Christian nationalists keep insisting America was founded as a "Christian nation" by men who all believed exactly like them.
History says otherwise.
Most Founders belonged to churches. But the architects of the republic were a mix.
Jefferson cut the miracles and resurrection out of the New Testament and kept the ethics.
Paine wrote The Age of Reason, a broadside against organized Christianity.
Washington spoke of "Providence" and the "Great Architect" and rarely took communion.
Adams died a Unitarian who rejected the Trinity.
They were not secret atheists. They were culturally Christian men who had watched religious wars tear Europe apart and said, "Not here."
So they wrote a Constitution with no religious test and a First Amendment that bars an established church. The tent was built big on purpose.
The point is not that every Founder could pass an evangelical litmus test. It is that they chose liberty of conscience over religious uniformity.
A confident republic tells that story instead of airbrushing the record to win a culture war.
OMG -- Trump takes a question from a Japanese reporter but can't understand him despite the fact the guy is speaking clear English, so Marco Rubio has to act as an English-English translator for Trump
With $300 billion, the United States could end homelessness, fund cancer research for 40 years, oh - and give every child free pre-K for over 7 years. Instead, Trump is giving it to Iran. America first? Nope. Not even close.
Congratulations to Trump for securing a concept of a framework for a memorandum of understanding that neither side appears to understand, which might someday lead to a ceasefire that could eventually lead to peace. 🇺🇸💪
Donald Trump has had plenty of firsts.
He is the first living president to have his name stripped from a building.
He is also the first living president to try to overthrow his own government.
And the first to make hundreds of millions from corruption.
That will be his legacy: deceit, dishonor, and division.
Op: @inthepastlane
The MOU with Iran is nothing short of a complete surrender. Regardless of whether you support the war or not, there is not reason to have given Iran everything it wanted, to get NOTHING but 60 more days to talk. I’m sorry America, because this is an EPIC FAILURE.
Kyle Kulinski: “Tax every penny in net worth somebody has over $999M at 100%. It’s a no billionaires tax, no trillionaires tax. We’ll send you a fucking plaque in the mail that says I won at capitalism. We already have Gilded Age level income and wealth inequality. I’m surprised people aren’t breaking out the motherfucking guillotines already”
Trump was able to quickly put together $300 billion in recovery money for Iran after he decided to bomb it.
He stood in Swannanoa NC not far from my house in October 2024 and said he’d build back bigger, better, more beautiful, and faster than Biden after Hurricane Helene inflicted $60 billion in damage in the Blue Ridge . . . and then he went MIA.
Imagine if @realDonaldTrump cared as much about rebuilding Western North Carolina for Americans as he does about rebuilding Iran for Iranians.