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Extraordinary story the Wall Street Journal. X is threatening advertisers that if they don’t spend more, Elon Musk will use his influence in government to block company mergers. That’s extortion.

submitted 7 days ago • 182 comments

SCOOP: Trump administration has been evaluating the costs of destroying or disposing of tens of millions of coronavirus tests that would otherwise be provided free to Americans. My story w/ Carolyn Y. Johnson. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

submitted 9 days ago • 133 comments

WaPo www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

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WaPo journalism: “This account of how the Trump administration’s firings played out over the weekend… is based on interviews and messages with more than 275 federal workers, as well as dozens of government records and communications reviewed by” the WaPo. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Relatives and records cast doubt on Guantánamo migrants being ‘worst of the worst’ @SilviaElenaFF @AnaVHerrero + @marialuisapaulr report: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The Washington Post continues to do indispensable reporting on the moment at hand... www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, the desk I share with Alex Horton and Missy Ryan is one of those affected here. The Washington Post got targeted. A couple of thoughts:

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

After @mccrummen.bsky.social's excellent piece in The Atlantic I've had a number of thoughtful emails looking for more info about 7 mountains belief and the size of the NAR. Some substack posts questioned my findings based on...their sense of things. My response religioninpublic.blog/2025/01/27/d...

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

The Washington Post first out with this story, congrats to David Nakamura, Lisa Rein and Matt Visser who worked it deep into a Friday night to cover this bureaucratic massacre. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 33 days ago • 4 comments

Such an important essay by @gregjaffe.bsky.social - Hegeseth as “a product of two lost wars….” www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

submitted 33 days ago • 2 comments

Lots of charismatic prayer going on around Trump’s inauguration. m.youtube.com/shorts/-Zdoi...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

I've argued that, in the Trump era, charismatic (i.e. ecstatic, supernaturalist, revivalist) evangelicals have displaced the old guard of the relig right & brought a new more aggressive evang'l politics. That was on vivid display in TX today. 1/ h/t @robertdownen.bsky.social x.com/RobertDownen...

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

New global stats from the CSGC on Pentecostals/ Charismatics for early 2025: 663,863,000. This now corresponds to a quarter of all Christians globally. In 2050, the projected number of Pentecostals/ Charismatics will be 1,031,503,000. This will represent a third of all Christians globally.

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

Trump’s election was fueled by millions of Americans embracing a mystical version of charismatic Christianity whose goal is to roll back the Enlightenment and destroy the secular state: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 49 days ago • 32 comments

If you were wondering about that pine tree flag outside Speaker Johnson’s office, or why Elon Musk spoke at a church called LifeCenter, or why Tucker Carlson spoke of being mauled by demons: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 49 days ago • 8 comments

This is another must-read from @mccrummen.bsky.social, one of only a few journalists nationally connecting the dots between Trump’s return to the White House and the breathtaking rise of a charismatic Christian movement seeking to take and wield power over society www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 50 days ago • 20 comments

Proud to have a bit of my work mentioned in this great new piece by @mccrummen.bsky.social in The Atlantic. I think she nailed it in her coverage about the rapidly growing charismatic army of God in the US. Nice to see the ubiquitous @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social . www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 50 days ago • 3 comments

Fascinating -- The Rasputin Effect: Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe... via @anneapplebaum.bsky.social shorturl.at/vw689

submitted 51 days ago • 2 comments

One way to become an American: For a Peruvian kid and his fellow recruits from Iraq, Iran, Ghana and the Dominican Republic, becoming a citizen meant first becoming a soldier.... excellent via @gregjaffe.bsky.social and Missy Ryan //wapo.st/4fBqSAe

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Take time to read this riveting story - so relevant to this moment on the planet - via Alex Cuadros: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/no...

submitted 93 days ago • 2 comments

DEEP DIVE for the weekend: Pete Hegseth's Army unit in Iraq was rocked by war crimes, leaving "an indelible mark" on them all. He wasn't involved, but went on to successfully lobby Trump for others facing similar allegations. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

submitted 96 days ago • 8 comments

🧵🧵 While everyone was understandably focused on national politics, something happened in Texas this week that has received far less attention than it deserves, given its potential consequences. And I'd guess even very plugged-in folks dont realize the full scope. Let me explain (at length):

submitted 97 days ago • 45 comments

As denominational Christianity declines, this is how many Americans now experience Christianity. For those scoring at home, you may recall Sarah Palin being blessed by a Kenyan apostle. That’s this: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments

Posting some stories on the New Apostolic Reformation, the fast-growing movement of apostles and prophets w/ millions of followers that has risen alongside Trumpism - this from my time at WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Posting some stories on the New Apostolic Reformation, the fast-growing movement of apostles and prophets w/ millions of followers that has risen alongside Trumpism: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Posting some stories on the New Apostolic Reformation, the fast-growing movement of apostles and prophets w/ millions of followers that has risen alongside Trumpism: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

submitted 102 days ago • 2 comments