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Latest from Sarah Posner

37d ago

Alabama’s embryos ruling is a terrifying preview of another Trump presidency

Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos frozen for in vitro fertilization, or IVF, procedures are “children” under state law.
63d ago

Thanks to the Supreme Court, attacks on LGBTQ rights are exploding

The current Supreme Court has bestowed gifts on Christian right activists and GOP state lawmakers, rather than antagonizing them.
73d ago

How Trump became Iowa evangelicals’ chosen one

Trump’s comfortable win in the Iowa caucuses shows that in a Republican electorate dominated by white evangelicals, no rival can touch him — even Ron DeSantis.
82d ago

Trump just promised an authoritarian ‘task force’ to impose Christian ideology

In recent campaign stops and on social media, Donald Trump has reprised lies aimed at inciting his Christian-right base against Joe Biden.
97d ago

In a year of anti-LGBTQ backlash, Hallmark’s Christmas movies are a welcome sign of progress

Hallmark’s new line-up of holiday films is normalizing gay and lesbian romance. Conservatives are so dismayed, they’ve started a new family network.
106d ago

This conservative ‘mandate’ is a terrifying preview of Christianized government

The Heritage Foundation's "Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise" lays out the blueprint for Trump's possible second term.
112d ago

Mike Johnson thought the cameras were off. They weren’t.

Johnson didn't know his speech was being recorded for Facebook at a gala hosted by the National Association of Christian Lawmakers.
124d ago

How Trump is turning an evangelical ruse into a campaign of political terror

Donald Trump’s use of “cast out” on social media will provoke amens from his most loyal constituency: white evangelical Christian voters.
134d ago

Republicans now say they want ‘compromise’ on abortion. That’s a lie.

Since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Republicans have suffered a string of defeats.
142d ago

Mike Johnson’s last leadership role went as poorly as you’d expect

As a law school dean, his apparent inability to contain internal strife and secure basic prerequisites bodes ill for his speakership.
147d ago

Mike Johnson and his allies tried to defend his extremist views. It didn’t go well.

New House Speaker Mike Johnson and his allies are attempting to recast his Christian reductionist views as mainstream "truths" beyond challenge.