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Religion + progressive politics | Texan | Baptist | Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy at Interfaith Alliance
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Nearly 40 protesters gathered in Bozeman, saying they're frustrated in their efforts to contact Congressman Ryan Zinke and concerned about the impact of federal layoffs. #MTPol www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnWZ...

The Trump administration is having a chilling effect on religious gatherings and freedom of religion. Maggie Siddiqi, senior fellow at Interfaith Alliance, explains:

73 percent of Democrats think the party is not doing enough to take on Trump. 5 percent think it's doing too much, per new CNN poll. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Some BIG news: the trailer for my new doc podcast is out today! WHEN THE WOLVES CAME is about how Christian nationalism has divided white evangelical churches, and how one Phoenix pastor & some unlikely allies are at the forefront of a growing resistance. More at open.substack.com/pub/ruthbrau...

Join us at 8pm ET! support.interfaithalliance.org/a/trumps-att...

Last week I was part of a meeting with State Dept and faith leaders. Peter Marocco gave his word that funds were coming back online for life saving programs. I shared reassurances with folks concerned. $$ still stuck. We need to get this back online now. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

Join us tomorrow night with @raskin.house.gov and a great lineup! support.interfaithalliance.org/a/trumps-att...

i don't think reading this to yourself does justice to how bad it is. read it out loud. you'll immediately notice how stilted and uncomfortable the prose is, like someone struggling to articulate an actual thought

Join us Thursday with @raskin.house.gov, @democracyforward.org's @skyeperryman.bsky.social, @raushenbush.bsky.social, and more! RSVP here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/trumps-att...

“The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement” cc @aoc.bsky.social apnews.com/article/cath...

#DonaldTrump’s prohibition of government #DEI initiatives has nothing to do with fairness and everything to do with subduing marginalized communities, pastor, activist and author Jacqui Lewis said during a recent podcast episode. baptistnews.com/article/dism...

Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.

Whatever else emerges in time about the Delta crash in Canada, one thing is certain: the importance & amazing professionalism of flight attendants who safely evacuated the plane in a matter of seconds.

Please join us. A remarkable line up of speakers .

Please join us March 4th for this free webinar. I’ll be sharing *new research* from a larger project explaining how Christian nationalism contributes to our submission under plutocracy. Follow the QR code for the zoom link.

This Thursday: Faith community briefing to discuss one month of the Trump-Vance administration's attacks on faith communities. Please join us! support.interfaithalliance.org/a/trumps-att...

Fiona Shaw’s big speech in Andor finale was amazing, one of the best I’ve ever seen. And she was great in Bad Sisters too!

1. In a sermon at the National Cathedral on Sunday, Sen. Rev. Warnock, pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist, condemned Trump's executive orders, defended Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and connected it to Scripture. "Don't tell me you reject DEI when you live in a White House built by Black hands"

OPINION: The Trump administration is already the most harmful to religious freedom in modern American history.

Drunk Uncle and The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started A Conversation With At A Party getting married truly captures the era of SNL I’ll always love the most.

“Musk, whose own companies receive billions of taxpayer dollars, singled out Lutheran-affiliated social service agencies and falsely accused them of illegality.”

Appreciate shout-out in KC Star column by Mickey Dollens of @ffrf.org: "Listen to a Baptist minister: Chaplains belong in churches – not in Missouri schools" www.kansascity.com/opinion/read...

the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

Rereading David Barton’s commentary throughout and I’m struck by how many articles are just reiterations of neoliberalism (tax is theft, free markets are godly, welfare states and socialism are unbiblical). We often forget Christian nationalism isn’t just about religion or race, but class privilege.

To Defend Religious Freedom from the Trump Administration, We Need to Fight Book Bans bookriot.com/religious-fr...

Interesting! A Lutheran pastor on a lawsuit challenging gutting of CFPB. The Lutherans are really having a news cycle as being at odds with Musk (he previously attacked their charities & they pushed back: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/lutherans-...)

It would appear Raygun has expanded their Lutheran merch: e.g., "The Vast Lutheran Conspiracy to help those around us and improve out communities." (Possible subtext: Raygun is based in Iowa, where blowback to Musk's Lutheran comments has extended to a related controversy involving the state's gov)

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

No one complained last week when Baptists got millions for disaster relief from the government. Or for getting PPP loans. But helping refugees is seen as a sin religionnews.com/2025/02/12/i...

I know this is a tired, cliched gripe these days, but if Biden had said something as remotely dumbass there would've been days upon days of stories about how he's too old and feeble to be in office.

Karrie Gaspard-Hogewood (@kghog.bsky.social) studies #ChristianNationalism. She also organized a march in New Orleans over the weekend to counter Christian Nationalistic musician Sean Feucht. This is the way. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/protesting...

Trumpenomics: “Popular restaurant chains such as Waffle House have added egg surcharges to their menus, while grocery stores across the country have begun limiting how many eggs customers can purchase.”

We're about to learn whether a Supreme Court that's bent over backward to protect the religious liberty of worshippers who sought to gather together to sing aloud in a pandemic will be solicitous of people of faith whose conviction requires them to minister to, shelter, pray alongside the stranger

We need leaders that protect people, and who don't go after personal beliefs. Call your Senators today and tell them to VOTE NO on Kash Patel. When you click the MAKE THE CALL button, the system will call your phone and patch you through. app.sosha.ai/s/8pavYxg8

We’re hiring! www.democracyjobs.org/companies/in...

Maybe now is a good time for the mainstream media to start paying attention to progressive people of faith!

Well, let the wars of religion and immigration begin-

So glad Pope Francis put his finger into JD Vance’s chest. This is what happens when you fast track into being a Catholic without taking a basic Rite of Christian initiation course. Love for humanity does not start at your own house but the love of all human beings

NEW: Faith groups are challenging Trump in court on two fronts. 27 religious groups are suing the admin for ending the sensitive locations memo, which discouraged raids at churches. That comes less than 24 hours after faith-based refugee groups filed their own suit religionnews.com/2025/02/11/f...

JD Vance: Just google 'ordo amoris.' Pope Francis: Forget Google, let me explain it: www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati... 🫳 🎤 Imagine being a fairly recent convert to a faith & then having the leader publicly call you out for pushing bad theology. Ouch.

Prominent Baptist Minister Accuses Trump White House of Anti-Christian Bias @raushenbush.bsky.social @newsweek.com www.newsweek.com/prominent-ba...

OPINION: In just its first few weeks since taking office, the Trump administration has quickly become the most harmful to religious freedom in modern American history.

Note: This is the *second* group of religious organizations to sue the Trump administration, which is just three weeks old.

How big of a problem is anti-Christian discrimination in the federal government? Our President & CEO, Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social, explains why the REAL problem is anti-Christian bias coming from within the Trump White House.

NEW: Three faith groups that work w/the govt to resettle refugees — Church World Service, HIAS, and Lutheran Community Services Northwest — are part of a lawsuit challenging Trump's EO suspending the U.S. refugee program and withholding funding for the groups. refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

So much for subtlety. Republicans in North Dakota have filed a resolution that says everyone must “acknowledge the Kingship of Jesus Christ over all the world.” Its sponsor? One of the most bigoted officials in the state. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/north-dako...

Looking forward to speaking on @cnn.com about the trump/vance/musk attacks on religious leaders and communities around 8:45 this morning!

Trump allies' attacks on Catholics, Lutherans signal a new, clearer era in how MAGA and some Christian conservatives see "religion." A 🧵1/17 www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Wondering how we got here?