Crash Course: "Tradwives" offer an alluring vision of right-wing Christianity — online warriors are fighting back

The #FundieSnark movement battles to "deconstruct" those picture-perfect images of Christian social media [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOHRjZnZ6aDJvdS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdHo0NHN6b3ZmaS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXombGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsveDM0ZDUybDVwYy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOHZ0ZWhydmFwMi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvc3Jiamx2aWZvcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMzUxdTdseWJxcS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvOW5paDdicmp0Ni8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo "Tradwives" offer an alluring vision of right-wing Christianity — online warriors are fighting back From Amanda Marcotte: This combination of faux humility and orchestrated perfection is intoxicating to some, infuriating to others and confusing to many. But what's indisputable is that it's hard to look away. There's a group of whistleblowers, however, who are working to confront what they see as a deeply misleading portrayal of life inside right-wing religion. It's an amorphous but devoted collection of former evangelicals, former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka the Mormons) and other critics of the Christian right. What unites them is the desire to call B.S. on the idyllic self-portrayal of conservative Christian influencers. 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Beyond the normal impact of aging on one’s mind and body, at his recent rallies and other events, Trump has been manifesting what appear to be extreme challenges in speaking, memory, and thinking. Like many of us, Donald Trump also has a family history of dementia and Alzheimer’s. Trump has not always had the best diet or otherwise taken good care of his physical health and he [was “gravely ill” and could have easily died from the COVID-19 virus in 2020](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnzYLjP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvdmlia3FuNThocy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWV1MWUzdnM2ZXpXA3NwY0IKZerl_eplDGrPXFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). In an attempt to make better sense of Donald Trump’s obvious cognitive challenges and related behavior in the context of the country’s democracy crisis and the 2024 election, and what may happen next, we recently asked a range of experts for their thoughts and suggestions. 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