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American Values Coalition

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Growing a community of Americans empowered to lead with truth, reject extremism and misinformation, and defend democracy. website: americanvalues.org newsletter: news.americanvalues.org executive director: @nappnazworth.bsky.social

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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Where to Find Reliable Election Information open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Where to Find Reliable Election Information
and how to avoid the bad information
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
3 Ways You Can Help Protect Democracy open.substack.com/pub/american...
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3 Ways You Can Help Protect Democracy
Do you want to help defend, strengthen, and promote democracy in America?
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A President Who Promised to Protect Christians Is Shutting Them Out open.substack.com/pub/american...
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A President Who Promised to Protect Christians Is Shutting Them Out
The number of persecuted Christians allowed into the United States through the Refugee Resettlement Program has plummeted to zero so far in 2026.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Dolly Parton and the Politics of Not Hating Your Neighbor open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Dolly Parton and the Politics of Not Hating Your Neighbor
Also: Vax Skeptics and the Measles Outbreak
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
About Those Noncitizen Voters open.substack.com/pub/american...
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About Those Noncitizen Voters
Federal law enforcement devoted tremendous resources in a quixotic attempt to find non-citizen voters.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'You Almost Ran Us Over': The Lie ICE Keeps Telling open.substack.com/pub/american...
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'You Almost Ran Us Over': The Lie ICE Keeps Telling
ICE officers lack training and accountability, and that’s how they behave.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
When 'American Culture' Only Means White America open.substack.com/pub/american...
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When 'American Culture' Only Means White America
When right-wing influencers talk about “American culture,” they’re not talking about all Americans.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The Pastors ICE Threatened With Their Own Children open.substack.com/pub/american...
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The Pastors ICE Threatened With Their Own Children
When Family Separation Is Government Policy
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What the White House documents say about Russia. www.youtube.com/shorts/BFVDG...
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What the White House documents say about Russia
YouTube video by American Values Coalition
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A Christian Response to the Global Refugee Crisis open.substack.com/pub/american...
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A Christian Response to the Global Refugee Crisis
with Matthew Soerens
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Self-avowed socialists are winning Democrat primaries while Republicans behave like central planners. Strange times. news.americanvalues.org/p/socialism-...
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Socialism Having a Moment (in Both Parties)
Self-avowed socialists are winning Democrat primaries while Republicans behave like central planners.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
What Trump's Religious Liberty Report Gets Right — and Wrong open.substack.com/pub/american...
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What Trump's Religious Liberty Report Gets Right — and Wrong
The Religious Liberty Commission’s draft report turned out better than expected.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
"Social media has become like one big committee meeting. These “committees” will naturally gravitate to the most trivial matters because they’re easy to understand." Reflections on the Reflecting Pool open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Reflections on the Reflecting Pool
A Metaphor for Modern Politics
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Requiring merit-based awardees to advance the president’s priorities is itself anti-American." 'Anti-American Values' Test for Federal Grants Is Anti-American open.substack.com/pub/american...
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'Anti-American Values' Test for Federal Grants Is Anti-American
A new proposal would turn non-partisan government funding for science, health, housing, and transportation into tools of the president.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Trump Is This Close to Declaring Himself Dictator for Life open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Trump Is This Close to Declaring Himself Dictator for Life
President Donald Trump doesn’t just talk about having monarchical powers, he’s behaving like he already has them.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
3 Questions for ‘Rededicate 250’ open.substack.com/pub/american...
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3 Questions for ‘Rededicate 250’
An event on the National Mall today, “Rededicate 250,” seeks the “rededication of our country as One Nation to God.” For participants and attendees, both in-person and virtual, I have three questions.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Lessons From Hungary open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Lessons From Hungary
with Daniel Kochis
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Mass Deportation Is a Family Values Crisis Also, 'There's Fun in Fascism': How Extremist Groups Are Exploiting Disasters to Recruit Young Men open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Mass Deportation Is a Family Values Crisis
Also, 'There's Fun in Fascism': How Extremist Groups Are Exploiting Disasters to Recruit Young Men
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Violent Rhetoric and Political Violence open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Violent Rhetoric and Political Violence
Rhetoric from political leaders and cultural influencers can contribute to violence, but criticizing a president’s authoritarianism isn’t a call to violence.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Check out the latest AVC podcast: A Plea from Churches of Christ open.substack.com/pub/american...
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A Plea from Churches of Christ
Salt and Light Resistance
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
MAGA Misrepresents Just War, the Bible, and Quentin Tarantino open.substack.com/pub/american...
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MAGA Misrepresents Just War, the Bible, and Quentin Tarantino
In 1976, an English-dubbed version of the 1973 Japanese martial arts film “Bodyguard Kiba” was released in American theaters.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Thanks to @markdtooley.bsky.social for joining the AVC Podcast: Theobros Radicalizing Young Christians open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Theobros Radicalizing Young Christians
Napp Nazworth and Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Pragmatist for Me, Purist for Thee open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Pragmatist for Me, Purist for Thee
We all struggle with the purist vs.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
What Trump's Election Order Is Really About open.substack.com/pub/american...
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What Trump's Election Order Is Really About
The election order is more about creating a narrative than changing policy.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Can Democracy Survive the Age of AI? open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Can Democracy Survive the Age of AI?
Will democracy even be possible given the AI tools now available to bad actors?
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Evangelical and MAGA Leaders Advocate Ethnic Cleansing open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Evangelical and MAGA Leaders Advocate Ethnic Cleansing
Certain MAGA leaders are openly advocating ethnic cleansing in the United States.
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John A. Daly @johndalybooks.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
There's a long list of folks in the right-wing media who've disappointed me over the last 10 years, but some disappointments have been harder than others. I discussed this with @nappnazworth.bsky.social this week on the @americanvalues.bsky.social podcast.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
On Trump's #SOTU double-standard on immigrant crime. youtube.com/shorts/VeuWk...
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Trump's SOTU Double-Standard
YouTube video by American Values Coalition
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Luke Coffey @lukecoffey.bsky.social was on the AVC podcast with @nappnazworth.bsky.social to talk about Venezuela, Ukraine, NATO. Plus, will our 51st state be Greenland or Canada!? youtu.be/SVb2xS9lmts?...
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Greenland, Venezuela, Ukraine and Crazy Global Politics
YouTube video by American Values Coalition
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
QAnon Was Right About Epstein open.substack.com/pub/american...
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QAnon Was Right About Epstein
There’s an elite cabal of child sex traffickers, QAnon conspiracies claimed.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
‘American Culture’ Isn’t Just for White People open.substack.com/pub/american...
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‘American Culture’ Isn’t Just for White People
“American culture is being replaced by Hispanic culture.” This claim appears at the core of arguments against the Super Bowl Halftime Show and arguments for mass deportation.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
This week's newsletter was posted yesterday but very much applies to the shooting this morning as well. Lawless Lawmen and Civil Society open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Lawless Lawmen and Civil Society
What happens when law enforcement doesn’t follow the law?
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Check out the new AVC podcast with @leavingmaga.org -- MTG, Epstein, and Leaving MAGA open.substack.com/pub/american...
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MTG, Epstein, and Leaving MAGA
with Rich Logis
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Trump Is Soft on Crime open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Trump Is Soft on Crime
Trump wants power and chaos, not law and order.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Does the Bible Teach 'America First'? open.substack.com/pub/american...
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Does the Bible Teach 'America First'?
with Kaitlyn Schiess
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
What's Really Happening in Chicago? news.americanvalues.org/p/whats-real...
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What's Really Happening in Chicago?
with 3 Chicago Pastors
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What still unites us? I discussed recently with the @americanvalues.bsky.social's podcast. Audio here: news.americanvalues.org/p/some-good-...
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Some Good News About What Unites Us
with Colin Woodard
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Join us today, 2pm eastern, a webinar on Christian nationalism especially for evangelical leaders but everyone is welcome. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Trump 2028? news.americanvalues.org/p/trump-2028...
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Trump 2028?
Why even joking about it sets an unprecedented tone
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Myths About the 'No Kings' Protest news.americanvalues.org/p/myths-abou...
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Myths About the 'No Kings' Protest
And other bad faith arguments
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Watch our latest podcast with @peter-wehner.bsky.social: Charlie Kirk and Partisan Pulpits news.americanvalues.org/p/charlie-ki...
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Charlie Kirk and Partisan Pulpits
with Peter Wehner
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Speech Is Violence, Republicans Now Claim news.americanvalues.org/p/speech-is-...
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Speech Is Violence, Republicans Now Claim
... while engaged in state-sponsored violence
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
A Kingdom-Shaped Politics Transcends Partisanship blog.j29coalition.com/p/a-kingdom-...
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A Kingdom-Shaped Politics Transcends Partisanship
In October, 2023, I was one of a group of concerned Christians gathered around a table in Denver who formed the J29 Coalition. So I was surprised to see Meghan Basham’s claim in First Things that my c...
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Vengeance vs Rule of Law news.americanvalues.org/p/vengeance-...
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Vengeance vs Rule of Law
Donald Trump was elected president after promising to use the power of government to enact vengeance on his political adversaries.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Cancel Culture for Me But Not for Thee news.americanvalues.org/p/canceling-...
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Cancel Culture for Me But Not for Thee
Canceling Jimmy Kimmel Doesn’t Honor Charlie Kirk
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Political Violence in the U.S.A. news.americanvalues.org/p/political-...
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Political Violence in the U.S.A.
The alternative to political violence is civility, healthy disagreement, and democracy.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Will Congress Pass Immigration Reform in 2025? news.americanvalues.org/p/will-congr...
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Will Congress Pass Immigration Reform in 2025?
A bipartisan immigration reform bill has been introduced in the U.S.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
3 Events Worthy of Outrage (Cracker Barrel Logo Isn't One of Them) news.americanvalues.org/p/3-truly-aw...
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3 Events Worthy of Outrage (Cracker Barrel Logo Isn't One of Them)
The Great Cracker Barrel Logo Freakout of 2025 may be the dumbest debate I've seen all year.
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The Smithsonian Already Celebrates America's Accomplishments news.americanvalues.org/p/slavery-wa...
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The Smithsonian Already Celebrates America's Accomplishments
But slavery was actually really bad
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American Values Coalition @americanvalues.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Stop Misusing 'Threat to Democracy' news.americanvalues.org/p/stop-misus...
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Stop Misusing 'Threat to Democracy'
Threats to democracy are real, but they don't include every bad thing.
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