Capitalism Is America’s Religion. The Virus Makes That Clear.
President Trump delivers remarks at the White House Easter Egg Roll in April 2019.Kevin Dietsch/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Despite experts urging that quarantine measures may need to continue for months to quell the spread of coronavirus, President Trump has said he wants the United States to…
Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Paula White Is Using the Coronavirus Crisis to Bankroll Her Church
President Donald Trump embraces Paula White, chair of the White House evangelical advisory board.Chip Somodevilla/Getty On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned senators that the outbreak of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, and the massive recession that likely will take place might cause the unemployment rate to balloon to 20 percent. (He later…
A National Day of Prayer During a Mishandled Pandemic Is a National Day of Distraction
President Trump at a rally for evangelical supporters in Miami on January 3.Lynne Sladky/AP As the coronavirus continued to kill, hospitalize, and harm thousands of people this weekend, President Trump declared that Sunday was, rest assured, a National Day of Prayer. “We are a Country that, throughout our history, has looked to God for protection…
I Have Watched “The Two Popes” Nine Times. It Should Win No Oscars on Sunday.
Peter Mountain/Netflix It was the fourth time I watched The Two Popes that I realized I could not stop. I first saw director Fernando Meirelles’s fake conversation between real popes Benedict and Francis with my Roman Catholic family over the holidays. My grandfather liked it. I liked it. And I thought it would end there…
A Christian Magazine Called for Trump’s Removal. Top Evangelicals Say It’s A Liberal Plot.
Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump made history this week when the House voted to impeach him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, making him the third president in US history to be impeached. The president still has fervent support from Republicans and high-profile conservatives, but this week he has taken a…
A Republican Just Compared Impeachment to the “Sham Trial” of Jesus
Just when you thought Republicans’ defense of Donald Trump couldn’t get any more creative, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), has compared the president to Jesus. “When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers,” Loudermilk said on the floor of the House of Representatives during today’s impeachment debate.…