NEW from me:

Two Christian right organizers of rallies and marches promoting "stolen election" and "election fraud" lies worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human

The main rally, the Jericho March, held on the National Mall on Dec. 12, helped lay the groundwork for Jan. 6.

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The Jericho March organizers partnered with Ali Alexander and Stop the Steal, which was later at the center of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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Other rally speakers included Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes and conspiracist Alex Jones, both, who according to new reporting from the @nytimes last night and the @wsj this morning, were at the center of the Capitol insurrection.
NYT, on Rhodes:

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WSJ, on Jones:

https://t.co/YiDcpFRiuu
My new reporting, out just this morning, shows how two Trump admin officials from HHS organized rallies fomenting the rhetoric of holy war, working with key Jan. 6 figures, and laying the groundwork for the insurrection.

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And how, in the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, began promoting lies and conspiracies like the mob was not actually Trump supporters but rather Antifa and BLM.

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And are further preparing to mobilize their Christian nationalist base to delegitimize Biden's presidency and the Democratic majority.

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Imagine if Christians actually had to live according to their Bibles.


Imagine if Christians actually sacrificed themselves for the good of those they considered their enemies, with no thought of any recompense or reward, but only to honor the essential humanity of all people.

Imagine if Christians sold all their possessions and gave it to the poor.

Imagine if they relentlessly stood up for the widow, the orphan, and the foreigner.

Imagine if they worshipped a God whose response to political power was to reject it.

Or cancelled all debt owed them?

Imagine if the primary orientation of Christians was what others needed, not what they deserved.

Imagine Christians with no interest in protecting what they had.

Imagine Christians who made room for other beliefs, and honored the truths they found there.

Imagine Christians who saved their forgiveness and mercy for others, rather than saving it for themselves.

Whose empathy went first to the abused, not the abuser.

Who didn't see tax as theft; who didn't need to control distribution of public good to the deserving.

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