Building a congregation for his prosperity gospel, one chaotic rally at a time.
Tommy Robinson's Temple: The Christian Conference Uniting Preachers from the Far-Right Fringe
Organisers of the "Make Great Britain Christian Again" conference include preachers linked to far-right rallies, prompting warnings that faith is being used to provide moral cover for nationalist politics
Who’s Behind Newsweek?
Pastor David Jang hopes that media companies will "rain down blessings" on his Christian sect.
‘A Bible-sized blind spot’: congressman sounds alarm on rising Christian nationalism
In his new book, congressman Jared Huffman argues that theocratic insurgency has only grown more powerful after Donald Trump returned to the White House
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on A…
Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other rad…
Peter Thiel's "Palantir," The Company That Owns The Trump Regime, Just Published Their 22 Point Manifesto For America And It's Terrifying.
22 Points · A Tolkien-Themed Surveillance Empire · A Chairman Who Loved Epstein · A Philosopher-King Blogger On Speed-Dial · And The IBM-Nazi Template Nobody Wants To Name
Ben Carson, the humblebragging instrument of God
In his various books, the GOP presidential candidate combines two deep faiths -- in his own skills, and in God's frequent intervention in his life.
Opinion | Death, the Prosperity Gospel and Me (Published 2016)
Some Christians believe God rewards the faithful. So why did I get Stage 4 cancer?
Donald Trump: A Critical Theory-Perspective on Authoritarian Capitalism
This paper analyses economic power, state power and ideological power in the age of Donald Trump with the help of critical theory. It applies the critical theory approaches of thinkers such as Franz Neumann, Theodor W. Adorno and Erich Fromm. It analyses changes of US capitalism that have together with political anxiety and demagoguery brought about the rise of Donald Trump. This article draws attention to the importance of state theory for understanding Trump and the changes of politics that his rule may bring about. It is in this context important to see the complexity of the state, including the dynamic relationship between the state and the economy, the state and citizens, intra-state relations, inter-state relations, semiotic representations of and by the state, and ideology. Trumpism and its potential impacts are theorised along these dimensions. The ideology of Trump (Trumpology) has played an important role not just in his business and brand strategies, but also in his political rise. The (pseudo-)critical mainstream media have helped making Trump and Trumpology by providing platforms for populist spectacles that sell as news and attract audiences. By Trump making news in the media, the media make Trump. An empirical analysis of Trump’s rhetoric and the elimination discourses in his NBC show The Apprentice underpins the analysis of Trumpology. The combination of Trump’s actual power and Trump as spectacle, showman and brand makes his government’s concrete policies fairly unpredictable. An important question that arises is what social scientists’ role should be in the conjuncture that the world is experiencing.See also the related blog post "How The Frankfurt School Helps Us To Understand Donald Trump’s Twitter Populism"http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/christian-fuchs1/how-the-frankfurt-school-_b_14156190.html?utm_hp_ref=uk-donald-trumpThe German translation of this shorter piece was published in Der Falter 5/2017: 21-23.
Apolitical Kirk Herbstreit is actually a GOP fundraiser
He headlined a pro-Tuberville PAC event last week.
Luther’s Small Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther
Martin Luther addresses faithful and godly pastors and preachers in his Preface to the Small Catechism.
Rogers’ campaign faith coalition has two ties to a church upended by child sex crimes • Michigan Advance
The scandal brewing at Mark Barclay’s Living Word Church — which includes three ministers being convicted and sentenced for criminal sexual conduct with minors — now has two connections with the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers.
Trump University and the art of the get-rich seminar
We witnessed The Donald's foray into "university" education.
Tech moguls Altman, Bezos and Zuckerberg donate to Trump's inauguration fund
The donations are seen as the latest example of tech moguls' changing stance toward the incoming president. During his first administration, Trump clashed with Bezos and Zuckerberg.
Donald Trump’s ideology of violence
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Le désastre de la Trumponomics continue
traduction française du billet de blog "Trump is stupid, erratic and weak" de Paul Krugman
Stage Four: The Trump Simulacrum and Attention Economy Decay
The contemporary media apparatus has completed Baudrillard's fourth stage of simulation: coverage no longer reflects, distorts, or substitutes for political reality — it generates one. Donald Trump did not cause this. He is its perfect product.
