Here is Metaxas talking to Steve Deace of Glenn Beck’s website, The Blaze: In a strange historical rant, Deace says that Christianity survived for “1700 years” because it was “subversive” and refused to “bow to Caesar.” Perhaps this is true...
2020 Election
It looks like the Trump “disinfo brigade fell flat” this time around
Of course they should have fell flat in the wake of the 2020 election as well. Here is Jack Shafer at Politico: The red wave wasn’t the only conspicuous no-show on Election Day. The so-called rising tide of political disinformation...
Dinesh D’Souza’s 2,000 Mules has finally reached bookstores
Back in September the conservative publisher Regnery pulled 2,000 Mules, the book version of Dinesh D’Souza’s election fraud documentary. (You may recall that D’Souza called Bill Barr an “overweight,” “largely immobile,” “fatso” after the former attorney general panned the documentary)....
Trump after his 2020 election loss: “I’m just not going to leave”
The quote comes from New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman’s forthcoming book, Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. Here is CNN: Former President Donald Trump repeatedly told aides in the days following his 2020 election...
In December 2020, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano prayed that God would help him and other election deniers “seize power”
Here is Mastriano on December 30, 2020: Watch: Some comments: This is what we mean by “Christian nationalism.” Providential history is one of the defining marks of Christian nationalism. Notice how Mastriano prays as if he understands God’s purposes in...
Why did conservative publisher Regnery pull Dinesh D’Souza’s “2,000 Mules” book?
Perhaps the title of this post should have been, “When you lose Regnery….” Here is Tom Dreisbach at NPR: For months, the conservative provocateur Dinesh D’Souza teased that the book version of his widely debunked film “2,000 Mules” would provide compelling new...
This is what the Big Lie looks like on the ground in Arizona
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan interviews attendees at Trump and Pence events:...
Doug Mastriano and an Arizona election denier (among other things) exchange endorsements
Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers just endorsed Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate Douglas Mastriano. Here is press release from Rogers’s website: Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers (R) announced on Wednesday that she is endorsing Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano (R), who...
A brief history of “Stop the Steal”
Over at The New York Times Magazine, Charles Homans offers a long-form essay on how the Big Lie has captured the Republican Party. Much of the piece focuses on Pennsylvania and its current GOP gubernatorial candidate, Doug Mastriano. Here is...
Eric Metaxas keeps pushing the Big Lie
Some of the most distinguished conservative federal court justices of the past three decades just put out a 72-page report decimating claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. We wrote about that report yesterday. Meanwhile, most of the court...
Does the Christian Right still need Trump?
Bonnie Kristian, a columnist at Christianity Today and a fellow at Defense Priorities, does not think so. Here is a taste of her piece today at The New York Times: For many backers of former President Donald Trump, Friday’s Supreme...
Scott Perry, “Italygate,” and a pardon request
Sadly, this guy is my congressman. Here is The Washington Post: Of all the fantastical false claims of fraud and vote manipulation in the 2020 presidential election, “Italygate” was one of the most extreme. And Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) was...
“God is watching us”
Yesterday, retired federal judge Michael Luttig testified before the House Select Committee on January 6th. Luttig is a veteran of the Reagan administration, clerked for Antonin Scalia and Warren Burger, and held various positions in the George W. Bush White...
Dinesh D’Souza, a Christian apologist, calls Bill Barr an overweight, immobile, “Fatso.”
Dinesh D’Souza is the former president of a Christian College and the author of What is So Great About Christianity. He is also a financial huckster who needed a Trump pardon. His version of “Christian” politics was on full display...
The Trump grift
At yesterday’s January 6th Select Committee hearing we learned that Donald Trump raised $250,000, 000 on the false belief that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by Joe Biden. In other words, Trump not only lied to his followers, but...
Early thoughts on the first January 6th Committee hearing
I am building these comments around the live-tweeting I did last night. I am sure we will all have more to say in the coming weeks. Bill Barr began by calling the idea that Biden stole the election “bullshit”: Later,...
My congressman, Scott Perry, asked for a presidential pardon after January 6th
Here is Myah Ward at Politico: Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, as well as multiple other Republican lawmakers, contacted the White House in the weeks after Jan. 6, 2021, to seek presidential pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn...
Dinesh D’Souza’s “hilarious mockumentary”
If you read our twice-weekly “Evangelical Roundup” feature, you have heard about conservative pundit Dinesh D’Souza’s “Big Lie” movie titled 2000 Mules. The movie premiered at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Over at the conservative website The Bulwark, Amanda Carpenter offers a...
“First off, let me be very clear tonight, the election in 2020 was rigged and stolen”
This is how Trump-endorsed Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue started his Sunday night debate with current Georgia governor Brian Kemp. Here is Brittany Gibson at Politico: David Perdue made his intentions clear right out of the gate: In his opening...
The Big Lie and tribalism
Over at The Atlantic, Sarah Longwell writes: “For many of Trump’s voters, the belief that the election was stolen is not a fully formed thought. It’s more of an attitude, or a tribal pose.” Here is a taste of her...