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Not to forget as you read the preceding thread (/8-10) about a document in which Christian leaders worldwide challenge US Christians to confront a heresy they call "white Christian nationalism" that the two leading New York Times religion reporters, Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham, refuse to use the term "Christian nationalism" in reporting about Trump and Christianity in the US today.

#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #NewYorkTimes
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/trump-politics-religion-christianity.html

https://www.nytimes.com

How Two Times Reporters Cover Christianity in a Polarized America

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 5 days ago

"We are facing a cruel and oppressive government; citizens and immigrants being demonized, disappeared, and even killed; the erosion of hard-won rights and freedoms; and a calculated effort to reverse America’s growing racial and ethnic diversity– all of which are pushing us toward authoritarian and imperial rule."

#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #immigrants #cruelty #authoritarianism
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 5 days ago

"What confronts us is not only an endangered democracy and the rise of tyranny. It is also a Christian faith corrupted by the heretical ideology of white Christian nationalism, and a church that has often failed to equip its members to model Jesus’s teachings and fulfill its prophetic calling as a humanitarian, compassionate, and moral compass for society."

#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #immigrants #cruelty #authoritarianism
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 5 days ago

#Trump #WhiteChristianNationalism #NewYorkTimes
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/us/trump-politics-religion-christianity.html

https://www.nytimes.com

How Two Times Reporters Cover Christianity in a Polarized America

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 5 days ago

And speaking of the various strands of religion and Christianity in the US and the influence of those strands, there's this story:

There's a major outbreak of measles at the right-wing Catholic university in Florida, Ave Maria. Ave Maria is the love child of right-wing Catholic entrepreneur and pizza magnate of Domino's fame, Tom Monaghan.

#Catholic #AveMariaUniversity #measles #Trump #ProLife
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https://www.healthday.com/health-news/infectious-disease/a-florida-college-has-reported-more-than-40-measles-cases

A Florida College Has Reported More Than 40 Measles Cases

TUESDAY, Feb. 17, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A measles outbreak at a private college in southwest Florida is raising new concerns about how quickly the virus can s

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 5 days ago

As a right-wing Catholic outfit that's the personal plaything of a right-wing Catholic entrepreneur, Ave Maria is heavily invested in the "pro-life" movement. It sends a big contingent to the annual March for Life in DC — which just so happens to have been the venue in which measles infected Ave Maria students and other "pro-life" marchers.

#Catholic #AveMariaUniversity #measles #Trump #ProLife
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https://www.ncronline.org/news/ave-maria-university-battles-measles-outbreak

National Catholic Reporter

Ave Maria University battles measles outbreak

Ave Maria University reported on its website that it first became "aware of suspected cases" on its campus Jan. 28, and "promptly reported" them to the Florida Department of Health.

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