Christian Nationalism On the Ballot in Tennessee: From calls to ban mosques to AI Crusader videos, two candidates are pushing Christian nationalist agendas to the forefront of Thursday’s Republican primaries. www.confrontthehate.com/p/executions...

Executions for Abortions? Deport Muslims? Christian Nationalism On the Ballot in Tennessee

From calls to ban mosques to AI Crusader videos, two candidates are pushing Christian nationalist agendas to the forefront of Thursday’s Republican primaries.

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ARE WE BEING SHUT OUT?

I love these stories so much!!! #nashville

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Moving beyond sounding the alarm: how stories of courage, strength, and action from Melissa Alvarez, Peggy Kingsbury, and Jemar Tisby show us the path forward as we Confront the Hate, Find the Hope. www.confrontthehate.com/p/confront-t...

“Similar to today, everything we do to push back against the devastation of ourselves or our neighbors, to push back against anti-democratic forces is a sign of hope.”

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com · yesterday

Moving beyond sounding the alarm: how stories of courage, strength, and action from Melissa Alvarez, Peggy Kingsbury, and Jemar Tisby show us the path forward as we Confront the Hate, Find the Hope. www.confrontthehate.com/p/confront-t...

Moving beyond sounding the alarm: how stories of courage, strength, and action from Melissa Alvarez, Peggy Kingsbury, and Jemar Tisby show us the path forward as we Confront the Hate, Find the Hope. www.confrontthehate.com/p/confront-t...

Confront the Hate, Find the Hope: Meet 3 People Who Inspired Me

Moving beyond sounding the alarm: how stories of courage, strength, and action from Melissa Alvarez, Peggy Kingsbury, and Jemar Tisby show us the path forward.

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“Hate Comes to Main Street” wasn’t quite right. Please check out the new focus for my Substack publication! What do you think? www.confrontthehate.com/p/a-new-chap...

A New Chapter: 'Hate Comes to Main Street' Becomes 'Confront the Hate, Find the Hope'

Six months in, your feedback made one thing clear: exposing the problem isn't enough—we need a path forward. Let me explain how you can join the fight.

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A New Chapter: 'Hate Comes to Main Street' Becomes 'Confront the Hate, Find the Hope' What does that mean, and how can you join the fight? Please check out the link below.

In the GOP primary for Tennessee governor, Congressman John Rose sends new letter to U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, asking her to release the documents from last year’s investigation of her office - an investigation that I first revealed. What do you think?

Southern Baptist 'Leader' Listed as Speaker for Anti-Muslim, Anti-Immigrant Conference www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/southern-b...

Southern Baptist 'Leader' Listed as Speaker for Anti-Muslim, Anti-Immigrant Conference

William Wolfe heads the Center for Baptist Leadership. This is the controversial company he's keeping at an upcoming conference in Texas.

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Who's funding TV ads by outside groups in Tennessee governor's race, and what do they want? www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Who's funding TV ads by outside groups in Tennessee governor's race, and what do they want?

As Tennessee's Republican candidates for governor battle for their party's nomination, they are getting a little help from their friends.

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Looks like the neo-Nazi crowd is triggered by my latest reporting! 🤷‍♂️

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com · last wk.

The Active Club founder has described such organized fights a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution.” He added, “Every victorious nationalist movement was forged by hardened men who already tasted real danger.” www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/inside-the...

The Active Club founder has described such organized fights a “tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution.” He added, “Every victorious nationalist movement was forged by hardened men who already tasted real danger.” www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/inside-the...

‘Neo-Nazi Militia’: Inside the Fascist Fight Clubs Preparing Men for Battle

“Every victorious nationalist movement was forged by hardened men who already tasted real danger," says avowed fascist Robert Rundo.

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Excellent reporting by Phil Williams on the neo-nazi active club network in TN. In April, Sean Craig & I reported that Tristan Rettke—a registered EMT in Nashville—joined riot-style combat events at a compound in VA. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/07/neo-nazi-virginia-combat-event

Members of neo-Nazi ‘active clubs’ join combat events at secretive Virginia compound

Licensed school teacher and one-time police officer among those participating in riot-style gatherings as experts warn of threat to public safety

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Tentacles of fascist fight club reach into Tennessee, critics call Active Clubs a 'neo-Nazi militia' www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Tentacles of fascist fight club reach into Tennessee, critics call Active Clubs a 'neo-Nazi militia' www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Tentacles of fascist fight club reach into Tennessee, critics call Active Clubs a 'neo-Nazi militia'

The Active Club founder has called organized fights like the ones in which Rettke participates as a "tip-off point for a fascist cultural revolution."

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What I'm Reading: 'A Fever in the Heartland' - and the Americans Who Confronted Hate open.substack.com/pub/hatecome... I loved this newsletter by @philinvestigates.com! This is not the first time in our country when we must confront bigotry, and it certainly won’t be the last, we can learn from it.

What I'm Reading: 'A Fever in the Heartland' - and the Americans Who Confronted Hate

Timothy Egan’s 'A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them' provides a window into our own times.

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HIGHLY RECOMMEND! While documenting a dark period in American history, A Fever in the Heartland also tells a story of resistance, of people who refused to cave when it might have appeared that the Klan was unstoppable on its march toward the White House. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/what-im-re...

What I'm Reading: 'A Fever in the Heartland' - and the Americans Who Confronted Hate

Timothy Egan’s 'A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them' provides a window into our own times.

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Christian nationalist Pastor Joel Webbon tells Patriot Front founder Thomas Rousseau he doesn't want to live with different races here on Earth because it would ruin the heavenly surprise. 🤔 (More in link below.)

Pastor Webbon responds:

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Extremists are quietly working, sometimes together, podcast by podcast, to convince their fellow Americans that their views are patriotic, even godly. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/deport-cla...

Extremists are quietly working, sometimes together, podcast by podcast, to convince their fellow Americans that their views are patriotic, even godly. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/deport-cla...

Deport Clarence Thomas? 'I Don't Find It To Be Obscene,' Christian Nationalist Pastor Says

Pastor Joel Webbon sat down with Patriot Front founder Thomas Rousseau, a white nationalist, insisting diversity should wait until heaven.

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Marsha Blackburn’s latest TV ad: “My plan: Bell to bell, no cell.” Tennessee lawmakers passed that legislation, and Gov. Bill Lee signed it into law, last year.

Crowdsourcing a research project: Help me find links to mainstream news reports about corruption within the second Trump administration where the president, his family, his Cabinet, their families, or close allies have profited from his power. I’ll start: www.reuters.com/business/med...

Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fastest feed of US president's posts, sources say

Paying would give traders and investors faster access to his posts, sources say.

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What a week it has been! Over the past few days, Maya Angelou’s famous admonition has constantly come to mind. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/lessons-fr...

Lessons From the Week: 'When People Show You Who They Are, Believe Them'

What a week it has been! Over the past few days, Maya Angelou’s famous admonition has constantly come to mind.

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Trump admin lawyer faces backlash over tweets seen as defense of Tate brothers www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

Trump admin lawyer denies backing Tate brothers via 'politically driven prosecutions' post

A Trump administration official with a history of advocating for Andrew and Tristan Tate is backing away from his association with the social media influencer brothers facing criminal charges for sex ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Was there pressure inside Marsha Blackburn's U.S. Senate office to break the law? That's the question raised by new recordings just obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates as Tennessee's senior senator asks voters to put her in the governor's office. www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Recordings from inside U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn's office allege pressure to 'break the law'

Was there pressure inside Marsha Blackburn's U.S. Senate office to break the law? That's the provocative question raised by new recordings just obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates.

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BREAKING: Tenn. ag commissioner accused of pressuring Farm Bureau to back Marsha Blackburn for governor www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

Tenn. agriculture commissioner accused of pressuring Farm Bureau to back Marsha Blackburn for governor

Agriculture Commissioner Andy Holt faces accusations of trying to use his position to try to pressure the powerful lobbying organization for the state's farmers to endorse Marsha Blackburn.

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Highly recommend! Strange People on the Hill, by @michaelehayden.bsky.social, describes how the “somewhat queer-friendly” resort town of Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, was torn apart by the arrival of the leaders of an SPLC-designated hate group. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/what-im-re...

What I'm Reading: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town

Journalist Michael Edison Hayden embedded with a community fighting a hate that threatened to divide it. What does Berkeley Springs say about the hope for America?

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Among the documents released by the White House tonight is this claim that Colorado's voter registration rolls were "compromised" by China. Colorado's voter registration rolls are public records. You can order a copy here: www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/electio...

This is an incredible read! Highly recommend! www.notus.org/metro/viral-...

The Woman in the Photo Wanted to Be Alone. Instead, She Went Viral.

America saw what it wanted to see on the face of its newest icon. And everyone saw it wrong.

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Here is an excerpt from my interview with progressive Christian theologian @revdrcalebjlines.bsky.social about same-gender relationships and the Bible. You can go to my website to watch the entire conversation. 1/2