Kyle Mantyla, Author at Flux

Revolutionary: the Far-Right plan to ‘seize control of the administrative state’

Kyle Mantyla — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 04:19:37 +0000

In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, far-right activists began laying the groundwork for his return to office. One of the centerpieces of that plan is something called Project 2025, which aims to gut the federal government and fill it with MAGA activists who will do Trump’s bidding. As Politico recently […]

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Core tenet of Christian nationalism, zero understanding of history

Kyle Mantyla — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:01:51 +0000

Mark Meckler is the president of the Convention of States Foundation and a leading proponent of the right-wing movement to get state legislatures to call for a dangerous Article V convention that will consider constitutional amendments to radically alter American government and society by making much of what the federal government now does unconstitutional. While this effort relies upon fundamental ignorance of the role and […]

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Huckabee promises violence if Trump loses in 2024

Kyle Mantyla — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 04:29:08 +0000

Former Arkansas governor and failed presidential candidate Mike Huckabee opened the most recent episode of his “Huckabee” program on the Trinity Broadcasting Network by warning that if former President Donald Trump fails to win the 2024 election because of the multiple indictments he is facing, “it is going to be the last American election that will be decided by […]

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If your state designates June as ‘Christian History Month’ Christian nationalists have your legislators in their pocket

Kyle Mantyla — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 03:45:53 +0000

When the National Association of Christian Lawmakers held its annual conference at Liberty University last month, the event featured a “para-legislative session” at which state legislators and religious-right activists proposed and discussed various resolutions and sample legislation. Among the speakers at the session was Allan Parker, president of religious-right organization The Justice Foundation, who urged the lawmakers in attendance to […]

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Book banning pastor plans on harassing school boards across the country

Kyle Mantyla — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 22:56:33 +0000

Right-wing pastor John Amanchukwu has built a reputation for himself and generated lots of media coverage by making appearances before North Carolina school boards to rant about the supposedly “perverted” books that are available in school libraries. He’s so pleased with himself that he’s taking his bigotry-promoting show on the road. Amanchukwu is a pastor at Upper Room Church of […]

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Meet the Christian nationalist matchmaker looking to connect right-wing pastors with politicians

Kyle Mantyla — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 19:44:12 +0000

Chad Connelly is a former faith outreach director for the Republican National Committee who now runs a Christian nationalist voter mobilization organization called Faith Wins. For the last few election cycles, Connelly and his organization have been taking religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton across the nation delivering presentations in churches aimed at mobilizing conservative Christians to vote and get involved […]

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In the worst possible game of ‘telephone’, Christian nationalists keep repeating bunk history

Kyle Mantyla — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:16:25 +0000

One of the inevitable consequences of the false history relentlessly promoted by pseudo-historian David Barton is that his lies and disinformation routinely get picked up by other Christian nationalists who then distort them even further. For example, on Independence Day, Christian nationalist MAGA cultist Lance Wallnau aired a special episode of his “Lance Wallnau Show” dedicated to arguing that Benjamin Franklin’s call for prayer during […]

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Arkansas GOP and religious-right have the state’s libraries in their crosshairs

Kyle Mantyla — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:41:16 +0000

When the National Association of Christian Lawmakers held its annual conference at Liberty University earlier this month, members of the organization held a “para-legislative session” at which state legislators and religious-right activists proposed and discussed various resolutions and proposed pieces of sample legislation. Among those participating in this session was Arkansas state Sen. Dan Sullivan, who pledged to use the next state […]

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Christian fascists continue to view SCOTUS as their best bet to “occupy” the country

Kyle Mantyla — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:19:48 +0000

Earlier this month, Right Wing Watch reported that religious-right activists are seeking to take advantage of the far-right majority’s control of the Supreme Court to start enacting Christian nationalist policies all across the nation. Emboldened by recent Supreme Court decisions upholding prayer in schools, crosses erected on public lands, and flying Christian flags on public buildings, right-wing activists intend to […]

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Christian nationalists speak openly about weaponizing the Supreme Court to install theocracy

Kyle Mantyla — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:26:59 +0000

In late May, Charlie Kirk’s Christian nationalist TPUSA Faith organization hosted a pastor’s summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Among the featured speakers was pseudo-historian David Barton, who delivered a presentation urging those in attendance to take advantage of the far-right majority’s control of the Supreme Court to start enacting Christian nationalist policies all across the nation. Citing recent Supreme Court decisions upholding prayer in […]

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