Cole Cloyd

The deadline for the CFP for the 2026 #AAR Annual Meetings has been EXTENDED to March 9, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Submit your proposals now!

On the Charlie Kirk Show, Kolvet described Mullin as someone who “understands the base” while also managing relationships with blue states. Goes on to say that Mullin should “exert enough effort, force, and coercion…to get blue cities to cooperate.”

TPUSA and Andrew Kolvet seem pretty pleased that Mullin (who spoke at AmFest in 2024) is taking over.

Doesn't Mullin need to be confirmed? What's OK law on how his Senate seat gets filled? Or does Trump think he can do both jobs at once, like Rubio

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream? With the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlines

I want us to build a world where "lethalitymaxxing" isn't a word

OpenAI posted the terms of the deal. Reveals that it absolutely does allow for domestic surveillance. EO 12333 is how the NSA hides its domestic surveillance by capturing communications by tapping into lines *outside the US* even if it contains info from/on US persons.

openai.com/index/our-ag...

GPAHE has to be one of the most under-rated research orgs in the game right now. So many groups have been skittish in the second Trump era, afraid of criticism or partisan attacks, but this team keeps calling balls and strikes without fear of ruffling feathers.

they’re calling him the Wendy Rogers of Dem candidates

Trump points at Democrats and says, "these people are crazy. I'm telling you. They're crazy." (Note that Pete Hegseth and the rest of the cabinet are standing and cheering.)

Minnesota faith groups sue DHS over access to immigrant detainees It's at least the second lawsuit challenging the federal government's policy of barring faith leaders from accessing some DHS facilities.

"We love religion and we love bringing it back," Trump just now, one day after yet another group of faith orgs filed a suit alleging his admin violated their religious freedom.

Dozens of religious leaders, orgs and denominations have sued his admin in the past year. religionnews.com/2026/02/23/f...

Pretty amazing that comms person at FBI called my @ms.now colleague @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social a liar and demand a correction only for Kash to post a photo from the locker room

/ CITY JOURNAL City Journal • • Follow ••• X 3h • Nick Fuentes might laugh about his command for his followers to "rape, kill, and die" for him, explaining it away as irony or a morbid joke. But a look beneath the spectacle of outrage and self-mythology he has curated reveals a shocking heap of human wreckage. Read the investigation from Ryan Thorpe and Christopher F. Rufo: city-journal.org The Freak World of Nicholas J. Fuentes

The first assistant Chris Rufo hired in 2021 was a Pepe the frog loving fan of “groyper mom” Michelle Malkin. That guy worked for him for 3+ years before going to work for Russell Vought in the Trump administration last year. So Rufo can miss me with the “I’m shocked by Fuentes’s popularity.”

Turning Point is being eaten from within. This is what happens when you build your org on conspiracy

Worth noting that ICE (plus CBP, DHS, & TSA) are already trying to recruit at events like TPUSA’s AmericaFest with the rhetoric front and center.

FYI: It appears Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock is in Minneapolis today, and apparently just spoke with faith leaders — including ELCA pastor Rev. Ingrid Rasmussen, who just left the Warnock event and now is speaking at an @rns.org virtual event…

…Which you can join here: bsky.app/profile/rns....

Per AAG Harmeet Dhillon’s X page, the DOJ is now investigating this protest.

This may frustrate the Trump admin’s religious critics, as the DOJ doesn’t appear to have investigated (at least publicly) any of the incidents where clergy have been shot w/pepper balls/tear gas/etc. by DHS agents.

It was not long ago that conservative Christians were angrily mocking those of us who noted that extremists were dogwhistling with "Christ is King" and "Jesus is Lord."

How gross, they said, to claim Candace Owens was being antisemitic.

Calling Charlie Kirk a Martyr is Not Exactly a Unifying Message By Paul A. Djupe and Jacob R. Neiheisel On September 10, 2025, activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Turning Point event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. In our view, all political vi…

Fascinating new survey on Charlie Kirk legacy. While
31 percent agreed (or strongly agreed) that he is a martyr, there is no unifying element nationally or even within GOP. Data backing up my sense from watching things online, at TPUSA events, etc. religioninpublic.blog/2026/01/09/c...

Alone in a Montana hotel room, Yvonne entered a full-on spiritual crisis. She was already upset by the church closing in-person services and moving all activities online. The negative reactions to her COVID protests by church leaders deepened her discontent and questioning. That night she searched for "the truth" in YouTube videos on QAnon. She reflects now on that time: I was very active in our church and was a youth staff volunteer. When the church closed, again that same spirit of wake-up came through and started having me question everything. We were doing youth group online via Zoom, and we were also attending church through live videos—all of which felt so wrong on a soul level. I didn't understand how the church could close. God isn't scared of a disease. I knew now more than ever the churches should be open and available, not closing their doors. The church closing was my biggest red flag and a monumental decision that really exposed to me to who was controlling the church. I saw that the God I had been searching for my entire life really wasn't the God I had learned about in the church. Yvonne started messaging back and forth with church leaders, mostly by recording videos of herself that she posted to YouTube. She started sending them links to the videos that had her questioning her Christian faith. Her response to the concerns from church leaders was to watch even more videos about Anon and spirituality that countered Christian teachings. Looking back now, she sees that as a pivotal moment in her spiritual Journey and even expresses a measure of gratitude. "That's when the Creator showed up in a big way and really started to dismantle my belief system as quickly and gently as It could without completely ruining me. I see that now," she wrote in a Facebook post directed to church leaders. "Thank you," she

It is really hard to overstate the effects of COVID-related church restrictions and closures, both in terms of politicizing once-political churches and pushing countless Americans into the depths of a radical, conspiracy theory rabbit hole.

Exhibit ♾️:

Inside Turning Point’s effort to take over Arizona’s Republican Party Whether the group can elevate its favored candidates will provide a glimpse into their political staying power following Charlie Kirk’s killing on a Utah college campus in September.

Turning Point USA wants to be Arizona’s political kingmaker.

Whether the group can elevate its favored candidates will provide a glimpse into its political staying power following the killing of its founder, Charlie Kirk.

Handwaving away your party’s embrace of antisemitic conspiracy theories by saying “at least we’re not controlled by George Soros” is the most ridiculously quiet-part-loud thing I’ve ever seen.

Vance later says you don't have to "be Christian to be an American," but that Christianity is "America's creed" and a "shared moral language" beginning w/the Revolution.

History note: Catholics (like Vance) were part of the Revolution, but there was ALSO intense anti-Catholicism during the movement

At AmFest, Turning Point USA leaders leverage Kirk's 'martyrdom' to rally young voters PHOENIX (RNS) — At AmericaFest — where ICE merch is sold beside ‘Jesus Won’ T-shirts — the idea that conservative values are God-ordained may be the biggest unifying factor.

It me, again in coverage of Turning Point’s events this weekend in Arizona by Religion News Service. Vance speaks today

religionnews.com/2025/12/20/a...

Wow: Overt, unapologetic Christian nationalism from the Vice President here.

Even Trump has stopped short of saying something this explicit on the topic while President.

DEPARTAL Department of Homel... * • Follow 1d・ DHS is at Turning Point USA's Amfest! We're looking for American patriots willing to defend the homeland, and honor the vision of America Charlie Kirk fought for. Swing by our tables to learn more! DECIDE AMERICA'S FUTURE POLICE Security • Homeland Security nd PORICE Homeland Security MPOLICE RESCUE RISE POTENTIA & DEFEND THE HOMELAND Homeland Security 凸 5.5K 3.2K 233

Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.

Erika Kirk just brought out Nicki Minaj at a Turning Point USA event:

Like politics, anyone can (usually) weigh in on religion.

But FWIW: Harvard, where Pinker teaches, also has a divinity school.

It has lots of scholars who study religion for a living.

Pinker isn't one of them — in fact, they've publicly criticized him: www.commonwealmagazine.org/enlightenmen...

The Turning Point USA annual Phoenix mega conference shenanigans has begun. The convention center is wrapped with with messages like “Make America Charlie Kirk,” “Carry the Torch,” and “For Charlie.”

Will update here throughout the weekend.