Have not seen it pointed out enough that the Trump admin's targeting of the Smithsonian is being influenced by David Barton, the debunked amateur historian and Christian nationalist activist who has spent decades peddling claims that church-state separation is a myth.
David Barton, the self-described "amateur historian" whose debunked work has been central to mainstreaming claims that the US was founded as a Christian nation, says he and his son have been directly involved in the Trump administration's efforts to stop "woke propaganda" at the Smithsonian.
July 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Have not seen it pointed out enough that the Trump admin's targeting of the Smithsonian is being influenced by David Barton, the debunked amateur historian and Christian nationalist activist who has spent decades peddling claims that church-state separation is a myth.
all i see is a sundowning narcissist delegated immense power by two absentee branches of government, influenced by a fractious cabal of grifters and christian nationalists
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 PM
all i see is a sundowning narcissist delegated immense power by two absentee branches of government, influenced by a fractious cabal of grifters and christian nationalists
Most people in our country are not Christian in identity, in beliefs, or in practices. Much of our heritage is influenced by Christianity, but pre-Christian, non-Christian, and post Christian influences are just as important. Christian heritage can simply never be the basis for a national identity.
February 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Most people in our country are not Christian in identity, in beliefs, or in practices. Much of our heritage is influenced by Christianity, but pre-Christian, non-Christian, and post Christian influences are just as important. Christian heritage can simply never be the basis for a national identity.
indeed, for a long while the contagion had been isolated primarily to the united kingdom, where right-wing christian money was able to take advantage of the incestuous class-based structure that strongly influenced acceptable groupthink in british media; however, writers such as j. singal...
July 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
indeed, for a long while the contagion had been isolated primarily to the united kingdom, where right-wing christian money was able to take advantage of the incestuous class-based structure that strongly influenced acceptable groupthink in british media; however, writers such as j. singal...
Here Lies James Dobson. Laid to rest beside him is all the broken relationships between parents and children influenced by his teachings, and a functioning GOP that wasn't obsessed with a Christian nationalist vision at the expense of democracy itself.
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here Lies James Dobson. Laid to rest beside him is all the broken relationships between parents and children influenced by his teachings, and a functioning GOP that wasn't obsessed with a Christian nationalist vision at the expense of democracy itself.
For reference Joel Webbon's Christian nationalist beliefs have significantly influenced Project 2025's vision of a government rooted in conservative Christian ideology.
P.S. "Deus vult" is a Latin phrase meaning "God wills it."
P.S. "Deus vult" is a Latin phrase meaning "God wills it."
April 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
For reference Joel Webbon's Christian nationalist beliefs have significantly influenced Project 2025's vision of a government rooted in conservative Christian ideology.
P.S. "Deus vult" is a Latin phrase meaning "God wills it."
P.S. "Deus vult" is a Latin phrase meaning "God wills it."
"Christian Values" is the most transparently Yank influenced shite
When putting yourself forward as an election candidate, it’s generally a good idea to get the name of the constituency right 🤦♀️ #speirghorm
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"Christian Values" is the most transparently Yank influenced shite
EVERYTHING the USA does in he Middle East is Christian motivated. Like Bush- Trump is highly influenced by the Christian Dominionists + Armageddonists in his administration. Bush’s attack on Iraq- was a Christian based strategy. They were praying 🙏 for Armaggedon. Iran is their next target.
February 25, 2026 at 7:33 PM
EVERYTHING the USA does in he Middle East is Christian motivated. Like Bush- Trump is highly influenced by the Christian Dominionists + Armageddonists in his administration. Bush’s attack on Iraq- was a Christian based strategy. They were praying 🙏 for Armaggedon. Iran is their next target.
"A significant number of these legislators are influenced by Christian nationalism or philosophies that mirror the aims of Christian nationalism: to reclaim society and reorder it according to Christian values."
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May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"A significant number of these legislators are influenced by Christian nationalism or philosophies that mirror the aims of Christian nationalism: to reclaim society and reorder it according to Christian values."
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I finally finished writing a long, winding piece on "America's distinctive political culture of vernacular fascism." It's about white country music, AM radio, paramilitary camps for Klansmen in 1960s Colorado, TPUSA, and a former chair of the OR GOP. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism
Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...
rightlandia.ghost.io
March 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I finally finished writing a long, winding piece on "America's distinctive political culture of vernacular fascism." It's about white country music, AM radio, paramilitary camps for Klansmen in 1960s Colorado, TPUSA, and a former chair of the OR GOP. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
I wanna say as an aside, I feel very much like my sense of what is right and what is wrong was largely influenced by my growing up Christian(No, morals don’t originate from religion). Like, as a core belief, I respect it, but as has become a cliche, “there’s no love like Christian hate’, and 1/2
March 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I wanna say as an aside, I feel very much like my sense of what is right and what is wrong was largely influenced by my growing up Christian(No, morals don’t originate from religion). Like, as a core belief, I respect it, but as has become a cliche, “there’s no love like Christian hate’, and 1/2
“Trump has influenced the culture of the church far more than the church has influenced Trump. When a pastor declares at a ReAwaken America rally that he has ‘come ready to declare war on Satan & every race-baiting Democrat that tries to destroy our way of life…,’ he is imitating Trump, not Christ.”
Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous
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October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Trump has influenced the culture of the church far more than the church has influenced Trump. When a pastor declares at a ReAwaken America rally that he has ‘come ready to declare war on Satan & every race-baiting Democrat that tries to destroy our way of life…,’ he is imitating Trump, not Christ.”
i’m not even disputing the premise that some key actors throughout american history were influenced and even motivated by christian orthodoxy.
but somehow i don’t think texas is putting bibles in schools to interrogate how southern states leveraged exodus & leviticus to justify slavery.
but somehow i don’t think texas is putting bibles in schools to interrogate how southern states leveraged exodus & leviticus to justify slavery.
August 19, 2026 at 2:11 PM
i’m not even disputing the premise that some key actors throughout american history were influenced and even motivated by christian orthodoxy.
but somehow i don’t think texas is putting bibles in schools to interrogate how southern states leveraged exodus & leviticus to justify slavery.
but somehow i don’t think texas is putting bibles in schools to interrogate how southern states leveraged exodus & leviticus to justify slavery.
Because 20th century satanists were primarily influenced by 19th century christian esotericists, occultists and that milieu of eccentrics, they basically lift the interpretation of the upright symbol from Lévi, and consequently adopt the inverted pentagram as *their* symbol.
October 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Because 20th century satanists were primarily influenced by 19th century christian esotericists, occultists and that milieu of eccentrics, they basically lift the interpretation of the upright symbol from Lévi, and consequently adopt the inverted pentagram as *their* symbol.
we brought our girlfriend down to texas, influenced her to start going to church again, got her wearing camo, and gave her some guns and ammo. we are accidentally speedrunning christian militia grooming.
January 4, 2026 at 10:29 PM
we brought our girlfriend down to texas, influenced her to start going to church again, got her wearing camo, and gave her some guns and ammo. we are accidentally speedrunning christian militia grooming.
My patience with white lefty cultural Christians is at zero. Yes, you are influenced by your Christian heritage and living in Christian hegemony. Yes, that probably means you’ve got some antisemitic biases to work through. That’s a you problem. Deal.
May 22, 2024 at 6:07 PM
My patience with white lefty cultural Christians is at zero. Yes, you are influenced by your Christian heritage and living in Christian hegemony. Yes, that probably means you’ve got some antisemitic biases to work through. That’s a you problem. Deal.
Christian Identity used to be a very fringe movement with maybe 50,000 adherents at its peak in the 1980s and 90s. But its rhetoric and worldview have now seeped into mainstream white evangelicalism to an alarming degree. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism
Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...
rightlandia.ghost.io
July 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Christian Identity used to be a very fringe movement with maybe 50,000 adherents at its peak in the 1980s and 90s. But its rhetoric and worldview have now seeped into mainstream white evangelicalism to an alarming degree. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
The London Bach: composer Johann Christian Bach, born #OTD 1735; influenced Mozart, painted by his friend Gainsborough in 1776.
National Portrait Gallery London
National Portrait Gallery London
September 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
The London Bach: composer Johann Christian Bach, born #OTD 1735; influenced Mozart, painted by his friend Gainsborough in 1776.
National Portrait Gallery London
National Portrait Gallery London
I recently wrote a piece about the subterranean influence of that Nazi-adjacent Christian Identity tradition on the white Christian nationalist right. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism
Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...
rightlandia.ghost.io
August 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I recently wrote a piece about the subterranean influence of that Nazi-adjacent Christian Identity tradition on the white Christian nationalist right. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
i found out in that book about ruby ridge that bob dylan's three christian albums weren't just generic christian- he had been specifically influenced by this book "the late great planet earth" that was super popular back then, kind of a Left Behind series precursor but "non-fiction" (fiction)
July 18, 2026 at 6:05 PM
i found out in that book about ruby ridge that bob dylan's three christian albums weren't just generic christian- he had been specifically influenced by this book "the late great planet earth" that was super popular back then, kind of a Left Behind series precursor but "non-fiction" (fiction)
I’m currently writing about the chair of the OR GOP in 1978-9 who was a Christian Identity adherent. At the time it made him sound like a weirdo to most of his contemporaries. Today, he would just sound like yet another one of these MAGA bro preachers. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism
Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...
rightlandia.ghost.io
September 25, 2026 at 11:28 AM
I’m currently writing about the chair of the OR GOP in 1978-9 who was a Christian Identity adherent. At the time it made him sound like a weirdo to most of his contemporaries. Today, he would just sound like yet another one of these MAGA bro preachers. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
“Tired” by Christian Krohg
Born in 1852 Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist artist and multi-talented creative figure—also working as an author and journalist Deeply influenced by the Realism movement, he focused on ordinary people and daily life in his work
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Born in 1852 Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist artist and multi-talented creative figure—also working as an author and journalist Deeply influenced by the Realism movement, he focused on ordinary people and daily life in his work
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM
“Tired” by Christian Krohg
Born in 1852 Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist artist and multi-talented creative figure—also working as an author and journalist Deeply influenced by the Realism movement, he focused on ordinary people and daily life in his work
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
Born in 1852 Christian Krohg was a Norwegian naturalist artist and multi-talented creative figure—also working as an author and journalist Deeply influenced by the Realism movement, he focused on ordinary people and daily life in his work
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
The Pope is from Chicago and the antithesis to much of white Christian conservative gospel is
Black influenced / Liberation theology .
The history of American resistance for most of America has been anti racism/ sexism led by Black theology
They’re saying the pope sounds Black
Black influenced / Liberation theology .
The history of American resistance for most of America has been anti racism/ sexism led by Black theology
They’re saying the pope sounds Black
I suspect the Pope sounds "woke" to many Christian conservatives because the US is steeped in prosperity theology, where the point of worship is to deliver health and wealth to believers. Thus, "feed the hungry" and "show mercy for the poor" sounds needlessly political and "woke."
April 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The Pope is from Chicago and the antithesis to much of white Christian conservative gospel is
Black influenced / Liberation theology .
The history of American resistance for most of America has been anti racism/ sexism led by Black theology
They’re saying the pope sounds Black
Black influenced / Liberation theology .
The history of American resistance for most of America has been anti racism/ sexism led by Black theology
They’re saying the pope sounds Black
The Christian Nationalist chair of the Oregon GOP in 1978-9 was a Holocaust denying admirer of Gerald LK Smith’s and was credibly suspected by the FBI of being connected to the Nazi party. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
"Basically Church Type Stuff:" Old Timey Christian Americanism and the Rhizomatic History of American Fascism
Or, the crucial but sometimes fuzzy distinction between a) being a White American Christian, and b) being influenced by a violent, White Christian Supremacist variety of conspiratorial, antisemitic Am...
rightlandia.ghost.io
June 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The Christian Nationalist chair of the Oregon GOP in 1978-9 was a Holocaust denying admirer of Gerald LK Smith’s and was credibly suspected by the FBI of being connected to the Nazi party. rightlandia.ghost.io/basically-ch...
THE BRIDE! stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal and director Maggie Gyllenhaal share the films that influenced their new film 👰
See which cast and/or crew member made each selection in the full list: boxd.it/RIuxq/detail
See which cast and/or crew member made each selection in the full list: boxd.it/RIuxq/detail
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
THE BRIDE! stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal and director Maggie Gyllenhaal share the films that influenced their new film 👰
See which cast and/or crew member made each selection in the full list: boxd.it/RIuxq/detail
See which cast and/or crew member made each selection in the full list: boxd.it/RIuxq/detail