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Andrew is back! With a lot to cover, especially Donald Trump’s Orgy of Christian Nationalism celebrating 250 years of American independence. The propaganda is thick in the air. Plus, the Supreme Court’s shadow docket decision, Trump erects a golden idol to himself, unfucking the Supreme Court ,and a new Substack you need to subscribe to and share.
An Orgy of Christian Nationalism (Andrew’s Substack)
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Donald Trump dictated this legal filing, maybe?
Colorado hits back after Supreme Court allows harmful ‘conversion therapy’ in state
NYT story: “The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court”
Ted Lasso and Coach Beard Reading List
Books to make you Rethink Everything reading list
“Understanding Christian Nationalism” reading list
Andrew’s other reading lists
Donald Trump declares war on the pope, declares himself Jesus, and Hegseth prays a la Pulp Fiction — the Christian Nationalism is running wild, y’all. Plus, Andrew catches up with the Religious Liberty Commission, J6 architect John Eastman getting disbarred, and is speechless at the horror that is the CNN rape academy story.
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Donald Trump threaten genocide via nuclear attack while science lands four astronauts back on this floating rock after launching them around the moon. Andrew discusses these two polar opposites, the calls to remove Trump under the 25th Amendment, whether impeachment might be better, and the toxic masculinity documentary on Netflix. In the final segment, Andrew delves into the beauty of the Artemis mission.
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Elie Mystal’s article on impeachment
Astronaut Koch’s reflections on Artemis
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev’s interview
Has there been a bigger news week? Trump threatens to commit war crimes on Easter morning, but even before that, it was insane. The Supreme Court just made American healthcare worse, while a California jury may have made social media much better. The next Citizens United is averted, a Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas falls after a decade, and Trump stupidly goes to the Supreme Court in real life. Plus, Noem’s bimbofication scandal, Bondi is out, JD doesn’t know what church he attends, and Paula White thinks Trump is Jesus. And, oh yeah, we’re going back to the moon.
Why are the No Kings rallies so important? Andrew is back to explain and to recap a delightful debate he had on the Freethought Cruise. Plus a roundup of the news including: a Ten Commandments win, a Georgia woman arrested on abortion/murder charges, two seemingly disconnected stories about Pete Hegseth blocking promotions for women and non-white officers, and how you can help Andrew with the haters.
The Summit for Religious Freedom, April 25-27
FreeFlo Conference Feb. 2027
You can see “Attilla the Hunn’s” 1-star review here.
Arkansas Ten Commandments win!
Abortion Everyday Substack about Georgia arrest, with action items
NPR Story on Hegseth blocking promotions
Seriously, join me at the Summit for Religious Freedom in April!
Andrew and Seth Andrews have been friends for the better part of a decade. On this pod, they invite you into one of the many conversations they’ve had over the years about the organized fight against religion and for church-state separation—but this time, they’re recording it. Stay through to the end for the most fun you’ll ever have in a lightning round.
Seth’s website
The Thinking Atheist Youtube
The Thinking Atheist website
The Thinking Atheist podcast
Noem is out; Markwayne Mullin is in. There are reasons to criticize him, but January 6th is not one. The Supreme Court issues another shadow docket decision that targets LGBTQ kids and grants absurd power to religious parents. Schools may not be the same. Did commanders really tell soldiers we were going to war with Iran to bring on Armageddon? There’s really good reasons to be skeptical. Plus, Talarico wins and says God is nonbinary, WaPo thinks we need evangelicals on the Supreme Court, and those evangelicals lay hands on and pray over Trump in the Oval Office. Ick.
Mirabelli v. Bonta decision
Ian Milhiser for Vox on the Mirabelli decision
“Before you share that story about how troops were told the Iran War is for ‘Armageddon,’ read this” AND YOU NEED TO READ IT.
Andrew’s back and there’s so much to cover: the DOJ withheld Epstein files about allegations that Trump sexually assaulted a 13 year old girl and Trump invades Iran to distract from that story. Trump ruins the Olympics and the US men’s hockey team fails a basic humanity test. Plus, the Supreme Court tariffs decision isn’t what you thought, a federal appeals court botches a decision on the Ten Commandments, and Tucker Carlson interviews Mike Huckabee, our ambassador to Israel, and they talk about the Bible influencing public policy—kind of.
NPR story “Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump”
Link to Strict Scrutiny episode referenced
Tucker Carlson interviews Mike Huckabee
Fish Stark joins Andrew to talk about bringing empathy back to America and how folks can get $1,000 grants for empathy projects that will take place across the country on May 2. This is much bigger than just a single project, this is an answer to the toxicity of Christian Nationalism, MAGA politics, and the division in this country. But it could also be the answer for growing the secular movement. This is the very time Fish and Andrew have chatted and history is lucky it was (mostly) recorded.
If you can’t support AHA or the project, you can still spread the word by sharing the social media videos announcing the project. Or just share them anyway.
Andrew brings back Annika Brockschmidt, friend of the pod, German historian and expert on American Christian nationalism. One year after her first appearance in the inaugural episode, Annika tells Andrew how the US is doing on its slide toward authoritarianism/fascism. A wide ranging and surprising conversation.
Brockschmidt is a journalist, scholar, and author of Amerikas Gotteskrieger: Wie die Religiöse Rechte die Demokratie gefährdet (roughly translated as “America’s Godly Warriors: How Religious Right Endangers Democracy”).
Annika’s socials: Instagram Bluesky
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