Reposted by Jay The BaptistJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026NEW from me: The National Association of Evangelicals (along with several other religious groups) are now joining the USCCB in condemning Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s plans to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, also saying doing so promotes a “culture of death.” religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h... 491268351
Reposted by Jay The BaptistNPR @npr.org · 16/06/2026Voting officials worry that the Department of Homeland Security will not be a partner helping to secure elections, but rather a threat seeking to undermine results that President Trump dislikes. n.pr/3S1ezatn.prVoting officials fear DHS may actually be a threat to elections this yearVoting officials worry that the Department of Homeland Security will not be a partner helping to secure elections, but rather a threat seeking to undermine results that President Trump dislikes. 49533174
Reposted by Jay The BaptistRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026NYT on my recent Paul Pressler piece: "Political evangelicalism is a system that is deeply influenced by depraved men, and it has exactly the features that depraved men will demand of an institution they control."nytimes.comOpinion | I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy 37729
Reposted by Jay The BaptistRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"Again, it’s worth repeating that these allegations followed Pressler for decades. Yet he retained his power. He retained his influence. For all too many Baptists, the ends justified the means."nytimes.comOpinion | I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy 13513
Reposted by Jay The BaptistJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I don’t think Peter Thiel’s network has received enough attention for having elevated Christian Nationalist pastor Doug Wilson. Exhibit A is Tucker’s weird softball interview of Wilson in May 2024 at a time when Tucker’s media company was still backed by 1789 Capital. 1/ 18682358
Reposted by Jay The BaptistAppalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026 347152374120
Reposted by Jay The BaptistRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The leader referenced here, in one of the last paragraphs from my recent piece on the SBC, GOP and Paul Pressler, is actually William Wolfe. 13718
Reposted by Jay The BaptistChristopher E. Etter @theamericanantichrist.com · 04/05/2026Thought you might like this little addition to the literature. bsky.app/profile/frat... 022
Reposted by Jay The BaptistIf you didn't vote Dem, you helped make this: @airbagmoments.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Always useful to point out that the SBC exists because the original Baptist Church it schismed off of decided ministers shouldn't own other humans as property. 08612
Reposted by Jay The BaptistRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026texasmonthly.comHow an Alleged Child Predator Remade the Nation’s Second-Largest Faith Group in His ImagePaul Pressler helped ordain the marriage between white evangelicals and the GOP, all while accusations of sexual abuse piled up. Right-wing groups are still using his political playbook 5130501384
Reposted by Jay The BaptistAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/05/2026We went from "armed gunman mere seconds away from shooting the president is killed by Secret Service" to "guy with a shotgun falls down on a different floor well outside the entrance of the ballroom and we can't find the bullets because that just happens sometimes" awfully fast. 617213225763
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 04/05/2026One of those cases quietly closed was the investigation into sexual assault allegations within the #SBC. No word as to whether or not it was done as the result of political pressure by influential figures in the Trump administration by men like Robert Jeffress. 141
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This is going to be fascinating reading, and I'm so glad that Robert hasn't given up on the story of how Paul Pressler used religious organizations to build his power base, suborn men for sex and lead the evangelical movement into idolatry. 080
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 23/04/2026People really should read American history more often. Like, all of it. 010
Reposted by Jay The BaptistJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/04/2026NatCon is the Thiel-backed conference that has helped propel both Christian Nationalism & JD Vance’s political ascension. Its Statement of Principles—signed by (among others) Peter Thiel—was co-authored by John O’Sullivan, founder of the Danube Institute in Hungary. 1/ 21410236
Reposted by Jay The BaptistKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15/04/2026JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court: 342108342517
Reposted by Jay The BaptistPhilosopher Jersey Flight @jerseyflight.bsky.social · 14/04/2026I think the big picture here is unprecedented in American history. It’s the climax of corruption: using the US military to set up conditions from which the president and his minions can benefit personally. (In hindsight this should be transparent to all). 792487720
Reposted by Jay The BaptistSara Hates Hockey @helmerroids.bsky.social · 14/04/2026If we all work together, we can make sure the World Cup is an absolutely embarrassing failure for the rich people who care about it. 1906373918
Reposted by Jay The BaptistAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15/04/2026JD Vance/Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia 1892653522
Reposted by Jay The BaptistMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 09/04/2026🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES DOJ lawsuit to obtain Massachusetts' unredacted voter file. A victory for our clients the New England NAACP and the MA Alliance for Retired Americans and the Commonwealth. My firm is now 4-0 in these cases against DOJ. www.democracydocket.com/cases/massac...democracydocket.com🚨 United States of America v. GalvinLearn more. 786252225830
Reposted by Jay The BaptistThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/04/2026Breaking News: A federal judge rejected an attempt by the Pentagon to impose a new set of restrictions on journalists.nyti.msJudge Rejects Hegseth’s Second Attempt to Restrict Reporters at PentagonA federal judge gutted a set of rules that were adopted after the court declared an earlier press policy unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times. 930069
Reposted by Jay The BaptistRap Bastardz® @rapbastardz.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I wasn’t prepared for psychological warfare being fought via animated Ai Lego rap diss tracks, but here we are. I can’t believe Trump hasn’t hired Big Balls to make retaliatory Kid Rock versions yet. 2505
Reposted by Jay The BaptistSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/04/2026The more these evangelicals try to become the government the more people they will drive away. They are only accelerating the demise of their institutions by merging them with the state. The evangelicals of the founding era understood this dynamic, which is why they wanted church/state separation. 1255355
Reposted by Jay The BaptistRev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Dear Christian, If you’re demanding that the Ten Commandments be put up in public schools, but you’re not holding this president or his administration accountable to a single one of them, please don’t act like you actually take them seriously. 428180644157
Reposted by Jay The BaptistCharlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/04/2026As a Christian, I don't think federal agencies should be referring to "Christ, our Savior" in any context. I don't need my government to validate my faith. That's why it's called faith. More importantly, my government shouldn't be invalidating the religions of other Americans. 200159892689
Reposted by Jay The Baptistcapitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Don't forget Robert George's key role as co-founder of the National Organization for Marriage, which gave us both John Eastman and Brian Brown, now also head of the WCF that is one of Russia's main vectors for influencing the religious right. George has ties to Peter Thiel, too, since at least 2009 2318
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 07/03/2026“political leadership roles should mostly be occupied by men.” I look forward to the day when Meg Basham believes this enough to remove herself from roles of public influence and leadership. Like when she “spoke” to the CBN pre-rally meeting two years ago. 130
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 05/03/2026This guy will be an SBC Pastor in five years, writing Substack articles on why the Left’s real father is Lucifer. 030
Reposted by Jay The BaptistAtticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Leaving X was worth it just to not see her posts anymore. 0221
Reposted by Jay The BaptistJen d’Arc @jenonymous.bsky.social · 17/01/2026I hope somebody asking questions about how the F “Taylor parlayed [his] auto repair company… to Valar Atomics.” Think about that claim— he (maybe) knew how to code, somehow that led to an auto repair company (?), and then a bunch of Russian investors said “here is $$$$ to build nuclear reactors!” 12714
Reposted by Jay The BaptistJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026😳 Isaiah Taylor of Valar Atomics—which somehow scored a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor by July 4—claimed that “a person cld hold the spent nuclear fuel from [Valar’s] reactor in their hand & get the same amount of radiation as one would expect from a hospital CT scan.” About that… 1/ 49655299
Reposted by Jay The BaptistMichael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war 199222254678
Reposted by Jay The BaptistSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Trying to help get the word out 5394197
Reposted by Jay The BaptistGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 13/09/2025So even as we condemn political violence, we need to be clear of the legacy of Turning Point USA. Those who are whitewashing its work as a “free speech and debate” organization are willfully obscuring the truth. 8/ 3964188
Reposted by Jay The BaptistJohn Hatchard @johnhatchard.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Self-described Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson is part of an ascendent group of Christian religious leaders finding influence among MAGA conservatives. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is Wilson’s most prominent and public follower in the Trump admin. Aug 8, 2025 (7 min) 🍿🔊youtube.comHe thinks America should adopt a Christian theocracy. And he's finding a new audience under TrumpYouTube video by CNN 64827
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Anyone else getting these weird messages from Twitter about strongarming people into subscribing? I didn’t get an email or any other alert about it. 010
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 02/07/2025This is part of the long term endgame for the political marriage of Republican politicians and “Conservative” Evangelicals, going all the way back to the old school Moral Majority. 221
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Two thoughts: 1. Baptists & Catholics together under the idea of “Christianity” betrays both Baptist AND Catholic doctrine. We have divergent views on critical doctrines. 2. Enforcing this kind of watered down “christian” theology by the State can be undone by the next POTUS. 010
Reposted by Jay The BaptistWolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 10/04/2025GM! 221515207
Jay The Baptist @geekyguyjay.bsky.social · 05/04/2025There is at least one follower who gave away everything he had accumulated four fold, though. Not that we'll ever see that done by our theological overlords. They're too busy grabbing for $100 million dollars because they were "defamed" as the result of actions they took. 030
Reposted by Jay The BaptistNoah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 02/04/2025160 years ago today, the traitor Jefferson Davis and his treasonous cabinet abandoned Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, spelling the beginning of the end of the Civil War. A day for all patriots to celebrate. 674608939
Reposted by Jay The BaptistProPublica @propublica.org · 02/04/2025Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:propub.liIntroducing ProPublica’s 527 ExplorerNonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these… 8969282
Reposted by Jay The BaptistMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Important to remember Mike Johnson can’t math 1965488868
Reposted by Jay The BaptistKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 02/04/2025JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 7073891532
Reposted by Jay The BaptistChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got. 10135989110548