Crash Course: A Trump campaign on a losing trajectory

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In many sundown towns, these restrictions also included not being allowed to live, buy homes, or even travel through the community at any time of the day. Black and brown people who violated these rules would be subjected to prison, fines, physical violence, and other forms of abuse and even death. [Read the rest](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaG93amUzNmV4Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). Trump touts tariffs as miracle cure-all — but Americans stand to lose the most From Jessie Ho: While Trump frequently boasted about bringing in “billions of dollars from China” through his tariffs, those billions were actually paid by U.S. importers to the government. Numerous studies have shown that these costs are ultimately passed on to American consumers in the form of higher prices. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaXZxaDVrNnB2Ny8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). [Subscribe to Salon today](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvemh0YnJsNGppNC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) and support this work. Up Next ... - [Republicans may need to ditch Donald Trump to save MAGA](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveWNobzdtZ2JvOC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - Inside the “[very, very guarded](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvczFzYWd2cGJiei8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)” agreements that dictate what’s sold in grocery stores — and the cost - New report accuses [Citibank of funding fossil fuel projects](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYjkwOWxsaXMweC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) amounting to environmental racism - Cheryl [Hines celebrates her birthday without RFK Jr.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMHZsdjYxMmJtYi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) in wake of Olivia Nuzzi scandal - Jill Stein paid [$100,000 to a Republican consulting firm](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNjZrbHh3bW5jdC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) led by a suspected January 6 rioter Before you go ... "They truly believed that God had willed Trump to win" From Amanda Marcotte: In the three and a half years since [Donald Trump](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZXB3OGI0cDc4dC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) incited an insurrection on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Americans have come to learn how much [Christian nationalism](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvemJ0YnNpdzB2dy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) played a role in the riot. What is less known, however, is how the fringe Christian movement the [New Apostolic Reformation](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWtiaWFkNGM2eC8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) dominated and shaped the effort to overturn the 2020 election. The group, once considered extreme even by most white evangelicals, was instrumental in organizing and spurring the crowd that stormed the Capitol that day. In his book "[The Violent Take It by Force: The Christian Movement That Is Threatening Our Democracy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RDaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaW0zc2pvNDdhdy8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)," religious studies scholar Dr. Matthew Taylor explores how this group of self-proclaimed "prophets" and "apostles" became central to the MAGA movement and, eventually, an attempted coup. He spoke with Salon about this poorly understood fringe religious group and why they matter so much to Trump. [Read it here](~/AASU4wA~/RgRo1SC-P0RnaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNzVxcHplbGJtZi8_bGhfYWlkPTEyMjk1OSZsaF9jaWQ9Y2IzMmliYmNyYSZsaF9lbT10cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NSU0MGdtYWlsLmNvbVcDc3BjQgpm68Kb8mY1nTepUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). 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