Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

Democrats Need Religious Candidates - and Religious Voters Non-religious liberals might get uncomfortable at the visible piety of candidates like Andy Beshear and James Talarico. But they're important for the party's future.

“Politics is about identity, and if people keep seeing the Republican Party as the Christian one and the Democratic Party as the non-religious one, Democrats are giving up on a path to persuade a lot of people who might be open to their arguments.“ open.substack.com/pub/paulwald...

All Dems should unite in condemning messages like this. Separation of church and state is certainly no reason to keep religious people out of politics.

Messaging like this will continue to doom Democrats of all faiths and nonreligious Dems alike.

Beshear is interesting in that he has every reason to go full Blue Dog Dem for political reasons yet he actually has progressive principles and sticks to them

This sentiment (not uncommon the Left, sadly) radically misunderstands the U.S. religious landscape. For example, Talarico and Beshear are both mainline Protestants and not “evangelicals.” Also, faith-based advocacy is a vital part of progressive movement.

Don't confuse all Christians with evangelicals. It's true Dems shouldn't bother with evangelicals but they should address mainline Protestants (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-christ...). Beshear & Talarico are mainliners & can speak to swing group that reads Bible differently than evangelicals.

What James Talarico’s Jesus-Free Super Bowl Ad Says About His Campaign The seminarian launched his bid for the U.S. Senate on an explicitly religious platform. As he battles Jasmine Crockett, his messaging seems to have shifted.

James Talarico talks about his faith so much that it's news when he DOESN'T in one ad -- what a change for Democrats! www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

NO KINGS: Eyes on ICE: Document and Record YouTube video by No Kings

Over 21K people on this #NoKings Eyes on ICE call. Check it out. www.youtube.com/live/4xBUa67...

John Cornyn embraces progressive Christianity!

I can’t tell you how much I love that @raushenbush.bsky.social was on CSPAN counter-programming Trump, who was on CSPAN 2 with his tired blasphemy at the National (Make a Mockery of) Prayer Breakfast.

Watch here: www.c-span.org/program/wash...

MAGA’s War on Empathy This crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement.

This is one of the best reflections on religion in politics I've ever seen written by a politician.

Revives my longstanding anger that Hillary's presidential campaigns didn't make this kind of messaging and political analysis part central to their strategy: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun.

Any second now, I'm sure.

He was a white guy, if that helps?

Hello? NRA?

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

Cannot see the end of it.

Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE (RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week.

It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

www.mprnews.org/live-updates

I find it hard to believe how any national religion reporter isn’t focused on the massive faith organizing against ICE cruelty.

If this was right-wing religion activism, every national news outlet would have their religion reporters assigned.

I know the Christian Nationalists take up a lot of oxygen in the religion/politics sphere but I've never seen anything like the faith group mobilization going on in Minneapolis. Houses of worship have decades of infrastructure and they're organizing to protect immigrants in the Twin Cities.

Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch.

The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over.

This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.

The Minneapolis Faith Community Is Showing How to Fight ICE Interfaith organizers have played a substantial role in rallying Minneapolitans and aiding their most vulnerable neighbors.

"One of the great American traditions is religious leadership showing up and helping America to see a way forward" -- @raushenbush.bsky.social @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2054...

Video: Opinion | Can James Talarico Reclaim Christianity for the Left? Ezra Klein and State Representative James Talarico of Texas discuss his faith, his politics and his Senate race.

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social thinks and talks about Christianity with as much clarity and grace as any American political figure since Dr. King.

A victory for him in Texas would be a chance to reset the national political debate in remarkable ways

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

What 'The Testament of Ann Lee' Teaches Us About Religious Liberty Today - Word&Way From the beginning, the U.S. has prided itself on being a haven for persecuted believers. But it has also demanded those believers demonstrate their loyalty in ways that blur the line between conscien...

@guthriegf.bsky.social of @interfaithalliance.org writes about how the new film “The Testament of Ann Lee” feels like a necessary interruption to the triumphal narrative as America prepares to celebrate 250 years.

Weekly Roundup: Jan. 9 Here’s the weekly roundup from A Public Witness. In addition to a roundup of Christian responses to the U.S.

Our fresh news roundup features insights from @angeladenker.bsky.social, @guthriegf.bsky.social, @sarahposner.bsky.social, @jackjenkins.me, @bmietana.bsky.social, @bjconthehill.bsky.social, @jtgrosso.bsky.social, and more.

Excellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today.

No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.

Noem is a liar. The whole regime are liars. They are murdering people inside this country and outside of it, citizens and non-citizens, with guns and missiles.

They are law breakers, criminals, power hungry and corrupt, causing chaos and death.

Trump's own Chief of Staff named it: "fascist."

Minneapolis clergy exposed to pepper-spray after rushing to scene of deadly ICE shooting (RNS) — ‘There was a request for clergy to show up’ at the scene, said one Minneapolis minister. ‘I was out the door.’

NEW from me: At least two clergy were among those shoved, shot at with pepper rounds and exposed to pepper spray while protesting the actions of in Minnesota after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman who had been observing them. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/m...

Choose Love Not ICE.

(Grateful to our friends at Interfaith Alliance for making this video)

Truly He taught us to love one another. His law is love. And His Gospel is peace.

LoveNotICE.org