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The Christian Radicals Are Coming

A swing-state revival aims to transform “Donald Trump–supporting believers into ‘God-appointed warriors’ ready to do whatever the Almighty might require of them in November and beyond,”

@mccrummens writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/10/eau-claire-tent-revival/680097/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYd0E5r6nCPNXJ8ZV-i0Etms&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Authoritarianism

“We have no viable path forward as a pluralistic society—none—without confronting the deterioration of the evangelical movement and repairing the relationship between Christians and the broader culture,” writes @TimAlberta:  

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/christian-nationalism-danger/676974/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYTxFMLm0Xk4mDEv4dF2jbME&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

******** Hezbollah Got Caught in Its Own Trap

“Hezbollah is now caught in a trap of its own making. It sought to have a limited border confrontation with Israel to maintain its credibility as a ‘resistance’ organization, but not an all-out war. Israel called its bluff,” @Ibishblog writes.

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/09/hezbollah-got-caught-its-own-trap/680076/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYfLWGGfWpo_E-SzbXGDjv_E&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

******* The ‘Gray Zone’ Comes to Russia

For the first time in many decades, a swath of Russia could become a gray zone, “a functional part of no country, controlled and punished by Russia’s adversary,” @annanemtsova writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/08/gray-zone-comes-to-russia-ukraine-war/679452/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYQ7ekP1bPOl0zI0-qOokhSo&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

****** The Wreckage of Neoliberalism

“President Biden’s first two years of accomplishments provide Democrats with an opportunity to sell a new, winning message of actionable economic nationalism—the antidote to the failures of neoliberalism,”@ChrisMurphyCT writes:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/democrats-should-reject-neoliberalism/671850/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYTxYEgdOeCw70EEjrPK4nlg&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social