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Senior Editor, University Press of Kansas | Lecturer, KU | Who Is a New Christian? (Cambridge, 2024) | Bylines: Christian Century, Sojourners, Presby Outlook, Revealer

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If you don’t meal plans today, my son’s high school quiz bowl team is doing a Panda Express fundraiser. If you order online using code 9010784 from any Panda Express at any time today, a portion of proceeds will go to the team.

11.03.2026 14:28 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Carter seems to suggest that the issue is not Christian nationalism but which *kind* of Christian nationalism. My response, which is also the implicit argument of my book, is that, no, Christian nationalism is itself the problem and we criticize every form it takes.

11.03.2026 14:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The headline is a bit misleading. What Carter actually says is that we should stop using CN as a rhetorical weapon. But this is where I demur: I don't want a liberal CN any more than a conservative CN. I largely agree with the policies of the liberal version, but I think we should oppose both.

11.03.2026 14:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Americans Should Stop Using the Term Christian Nationalism Religious beliefs have driven political change for centuries. The question today is which Christian values will prevail.

Heath Carter's new article discussing Matthew Sutton's new book, Chosen Land, is an excellent and provocative piece pointing out something that I argue in my last book: the mainline liberal Protestants of today were the "Christian nationalists" of yesterday.
www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/0...

11.03.2026 14:10 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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We are calling on ICE to immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez, who has covered immigration, including ICE actions, for the Spanish-language news site Nashville Noticias.

Read the letter we signed with 40 other press freedom and civil society groups: www.freepress.net/news/coaliti...

10.03.2026 18:27 👍 588 🔁 258 💬 6 📌 4

As we have long suspected, the NYT is committed to not understanding anything about writing’s critical connection to human agency.

Or perhaps should I say, “Commitments were made to misunderstand the point of cognition and communication (leaving hundreds dead)”

10.03.2026 05:52 👍 199 🔁 29 💬 5 📌 2
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As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

09.03.2026 21:12 👍 10029 🔁 2433 💬 168 📌 107

I wish more of them would be honest and say this. Folks like Deneen and Hazony basically say exactly this but in 30k words and obscured by political theory jargon.

09.03.2026 22:57 👍 34 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

I drink a homemade hand-pressed espresso and I have some thoughts about Edmund Burke.

09.03.2026 21:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Everyone talking about the iPhone but it’s the Mac apps that really upset me. The iWork enshittification is really astounding to me.

09.03.2026 17:47 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Very good advice and insights here.

09.03.2026 17:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 👍 5953 🔁 3445 💬 284 📌 234

Hey! The stupidest, most malevolent people ever to be in charge of the U.S. are creating geopolitical havoc right now and killing people all over the place

Stop pretending that this is anything else, or that there is an equivalent "other side," there is not, this is a world-historical calamity

07.03.2026 19:16 👍 74 🔁 19 💬 3 📌 2
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Great Wolf Lodge debuts Ranch Milkshake topped with carrots, celery and chicken nuggets A ranch milkshake with a bunch of toppings is coming to Great Wolf Lodge.

We have reached peak late-stage capitalism. Time to pack it up

07.03.2026 18:35 👍 20 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 1

Hungary beating the US on LGBTQ+ acceptance is really funny for folks like Dreher and Pappin who fled the “woke” wasteland of the US for their utopian vision of Christian Europe.

07.03.2026 15:49 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

When people complain about Bluesky, they’re referring to comments like yours.

07.03.2026 11:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I generally avoid talking about idiocracy, but this is damning evidence of the stoopidization of the US government.

06.03.2026 18:37 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Adding this to my examples of “you can make the Bible support anything.”

06.03.2026 17:31 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
MAGA vs. The Declaration of Independence
MAGA vs. The Declaration of Independence YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

thoughts on stephen miller’s rant about “human rights” youtu.be/3RJ_TWtFcMk?...

06.03.2026 16:45 👍 1330 🔁 297 💬 56 📌 0

These are precarious times for nonfiction publishers. Getting the word out is harder than ever now. I highly recommend that people sign up to receive newsletters and other information directly from the publishers who put out stuff you like. You’ll also hear about bonus discounts and other deals.

06.03.2026 14:31 👍 24 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 2

Aaron Renn first published this in First Things over a month ago. That’s how low WaPo has fallen. They’re getting the hand-me-downs from the Catholic integralists.

06.03.2026 14:07 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

I really hope so. Unfortunately, the difficulty of getting any peer review reports these days is only going to lead more publishers to resort to AI, which will have a spiral effect that hurts all of us.

06.03.2026 14:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I find these stories so upsetting. This is editorial malpractice. Any editor worth their salt should have rejected this report before it ever went to the author.

06.03.2026 13:57 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Authors: Please, just don’t use AI.

05.03.2026 20:55 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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05.03.2026 20:54 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at
"Homeland."
Serving 10 years in the United States House of Representatives, and 3 in the Senate, Markwayne has done a tremendous job representing the wonderful People of Oklahoma, where I won all 77 out of 77 Counties — in 2016, 2020, and 2024! A MAGA Warrior, and former undefeated professional MMA fighter, Markwayne truly gets along well with people, and knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Advance our America First Agenda. As the only Native American in the Senate, Markwayne is a fantastic advocate for our incredible Tribal Communities.
Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, End the Scourge of Illegal Drugs and, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Markwayne will make a spectacular Secretary of Homeland Security. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
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Mar 05, 2026, 1:41 PM

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at "Homeland." Serving 10 years in the United States House of Representatives, and 3 in the Senate, Markwayne has done a tremendous job representing the wonderful People of Oklahoma, where I won all 77 out of 77 Counties — in 2016, 2020, and 2024! A MAGA Warrior, and former undefeated professional MMA fighter, Markwayne truly gets along well with people, and knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Advance our America First Agenda. As the only Native American in the Senate, Markwayne is a fantastic advocate for our incredible Tribal Communities. Markwayne will work tirelessly to Keep our Border Secure, Stop Migrant Crime, Murderers, and other Criminals from illegally entering our Country, End the Scourge of Illegal Drugs and, MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN. Markwayne will make a spectacular Secretary of Homeland Security. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 865 ReTruths 2.64k Likes Mar 05, 2026, 1:41 PM

NEWS: President Trump says Sec. Kristi Noem is out at DHS.

Trump also says that Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin will be his next nominee for secretary of DHS, although Trump doesn't word it that way.

Finally, he says Noem will have a new federal role in a new initiative soon to be announced.

05.03.2026 18:57 👍 654 🔁 119 💬 45 📌 54

Sarah Stankorb’s DAMNED IF SHE DOES, coming next September. 🔥🔥🔥

04.03.2026 21:30 👍 50 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 0

This one really knocked it out of the park. Race war is the only thing holding the coalition together www.liberalcurrents.com/the-great-re...

04.03.2026 17:48 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

A screenshot of the Polymarket website showing a prediction market titled "Nuclear weapon detonation by...?" under the Geopolitics and Ukraine categories. The market displays three betting options with their current probabilities and "Buy Yes" or "Buy No" prices: "March 31" at 5%, "June 30" at 12%, and "Before 2027" at 22%. The total trading volume shown is over $843,000.

Polymarket has created a betting market on the use of nuclear weapons. Everyone involved in this should be put in prison for life.

04.03.2026 01:05 👍 8129 🔁 2409 💬 259 📌 525