The day after Trump’s inauguration, the president attended an interfaith service at the National Cathedral. During the sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde urged Trump to consider the human dignity of immigrants, refugees, and members of the transgender community. She spoke […]
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Trump orders affecting immigration and humanitarian aid: A World Relief primer
World Relief, the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, notes that Donald Trump has issued executive orders that are “significantly impacting thousands of lives and reshaping the way we are able to serve those in greatest need.” Jessica […]
Will Marco Rubio be the next director of the National Archives?
The Trump vengeance tour is making a stop at the National Archives. Here is ABC News: There have been extensive discussions at the White House about installing Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the acting director of the National Archives, […]
POLITICO magazine responds to internet trolls
Trump evangelicals are going after Christian institutions that take federal funds.
Thousands and thousands of Christian organizations, including Trump acolyte Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse, have taken federal money to help advance their missions. Christian charities have lost funds as a result of Trump’s cuts to US AID. They include World Vision, […]
More than six years ago I said this:
I still stand by this:
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David French: “Trump’s cure for D.E.I. isn’t a true meritocracy, but rather affirmative action for the MAGA movement.”
If you read this blog regularly, you know that I am often critical of some of the stuff associated with the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” industry. (See, for example, recent Commonplace Book entries on Musa Al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been […]
We are more than a week into the second Trump presidency. What are evangelicals saying?
The members of the Evangelical Immigrant Roundtable urge the Trump administration to respect religious freedom. Quotes from the leaders of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, World Relief, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the National Latino Evangelical Coalition. […]
GOP House members submit resolution condemning Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde’s National Prayer Service sermon
Not familiar with this story? Get up to speed here. Some members of the House of Representatives were so upset with Budde’s sermon urging Trump to consider the human dignity of immigrants and members of the transgender community that they […]
World Relief responds to Trump executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program
In case you missed it, on January 20, 2025, the day he was inaugurated as president, Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program beginning January 27, 2025. World Relief, the humanitarian arm of the National […]
Inauguration day was Monday. Evangelicals are still talking about the new administration. What are they saying?
Lance wants to replace NPR: Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA will now have correspondent in the press briefing room: Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody: Brody seems to believe that the primary reason Americans voted for Trump was his promise to […]
Drain the swamp?
Here is Will Weissert at the Associated Press: Donald Trump took office eight years ago, pledging to “drain the swamp” and end the domination of Washington influence peddlers. Now, he’s opening his second term by rolling back prohibitions on executive branch employees accepting […]
When a member of the clergy calls for mercy for undocumented immigrants it is “radical ideology.” When Trump pardons violent criminals who beat police officers it is “redemption.”
Mike Johnson believes in “redemption.” Here is how he responded to Trump’s pardons and commutations of January 6th insurrectionists: Here’s the money quote: “It’s kind of my ethos, my world view, we believe in redemption, we believe in second chances….” […]
Trump’s immigration policy has a long history
Here is historian Ana Raquel Minian at The New York Times: Donald Trump has long explicitly challenged a foundational myth of American identity: the idea of the United States as a nation of immigrants that welcomes the world’s “huddled masses […]
George Will: “Donald Trump’s second inaugural speech will be remembered as worse than 59 others, including his first.”
I wrote about Trump’s inauguration address here. But I am no George Will. Here is the conservative commentator on Trump’s second inaugural address: Although few presidential inaugural addresses are remembered, six etched in the nation’s memory felicitous phrases, perfect for […]
As Inauguration Day winds down, what are evangelicals saying?
Evangelicals helped put him in office. Let’s see how what some of them have to say today. (We did a similar post yesterday.) Shane Claiborne quotes MLK on MLK Day: Albert Mohler chooses to write about Biden’s “mental abilities”: And […]
What Franklin Graham could have learned from Abraham Lincoln today
During the first Trump term, Franklin Graham was one of the many “court evangelicals,” the phrase I coined to describe the evangelical Protestants who frequented the White House—Trump’s “court”—to flatter him, get photo-ops with him, and influence him on public […]
Raise the American flag today. I think Jimmy Carter would agree.
On December 29, the day former president Jimmy Carter died, sitting president Joe Biden ordered all U.S. states to lower their flags to half-staff for thirty days in accordance with the country’s flag code. Here is USA Today: On Inauguration Day […]
A populist inauguration ceremony with no people? Where is the spirit of March 4, 1829 and January 6, 2021?
In case you haven’t heard, Trump’s inauguration tomorrow will be held indoors. Due to the cold weather, Trump will get sworn-in and deliver his inaugural address in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Ronald Reagan was the last president to have […]