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Andrew Whitehead

@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social
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Sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | andrewwhitehead.substack.com | tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own

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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So much is happening.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s citizens." There are not enough exclamation points to convey how I felt reading this paragraph
Screenshot of article which reads: From this perspective, the “both sides” frame falls apart. The prob-
lem is not that the parties are divided. The problem is the existential 
threat that a reempowered ethnonationalist strain poses to pluralistic 
U.S. democracy writ large. The current level of political animosity is 
exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted 
to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country’s 
citizens. The only way to re-oppress most of a country is to use anti-
democratic and authoritarian tactics. And the only way to oppose those 
tactics is to push back as a population and clearly reject them. This is 
the argument happening in the United States, and its pathology is not 
anger—it is the movement to undermine a generation of rights.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ron Howard did a pretty good job voicing himself on the Simpsons but then I remembered he was a professional actor and Ron Howard did a pretty lousy job voicing himself on the Simpsons
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ArE wE sUrE cHrIsTiAn NaTiOnaLiSm Is ReAl?????? Christian nationalism: A cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the fusion of a particular expression of Christianity in US civic life & demands the gov't at all levels protect and preserve this fusion. kettering.org/five-element...
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
ArE wE sUrE cHrIsTiAn NaTiOnaLiSm Is ReAl?????? Christian nationalism: A cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the fusion of a particular expression of Christianity in US civic life & demands the gov't at all levels protect and preserve this fusion. kettering.org/five-element...
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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Look here. I am telling you the tide is turning. Humanity is not going to give up without a fight. The poorly adjusted,self loathing,other-being hating dude bros don’t get to have the future.They just don’t.Man behind the curtain, Emperor’s clothes, pick your allegory. In any case, know the story.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit
David Ellison • @ellisonskyd... 2h
What once was the peak, is now just the beginning.
Paramount and Warner Bros. shaped over a century of culture. By combining them, we aren't rewriting history — we're equipping these iconic studios with a more powerful engine. Together, we are Skydance: a creative-first ho Show
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Blake Victor Kent @bvkent.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Working hard to get this manuscript across the finish line. Coming 2027 from Baker Academic.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wemby went into the Finals a fan favorite, left the Finals something of a villain, and with one quick preseason quote is once again the hero the NBA needs www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...
"Absolutely not," Wembanyama said when asked if he'd ever consider promoting a sports betting website. "I will never do that. Honestly, I think it's very sad to see some players promote it. Everybody does whatever they want, but without me."
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Michael L. Rosino @michaelrosino.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I finally got a new name plate for my office and I guess I was actually promoted to some new thing called “assocate professor” 🤷‍♂️
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Today in life under…competitive authoritarianism You don’t have to believe me. You can simply read the experts who, quite literally, invented the concept:
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Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
new meme template
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Joe Shapiro @nprjoeshapiro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Kids with disabilities are the largest group in foster care. So why do they have the worst outcomes? Why are they 9x more likely to die? My investigation from @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
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They were promised protection. Instead, these kids with disabilities died in foster care
Disabled kids make up the largest group in foster care. They have the worst outcomes. They stay in foster care longest. They're the most likely to die.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brutal, and so necessary. The close on this segment is spot on--if a witness lies under oath to Congress, it's prison. When a Senator lies and gets it wrong--???? And the clip of Schmidt gets funnier and funnier, the way he basically begs the room to agree the witness just perjured himself. 🤡
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Correct me if I’m wrong here, but when it pans to where Schmidt was sitting, his chair is empty? He was right by Katie Britt… He didn’t even stick around??? Bro knows he muffed it and had to split to escape further humiliation.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Midwestern basketball fans call this an “alley-oop”.
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Tyrese Haliburton & Obi Toppin Alley-Oop Dunk
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Look at his face when he thinks he's just got him lol
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Tennis Serve Failarmy: Man Falls
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The funniest thing about the Schmitt rake stomp is that if it'd been a Dem we'd have a week of think pieces about how Dems lack of hoops literacy was alienating them from real America.
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Oh great -- glad to see that this Open Access piece on why White Americans support democratic retrenchment is now in an issue (with some great other folks!) at Political Behavior: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In his safe space, Schmitt is perceived--and soothed--as victorious
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm not so sure that's even our best one! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @profsamperry.bsky.social
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AND THEN, at 5 min 58 sec, Senator Klobuchar (with a perfect amount of disdain in her voice) asks the senator from Missouri who draped himself in shame, if he maybe just might have confused the "Hawks" and the "Hawkeyes."
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At 5 min 25 sec, just incredible stuff. In real time he's recounting the basketball game he did attend, in the same year and month, but IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CITY, and COLLEGE NOT PRO.
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Stepping on a rake levels of embarrassing, really.
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Derek Barker @dwmbarker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is alarming considering our survey has found loneliness to be a predictor for anti-democratic beliefs, and perception that democracy isn't working, while attending social events was a predictor for belief that citizens have the power to create change.
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This exchange is just wild. Absolutely wild. A sitting US Senator accuses a witness of perjury because said senator confuses a professional NBA team with a college basketball team, and then refuses to acknowledge the mistake!
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who is resisting Christian Nationalism? Check out this new report from @prri.org & @snfagora.bsky.social's Meanings and Democracy Lab. State legislatures & religious diversity shape CN resistance across all 50 states prri.org/research/res... @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social
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Resistance to Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: A PRRI-Meanings of Democracy Lab Report
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Benjamin Knoll @benjaminknoll28.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social this looked like something you'd appreciate. 😁
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I've been targeted by advertising
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Who is resisting Christian Nationalism? Check out this new report from @prri.org & @snfagora.bsky.social's Meanings and Democracy Lab. State legislatures & religious diversity shape CN resistance across all 50 states prri.org/research/res... @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social @robertpjones.bsky.social
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Resistance to Christian Nationalism in All 50 States: A PRRI-Meanings of Democracy Lab Report
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Danielle Kurtzleben @titonka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The masculinity politics beat continues to be very necessary. goodauthority.substack.com/p/republican...
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MJ @bstnboy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
💥💥BOOM💥💥 Costco took its $184M in rebate refund and used it to lower costs targeting products that would have the most impact for members!! Kudos Costco!! www.seattletimes.com/business/cos...
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Costco clinches $184M in tariff refunds, with more expected
The big-box retailer said the money was reinvested to give "value back to our members." It’s more than a third of the total tariff refunds the company expects.
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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 25/09/2026
Kettering Foundation Research Fellow @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social talks with us about those differences through the lens of new data from the Kettering-Gallup #DemocracyForAll Project, one of the most extensive annual studies of how Americans experience democracy.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“The use of Isaiah 6:8 is essentially trying to say God has commanded these leaders to send people to fight & die for this particular cause,” he explained. “...this serves to baptize their military plans in the will of the Christian God. And if the Christian God is commanding it, who can oppose it?”
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 23/09/2026
NEW: Last month, I flew to Kansas to speak with Rev. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor running for Senate — as a Democrat. He talked to me about "progressive evangelicalism," and I talked to his congregants. And here's the thing: he has a real chance of winning. religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...
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How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas
LEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive.
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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 23/09/2026
Drawing on responses from more than 23,000 US adults, this report offers a unique look at how Americans are experiencing democracy across communities, generations, and backgrounds. Explore Frustration Rises, Commitment Endures: bit.ly/46ZWFZX
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Americans Remain Committed to Democracy While Growing More Critical of How It Is Performing, Kettering-Gallup Study Finds
Americans still call democracy the best form of government—but many say it’s falling short. A new Kettering-Gallup report reveals rising frustration and hope closer to home.
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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 23/09/2026
“This is one of the largest projects that has ever been done on American democracy.” The newest data from the @kettering.org - @gallup.com #DemocracyForAll Project is now available.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Check out the @kettering.org and @gallup.com latest report for their Democracy for All project. In their survey of 20,000 Americans they find commitment to democracy remains relatively steady, but a growing number of folks believe it is performing poorly. kettering.org/americans-re...
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Americans Remain Committed to Democracy While Growing More Critical of How It Is Performing, Kettering-Gallup Study Finds
Americans still call democracy the best form of government—but many say it’s falling short. A new Kettering-Gallup report reveals rising frustration and hope closer to home.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nice to see one of the true good guys in the league be rewarded financially
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I spent the morning reading John Levi Martin's absolutely brutal takedown of the Vanderbilt report's assessment of politicization in sociology. I recommend it and hope it gets as much attention as the initial (crap) Vanderbilt report. A Reader’s Guide to the Rubin Report osf.io/preprints/so...
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Well I'll be GOSH- DARNED! Will wonders never cease! I am EATING MY HAT! GOOD WORK, TV POOL! Democratic normative WIN!
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Adam DJ Brett @adjb.co · 21/09/2026
I'm so excited for this publication. Thank you to Drs. @aejohnsonphd.bsky.social and Denise Burgher for this opportunity. "Sacralizing Dominion: The Doctrine of Christian Discovery and the Religious Nationalist Imagination," Religions 17, no. 9: 1105. doi.org/10.3390/rel1...
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Great new study from @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social at @socprobsjournal.bsky.social. Analyzing 21 years of data from the forum Stormfront, he shows the religious foundation of White nationalism is not solely Christian, but integrates Christian, pagan, & positivist repertoires. doi.org/10.1093/socp...
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Christian, pagan, positivist: the religious repertoires of white nationalism
ABSTRACT. Scholarship on the far right often treats Christianity as the dominant religious frame structuring contemporary white nationalist politics. I arg
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability.
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Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Had the Houston v Texas Tech football game on, currently broadcasting on Fox. I live in Indiana. Commercial for Ken Paxton came on. Huh. Texas GOP candidates for senate usually take out ads for national broadcasts???
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Cody Harris: 'It's Going Pretty Smooth'
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