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wrote a book on Pentecostals, writing one on the Moonies, words and voice in all sorts of places ellehardy.com

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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yesterday, Hak Ja Han, the 83-year-old wife of Sun Myung Moon and leader of the Moonies, was jailed for her role in a corruption scandal involving the ousted First Lady of South Korea. Will her friends in the GOP still back her? newrepublic.com/article/2148...
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The Scandal-Plagued Moonies Still Have a Friend in Donald Trump
With their legal troubles mounting and their religious influence waning, the Unification Church can still count on the GOP to be stalwart allies.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Yesterday, Hak Ja Han, the 83-year-old wife of Sun Myung Moon and leader of the Moonies, was jailed for her role in a corruption scandal involving the ousted First Lady of South Korea. Will her friends in the GOP still back her? newrepublic.com/article/2148...
newrepublic.com
The Scandal-Plagued Moonies Still Have a Friend in Donald Trump
With their legal troubles mounting and their religious influence waning, the Unification Church can still count on the GOP to be stalwart allies.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey folks, I have some free audiobook codes to give away for my first book, Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World. If you want one shoot me a DM
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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This only makes sense for fifa member states if they think the future revenue of fifa events is lower than what the current sale of shares implies. Or you know if the people approving it planned on pocketing a bunch of the money and being gone by the time it proved out as a bad deal.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Sun Myung Moon’s wife and successor Hak Ja Han, 83, is facing the rest of her life in prison after prosecutors in her bribery case requested a thirteen year sentence. Read all about it in my book on the history of the family and the church out next year! www.chosun.com/english/nati...
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Prosecutors Seek 13-Year Sentence for Unification Church Leader in Collusion
Prosecutors Seek 13-Year Sentence for Unification Church Leader in Collusion Prosecutors cite 100 million won funds, gifts to People Power Party officials, urging severe sentences to deter collusion
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Seen the memes about Pentecostalism destroying Brazilian football? There’s a book about that!
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Megan Clement @meganclement.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Late to this excellent @ellehardy.bsky.social piece on transfer market journalism, the cravenness of Infantino's FIFA and what football has become – but boy is it excellent. goldengoal.world/2026/06/10/f...
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Soccer Media’s “Gun for Hire” - Golden Goal
The insanely viral, ethically questionable, utterly unstoppable rise of Fabrizio Romano
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Extremely honored to be a part of the inaugural @goldengoalmag.bsky.social oalmag “In the year when Donald Trump was awarded Infantino’s hastily convened FIFA Peace Prize, Fabrizio Romano is its not-yet-imagined literature laureate.” goldengoal.world/2026/06/10/f...
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Soccer Media’s “Gun for Hire” - Golden Goal
The insanely viral, ethically questionable, utterly unstoppable rise of Fabrizio Romano
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My first book is now out on Audible, and everywhere else you get audiobooks www.audible.com/pd/Beyond-Be...
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Beyond Belief
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? Neo-Cha...
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Extremely honored to be a part of the inaugural @goldengoalmag.bsky.social oalmag “In the year when Donald Trump was awarded Infantino’s hastily convened FIFA Peace Prize, Fabrizio Romano is its not-yet-imagined literature laureate.” goldengoal.world/2026/06/10/f...
goldengoal.world
Soccer Media’s “Gun for Hire” - Golden Goal
The insanely viral, ethically questionable, utterly unstoppable rise of Fabrizio Romano
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Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hua Hsu! Hamid Ismailov! Dimitry Ed Park! Elias Léger! Salar Abdoh! Francesco Pacifico! Aaron Timms! Elle Hardy! Zito Madu! Laurent DuBois! Merve Emre! Many more!
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I'm not on here much anymore but just wanted to give a huge hug to all my Arsenal friends, LET IT ALLLLLL WORK OUTTTT
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
My first book has finally been released on audiobook! Find it wherever you get them libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
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Beyond Belief by Elle Hardy Narrated by Aven Shore Audiobook on Libro.fm
How has a Christian movement, founded at the turn of the twentieth century by the son of freed slaves, become the fastest-growing religion on Earth? Neo-Charismatic Pentecostalism has some 600 million...
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
With Duterte on trial at the ICC, here's something I prepared earlier on the fugitive preacher accused of sex trafficking who helped bring him to power asteriskmag.com/issues/11/ki...
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Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above All Names, Inc.—Asterisk
Apollo Quiboloy — according to his followers — is the appointed son of God. He’s also at the center of a criminal empire, an explosive rift in the government of the Philippines, and a shift in the mak...
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This is gonna be very cool, please consider supporting 🙏
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Arsenal don’t deserve a point, let alone a title after this display. Horrific all around, Rice the only one playing with any intensity
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If you’ve had an edible please do not be tempted to put on the Taipei Tower climb
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
It’s happened again, it’s happened again, Tottenham Hotspur, it’s happened again
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Possibly my favorite album of all time turns 20 today (I am old)
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
lol www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/s...
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Are They Hot, or Is It the ‘Australia Effect’?
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Tetsuya Yamagami given life for assassinating former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. Advocates were hoping he would only get 25 years www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Life imprisonment for man who killed Japan's ex-PM Shinzo Abe - BBC News
Abe's assassination stunned the country where there is virtually no gun crime.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The only real question is who is gonna dunk him in the Jordan River
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Senegal robbed twice, what a joke
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Online Arsenal fans calling for the coach and captain to be sacked in 24 hours of bedwetting as we go seven points clear at the top of the table and our rivals post worse results
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
As a recovering libertarian I can confidently say that free speech absolutists may make time for CSAM and Hitler, but they are never comfortable with actual free speech www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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They Wanted a University Without Cancel Culture. Then Dissenters Were Ousted.
Inside the civil war at the anti-woke university backed by Bari Weiss.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
My stupid football team is leading two competitions and there’s nothing I hate more than watching them
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I was certain at the time that this was never politically motivated, and lo julieroys.com/es/2024-shoo...
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2024 shooting at Greg Locke’s home wasn’t persecution against controversial pastor but an attack directed at stepson
Prosecutors say a 2024 shooting at Pastor Greg Locke’s home in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee wasn’t persecution but a dispute targeting his stepson.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
For @thenation.com, I wrote about how America’s Christian anti-LGBT, pro-parental rights movement was imported from Peru via the dark money Ziklag group www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational
Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America.
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André Gagné @profgagne.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Kudos to @ellehardy.bsky.social for the outstanding reporting! I’m truly honored to be cited.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
For @thenation.com, I wrote about how America’s Christian anti-LGBT, pro-parental rights movement was imported from Peru via the dark money Ziklag group www.thenation.com/article/soci...
thenation.com
How a Reactionary Peruvian Movement Went Multinational
Parents’-rights crusaders seeking to impose their Christian nationalist vision on the United States took their playbook from South America.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Is the Paramount+ streaming app cooked for everyone else trying to watch the Carabao?
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Government gives football clubs the green light to continue accepting money from illegal betting firms linked to organised crime. More essential reporting from @josimarfootball.bsky.social
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My parents have reached Boomer zenith: too hot to go out but still not hot enough to turn on the aircon
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Australia was not 4-1 good, gotta hand it to the English!
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I’m starting a campaign for Pete and Gideon to get to a five minute Saily live read, having already crossed the four minute mark they’re basically in the 90s
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Glorious, glorious cricket writing www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...
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Anatomy of an Ashes brain-fade: Jamie Smith and the shot heard around the world
England’s meek concession of the series is a waste of talent and Jamie Smith’s stroke sums up the structural failure
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Few more beautiful sights
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Ah well at least Mendoza will enjoy the burger celebration at Mar-a-Lago
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Happy new year mofos
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I’ll have the Odegaard dose of whatever Arteta gave them at half time
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
CREATE A GOLDEN FOREHEAD AWARD
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
This year is the tenth anniversary of one of the great photographs ever taken
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Happy Pop Tarts Bowl to all who celebrate
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Evergreen tweet
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
They let him have more surgery as a Christmas treat apnews.com/article/braz...
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Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's family says he's underwent double hernia surgery at a hospital in the country's capital.
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Ingrid Harrison @ingridh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Just saw this elsewhere. Not a bad summary.
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
We need to write an obit for Bazball and place it in a tiny urn
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
There's only one team in world cricket capable of more brainless batting than that Australian innings
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