Crash Course: How the GOP became a Christian nationalist party

Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a "Christian nation" [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHVoeDJ6bGh6dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcm82OGVkMXVvcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdmowNWI0dDNwci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvajV4YXdxY3Rpdy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcHlmNHY0M2FhNC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvazQ2MnNtMTBvdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveHExMWI2cTNqbC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo Republicans convinced themselves America was meant to be a "Christian nation" Despite the obviously fake Christianity of Trump, this has been an era where most Republicans have abandoned their secular impulses. Instead, being a performative Christian has become an increasingly mandatory part of having a Republican identity. Even for those who never actually go to church. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvYjdtaWJuZ2JuMS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbmlkb25oM3pqei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNTh5NnY2bmNnei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMnNybnB4ZWZxZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvb3FlN2tnYXhneS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo The thumb-twiddler caucus toys with funding while Ukraine fights for its very existence From Lucian Truscott: You have to wonder what it would take to get House and Senate Republicans to get off their collective duffs and walk across their respective cloak rooms to smell the proverbial coffee. City after city after city in Ukraine has been leveled by Russian artillery and rockets. The port of Mariupol is a shell of its former self. Large areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, are in rubble. Bakhmut doesn’t exist anymore. There isn’t a square mile of Ukraine from Kharkiv in the north through Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, all the way to Kherson on the coast of the Black Sea that hasn’t been severely damaged if not utterly destroyed by Russia’s war of aggression. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcG5oaTVtbXp1cS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). 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Forcing Kate Cox to travel out of state for an abortion is cruel, and shows exceptions don't work From Nicole Karlis: While Cox wanted to terminate the pregnancy, a decision doctors told her she could make, they also told her [their “hands” were “tied” under Texas’ abortion ban](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNTg0YXR1aHBqci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Under Texas law, if a doctor is convicted of performing an illegal abortion they can face a $100,000 fine and up to 99 years in prison. Technically, Texas makes an exception for abortions when a pregnancy or the life of a woman is seriously threatened, but as I’ve previously reported for Salon, [experts have long doubted](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvaGxweTJ0NjNwNy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) such exceptions would work as intended — as we’re seeing play out in Texas at the moment. And it will play out, again and again, as we also witnessed this week when [AP News reported](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMW13MzVhenZnbS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) today that a Kentucky pregnant woman has filed a lawsuit demanding the right to an abortion. Her embryo "no longer has cardiac activity," AP reported, quoting her attorneys Tuesday. In response, Cox and her husband sought a court order to block Texas’ abortion bans from applying in her case to grant her access to an abortion in Texas. Last Thursday, their request was granted. But then Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton [sought an emergency stay](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOHN0MnhoYzVhei8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) from the state Supreme Court, pausing the lower court’s approval. As a result, on Monday, it was announced that Cox would be [traveling out of state](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvanY1M2czdTc4ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTRXA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to get an abortion. Later, the Texas Supreme Court ruled against the lower court's order, denying the request. Being forced to go to such lengths is the definition of cruelty. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdjl2d3RiMnJrci8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWt2YnoxeXRodTQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZXPbnHllQa--QlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmVz25x5ZUGvvkJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnXCHZP0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgplc9uceWVBr75CUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~ Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]