Much to the chagrin of the original Puritan colonists (who did want a theocracy), these were the views of the founding fathers who saw not only the dangers of Christian nationalism in Europe, but in how it had tried to take shape in America already (see Massachusetts Bay Colony).

The extent of the Democrats' 2010 wipeout in state legislatures never ceases to shock. Very good @kzernike piece tracing the collapse on abortion rights to that moment: https://t.co/y6u87yrfyU

And the Republican effort to win those legislatures--netting 680 seats in total--cost only $30 million, less than Democrats have spent on individual losing Senate races in recent years.

Many here are noting backlash to the first Black president as a major cause for the 2010 wipeout. Yes, definitely.
But also: anger over Wall Street bailouts/lack accountability after financial collapse.
And the success of McConnell's stonewalling: drag out ACA etc, sour voters.

So. Let's talk about Rick Perry calling Donald Trump "the chosen one" and discuss how American evangelicals became a white identity doomsday cult that threatens our safety and the very nature of reality. 1/

To begin, I have to give a bit of context. I grew up in the evangelical church. That means I was steeped in this stuff from my youngest years, even as I didn't understand it and was unable to imagine a reality outside of it. 2/

I had no idea that white evangelicals, in the 1960's, reacted to Civil Rights leaders like MLK using scripture to base their movement on Christianity by splitting the church and dismissing the ideas of Christianity in favor of a white identity gospel based on power and wealth 3/

People like Jerry Falwell, mostly southern televangelists, transformed Christianity from a religion of service and charity and inclusion to one of wealth and power, where God's will was shown via wealth and control over the world. 4/

We now know this as the Gospel of Wealth, but it started with the 1960's and that redirection from Civil Rights. Basically it was a doctrine that sought to base white power and domination under the dominion of an all-powerful God, thus making it right and defendable. 5/

This detailed physical analysis to improve the wi-fi signal, shows us how electromagnetic waves propagate in domestic environments [read more: https://t.co/z2wxCnaBxS]

Happy birthday, David Hockney! 💐
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