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Sowing Doubt

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Kyle Mantyla
  • Allison Gordon and Haley Britzky @ CNN: ‘Separation of Church and State does not exist’: Hegseth’s faith adviser shared racist, homophobic posts 
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s senior adviser for religious issues has shared scores of racist and homophobic posts, spread conspiracy theories, and repeatedly denigrated Islam and immigrants, a CNN investigation has found. 
  • Paige Skinner @ HuffPost: An Edgelord Gun Influencer Is On His Way To Representing Uvalde In Congress
  • The YouTuber who has referred to himself as “the AK Jesus” has said people should be glad murderers use guns in mass killings. 
  • Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: A Right-Wing Men’s Club Cracks Up Over Israel—and Trump
  • Detractors say the Old Glory Club has become the ‘Old Gloryhole Club.’
  • Sophia Tesfaye @ Salon: MAGA influencers use Brazil’s election to sow doubt on midterms
  • Right-wing media is crying foul over Lula’s win, floating conspiracy theories.
  • Phil Williams @ Confront The Hate: Righteous Violence? What I Heard Inside the ‘Holy Wars’ Conference
  • Two books, sold inside two Christian nationalist conferences, provide arguments for followers of Christ potentially murdering abortion providers—and a warning for America.
  • Matthew Rozsa @ AlterNet: Kushner accused of massive 'Iran-contra'-level scandal 
  • President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is accused of being in a scandal one commentator compared to the Iran-contra scandal which marred President Ronald Reagan's administration.
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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. 
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Jared Kushner