Melissa Deckman

Quoting the Bible, more Democrats lean into being Christian For decades, Republicans have embraced Christianity and faith-based leadership. A new crop of Democrats is now doing the same.

Good conversation with @csmonitor.bsky.social's @sophiehills.bsky.social on Democrats and religion this fall. Look to see much more coverage as some hi-profile Democrats are leaning into their faith more prominently.
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Opinion | Why James Talarico's unapologetic Christianity could be his secret weapon James Talarico has won the Texas Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, the AP projects, beating U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett. The hype is real.

Check out @guthriegf.bsky.social 's new op-ed at @ms.now on what Talarico's win means for religion and politics. www.ms.now/opinion/jame...

Mike Johnson says Iranians have "misguided religion"

Somehow, in despite 10 years of increasingly deranged behavior from Trump and co, they find creative new ways to surprise me with their depravity.

It's a pretty high bar to clear, but I think this may just be the most Islamophobic election cycle in US history

FWIW the most insidious part in this clip is not the cartoonish AI slop, but the opening scene that merely shows two girls in hijab going to school

This was never about "sharia"

Unfortunately, support for the beliefs that undergird this kind of action aren't fringe in the US. Surveys shows that 1/3 of Americans—and ~2/3 of White Evangelical Christians—hold Christian nationalist views, and similar numbers believe that we're living in the end times, with Christ's return near.

For this and much more, check out our new spotlight today.

Support among the youngest Americans (18-29) has reached a new low for Trump since before his first presidency. Today, just 27% of young Americans view Trump favorably.

...and Hispanic Protestants, from 48% in September 2025 to 37% in February 2026.

Trump's support among religious Americans has also declined, most notably among white mainline/non-evangelical Protestants, from 55% in September 2025 to 45% in February 2026.

While most Republicans (81%) continue to hold favorable views of Donald Trump, the decrease from 85% in September is statistically significant.

Trump Favorability Declines Among Republicans, Some Religious Groups This Spotlight Analysis uses new PRRI data collected from February 10-18, 2026, to examine recent changes in President Donald Trump’s favorability ratings through the lenses of party…

A year into the second Trump administration, @prri.org's latest data show that 36% of Americans hold favorable views of Donald Trump, down from 41% in September 2025, while six in ten Americans view Trump unfavorably (60%).
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Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

This is an ESSENTIAL thread here.

We are really going to regret the technology we have built.

The Department of Education has hung a massive banner honoring a racist college dropout who built a lucrative career out of targeting professors for harassment

It’s insane this is legal. People around Trump are profiting off war and death. I’m introducing legislation ASAP to ban this.

-Zero Congressional consultation or approval.
-Zero preparation of public for need/consequences of war.
-Zero evidence of thought about "OK, what might the other side do?" Next month. Next year.
-Zero mention of anti-nuke agreement Trump voided, or Trump claim last year that nukes "obliterated."

“Do you favor or oppose the United States initiating an attack on Iran under the current circumstances?”
21% favor,
49% oppose,
30% don't know
UMD Critical Issues Poll with SSRS, fielded February 5-9, 2026.

Melissa Deckman (Public Religion Research Institute):

PRRI Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas [Webinar] Mapping Christian Nationalism Across All 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American…

Hi Hilary! Thanks for reaching out. @ PRRI.org provides access to the raw data files of our surveys after an embargo period of one year. You can access and download those files via our Data Vault: prri.org/prri-researc... Good luck with your research!

Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover

The richest man owns X.

The second and third richest men control Google.

The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post.

And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.

See the problem here?

Netflix ditches deal for Warner Bros. Discovery after Paramount’s offer is deemed superior Netflix is ditching a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery's studio and streaming assets after the WBD board deemed a revised bid by Paramount to be superior.

This really feels like an Orban/Erdogan situation in which the aspiring dictator is making sure his friendly oligarchs control as much media as possible

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/26/w...

Here’s the image of Howard Lutnick palling around with international child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein that Donald Trump & JD Vance’s administration has deleted from the release in their coverup of the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com/howard-lutni...

The Trump administration has just deleted this photo of Trump Cabinet Secretary Howard Lutnick with Jeffrey Epstein on what appears to be an island.

How Many Americans Think the U.S. Should Be a Christian Nation? Support for Christian nationalism is positively correlated with frequent religious behaviors, favorable views of Trump

We've had a busy month at @prri.org ! Check out the latest summary of our work, and consider making a donation to support continued analysis of the role of religion in understanding our politics today.

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Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF

remember when david klion gave the marshal petain speech about how we should return to Twitter because the masses are still on Twitter

Kash Patel’s use of jet delayed FBI team’s mass shooting response, whistleblower tells top senator Sen. Richard Durbin says FBI director’s “misplaced priorities” led to the delayed response to the Brown University shooting in December.

Breaking MS NOW:

Agents with the FBI's elite evidence response team were delayed in reaching the scene of a mass shooting at Brown U. in December because there was no FBI plane available.

Kash Patel was in south Florida at the time with one of the FBI's two available jets.

Reclaiming a Racially Conscious Theology of Immigration What we lose when we detach immigration from racial justice

Christians are told, often in the same breath, to 'welcome the stranger' & to 'respect the rule of law.'

What does a distinctly Christian perspective on immigration actually demand?