Catherine Wessinger
@catherinewessinger.bsky.social
Professor of the History of Religions, Loyola University New Orleans.
Co-editor, Nova Religio
Editor, Women in Religions series, NYU Press.
Editor, The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism.
Author, Theory of Women in Religions.
Co-editor, Nova Religio
Editor, Women in Religions series, NYU Press.
Editor, The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism.
Author, Theory of Women in Religions.
Stunned by some of the revelations in @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Aaron Davis’s book, “Injustice.” They report that AG Merrick Garland’s team was blindsided by the bombshell testimony of Meadows’s aide Cassidy Hutchinson before the Jan. 6 Committee. open.substack.com/pub/jimacosta/…
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“They're lying about the protests. They're trying to deter people from showing up, but it's had the opposite effect.” #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"How to Stand Up to a Dictator" author @mariaressa.bsky.social explains how social media companies used the Philippines as a testing ground for mass manipulation before employing their tactics in the U.S.
via @thedailyshow.com
via @thedailyshow.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:54 AM
📽️A MUST watch from Marc Elias: It's easy to disengage with the constant stream of bad news flowing out from the Trump administration. But when we become immune — when we stop being outraged — our democracy crumbles.
https://bit.ly/48aleVG
https://bit.ly/48aleVG
There Are No "Good" Republicans
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
October 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Post and share every atrocity done by the Orange menace and his scum followers.
“There’s a baby!”
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)
October 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is what the Cons are trying to replace PBS with. Look at the content they are trying to force onto the children of our nation. They mean to grow a generation of Americans as evil as they are. #Horrifying
September 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
New article!! "The Political Power of Eschatological Thinking: This Is Why Peter Thiel Is Talking About the Antichrist." There's almost nothing more intoxicating or dangerous than apocalypticism. My take on Thiel's Antichrist obsession: it's about power and control. 👇
September 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
September 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor.
Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.
Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.
September 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
September 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Yes. I wrote an article about some of this, below.
And the classic book, The True Believer, by Hoffer, written in 1951, describes much of this in more detail, with examples from history. It describes MAGA to a tee. Bc history repeats.
upine.medium.com/father-hunge...
And the classic book, The True Believer, by Hoffer, written in 1951, describes much of this in more detail, with examples from history. It describes MAGA to a tee. Bc history repeats.
upine.medium.com/father-hunge...
Father Hunger: Why Fascism Sells Like Hotcakes
Political Manipulation
upine.medium.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is very bad news. Louisiana won't even defend its own map in SCOTUS. It abandoned its own Black voters.
Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Those of us committed to defending the VRA are now entirely on our own. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Louisiana Will No Longer Defend Map in Supreme Court Case on Future of VRA
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
August 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
August 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Trump Justice Department has fired or demoted more than 24 prosecutors
of those who attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6 - while those they sent to prison walk free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
of those who attacked the US Capitol on Jan 6 - while those they sent to prison walk free.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Honestly surprised we're not seeing more incidents like this -- both the masked men impersonating cops and the intended victim shooting masked men.
Homeowner shoots, kills 2 men in ski masks, bulletproof vests claiming to be police, HPD says
August 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I think this story makes a very good point that far right extremists have gotten everything they ever wanted. However, I think it would also be important to add that just because something is mainstream should not make it acceptable. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/u...
In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream
www.nytimes.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Trump is in the Epstein files.
Q: The DOJ is sending some of the Epstein files over to the House Oversight Committee. Are you in support of them releasing them?
TRUMP: Innocent people shouldn't be hurt. You have a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don't deserve to be bc he knew everybody in Palm Beach
TRUMP: Innocent people shouldn't be hurt. You have a lot of people that could be mentioned in those files that don't deserve to be bc he knew everybody in Palm Beach
August 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It’s probably just a coincidence that Bolton’s home was raided on the day some of the Epstein files are due to finally be released to Congress.
Is this that lawfare I keep hearing about?
Is this that lawfare I keep hearing about?
August 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Louisiana has more registered Democrats than Republicans, yet 88% of their House reps are Republicans. Only one is a democrat.
They've already gerrymandered these states.
Louisiana voters by party (as of 8/1/2025):
R: 35%
D: 36%
O: 29%
House Reps by party:
R: 5 (83%)
D: 1 (17%)
O: 0 (0%)
They've already gerrymandered these states.
Louisiana voters by party (as of 8/1/2025):
R: 35%
D: 36%
O: 29%
House Reps by party:
R: 5 (83%)
D: 1 (17%)
O: 0 (0%)
August 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
THREAD
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It's not surprising that Trump began speaking about "getting into heaven" this morning. It could be the onset of NARCISSISTIC MORTIFICATION. This is when a narcissist like Trump sees visions of his own demise (thus 'getting into heaven'). It's brought on by extreme fear - to explain...
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It's not surprising that Trump began speaking about "getting into heaven" this morning. It could be the onset of NARCISSISTIC MORTIFICATION. This is when a narcissist like Trump sees visions of his own demise (thus 'getting into heaven'). It's brought on by extreme fear - to explain...
August 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“The M-17 is the military variant of the Sig Sauer P320 semi-automatic pistol, a controversial firearm that has been banned by multiple law enforcement agencies (including ICE) for reportedly firing without a trigger pull.”
DC National Guard members actively training to carry pistols in capitol mission
Sources confirm to The Handbasket that task force members are preparing to be armed.
www.thehandbasket.co
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
20/ This is where PROOF OF DEVILRY comes in—and why it's so long.
Also, why it incorporates hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of sources and repeatedly references a critical related book, PROOF OF CRUELTY.
Because it may be the best view we have or will get on a network Trump was at the heart of.
Also, why it incorporates hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of sources and repeatedly references a critical related book, PROOF OF CRUELTY.
Because it may be the best view we have or will get on a network Trump was at the heart of.
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM