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"Joel’s Army"—the militant Protestant movement that fueled both the January 6 insurrection and the recent political assassinations in Minnesota—is rearing its head once again, this time in the 2026 race for California governor.

While the IRS move applies across the country, Texas — with more than 200 megachurches — will be the epicenter for pastors and congregations to test out their new influence, one expert said.

Within just a few hours of white smoke rising out of the Vatican, MAGA is already fuming over the new pope. MAGA is in full meltdown mode over the new pope’s tweets.

The Church in the U.S., as in much of Europe, is shrinking. In exiting the Church, liberals and radicals and the just plain disgusted have left in their wake a right-wing laity and priesthood arrayed against liberalism’s embrace of the marginalized.

Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection.

"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in the same," said one professor.

White evangelical Protestant voters were the strongest backers of Trump over Harris; Black Protestants were exactly the opposite. As some are revelling in the promise of governance influenced by Christianity, others are undoubtedly nervous.

Christian nationalism represents the culmination of various movements with roots that trace back decades. The more extreme elements didn’t just materialize a few years ago. They’ve been there from the start.

Director Henry Godinez recognizes that today’s divisive political environment might change how the play’s themes of “questioning facts, censoring knowledge” are perceived.

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