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Stephanie McCrummen

@mccrummen.bsky.social

Staff Writer, The Atlantic. Formerly, The Washington Post. Originally, Alabama. Now, NYC. https://www.theatlantic.com/author/stephanie-mccrummen/

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Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW: The Texas State Board of Education just overhauled public school curricula to focus on Texas "exceptionalism," require Bible readings and whitewash racism. Its the culmination of a decadeslong push by Christian nationalists - an assertion of their grip on the highest echelons of education.

The State Board of Education Just Overhauled Its Curricula. Christian Nationalists Are Cheering.

The board approved standards that insert a number of biblical readings and Christian themes into the state’s social studies requirements.

texasmonthly.com

Frederick Clarkson@fredclarkson.bsky.social · 4w ago

There is a growing culture and politics focused on demons at the center of many people's lives. When you finally see it, you might not stop seeing it. It explains alot. Don't miss this important story by @mccrummen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Demon Next Door

A growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street.

theatlantic.com

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

At the “Don’t Sharia My Texas” luncheon at the Texas GOP convention, two Muslim lawmakers are being accused of implementing Sharia by…using the legislative process…. to propose non-binding resolutions… that recognize Ramadan or combat Islamophobia.

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Frederick Clarkson@fredclarkson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Washington Post, NYT and AP didn't get the story. But The Atlantic reports that the recent "Rededication" rally on the Mall was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that... is now the leading edge of the Christian right."

Stephanie McCrummen@mccrummen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Spiritual warfare, territorial demons, supernatural forces… Sunday’s prayer rally showed where much of American Christianity is heading: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Tomorrow morning, we will be dropping a ~12,000 word story on Paul Pressler, the alleged sexual predator who remade the Southern Baptist Convention and helped ordain the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. There is *a lot* in there and I hope you'll read it.

Brian Stelter@brianstelter.bsky.social · 8mo ago

In an internal memo, seen by CNN, Sharyn Alfonsi predicted that "the public will correctly identify this" as corporate censorship. WaPo has more from Alfonsi here >>>

‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations

CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.

washingtonpost.com

Stephanie McCrummen@mccrummen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

An upcoming NAR rally in Brazil is “a benchmark in a wider trend in which much of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity is being courted by the leaders of right-wing, populist authoritarianism…” writes @fredclarkson.bsky.social religiondispatches.org/the-nar-vows...

The NAR Vows to Stage the Largest-Ever Gathering of Christian Women

Last year on Yom Kippur, leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation staged an all-day rally in support of Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency called A Million Women. As was the case with the Million M...

religiondispatches.org

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

To get a sense of where things stand: Here's an exchange from earlier this year, in which a Baptist minister was told by a Texas Senator that she didn't understand the Gospel because she cited Baptists' historic support for church-state separations as one reason to oppose the Ten Commandments bill.

Testifying this month against bills that would put more Christianity in Texas public schools, the Rev. Jody Harrison invoked the violent persecution of her Baptist forefathers by fellow Christians in colonial America. Harrison hoped the history lesson would remind Texas senators of Baptists’ strong support for church-state separations, and that weakening those protections would hurt people of all faiths. Instead, she was rebuked. “The Baptist doctrine is Christ-centered,” Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, responded sharply. “Its purpose is not to go around trying to defend this or that. It is to be a disciple and a witness for Christ. That includes the Ten Commandments. That’s prayer in schools. It is not a fight for separation between church and state.” Harrison was not allowed to reply, but in an interview said she was stunned that a lawmaker would question a core part of her faith. The exchange, she said, perfectly encapsulated why she has fought to preserve church-state separations — the same religious protections that Campbell said are a distraction from bills that might bring school kids to Christ. “It was a wake up call,” she said. “I don’t think people — even many churches — realize that this is going on right now, and that is alarming.”
Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🧵🧵 Texas Republicans have been increasingly open and aggressive about Christianizing America via schools - to, in the words of the state education board chair, center classrooms around "GOD, GOP & USA." That fight just escalated, and you should pay attention - because your state could be next.

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The first day of the 2025 legislative session also featured prominent pastors and lawmakers calling for spiritual warfare and, at one point, praying on the walls of the Capitol to ward off demonic spirits they believe control Austin.

Texas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth as lawmakers, pastors prep for “spiritual battle”

Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center public life around their faith.

texastribune.org

Robert Downen@robertdownen.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Last month, two Republican State Board of Education members appointed David Barton, a Christian nationalist activist and widely debunked "amateur historian," as an expert advisor for the state's upcoming revision of curricula to focus on Texas and American history.

He Calls Church-State Separation a Myth. He’s Now Weighing In on Public School Curricula.

David Barton, far-right Christian activist and founder of Wallbuilders, has been appointed by Texas's board of education to advise on social studies instruction.

texasmonthly.com