The Disarray of Protestant Churches Is Bad News for American Liberal Democracy: A Conversation with Raymond R. Roberts

https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-disarray-of-protestant-churches

(UnPopulist, 31 May 2026)

#Democracy #Protestantism #Religion #ChurchAndState #Evangelicalism #Tocqueville #Podcommons

What happened in Vegas

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1-2 That’s authoritarian branding with a Bible in hand. The Founders separated church and state for a reason. #ChristianNationalism #Democracy #ChurchAndState

The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney

The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/

Trump Begins Branding America's 250th anniversary as a Christian Celebration

“We welcome Jesus into this place!”

Mother Jones

ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.

Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.

Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.

#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState

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https://wapo.st/4tDbKZZ

Trump-backed prayer festival on National Mall draws thousands: ‘We welcome Jesus!’

Critics of Sunday's « Rededicate 250 » event said it portrayed the United States inaccurately as a Christian nation and sought to erase the line between church and state.

The Washington Post