Pat McCrory

Rick Joyner gives President Trump an A+ grade for his presidency so far. Will BarbWire become the Religious Right's new Disney? On a related note, the organization Faith Driven Consumer says that 95 percent of the Christians it surveyed are boycotting "Beauty and the Beast." David Lane declares that

Jason Mittell and Chuck Tryon @ Vox: America's fake news problem predates Facebook. Stephen Piggott @ HateWatch: Jeff Sessions: Champion of Anti-Muslim and Anti-Immigrant Extremists. Casey Michel @ Quartz: Steve Bannon’s dangerous campaign to rebrand racism as American “nationalism.” Josh Mars

North Carolina Gov.

Last Saturday’s five-and-a-half-hour “Response” rally in North Carolina was, like previous “Response" rallies, a culture war rallying cry disguised as a nonpolitical prayer gathering.