Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Stephen Miller’s Office of Remigration was deliberately named to announce to the world that white nationalism is now the basis for US immigration policy. If Dems win power, they should defund it. They should also defund third-country deportations. New from me: newrepublic.com/article/2157... 862154701
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Such a revealing, deeply-reported story on good intentions gone awry, via Michael Powell: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Cities That Said Yes to DrugsPolicies that gave addicts clean needles and places to use drugs were intended to reduce harm. They created a “zombie apocalypse.” 110
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026This deeply reported story from Jessica Contrera is worth your time: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comWhen A.I. Is a Member of the FamilyA single mom, her two daughters, and the chatbots that fill in the gaps. 001
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026NEW: The Texas State Board of Education just overhauled public school curricula to focus on Texas "exceptionalism," require Bible readings and whitewash racism. Its the culmination of a decadeslong push by Christian nationalists - an assertion of their grip on the highest echelons of education.texasmonthly.comThe State Board of Education Just Overhauled Its Curricula. Christian Nationalists Are Cheering.The board approved standards that insert a number of biblical readings and Christian themes into the state’s social studies requirements. 1712573
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenFrederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 07/07/2026There is a growing culture and politics focused on demons at the center of many people's lives. When you finally see it, you might not stop seeing it. It explains alot. Don't miss this important story by @mccrummen.bsky.social in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Demon Next DoorA growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street. 32414
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026More and more Americans are seeing politics as a spiritual battle against actual demonic forces. In Tennessee, a bookstore owner found out exactly what that could mean: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Demon Next DoorA growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street. 112312
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026More and more Americans are seeing politics as a spiritual battle against actual demonic forces. In Tennessee, a bookstore owner found out exactly what that could mean: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comThe Demon Next DoorA growing number of charismatic Christians see themselves as waging a spiritual battle against the forces of Satan. Sometimes those forces are right across the street. 1135
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 01/07/2026JUST POSTED: A large chunk of the $2 billion haul President Trump took in last year came as hundreds of thousands of his fans bet on a $TRUMP memecoin. Trump won big. His followers, financially at least, were big losers as Trump profited at their expense. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...nytimes.comCrypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big 51492206
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026This is incredible reporting from Jon Swaine at WaPo: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comTulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political careerI obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them. 000
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026At the “Don’t Sharia My Texas” luncheon at the Texas GOP convention, two Muslim lawmakers are being accused of implementing Sharia by…using the legislative process…. to propose non-binding resolutions… that recognize Ramadan or combat Islamophobia. 23507101
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026The great @declanwalsh.bsky.social captures the Ebola disaster unfolding in a Congolese mining town: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/w...nytimes.comInside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It 031
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenFrederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The Washington Post, NYT and AP didn't get the story. But The Atlantic reports that the recent "Rededication" rally on the Mall was the work of the apostles and prophets of the New Apostolic Reformation, a charismatic movement that... is now the leading edge of the Christian right." 26032
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Spiritual warfare, territorial demons, supernatural forces… Sunday’s prayer rally showed where much of American Christianity is heading: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Most Interesting Part of Trump’s Prayer RallyIt wasn’t the speakers onstage. 1146
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Tomorrow morning, we will be dropping a ~12,000 word story on Paul Pressler, the alleged sexual predator who remade the Southern Baptist Convention and helped ordain the marriage between the GOP and white evangelical voters. There is *a lot* in there and I hope you'll read it. 7749311330
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Revisiting this extremely evocative, deeply reported story on the measles outbreak, by Eli Saslow. ‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...nytimes.com‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home 031
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenStephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Today The Washington Post has been gutted. The Washington Post Guild has started a GoFundMe to help laid off reporters: gofund.me/2b198c9f6 (gofund.me/2b198c9f6)gofund.meDonate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel SiegelOn Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund 075
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Murder of The Washington PostToday’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special. 1125
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Today The Washington Post has been gutted. The Washington Post Guild has started a GoFundMe to help laid off reporters: gofund.me/2b198c9f6 (gofund.me/2b198c9f6)gofund.meDonate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel SiegelOn Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund 075
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Such an important story on the “meticulous urban choreography” behind the Minneapolis protest movement, via Robert Worth: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comWelcome to the American WinterIn the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening. 031
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenBrian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 22/12/2025In an internal memo, seen by CNN, Sharyn Alfonsi predicted that "the public will correctly identify this" as corporate censorship. WaPo has more from Alfonsi here >>>washingtonpost.com‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportationsCBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate. 1426080
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 09/10/2025An upcoming NAR rally in Brazil is “a benchmark in a wider trend in which much of Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity is being courted by the leaders of right-wing, populist authoritarianism…” writes @fredclarkson.bsky.social religiondispatches.org/the-nar-vows...religiondispatches.orgThe NAR Vows to Stage the Largest-Ever Gathering of Christian WomenLast year on Yom Kippur, leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation staged an all-day rally in support of Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency called A Million Women. As was the case with the Million M... 0104
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenBarton Gellman @bartongellman.bsky.social · 09/10/2025I have never heard of a reservation being "cancelled" (for no stated reason) after a person checks in a receives a boarding pass. Highly suspicious and disconcerting. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...nytimes.comRutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats 1166
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025To get a sense of where things stand: Here's an exchange from earlier this year, in which a Baptist minister was told by a Texas Senator that she didn't understand the Gospel because she cited Baptists' historic support for church-state separations as one reason to oppose the Ten Commandments bill. 14420
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025🧵🧵 Texas Republicans have been increasingly open and aggressive about Christianizing America via schools - to, in the words of the state education board chair, center classrooms around "GOD, GOP & USA." That fight just escalated, and you should pay attention - because your state could be next. 817881
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025The first day of the 2025 legislative session also featured prominent pastors and lawmakers calling for spiritual warfare and, at one point, praying on the walls of the Capitol to ward off demonic spirits they believe control Austin.texastribune.orgTexas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth as lawmakers, pastors prep for “spiritual battle”Abraham George’s comments are the latest sign of the state GOP’s embrace of fundamentalist ideologies that seek to center public life around their faith. 45213
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenRobert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Last month, two Republican State Board of Education members appointed David Barton, a Christian nationalist activist and widely debunked "amateur historian," as an expert advisor for the state's upcoming revision of curricula to focus on Texas and American history.texasmonthly.comHe Calls Church-State Separation a Myth. He’s Now Weighing In on Public School Curricula.David Barton, far-right Christian activist and founder of Wallbuilders, has been appointed by Texas's board of education to advise on social studies instruction. 26722
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenLee Hedgepeth @leehedgepeth.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Will Berry opposed the execution of Geoffrey West, the man who took his mother's life. Alabama suffocated him anyway. Read the full story here.treadbylee.com'We Pray He Gains Peace': Over Objection of Victim's Family, Alabama Executes Geoffrey Todd WestWill Berry opposed the execution of his mother's murderer. Alabama suffocated him anyway. 022
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Such a good story here from @rubycramer.bsky.social about an overwhelmed immigration lawyer working in Louisiana’s “Detention Alley.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...washingtonpost.comA last lifeline in ‘detention alley’Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming. 030
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Sudan is a portent of a certain kind of world…. via @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...theatlantic.comThe Most Nihilistic Conflict on EarthSudan’s devastating civil war shows what will replace the liberal order: anarchy and greed. 031
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenNBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/08/2025A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.nbcnews.to‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditionsOne of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday. 7221061214
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Incredible story about Volkswagen, and modern day slavery in the Amazon via @terrencemccoy.bsky.social wapo.st/46sX08nwapo.stVolkswagen kept a dark secret in the Amazon. Then a priest made a call.Poor laborers were lured to the automaker’s cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say many were enslaved. 0146
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenTeo Armus @teoarmus.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Julio González Jr. thought he was being deported back to Venezuela. Instead, the plane landed in El Salvador. “The horror movie started there,” he said. What the Venezuelans freed from CECOT experienced at the world’s largest prison, w/ Samantha Schmidt, Helena Carpio & @arelisrhdz.bsky.socialwashingtonpost.comU.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’Three Venezuelans, released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said they were repeatedly beaten and denied access to lawyers. 045
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23/07/2025Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. “I practically felt like an animal,” González told The Post.washingtonpost.comU.S. deportee, freed from Salvadoran prison, describes ‘horror movie’Julio González Jr., released last week from the Terrorism Confinement Center, said he was beaten, robbed of thousands of dollars and denied a lawyer. 32985923577
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2025NEW: Of the 230+ Venezuelans deported to El Salvador: • Almost half had immigration cases that were not yet decided • More than 60 had pending asylum claims, some just days away from final hearings These men had followed U.S. immigration procedures. Then Trump changed the rules.propublica.orgHe Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them. 211028517
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenMica Rosenberg @micarosenberg.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Today we published our 2nd story in an investigation into the backgrounds of 230+ Venezuelan men Trump deported to El Salvador. We did a first ever case-by-case analysis and found half were in the middle of their immigration cases, including dozens seeking asylum. www.propublica.org/article/vene...propublica.orgHe Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them. 4255107
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenShane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 17/07/2025New: How an adorable yellow lab got caught up in Trump's campaign of "Deep State" revenge. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comA Dog, a Spymaster, and Trump’s Thirst for ‘Deep State’ RevengeThe pettiness of the administration’s retribution campaign begins to bite. 3186
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025More and more, Trump is detaining children. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’More systematically than in his first term, Trump is rolling back protections for undocumented minors. 21810
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Trump is detaining children. And $45 billion for new detention facilities includes room for more. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’More systematically than in his first term, Trump is rolling back protections for undocumented minors. 0153
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 16/07/2025www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Message Is ‘We Can Take Your Children’More systematically than in his first term, Trump is rolling back protections for undocumented minors. 041
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Such a good story via @gregjaffe.bsky.social - 020
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Minnesota Suspect’s Radical Spiritual WorldBefore Vance Boelter was accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker, he had an active, even grandiose, religious life. 273
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025The spiritual path of the Minnesota shooting suspect brought him in contact with the radical world of the New Apostolic Reformation, where leaders describe politicians as demon-infested, federal judges as opposing God, and the world as a spiritual battleground. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comThe Minnesota Suspect’s Radical Spiritual WorldBefore Vance Boelter was accused of killing a Democratic state lawmaker, he had an active, even grandiose, religious life. 287
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025This movement in Brazil, a huge force in politics, has ties and parallels to the charismatic/NAR movement in the US: newrepublic.com/article/1530...newrepublic.comHow a Demon-Slaying Pentecostal Billionaire Is Ushering in a Post-Catholic BrazilEdir Macedo has a church, a bank, a TV channel, and a Moses complex. And with the election of Jair Bolsonaro, he has emerged as the country’s most controversial kingmaker. 032
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025"fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit" is a phrase that makes me feel like maybe i've passed away and all the news i read is all just the final neurons in my brain racing around making haphazard connections in the moments before darkness 661288225
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/... vía @teoarmus.bsky.socialwashingtonpost.comTrump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exceptionAbout 60 Afrikaners are set to be routed through Virginia next week, documents show, in a notable exception to President Donald Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions. 131
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...washingtonpost.comTrump shut out refugees but is making White South Africans an exceptionAbout 60 Afrikaners are set to be routed through Virginia next week, documents show, in a notable exception to President Donald Trump’s suspension of refugee admissions. 010
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 25/04/2025www.newyorker.com/books/under-...newyorker.comWhat America Means to Latin AmericansIn a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border. 020
Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummen.bsky.social · 23/04/2025This is something: elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22/v...elpasomatters.orgAn El Paso mass shooter killed their loved ones. They hugged himThe judge wept and others in the courtroom sobbed as a woman who lost her brother in the 2019 El Paso Walmart mass shooting hugged the gunman after her emotional impact statement. 041
Reposted by Stephanie McCrummenAdrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Over the past several months, I’ve spent many hours in conversations with people who have experienced firsthand a flip from democracy to dictatorship.🧵 14539157