Everyone's talking about Natalie Harp this week — the aide who's become Trump's closest information gatekeeper. But almost no one is talking about where she came from. In this episode, Matt Taylor breaks down the specific evangelical homeschooling subculture in Southern California that shaped Harp — a world he knows firsthand, having grown up in it himself.
How a pardoned January 6th rioter, a Trump-allied pastor, and an electoral strategy converged on Michigan's Muslim community
Wisconsin state rep Francesca Hong, the clear front-runner in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, is facing a firestorm over a 2020 tweet calling to "cancel Thanksgiving..." With Wisconsin's race already tightening and a MAGA election-denier likely opponent waiting in the wings, Democrats need supermajority coalitions, not fights over a meal.
As public opinion sours on Israel, a young generation of evangelical leaders is stepping up to keep the war machine running.
Why a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Apocalyptic Theology Deserves our Attention.
Why did Tucker Carlson replace the American flag in his studio with the “Appeal to Heaven” flag? In this video, Matthew D. Taylor examines a subtle but revealing change in Tucker Carlson's podcast studio: the replacement of a framed American flag with the increasingly controversial Appeal to Heaven flag.