Robert P. Jones

"our current rating of 54 puts the U.S. below experts’ ratings of democracy in Mexico and Poland; the projected rating of 47 puts the U.S. on par with experts’ current rating of Israel and in the neighborhood of experts’ 2022 ratings of Brazil and the Philippines."

All the Bright Lines Behind Us There is still time to act before the darkness fully overtakes us.

I highlight findings from the latest Bright Line Watch Survey on democracy in my latest post. Under the Trump presidency, the US is no longer ranked as a liberal democracy such as the UK or Canada.
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All the Bright Lines Behind Us There is still time to act before the darkness fully overtakes us.

I highlight findings from the latest Bright Line Watch Survey on democracy in my latest post. Under the Trump presidency, the US is no longer ranked as a liberal democracy such as the UK or Canada.
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All the Bright Lines Behind Us There is still time to act before the darkness fully overtakes us.

My latest, All the Bright Lines Behind Us. A new “Bright Lines Watch” survey finds we are already living in a mixed or illiberal democracy.

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I had the honor of joining Dr. Obery Hendricks & Rev. LaKesha Womack on The Politics of Jesus Podcast to talk about the deep racial divisions that remain in American churches.You can tune in here: bit.ly/politicsofjesuspodcastjones
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Weekly Roundup: Sept. 19 Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a report on a conference advocating for religious liberty in public schools that is free for anyone to read, paid subscribers to A Publi...

Our fresh news roundup features insights from @adellembanks.bsky.social, @bmietana.bsky.social, @jarvisdeberry.bsky.social, @kaylaguo.bsky.social, @angeladenker.bsky.social, @robertpjones.bsky.social, @raushenbush.bsky.social, @jbarnett.bsky.social, @michelleboorstein.bsky.social, and more!

It Can and Is Happening Here Watch our discussion of "The Rise of Christian Nationalism" at the Cap Times Idea Fest.

My latest, featuring a conversation between me, @angeladenker.bsky.social and Samuel Freedman on the manifestations and threat of white Christian nationalism in our current moment.
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YouTube video by Grace Ji-Sun Kim Madang Podcast: Robert P. Jones, Ep. 32

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Angela Denker, Robert Jones warn of Christian nationalism’s grip The veteran journalist and the Public Religion Research Institute founder discussed ways to respond to the theocratic movement at Cap Times Idea Fest.

Discussing the Christian nationalism movement, PRRI President and Founder @robertpjones.bsky.social states, “This movement teaches a God-ordained hierarchy: men over women, parents over children, white over non-white, American over non-American … and that hierarchy exerts a strong pull.”

If you're bored with me sharing that link about Dominionism 101, there are a lot of other informed contemporary voices about the deep vein of White Christian Nationalism in the United States.

For example: Robert P. Jones! @robertpjones.bsky.social

It Can and Is Happening Here Watch our discussion of "The Rise of Christian Nationalism" at the Cap Times Idea Fest.

My latest, featuring a conversation between me, @angeladenker.bsky.social and Samuel Freedman on the manifestations and threat of white Christian nationalism in our current moment.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...

Indie Bookstores Fighting Back Plus, 25% off annual subscriptions through Labor Day.

My latest—amid all the bad news, highlighting the inspiring Indie bookstores fighting back against book bans, refusing to be cogs in the Trump regime’s anti-immigrant machine. With links to support them.
If you've got an Indie bookstore story, share below!
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Indie Bookstores Fighting Back Plus, 25% off annual subscriptions through Labor Day.

My latest—amid all the bad news, highlighting the inspiring Indie bookstores fighting back against book bans, refusing to be cogs in the Trump regime’s anti-immigrant machine. With links to support them.
If you've got an Indie bookstore story, share below!
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- 43% of all Americans score high on the Right-Wing Authoritarianism Scale (RWAS)
- 67% of Republicans score high on the RWAS
- 75% of Republicans w/ favorable views of Trump score high on the RWAS

Trump Suggests Americans Open to a ‘Dictator’ Trump added that he wouldn’t describe himself as a dictator.

On Monday, President Trump said that he thinks Americans may like a “dictator,” though he wouldn’t describe himself as one.
PRRI finds that 52% of Americans agree with the statement, “President Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy.”

In PRRI polling conducted after the start of President Trump’s second term, a majority (52%) of Americans agree that “President Trump is a dangerous dictator whose power should be limited before he destroys American democracy.”

Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) I just watched Sloppy Chris Christie be interviewed on a ratings challenged “News” Show, “This Week With George Slopadopolus,” on ABC Fake News (By the way, what the “hell” happened to Jonathan Karl’s...

Days after FBI agents raided Bolton's home, Trump threatens to use government power against another critic, suggesting that he would open a new investigation into Chris Christie in response to criticism on television earlier in the day. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who has been released, have been informed by ICE that he could now be subject to deportation to Uganda, and he's been told to report to ICE next week, a source confirms to me.

A few points about this, because there will be a lot of bullshit about it. 1/

Haven’t dug into this yet but disturbing news that Bluesky is suddenly not available in my home state of Mississippi as of today.

Jackson’s homicides drop for third straight year, but rate of killings remains highest in the U.S. Since 2021, Jackson’s homicide numbers have dropped each year for three years straight.

My hometown of Jackson, MS, has highest murder rate in the US. Yet MS Gov Reeves is deploying troops cross country to participate in Trump's authoritarian #DCtakeover political theatre, while doing little to solve violent crime epidemic plaguing his own city's citizens.
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Postcards from Occupied D.C. "Lock the doors, kids."

Check out my missive from the behind the lines of the #DCtakeover.
We should all be clear-eyed about this: The militarized occupation of LA and DC are dress rehearsals for a broader plan, coming soon to a city near you.
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The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

The official voice of the U.S. government draws from 4chan trolls, explicitly white nationalist phrases and talking points, and radicalizing, dehumanizing, desensitizing language for its targets. I talked to propaganda experts about what it’s doing to us:
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Postcards from Occupied D.C. "Lock the doors, kids."

Check out my missive from the behind the lines of the #DCtakeover.
We should all be clear-eyed about this: The militarized occupation of LA and DC are dress rehearsals for a broader plan, coming soon to a city near you.
robertpjones.substack.com/p/postcards-...

I wrote this just a few hours ago from my office in DC. Now Trump admin has without cause replaced the DC police chief with someone from federal DOJ, removing power from mayor. This is getting dark very fast.

Postcards from Occupied D.C. "Lock the doors, kids."

Sitting here in my office on a sunny summer afternoon in DC, this much is clear to me: The biggest threat we face of crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and worse is Trump himself.
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Postcards from Occupied D.C. "Lock the doors, kids."

Sitting here in my office on a sunny summer afternoon in DC, this much is clear to me: The biggest threat we face of crime, bloodshed, bedlam, and worse is Trump himself.
www.whitetoolong.net/p/postcards-...

Postcards from Occupied D.C. "Lock the doors, kids."

My latest, Postcards from Occupied DC.
Today, as a small act of personal resistance, I headed into my office in downtown DC, located just a few blocks from the White House. I’m sharing a little photo essay of the reality vs. Trump's dystopian fiction.
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Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.

"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."

The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.

How Authoritarians Co-opt the Language of Religion: My Conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat Tune in to my second in-depth conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat about authoritarianism and Christian nationalism.

Just posted—my in-depth convo with @Ruth Ben-Ghiat about how authoritarians co-opt the language of religion. And how Trump is intentionally using these tactics today.
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