The common good is the alternative to MAGA Trumpism
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The Guardian – We’re pastors. The fight against Maga Christianity starts locally
‘As faith leaders, our greatest strength during Trump 2.0 and the rise of Christian nationalism is our local congregations.’ Photograph: Olga Fedorova/EPA Donald Trump wants us to believe that the “war on Christianity” is spreading across the globe. The US president...
The Guardian – ‘Trump is inconsistent with Christian principles’: why the Democratic party is seeing a rise of white clergy candidates
Supporters cheer as James Talarico kicks off his Senate campaign in Round Rock, Texas, on 9 September 2025. Photograph: Mikala Compton/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images ... Whereas Carter earned 60% of the white evangelical vote in 1976, fellow Democrat...
Axios – The Christians mounting a moral counter to Trump’s immigration agenda
Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photos: Russell Contreras/Axios, Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu, David Pashaee/Middle East Images/AFP, and Spencer Platt via Getty Images A diverse coalition of moderate and progressive Christians has opted to jump off the pulpit and...
The Free Press – Trump White House Plots Ways to Go After Left-Wing Groups
Guy Smallman via Getty Images Doug Pagitt a progressive evangelical pastor who leads the advocacy group Vote Common Good, said he has expected a crackdown in the nonprofit sector ever since Trump won reelection. “It's what so many of us have worried about,” he told...
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Minnesota just sued the feds over Renee Good and Alex Pretti
Her car is sitting in a federal warehouse, unexamined… Friends, Minnesota investigators have a court-ordered warrant for Renee Good's car. It's sitting in a federal storage facility a few miles from my house in Minneapolis — locked away,...
This Saturday — show up in every state
Faith communities belong in the middle of this Friends, There is always hope in this world. There are always things we can do to make things better. That’s why Vote Common Good is an official sponsoring organization of the No Kings rallies happening this...
Pete Hegseth wants your kids to pray for his war
He closed an official war briefing with a prayer. In Jesus' name... Friends, As a person of faith, I was again sickened by what I heard from this administration at the end of today's Pentagon press briefing on the Iran war. Pete Hegseth looked into the camera...
Trump’s own counterterrorism chief just quit over the war
He said he cannot in good conscience support it... Friends, In a move that shocked the nation, Trump's own counterterrorism director quit yesterday. Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center — nominated by Trump and confirmed...
The Pope said “go to confession.” We know who he meant
War is not holy. MAGA Christianity is not the way… Friends, Pope Leo didn't mince words this week. The first American pope — speaking to a world in the grip of war — asked our leaders sending bombs into Iran a pointed, personal question:...
Common Good candidates are winning – and GOP is scared
Seat by seat, we’re taking the People’s House back Friends, First: thank you. Because of you, a dozen Candidates for the Common Good swept victories last week. From Texas and Arkansas to North Carolina, Vote Common Good candidates for the Common Good won their...