- Frederick Clarkson @ Religion Dispatches: Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC
On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was broadcast live from an all-day rally of tens of thousands of people on the Washington Mall. The event, called A Million Women, was staged by some of the leading apos
- Andy Kroll, Phoebe Petrovic and Nick Surgey @ ProPublic: JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say
Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.
- Tim Dickinson and Nikki McCann Ramirez @ Rolling Stone: ‘Mass Exorcism’: Christian Supremacists Take Over the National Mall
Last week’s MAGA-inflected spectacle cast Kamala Harris as demonic, and Trump an avatar of biblical justice.
- Angry White Men: ‘The World Is Ours’: Joel Webbon Claims Christians Are ‘Destined To Colonize The Stars’
Bigoted Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon declared on an Oct. 16, 2024 livestream that the world rightfully belongs to Christians, such as himself, as they were promised “dominion” over it. Webbon also stated that Christians are “destined to colonize” not just the world, but also “the stars.”
- Shawn Musgrave @ The Intercept: Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back
In lawsuits filed across the country, attorneys who worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 defeat are alleging rampant voting fraud.
- Pema Levy @ Mother Jones: Trump Has a Plan to Win Without the Votes—and the Fight Is On to Stop Him
Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box. But this year, Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be trying to win on a different field of battle. With dozens of lawsuits already filed across the country, the Republicans are using state and federal courts as a key pillar of their strategy to retake the White House.
- Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: DeSantis Lawyer Sounds Alarm About Administration’s Authoritarian Turn
Last week, a lawyer who worked for the Florida Department of Health resigned, and a letter obtained Thursday by the Miami Herald indicates that he didn’t like the state agency’s decision to prosecute television stations for airing political ads.
