Inside the Christian TV show rallying Trump superfans with apocalyptic warnings

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'Evans seems as devoted to campaigning for office as he once was in harassing abortion clinic volunteers.'

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For the last few years, was almost as though 'militia' became a dirty word...but that seems to be changing.

I have a story in WIRED today about how militias, after laying low since Jan 6, have been quietly re-organizing and rebuilding on Facebook.

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Now give The Onion a dollar or we will close it forever.

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Hell yessssssssssssss

This is the best news about the media industry in years

Some personal news: I'm breaking out as a freelance reporter! I'll still be covering retail news and consumerism. But I'm making a slow turn toward international issues. Please send tips, pitches, freelance opportunities to [email protected]

If you can’t sit for the full 12 hours I do suggest the first bit where Alex pledges to a scarf. x.com/dburghart/stat…

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People are having fun with this story and look, I know, but a small group can do big things. If you've got 'constitutional' or far-right lawmen or makers in your town and they're having a real-world impact, or plan to with the election, I'd love to hear about it. SEND ME TIPS.

Also read David Gilbert who did time with me yesterday and is just the kind of fella you want to spend 12 hours with at a constitutional sheriff's convention.

NEW: In a city that bills itself as 'Superman's hometown,' a pastor is calling on his flock to fight 'the enemy' in the place where Satan has been waging his attack: At the public library.

My latest on the cultural fissures tearing through America. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/m…

Also big thanks to Jessica Pishko, author of the forthcoming book about sheriffs, The Highest Law in the Land, for giving me a crash course. Seems like this is a topic we should all know way more about.

Yesterday I attended a conference in Las Vegas for a far-right sheriffs group. It drew a parade of felons, disgraced politicians, election deniers, conspiracy theorists and, in the end, even a few sheriffs. My dispatch from the fringe: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/c…

I'll be covering Trump's criminal trial in New York for NPR, beginning today. Here's a listening and reading list while we're waiting for the jury to be selected.

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Just finished reading The Power Broker and the central theme is men are huge babies.