- Kiera Butler @ Mother Jones: Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Hopes for a Christian Crusade
What Hegseth does have are connections to the TheoBros, a group of mostly millennial, ultra-conservative men, many of whom proudly call themselves Christian nationalists. Among the tenets of their branch of Protestant Christianity—known as Reformed or Reconstructionist—is the idea that the United States should be subject to biblical law.
- Angry White Men: Pete Hegseth Promoted His Book With Christian Nationalist Who Wants Death Penalty For Abortion Providers
Pete Hegseth, the co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend whom Donald Trump intends to nominate for Secretary of Defense, made several appearances on a YouTube show called Reformation Red Pill. The show’s host, Joshua Haymes, is a Christian nationalist who believes surrogacy should be banned, and abortion and gender-affirming care should be punishable by death.
- Emine Yücel @ Talking Points Memo: RFK Jr.’s Long History Of Embracing Junk Science And Spreading Dangerous Anti-Vax Disinfo
While Democrats have long embraced some of the reforms RFK Jr. endorses when it comes to regulating aspects of the agricultural industry, like factory farming and pesticides, his other outlandish, crank science beliefs have Democrats and Republicans concerned about how he would run the federal public health department.
- Christopher Mathias @ HuffPost: Trump Tapped Mike Huckabee To Be U.S. Ambassador To Israel. Christian Nationalists Are Thrilled
Huckabee's anti-Palestinian rhetoric has made him a leading figure among Christian Zionists in America.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: Oklahoma's Ryan Walters bought 500 Trump Bibles for AP Government classes
Just days after Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters canceled his request for bids to purchase 55,000 bibles for public school classrooms—perhaps because his plan to spend $3 million in taxpayer money on bibles Donald Trump endorsed and has a financial stake in appeared to be backfiring—he’s gone ahead and found a different way to suck up to the next president.
- Mini Racker @ The Daily Beast: Speaker Demands Gaetz’s Underage Sex Probe is Censored After Meeting Trump
A potentially bombshell report into allegations that Matt Gaetz used drugs and had sex with a 17-year-old should never be published, Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday–hours after he partied with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
