraw FDA approval of the abortion pill (mifepristone), which is also under attack in a case pending before SCOTUS, which Leo has stacked w/ fundamentalist Catholics. #LeonardLeo 1/ crownewsletter.substack.com/p/christian-ri…
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Apr 18 7 tweets 3 min read
Kevin Roberts, president of Project 2025 leader Heritage, has baselessly claimed that men & women currently serving in the US government are communists & that disgraced anti-communist crusader Senator Joe McCarthy—infamous for making unsubstantiated accusations—was “spot on.” 1/ 2/ Here is one of the links for post 1. The excerpt is from the very end of the interview.
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Apr 17 19 tweets 6 min read
Paul Manafort recently spent some time at the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida. I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about…
h/t @clayberg 1/ Image 2/ buckscountybeacon.com/2023/05/part-5…
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Apr 17 31 tweets 9 min read
Here are some of the replies I received to my recent posts about William Wolfe, Doug Wilson, and Nate Fischer. Telling. 1/
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Apr 16 23 tweets 7 min read
Trump/Heritage alum William Wolfe, a self-described “Christian Nationalist,” has formed a new organization to influence American culture by trying to take control of the Southern Baptist Convention, which he says is America’s largest Protestant denomination with 47k US churches & 14M members. 1/ 2/ Link for post 1. youtube.com/live/A6hzRoOOk…
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Apr 16 6 tweets 2 min read
Trump/Heritage alum William Wolfe & OK Senator Dusty Deevers want Jared Moore to replace the Southern Baptist Convention’s current president. Moore says that a woman going to a doctor for an abortion is equivalent to a person hiring a hitman to commit murder & should be prosecuted accordingly. 1/ 2/ Jared Moore also calls it “heresy” to support abortion rights and LGBTQ+ rights. Image
Apr 16 7 tweets 2 min read
To avoid election losses in 2024, Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts says that Heritage & “other pro-life organizations” came up w/ new “messaging” that “focuses on the mother” without actually changing their extreme anti-abortion position to protect a mother’s life. 1/ 2/ Link for post 1.
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Apr 16 13 tweets 4 min read
Tony Perkins (president of the Family Research Council) says that, contrary to Trump’s PUBLIC remarks about states deciding the abortion issue, he has “no doubt” (based on PRIVATE conversations w/ Trump) that Trump wld sign a national anti-abortion bill if Congress passes one. 1/ 2/ Link for post 1.
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Apr 15 27 tweets 7 min read
Two clips posted today concern me. The first is an interview by Tucker Carlson (Roger Stone’s close associate) of pastor Doug Wilson, a controversial self-described “Christian Nationalist” & proponent of “biblical patriarchy” who has built a mini fiefdom in Moscow, Idaho. 1/ Image 2/ Here’s what Doug Wilson (founder of Christ Church) wants everyone to take away from the interview. Image
Apr 15 23 tweets 7 min read
Trump/Heritage alum William Wolfe says the Houston Chronicle’s explosive report on sex abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), including 700 alleged victims, doesn’t necessarily show that the SBC has an abuse crisis. (Instead, he says that “wokeness” is the problem.) 1/ 2/
Apr 15 16 tweets 5 min read
JFC. Kevin Roberts, President of Heritage (lead organizer of Project 2025), has said that men & women currently employed by the federal government are part of “the secret Communist movement inside America,” that Senator Joe McCarthy largely got things right, & that Viktor Orban shld be celebrated for causing a “Christian conservative political turn” in Hungary. 1/ nytimes.com/2024/01/21/mag…Image 2/ When pressed by the NYT, Kevin Roberts sheepishly walks back his claim (made to a right wing audience) about men and women employed by the US government being “communists” (now he calls them “socialists”). Image
Apr 15 16 tweets 4 min read
😳 Oklahoma School Superintendent Ryan Walters is in cahoots w/ Heritage (lead organizer of Project 2025). Heritage “has been an incredible partner to help us develop what the plans are for the state for our schools,” he recently gushed to Heritage president Kevin Roberts. 1/ 2/ Thread.
Apr 15 11 tweets 4 min read
“She couldn’t wait to work for Ryan Walters’ administration. Now she’s worried [Oklahoma] public schools won’t survive the rest of his term” 1/ kfor.com/news/local/she…
Image 2/ “For the first time, someone once chosen by State Superintendent Ryan Walters to be a leader in his administration – only to later resign — is speaking out, telling News 4 she’s greatly concerned for the future of public education in Oklahoma under Walters’ watch.”
Apr 14 13 tweets 5 min read
Here, William Wolfe estimates that 60-70% of pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention, America’s largest evangelical denomination, read Doug Wilson, a controversial pastor who expressly promotes “biblical patriarchy” (men lead, women submit) & “Christian Nationalism.” 1/ 2/ Link for post 1.
Apr 14 7 tweets 3 min read
Doug Wilson is an influential proponent of “Christian Nationalism” & biblical patriarchy” (men lead & women submit) who also promotes “Smashmouth incrementalism” as a means to eventually banning all abortion, without exceptions for rape, incest, or saving the mother’s life. 1/ 2/ Thread.