Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Advent Hope in a Time of Authoritarianism: My Conversation with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove A recording from Robert P. Jones and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove's live video

Check out my convo--Contingency, Possibility and Advent Hope--with @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social!
Thx to Jonathan and Rev. William Barber II for inviting me into this conversation kicking of their “Advent in a Time of Authoritarianism” series.
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We Are Family A new family values movement to oppose autocracy

Real family values are not found in culture wars that divide, but in coming together to defend our families from an authoritarianism that threatens us all.

I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.

“Your voice is your vote, and your vote is your voice.”

At this year’s #DaytonDemocracySummit, Kettering Senior Fellow Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II called on us to recover our moral vision and stand against the forces that seek to silence it.

U.S. Bishops Elect New Leader as Concerns Mount Over Treatment of Migrants

“Bible teaching, he noted, is to have ‘special care for strangers, aliens and sojourners.’

‘It is not rocket science, but the Word of God’…”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

Mike Johnson Has Lost the Moral Narrative Most Americans don't believe that starving children so you can cut healthcare is "pro-life"

Mike Johnson’s faithful service to MAGA’s would-be king has exposed the bankruptcy of the false moral narrative that he has championed his whole public life.

More here: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. “Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

The people who voted to end the Republican supermajority in Mississippi’s Senate yesterday are saying the same thing as New Yorkers who elected Mamdani: we want an economy that works for all of us.

WHO IS: Russ Vought

Russ Vought calls himself a “Christian conservative” and “fiscal hawk.” What he really built is a blueprint for authoritarian control, theocratic rule, and government sabotage.

🧵 A thread on extremism, corruption, and abuse of power.

A Moral Monday with Joy Reid It's time to organize the pain of people who've been lied to in so-called red states

Good to talk w/ @joyannreid.bsky.social about the reality of the authoritarian crisis we face and the real hope of a moral fusion movement rising to demand a better future for all of us. open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

Extremists want NC’s First Congressional district b/c they understand its power. Now is the time for us to come together & exercise our power for a Third Reconstruction of this nation.

Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

In the face of an authoritarian crisis, we have to reorient to the reality that there is no middle ground between two sides. The only political choice is for democracy or against it.

MAGA has a new tagline: “born back ceaselessly into the past.”

As U.S. District Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. heard arguments in federal court yesterday, Rev Ryan Stoess prayed for SNAP benefits to continue. Today, Judge McConnell’s order says they must under US law.

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We are on Capitol Hill today to meet with Leader Jeffries & other members as 42 million poor people and low-wage workers will lose federal SNAP benefits tomorrow if Congress doesn’t act.

You can watch our 11am press conference here: democraticleader.house.gov/live

Moral Mondays have petitioned Congress since Ash Wednesday of this year to hear the prayers of people who will lose healthcare and food because of extreme federal budget cuts.

Hope In The Face of Backlash The history we need to become the moral leaders we've been waiting for

Where can we look for models of the moral leadership that’s needed right now? How do we learn from the past in ways that can equip us to face an unprecedented crisis?

A book recommendation and an in-person gathering I’d love to invite you to…

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Don’t miss Bishop William J. Barber, II’s message to the Dayton Democracy Summit - and all defenders of democracy in this moral moment.

Full speech at Our Moral Moment: ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/what-it-ta...

Thank you for an incredibly important book!

Hope in the face of racist backlash Aran Shetterly celebrates Greensboro massacre survivors Nelson and Joyce Johnson as great moral...

Thank you @wilsonhartgrove.bsky.social for this deep and wise reading of my book #MORNINGSIDE. Here's Jonathan's piece Hope in the face of racist backlash christiancentury.org/books/hope-f... @monogramdp.bsky.social @lissawarren.bsky.social @amistadbooks.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social

MAGA Mike Johnson says we can’t afford healthcare & SNAP benefits for struggling Americans, but they’re pouring our money into mobilizations like this…

Our Moral Moment excerpt on MSNBC this week. Subscribe for free to get moral messages for this moment delivered to you first. open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

Senator Ted Budd refused to hear from Sloan yesterday, but you can make sure everyone hears what he had to say about cuts to Medicaid at yesterday’s Moral Monday pray-in in Raleigh.

Members of Congress can say they didn’t believe the data that said people would lose their healthcare, but real people are starting to experience the pain.

Ted Budd locked his door and refused to answer our calls today, but Moral Mondays will be back.

‘Racist Maps Make Racist Reps’: North Carolina Advances GOP’s Latest Gerrymander Read more here.

NEW: Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 election has now reached another GOP-controlled state as North Carolina lawmakers advance a congressional gerrymander proposal that could give Republicans an additional seat in Congress at the expense of Black voters.

What's comes after the largest peaceful protest in American history? Indivisible's weekly newsletter with analysis and action

Now we build on the momentum. ezralevin.substack.com/p/whats-come...

Moral Mondays are holding pray-ins at Senate offices across the South today w/ people at risk of losing healthcare if the Senate doesn’t act immediately.

Maybe the most important thing about #NoKings is the opportunity for millions of Americans to get together & remember who we are. ourmoralmoment.substack.com/p/we-are-ame...

No Kings today in Mayberry RFD.

Hundreds of folks on Main Street in Mount Airy, NC to defend the values Sheriff Andy taught us: no one is above the law.