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The Antichrist

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Kyle Mantyla

Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

The Atlantic reported that FBI personnel have expressed concerns about the director’s unexplained absences and excessive drinking. He sued a few days later.

Trans Americans have been suffering under Donald Trump since the very beginning. Caitlyn Jenner has finally realized she’s no exception.

The “America Reads the Bible” stunt reveals everything wrong with Christian Nationalism.

The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

The Iran war and a series of social media posts, including one depicting Trump as Jesus Christ, have some conservative commentators and fans suspecting the president may be the antichrist.

Some in the GOP eye a Muslim panic as a strategy to win.

The Christian nationalist pastor swaying the Trump administration discusses Trump, Iran, and the pope.

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Image from livestream of Kash Patel confirmation hearing: Patel in suit and tie, seated at desk with his hands folded in front of him, leaning into and speaking into microphone

Kash Patel

Trump's pick to lead the FBI is a MAGA insider who seems eager to go after Trump's enemies, including the "deep state" and mainstream media, which Patel has called "the most powerful enemy that the United States has ever seen." Patel's book "Government Gangsters" includes a long list of people he'd like to see punished, including Republicans who refused to go along with Trump's attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. Patel has promoted bogus election-fraud claims and recruited QAnon conspiracy theorists for Trump's social media company. 
Shadowy figure

Caitlyn Jenner
Nick Fuentes with bullhorn at a Stop The Steal rally

Nick Fuentes

Dropping out of college after one year following his participation in the deadly white nationalist “Unite The Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA, in 2017, Fuentes launched a career as a racist, antisemitic, misogynistic far-right activist and livestreamer.
Pete Hegseth

Pete Hegseth

Donald Trump's pick to run the Department of Defense, Hegseth left the military after colleagues raised concerns about his tattoos associated with the Crusades and embraced by white nationalists. As the head of a veterans' nonprofit, he reportedly led a bar crowd in chants of "Kill All Muslims." In his book "American Crusade," he wrote, “Our American Crusade is not about literal swords, and our fight is not with guns. Yet.” Hegseth attends a church associated with Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist who wants the Apostles Creed to be incorporated into the U.S. Constitution. 
Douglas Wilson

Doug Wilson

Doug Wilson is a far-right Christian nationalist pastor and political activist. Notorious for publishing a book downplaying the evils of slavery, Wilson promotes extreme political positions: he opposes women having the right to vote, believes that non-Christians should not be allowed to hold public office or worship in public, and wants to see the Apostles’ Creed incorporated into the U.S. Constitution. Wilson is based in Idaho and exerts nationwide influence through his publishing house Canon Press, the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, and a network of “classical Christian” schools. In 2025, Wilson planted a church in Washington, D.C. to bring Christians working for the Trump administration into alignment with his worldview.