Despite the breathless warnings by Christian nationalists that America is losing its religion, America today is a far more religiously engaged nation than we were at our founding and through our first 150 years. And it is far more diverse than that mythical white Christian nation.

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New @prri.org survey data: White evangelical Protestants are now the ONLY religious group among whom a majority hold a favorable view of President Trump (67%). And they are down 5 points since the 2024 election. prri.org/spotlight/ne...

This is telling: On his recent visit, Pope Leo XIV gave Marco Rubio, a practicing Catholic, a pen made from the wood of an olive tree, which Pope Leo called “the plant of peace.” Rubio's gift to the Pope was a crystal American football paperweight. www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

My latest—the Trump administration’s recent report from its Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias is a honed political weapon. But it is empirically absurd. www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/theatre-of...

My latest, reflections on the devastating “Varieties of Democracy” (V-Dem) report revealing the autocratization of America under Trump. www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/autocratiz...

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Who needs electoral legitimacy? Trump’s authoritarian ambitions go global. His new “Board of Peace” carries $1 billion membership fee. Trump is the chairman — not just while he's president, but for life! He can invite new countries to join or expel others. Via @nytimes.com

Announcing the new name of my newsletter, now “Redeeming Democracy.” And to mark the occasion, a 25% discount for paid annual subscriptions. Details in post. www.redeemingdemocracy.net/p/big-announ...

Trump goes full racist during Black History Month, refuses to apologize. What the research says about why this matters. www.whitetoolong.net/p/trump-goes...

My latest. Trump’s lies lead directly to the killing of Renee Good by ICE. And those lies, and the violence they are spawning, are coming for us all. www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...

My latest. Trump's lies are killing us. www.whitetoolong.net/p/trumps-lie...

My latest. ICE and empty mangers. www.whitetoolong.net/p/ice-and-em...

Beyond the 60 Minutes payoff & Colbert cancelation, an unprecedented capitulation: as part of merger agreement, new parent company agrees to install an official to "monitor bias" at CBS’s news division. CBS news will essentially be state controlled media. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...

Thinking abt Tocqueville on #July4th & contradictions he highlighted. From "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy": Tocqueville may have been correct-but not only in the way he intended-that he could see the destiny of America in the 1st Puritan who landed on these shores. bookshop.org/a/56272/9781...

Reminder: 2/3 of Americans (64%) favor birthright citizenship, including strong majorities of Democrats (87%) and independents (65%). But less than half (45%) of Republicans support this Constitutional right. Trump is making support for the Constitution a partisan issue. prri.org/research/dem...

3) 6 in 10 Republicans (62%) and white evangelicals (56%) agree that the federal government should place immigrants who are in the country illegally in internment camps guarded by the U.S. military until they can be deported. prri.org/research/dem...

2) Three quarters of Republicans (77%) and white evangelicals (74%) favor installing deterrents such as walls, floating barriers in rivers, and razor wire to prevent immigrants from entering the country illegally, even if they endanger or kill some people. prri.org/research/thr...

Breaking new data from @prri.org making it clear that Trump’s ego has outrun even his own supporters. Three quarters of Americans—including majorities of Republicans and white evangelical Protestants—oppose Trump’s $45 million military parade. www.whitetoolong.net/p/breaking-n...

Trump's ups authoritarian vibe in new official WH portrait. Striking difference between 2017 and 2025 inauguration, and even darker in the latest update yesterday. My prediction: He's prepared this one just in time for his Putin-style military parade banners. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Doing some archive research on the digital presentation of the presidency on the whitehouse.gov page. In addition to the ominous vibe on the current site, there is a glaring omission from the Trump admin's page compared to Biden's. I wonder--what could have gone into that decision?

My latest.... www.whitetoolong.net/p/the-episco...

Ethno-religious divides on Trump: Most white Christians say Trump is a strong leader who should be given power he needs to restore American greatness. But most in other religious grps--non-white Christians, Jews, other non-Christian religions, the unaffiliated--say Trump is a dangerous dictator..."

BREAKING: Major new @prripoll.bsky.social survey on #Trump100. With favorability underwater, most Americans (52%), including 56% of independents, believe "Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy." www.prri.org/research/dem...

"God has not forgotten about you." My latest. Easter meditations on the pleas of Jennifer, the wife of Kilmar Abrega Garcia. www.whitetoolong.net/p/god-hasnt-...

My latest. "God Hasn't Forgotten about You": An Easter Message from Jennifer, the Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia www.whitetoolong.net/p/god-hasnt-...

My latest, a thank you and plea to journalists. open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...

Just saw my book, “White Too Long” was purged from the US Naval Academy library. Listed along w/ 380 other books from @antheabutler.bsky.social , @michaelericdyson.bsky.social , @revjimwallis.bsky.social , Bryan Massingale, and others. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

In the DC area, we are experiencing the damage our president is doing not to anonymous entities but to our fellow citizens whose names we know. In a democracy, the government is not just by and for the people; the government is comprised of the people. www.whitetoolong.net/p/talking-ab...