(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Christian Nationalism and Project 2025 — The Week in Editorial Cartoons, Part 2 (Update #1) [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-24 The excerpts below are from Onishi's interview with Terry Gross of NPR’s “Fresh Air” earlier this year. It is well worth your time to read (or listen to) the entire interview. He has fascinating insights on why Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush “didn’t complete the task” for evangelicals. Hence, Trump. I think in very simple terms, Christian nationalism is the idea that Christian people should be privileged in the United States in some way — economically, socially, politically — and that that influence and that privilege is a result of the country being founded by and for Christians. The conservative Heritage Foundation. But if we look at the sponsors of Project 2025, we have others. We have Hillsdale College. We have Liberty University. We have the Claremont Institute. We have TP USA, many Christian nationalist universities or organizations. And so the goal when it comes to government is to institute people at every level, whether that be national politics, the White House, the United States Senate, the United States House or all the way down to the hyperlocal, the school boards, the mayor, the county supervisor. By the time Donald Trump arrives, this group of Christian nationalist voters, whether they be evangelical, whether they be conservative Catholics or Latter Day Saints, are in the mood not for somebody who simply identifies with them and their politics, someone like Ted Cruz or Mike Huckabee, they're in the mood for somebody who will act as the brutalizing barbarian needed to take the country back. If you want to colonize the Earth for God, it's not enough to have a testimony that says, Jesus saved me from my sins or from my alcoholism. What you need is a bully, somebody who will put in line all those folks that you think are ruining your country and causing it to descend into the pits of hell. A New Message from Moses x pic.twitter.com/33viDnouyl — mike luckovich (@mluckovichajc) June 24, 2024 Manual Updates Posted Here Update #1 — 10:25 pm ET Getting Ready for the Presidential Debate x Debate prep. Trump and Fox are coming after the moderators and CNN.....https://t.co/DYjVqGWvoA pic.twitter.com/p2wLfgaGjk — Matt Wuerker (@wuerker) June 24, 2024 However… Project 2025 This video encapsulates the threat posed by the Republican Party in 2025. Many of the rights taken for granted by average Americans for the past several decades are under attack and, just like abortion in 2022, would be adversely affected and seriously impacted by this potential change. Try to watch the video. x If there is one video y'all need to watch this weekend, this is it. If you do not think Christian nationalism and Project 2025 is the American version of the mustache man's Night of the Long Knives -- then like many Germans during that horrific era, you are in denial. pic.twitter.com/YeRH3iCZPE — Bill Madden (@maddenifico) June 22, 2024 Here’s the link to Part 1 of this diary — Blatant Defiance of the Separation of Church and State — The Week in Editorial Cartoons. I wrote the following comment in Part 1 just yesterday. On the Separation of Church and State In 1980, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Stone vs Graham case that posting the Ten Commandments in Kentucky public schools per state law violated the US Constitution’s Establishment Clause of the First Amendment for it promoted religion. The case was filed by a parent, Sydell Stone, against James Graham, the Superintendent of Public Schools in Kentucky. This country's religious pluralism tradition is perhaps the most cherished and quintessentially American. One need not be a credentialed historian to know that basic fact: the pilgrims came here in the early 1600s to pursue religious freedom and tolerance and have the freedom to also not formally adhere to any organized religion. By and large, this country has stayed true to that ideal for over four hundred years. It isn’t unusual to travel to large urban centers and see a Christian church, a Jewish synagogue, a Muslim mosque, a Buddhist or Hindu temple, and revered symbols of other religions close to one another, perhaps even in the same city block. Their mere presence also does not demand acquiescence to any beliefs these religions offer. By definition, true religious freedom requires the separation of church and state. It simply means that there is no official national church nor excessive governmental involvement in matters of religion. Maintaining it requires work, effort, and serious dedication to preserving what is best about this country and is incumbent upon all of us. Dissent is a concept at the heart of this country’s founding in the 18th century, and tolerance of opposing religious or non-religious views has been accepted widely. It should continue to be the norm for all Americans. Otherwise, factionalism and fragmentation will tear the country apart into smithereens — a political condition in which the sum of the parts will never be greater than the whole. And that is very un-American. An article in New York magazine explains why Louisiana passed a law in defiance of this celebrated tradition. The law requires all state public schools to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom — Christian Nationalism Marches On in Louisiana. Don’t Let the Smile Fool You Remember to take the Diary Poll. Coming Soon in Louisiana For This Guy, We Need Many More Commandments By the Way… Just Don’t Call Me in the Morning The Task at Hand The 2024 SCOTUS Plan x Ivan Ehlers, THE NEW YORKER Cartoons #SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/0wE8SdlHJM — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) June 22, 2024 Attribution: Editorial & Political Cartoons, Ivan Ehlers, THE NEW YORKER Cartoons Just Blame It All on Women We Should Regulate You, Judge x Another 🧵 of editorial cartoons: feel free to grab any of 'em & repost, y'all! #ProudBlue #USDemocracy pic.twitter.com/9VwZmWeYAF — Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌊 #FBR #FBPE (@fiona_webster22) June 16, 2024 Birds of a Feather… and All That x “Principled” Conservatives The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court Has Spoken x This Certainly Explains It American Taliban Clearance Thomas x But, Of Course The Parade of Losers x Litmus Test pic.twitter.com/vqA6wpW7Rh — Marty Two Bulls Sr. (@M2Bulls) June 12, 2024 Yes, Indeed! Showing His True Colors Let Them Vote x Another 🧵 of editorial cartoons: feel free to grab any of 'em & repost, y'all! #ProudBlue #USDemocracy pic.twitter.com/2B7PfNANNy — Fiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌊 #FBR #FBPE (@fiona_webster22) June 17, 2024 Sure MAGA Madness Good Question Phew! Watch This Video x This should be required viewing for MAGA-fascists and all assholes who treat women as objects. pic.twitter.com/AwM9wfQ2kW — Bill Madden (@maddenifico) June 21, 2024 Share This Widely With Friends, Acquaintances, Neighbors, Co-Workers, and Relatives I would be greatly interested in your response to the diary poll. Thank you. 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