- Phillip Nieto @ Mediaite: Republican Georgia State Senator Thrown to The Ground And Arrested During Governor’s Speech
Georgia State Senator Colton Moore (R) was arrested at the State Capitol on Thursday while attempting to attend the governor’s State of the State address.
- Frederick Clarkson @ Barn Raiser: Pete Hegseth’s War on Religious Freedom and the Constitution
Hegseth is not only a proponent of Christian Nationalism, as it is commonly understood as the fusion of government with conservative Christian values, but an advocate for a revolutionary theocratic vision for the overthrow of the Constitution of the United States.
- Robert P. Jones @ White Too Long: Senators Clear the Way for Hegseth's Christian Nationalist Crusade
It’s hard to find strong enough adjectives to describe the unmitigated disaster the senate hearing on the nomination of Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense was. Even the few Republicans who had expressed previous concerns about his nomination handled him with kid gloves.
- Angry White Men: Elijah Schaffer: ‘If You Get An Abortion You Should Be Put To Death’
Antisemitic white nationalist Elijah Schaffer appeared on The Baptist Bias — a Rumble show hosted by Christian extremists Jonathan Shelley and Benjamin “Ben the Baptist” Naim. During the show, Schaffer declared that women who have abortions “should be put to death,” and joked about bombing Planned Parenthood facilities.
- Dan Friedman and David Corn @ Mother Jones: Inside the RFK Jr.-Alex Jones Bromance
When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. set out in late 2021 to hawk a conspiracy theory-drenched book attacking Anthony Fauci for his work to limit the spread of infectious diseases, he ran into a problem. Mainstream TV networks weren’t interested, due to Kennedy’s penchant for spreading falsehoods about childhood vaccinations, Covid, and other topics.
- Daniel Bates @ The Daily Beast: Listen to Tulsi Gabbard’s Anti-Gay ‘Guru’ Ranting Hate Against ‘F****ts’
Tulsi Gabbard’s spiritual “guru” called gay people “perverts” and spewed homophobic slurs when she was involved in his tiny group, an audio recording obtained by the Daily Beast reveals.
- David Badash @ The New Civil Rights Movement: Marjorie Taylor Greene Targets Former Biden Official’s Religious Faith in House Hearing
During a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) invoked God and religion to harshly question Martin O’Malley, the former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and a former Governor of Maryland, about his personal views on abortion and his Catholic faith.
- Tim Dickinson @ Rolling Stone: The Oath Keepers Are Back — and Targeting America’s Youth
The infamous paramilitary group has a new honcho, and designs to influence cops, politicians, and the Boy Scouts.
