Kiera Butler @ Mother Jones: Tech Billionaires Want Christians to Believe in AI
Much in the way they have shaped culture with social media algorithms, tech evangelists now are attempting to normalize the use and acceptance of AI by wrapping it in a spiritual message.
Adam Kinzinger @ AdamKinzinger.com: Franklin Graham Defends Trump’s Jesus Post. Again.
The pattern is clear: when Trump crosses a theological line, a familiar roster of pastors arrives to explain why it isn't really a line.
Vittoria Elliott @ WIRED: Government Workers Say They’re Getting Inundated with Religion
“From executive orders to agency-wide directives to even early dismissal emails, it is abundantly clear that this administration is not so much proudly Christian as it is belligerently so.”
Kristin Du Mez @ Du Mez CONNECTIONS: American Dominion: The Rise and Radicalization of a New Christendom
Rooted in an intense, literalized reading of Scripture, dominionism is animated by spiritual warfare: demons are not metaphors but actors, and demonization becomes both a theology and a tool of political mobilization.
Kylie Cheung @ Abortion, Every Day: How Celebrity Smear Campaigns Are Inspiring Attacks on Birth Control
Conservative billionaires are weaponizing pop culture news to draw in a new generation of young women
Fred Wertheimer @ Wertheimer’s Political Report: Trump Grossly Abuses His Pardon Powers, Harms Victims
Trump has egregiously abused his pardon powers since the day he took office, often at the financial expense of the criminals’ victims.