Crash Course: Why the GOP freaked out about "trans" Easter

Plus: The connection between Trump Bibles and his mental decline Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaGFiZXZsN3J1Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2wmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbXZrdXJ0c2kxNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveWV1ZXk3ZXlpMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMnVmZTlhNXpoeS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvajMwaTMyaDI4Zi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaWNpcjhqbWQ1ZS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo The truth behind the latest fake right-wing panic From Amanda Marcotte: This fraudulent moral panic is especially alarming because it's not just about getting MAGA granny to believe she can stop her grandkids from being queer with a Trump donation. Increasingly, these phony outrages are being used by Republicans to justify their party's rejection of religious liberty and embrace of Christian nationalism. Embedded in all this performative outrage is an argument: It's justified for Republicans to adopt Christian nationalism, and even fascism, on the grounds of self-defense. The supposed threats to Christianity are so great, the thinking goes, that the only way to "protect" the faith is to end religious liberty and democracy. And, of course, their political opponents are "demonic" and subhuman, thereby violence against them is permissible, even desired. [Read the full op-ed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNTJ3c2RidDg1bS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2wmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaTRmNzdsbGVnai8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbzdqamxnenlxcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdzUzdDd5NjRuZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbWJxMHA0dThkNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2xXA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo  "With the Trump Bible, one must consider dementia" From Chauncey DeVega's expert interviews: "Now with the Trump Bible, one must consider dementia as a cause since ⅓ of all people with dementia end up experiencing delusions. If you listen to his 3-minute spiel for the Bible where Trump seems to deviate from the teleprompter and ad lib you can see indications he actually believes some of what he is saying. For example, does he really think he has many Bibles in his house? His sales pitch for Trump Bible where he meanders into stream of consciousness suggests he may be delusional." [Read them all here](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOHNzcjl2ZmdvdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2wmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). [Subscribe to Salon today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRn7mpSP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbzZwdnc5cWdlOS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTBjOHpnbWVia2wmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZgRT5QtmWOxJbFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and unlock more benefits! 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It could all boil down to golden sneakers Let’s call her Barbara. She doesn’t want to use her real name for reasons that will become clear. She lives in Virginia, has voted for Donald Trump in the last two elections and until very recently was prepared to vote for him again. She is Baptist, has been married for 15 years to the same man who works for local government and they have an eight-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter. She is a registered Republican and says she has voted in every election since she was 18. She has never crossed party lines to vote for a president but did so in a state race when Danica Roem ran for the state house for the first time. Roem is the first openly transgender woman to be elected to a state office in Virginia. She is now a state senator and Barbara told me that she has voted for Roem every time she has been on the ballot. 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