Christina Littlefield
@clittlefield.bsky.social
Historian studying religion, media, politics and culture. Reposts are fodder for debate only, not personal endorsements.
New book: Christian America and the Kingdom of God https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088414
New book: Christian America and the Kingdom of God https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p088414
This shows the impact of rising ACA premiums on specific Americans www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
ACA health care premiums are rising. These 8 Americans showed us how much.
Premiums for health insurance sold through the Affordable Care Act are soaring because of the expiration of enhanced subsidies at the heart of the government shutdown.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This shows the impact of rising ACA premiums on specific Americans www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
You know your nation is broken when you see video online that makes you Google for news about "ICE" and "Baby."
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You know your nation is broken when you see video online that makes you Google for news about "ICE" and "Baby."
Even MAGA supporters want the ACA premium help extended www.kff.org/public-opini...
Despite Budget Concerns, Three-Quarters of Public Say Congress Should Extend the Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Set to Expire Next Year, Including Most Republicans and MAGA Supporters | KFF
A new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds more than three-quarters (78%) of the public say they want Congress to extend the enhanced tax credits available to people with low and moderate incomes to make th...
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November 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Even MAGA supporters want the ACA premium help extended www.kff.org/public-opini...
Excellent, deep dive from @propublica.org into how Christian nationalist Russell Vought is operating as a shadow president to push through his extreme Heritage Project 2025 ideology. www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
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October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Excellent, deep dive from @propublica.org into how Christian nationalist Russell Vought is operating as a shadow president to push through his extreme Heritage Project 2025 ideology. www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Amidst all the tragedies happening because of mass deportations, is the administration's targeting of Afghans who helped support the U.S. for deportation and a rejection of their asylum claims. wapo.st/433Qsun
Trump administration makes misleading case in high-stakes asylum hearing
Homeland Security asked a judge to deport a man to Afghanistan, where he expects the Taliban to kill him. The case could affect thousands of asylum seekers.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Amidst all the tragedies happening because of mass deportations, is the administration's targeting of Afghans who helped support the U.S. for deportation and a rejection of their asylum claims. wapo.st/433Qsun
The Roys report covers Pepperdine's appointment of Johnnie Moore
Pepperdine University has named controversial PR exec Johnnie Moore as vice chancellor of its D.C. campus and head of a new Middle East policy program.
Moore’s appointment draws scrutiny over his past PR controversies including defense of alleged fraud and misconduct.
julieroys.com/pr-exec-john...
Moore’s appointment draws scrutiny over his past PR controversies including defense of alleged fraud and misconduct.
julieroys.com/pr-exec-john...
Controversial PR Exec Johnnie Moore Tapped as Vice Chancellor of Pepperdine
Pepperdine University has appointed controversial PR executive and frmr Trump faith adviser Johnnie Moore as vice chancellor of its DC campus
julieroys.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Roys report covers Pepperdine's appointment of Johnnie Moore
Trump is halting trade negotiations with Canada because he says the audio in an advertisement taken out by Ontario's conservative government is false. Here's the fuller clip from the Reagan Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
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October 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Trump is halting trade negotiations with Canada because he says the audio in an advertisement taken out by Ontario's conservative government is false. Here's the fuller clip from the Reagan Library: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t5Q...
As Latino Protestants have embraced Trump's politics, their concerns for Christian values still remain broader than other MAGA Christians, as seen here: religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l...
Evangelical Trump adviser urges Latino Christians 'go to church' amid fears of ICE
(RNS) — The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference president is pushing Latino evangelicals to gather at church to pray for Congress to pass immigration reform.
religionnews.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
As Latino Protestants have embraced Trump's politics, their concerns for Christian values still remain broader than other MAGA Christians, as seen here: religionnews.com/2025/10/17/l...
some challenging words from my co-author on what Churches of Christ and MAGA has in common baptistnews.com/article/here...
Here’s what the Churches of Christ and MAGA have in common – Baptist News Global
To say that my church was an ideological microcosm of the larger nation is a bold and audacious statement and requires a bit of explaining.
baptistnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
some challenging words from my co-author on what Churches of Christ and MAGA has in common baptistnews.com/article/here...
Must read ProPublica on how many Americans have been detained in immigration raids: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Must read ProPublica on how many Americans have been detained in immigration raids: www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Higher ed has some PR work to do. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Higher ed has some PR work to do. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
October 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump administration continues to restrict free speech apnews.com/article/trum...
US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last m...
apnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Trump administration continues to restrict free speech apnews.com/article/trum...
Misrepresenting research has been a common tactic on the Christian right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Misrepresenting research has been a common tactic on the Christian right www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Burge and Jones with new data on the spirituality of the religious nones religionnews.com/2025/10/02/n...
Nonreligious Americans might not be as spiritual as we thought
(RNS) — Our research shows that nonreligious Americans report being significantly less spiritual than people who identify with established traditions such as Christianity, Judaism or Islam.
religionnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Burge and Jones with new data on the spirituality of the religious nones religionnews.com/2025/10/02/n...
Excellent op-ed that captures what I know several people to be feeling as they see Charlie Kirk’s legacy sanitized. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
What the Public Memory of Charlie Kirk Revealed
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September 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Excellent op-ed that captures what I know several people to be feeling as they see Charlie Kirk’s legacy sanitized. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/m...
Strong reporting from the Christian Chronicle: christianchronicle.org/charliekirkr... They pick up my critiques of Kirk being described as a martyr and the need to wrestle with his complex legacy.
Churches grapple with the complex legacy of Charlie Kirk - The Christian Chronicle
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When co-workers told him that Charlie Kirk had been shot on a college campus just 12 miles to his north, Andrew Wheeler disregarded the […]
christianchronicle.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Strong reporting from the Christian Chronicle: christianchronicle.org/charliekirkr... They pick up my critiques of Kirk being described as a martyr and the need to wrestle with his complex legacy.
Reposted by Christina Littlefield
I’ve spoken to a lot of media in the last couple days. Here’s some stuff I’m quoted in:
WaPo
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
WaPo
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
How Charlie Kirk’s social media machine rewired a generation’s politics
The 31-year-old activist and provocateur build a modern political organization for the social media age, through the arts of online discourse and discord.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve spoken to a lot of media in the last couple days. Here’s some stuff I’m quoted in:
WaPo
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
WaPo
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The Economist with really critical context. Yes, political violence is rising amongst all ideologies. But most still comes from the far-right. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Is “radical-left” violence really on the rise in America?
The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence. This is what the data show
www.economist.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Economist with really critical context. Yes, political violence is rising amongst all ideologies. But most still comes from the far-right. www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
This is missing Kirk's critiques of COVID policies, promotion of Trump's Big Lie on election fraud, and his attacks on higher education as the incubator of all of society's bad ideas. He wrote a book calling college a scam. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
Where Charlie Kirk Stood on Key Political Issues
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is missing Kirk's critiques of COVID policies, promotion of Trump's Big Lie on election fraud, and his attacks on higher education as the incubator of all of society's bad ideas. He wrote a book calling college a scam. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
I continue to mourn for our nation and for the Kirk family. But this is my fear, that I'm already seeing among some Christian friends, that they are making him a martyr for Christianity to further co-opt the faith toward partisan ends. 🧵 1/10 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
Kirk’s Christian Supporters Mourn Him as a Martyr
www.nytimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I continue to mourn for our nation and for the Kirk family. But this is my fear, that I'm already seeing among some Christian friends, that they are making him a martyr for Christianity to further co-opt the faith toward partisan ends. 🧵 1/10 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...
Charlie Kirk explaining to Dream City Church why he goes on college campuses, March 2023. He was sharing how his anti-trans talk rhetoric had heated up an event on campus, and how grateful he was to God that no one died. youtube.com/clip/UgkxFEZ...
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September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Charlie Kirk explaining to Dream City Church why he goes on college campuses, March 2023. He was sharing how his anti-trans talk rhetoric had heated up an event on campus, and how grateful he was to God that no one died. youtube.com/clip/UgkxFEZ...
I've been immersed in Charlie Kirk's Christian nationalist rhetoric to churches for a few years, documenting the tight rope he walked between promoting and condemning violence. I'm heartbroken that our nation is so broken that someone tried to take his life. Praying he survives.
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I've been immersed in Charlie Kirk's Christian nationalist rhetoric to churches for a few years, documenting the tight rope he walked between promoting and condemning violence. I'm heartbroken that our nation is so broken that someone tried to take his life. Praying he survives.