As Washington sat transfixed before the image of former FBI Director James Comey spilling some beans on the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump went to work. An expert in creating crises, Trump is not the kind to let his handiwork go to waste. Continue reading
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Trump leads the religious right to the Promised Land
Evangelicals' alignment with Trump shows their affinity for power over morality.
Posted on February 3, 2017 by Adele Stan
It’s been a heady two weeks for right-wing Christian evangelicals. Never before has a president of the United States—not Reagan or either of the Bushes—delivered so much of their agenda in such short order as Donald Trump has just done. He capped off his string of early valentines to the religious right with the announcement of a Supreme Court nominee who is poised to revoke the rights of women, further tear down the “wall” between church and state and open wider the doors for big monied interests to buy the political system they want. Continue reading →