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On a sweltering evening in the thumb pad of Michigan’s mitten, a self-described prophet promised 700 Christians under a crisp white tent that they were about to #cheat #death.
They would do this by winning the swing state for Donald Trump.
The reasoning was simple:
Each of the Christians assembled would soon feel a call to become a #poll #watcher or to knock on doors or to organize their church
—to take part in some act that would aid the Republican presidential candidate.
⭐️And that act would keep them safe, the prophet said, because God would not call them home before they had completed the task He had given them.
🔥“The greatest argument you have with death is an unfulfilled assignment,” the man, #Lance #Wallnau, told the crowd
This was the third stop of the “#Courage #Tour,”
a traveling worship spectacle passing through key battleground states ahead of the upcoming presidential election.
Organized by Wallnau, a sixtysomething Texas-based evangelical with a salesman’s persona,
the three-day event was a marriage of the religious and the political,
a swirl of prophecies and PowerPoints and speaking in tongues.
It was a call to arms, a campaign strategy session, and
—above all
—an honest-to-God old-fashioned Pentecostal tent revival.
It was also a showcase of the power of a rapidly growing, militant right-wing movement in American Christianity.
Wallnau is a major leader in a coalition of Christians who believe that Trump is prophesied to play a critical role in the nation’s spiritual reformation
—that the former president is destined to be a catalyst for the next Great Awakening, even.
These Christians see Trump as a modern-day Cyrus the Great,
the powerful empire builder and nonbeliever who is credited in the Old Testament with returning the Jews to the Holy Land.
They believe that under Trump’s protection, American Christians will rise up,
defeat their #demonic #enemies,
and take their rightful place of power in the country.
This belief in a Trump prophecy has only grown stronger among the faithful since the former president survived an #assassination attempt in July.
It is so strong, in fact, that anything that could stand in Trump’s way
—democratic or otherwise
—is perceived as a force of #evil that must be battled on a spiritual plane.
This has already played out once:
After Trump lost the 2020 election, Wallnau held nearly daily rants about the #stolen #election on Facebook Live;
he decreed in one online prayer call that 💥God would overturn the election results.
He spoke at a major rally for Christian election deniers in Washington on Dec. 12 of that year,
warning that there was “a backlash coming”
and announcing that it would be the “beginning of a #Christian #populist #uprising.”
He and other right-wing Christian leaders circled the Capitol while blowing #shofars and praying for the election to be overturned,
drawing clear parallels to the biblical story from the Book of Joshua in which the Israelite army marches around the city of Jericho,
blowing horns until its walls crumble and the Israelites conquer the city and #slaughter its inhabitants.
The event, which preceded a night of #political #violence in the nation’s capital, drew thousands of attendees in what was widely seen as a precursor to the Jan. 6 riot.
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I Went to a Pro-Trump Christian Revival. It Completely Changed My Understanding of Jan. 6.
A wild evangelical movement is storming swing states.Molly Olmstead (Slate)
So apparently the #Trump supporters are shooting at #Harris campaign offices now, and I think it really underlines something about the #violence that Trump has inspired this election cycle, and how there is this clear split in how it's being carried out.
Trump has inspired two people to shoot at him this summer: an anti-election anarchist, and an elderly man with a criminal record. While this is obviously really bad for reasons that have already been enumerated, it's also targeted entirely at a single person with power.
Trump has also inspired numerous people to shoot up schools, churches, synagogues, Walmarts, and now a Harris campaign office. These pro-Trump shooters aren't even targeting people who might have the power to do something, they're just targeting bystanders.
I hope this doesn't scare people away from publicly showing support for Harris, and that people remember that, if nothing else, they can't see who you vote for.
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Kamala Harris campaign office damaged by gunfire in Arizona
Tempe, Arizona, police are investigating what appears to be gunfire damage overnight at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office for Vice President Kamala Harris.Alex Tabet (NBC News)
⚔️ How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia
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#india #pakistan #bangladesh #asia #southasia #revolution #partition #violence #identity #politics
How the Violence of Partition Forged National Identity in South Asia
I was seven years old during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan. My first political memory is of this short war, which lasted barely two weeks from 3 to 16 December. The blacked-out windows of…Literary Hub
"The world’s richest moron Is dangerous."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #Republicans #guns #violence
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Welp, Turns Out Police ARE Investigating Trump’s Arlington Cemetery Fiasco
INSIDE: Donald Trump ... Elon Musk ... Mark MeadowsDavid Kurtz (Morning Memo)
"You can condemn the wannabe assassins while also noting that Trump’s open embrace of violence is a big part of what makes him so dangerous."
~ Andrew Egger
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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You’re Allowed to Call Trump a Threat to Democracy
Political violence is an intolerable threat to our nation. It isn’t the only one.William Kristol (The Bulwark)
"No one in the MAGAsphere seems to notice or care that their own resistance to reasonable gun control enabled misfit Routh - who has dozens of previous charges - to arm himself in the first place. Routh had been pulled over by police more than 100 times and was considered 'a dangerous person,' but still legally stocked high-powered weapons and explosives."
~ Nina Burleigh
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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MAGA’s All-American Gunners
Who is Really To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempts?Nina Burleigh (American Freakshow)
"When you can’t even remember the names of people who tried to assassinate a former President of the United States, something is unbalanced other than the two weirdos with the guns."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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Unbalanced is the new black
Here’s a question for you: Why hasn’t there been more shock about the second (apparent) attempt on the life of Donald Trump in as many months? I mean, the biggest headline in my newsfeed this morning was Ohio Sen.Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)
"Trump's GOP is caught up in a web of violence they themselves have carefully knitted."
~ D. Earl Stephens
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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REPUBLICAN-MADE
Trump's GOP is caught up in a web of violence they themselves have carefully knitted ...D. Earl Stephens ✍️ (Enough Already)
"As [Elon Musk's] words amass millions of views and thousands of shares, they also illustrate the ability of one of the world’s most influential people to spread fear, hate and misinformation during fraught political moments around the world."
~ Ali Swenson
#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #Republicans #guns #violence
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Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments
As Election Day draws nearer, social media posts by X owner Elon Musk are raising concerns that he will use his immense platform to question the legitimacy of the vote in the U.S.ALI SWENSON (AP News)
"Trump has called his political opponents 'vermin,' echoed Adolf Hitler in saying immigrants are 'poisoning the blood of our country' and referred to himself as 'a very proud election denier.'”
~ Rex Huppke
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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After possible assassination attempt, Trump decries 'rhetoric'? Spare me the sanctimony.
Donald Trump wants you to believe 'rhetoric' from Kamala Harris and her campaign led to a possible assassination plot against him. Don't buy into it., USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
"Donald Trump just painted a target on Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s backs."
~ Robert McCoy
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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"The pair of them may reject violence when it’s directed towards them—as we all should—but they are unconcerned when anyone else is the target."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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Rejecting Violence, But Only When It's Directed At You
What do you do when the protectee won’t listen to reason?Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)
"Donald Trump loves violence, especially when it’s committed on his behalf."
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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~ Mary Trump
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The Bringer of Violence
The perpetual victim is the chief perpetratorMary L Trump (The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump)
"Trump’s current campaign was endorsed by the NRA, who frequently opposes gun safety legislation.
~ Oliver Willis
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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Trump blames would-be shooter on Democrats as they decry gun violence
Democratic leaders and groups dedicated to preventing gun violence have condemned political violence in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump on Sunday. Trump has instead blamed Democrats for the would-be shooter. Ryan Wesley.Daily Kos
"As upset as the Republicans are, their outrage over this second assassination attempt on Trump has its limits. It stops at gun control."
~ Mehdi Hassan
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #guns #violence
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Trump's Assassination Attempt; Banning the Word ‘Zionist’; The Terrorizing of Haitian Immigrants
Mehdi interviews Rep. Maxwell Frost, actor and activist Cynthia Nixon, and journalist Elie Mystal.Mehdi Hasan (Zeteo)