John Zmirak

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John Zmirak, a rumpled white guy sitting in an armchair, gestures with his hand while speaking with Eric Metaxas, who is off-camera.

Religious-Right Activists Want to ‘Decontaminate’ U.S., Make Trump Opponents Pay ‘Brutal Price’

Some of Trump's religious-right backers are demanding harsh retribution against FBI and Justice Department officials who "persecuted" Jan. 6 protestors and "truth-tellers" about the 2020 election.

Tony Perkins Calls GOP Platform Process ‘Despicable,’ Slams Chair Marsha Blackburn’s ‘Unbelievable’ and ‘Shocking’ Behavior

Right Wing Watch reported this week that members of the Republican Platform Committee were subjected to heavy-handed authoritarian tactics by the Trump RNC, which refused to allow any questioning of the candidate’s wishes.

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Right Wing Bonus Tracks: An American Job

On his radio program today, religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton stated that fellow Christian nationalist Ryan Walters, who currently serves as Oklahoma's State Superintendent of Public Instruction, is "now running for governor." Does Barton know something that nobody else does? John Zmirak

Bonus Tracks

Right Wing Bonus Tracks: Embrace What You Are

Jason Jones and John Zmirak liken the ongoing right-wing effort to completely outlaw abortion after overturning Roe to World War II: "The Nazis are still at the gates. The Luftwaffe’s still flying.