Profit & Politics
1932
1932-01-01 Summer Institute of Linguistics was set up to go to remote regions to proselytize to indigenous people. Some reports cited a political mandate of SIL and that the group would foster subservience and compliance, and banish ideas of community organization or social solidarity. This would be the case in the 60’s when they forced Ecuadorian people onto reservations at the behest of oil companies.
https://schoolsforchiapas.org/imperialism-and-the-summer-institute-of-linguistics/
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-00498R000200020098-4.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hePRA9yVdQE&list=WL&index=9&t=519s
1964
1964-to-1992 Summer institute of Linguistics forced Ecuadorian people onto reservations at the will of oil companies. This was around the same time Brazil’s former dictatorship sought to assimilate and eliminate indigenous peoples in the Amazon for development.
https://amazonwatch.org/news/2005/1012-remembering-ecuadors-cofan-on-indigenous-peoples-day
https://amazonfrontlines.org/chronicles/waorani-victory/
1969
1969-07-12 The National Security Council characterized progressive Catholic clergy as an “increasingly disruptive force”, writing that “sermons and writings have already aroused the concern of Conservative church officials and military leaders” .
INFORMATIVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hePRA9yVdQE&list=WL&index=9&t=519s
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve10/d13
1971
1971-03-05 Nixon stated in a directorate that they were threatened because priests were working with the peasants and workers “against the oligarchs and the armies”.
https://www.sdmorrison.org/when-the-cia-conspired-to-crush-liberation-theology/
https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76ve10/d36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hePRA9yVdQE&list=WL&index=9&t=519s
1989
1989-06-12 Megachurch founder and televangelist Jerry Falwell stated, “Our goal has been achieved. The religious right is solidly in place and religious conservatives in America are now in for the duration”. Jerry Falwell’s “Moral Majority” campaigned to support Reagan’s election and re-election, calling him “God’s instrument”, calling the Democratic Party “radical”, and instrumentalizing religion for political power.
2005
2005-01-30 Evangelical Christian Nationalist and political activist David Barton was named by Time Magazine in 2005 as one of the nations “25 Most Influential Evangelicals”. He believes the separation of church and state is a myth, is a founder of WallBuilders, and is an author.
https://content.time.com/time/press_releases/article/0,8599,1022576,00.html
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/david-barton/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Barton_(author)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldNetDaily
https://tfn.org/david-barton-watch/profile-of-david-barton/
https://sboe.texas.gov/state-board-of-education/sboe-meetings/david-barton
2016
2016-11-08 Michele Bachmann and David Barton hosted “Election Coverage in the Spirit of Faith”, which was organized by Kenneth Copeland ministries. Weaponizing faith for control in politics might be a sin.
2020
2020-11-09 Here is the viral video of Kenneth Copeland’s maniacal laughter during a politically laden sermon. For context, Copeland is a Trump megadonor.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1578939962293228
2021
2021-01-06 People carried “Jesus is my Savior – Trump is my President” signs, even during the J6 riots.
[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/07/christian-nationalists-embrace-trump-as-their-savior-will-they-be-his](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/07/christian-nationalists-embrace-trump-as-their-savior-will-they-be-his
2021-01-17 An upside-down flag was spotted hanging outside Samuel Alito’s Virginia home, and an “An Appeal to Heaven” flag was hanging outside his second home in New Jersey. Both versions of the flag displays have been associated with ultra right-wing Christian Nationalist causes.
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2023
2023-03-03 In a news story out of Tennessee Ken Peters of Patriot Church offered harsh words for planned parenthood and transgenders, but gentle sentiment for the Proud Boys.
2023-09-09 OPINION: Christian Nationalism is not Christianity – it is a polarizing extremist group bent on pushing political agendas and greed and promotes political violence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZukWuT9lcA&list=WL&index=6&t=66s
https://www.aclund.org/news/danger-christian-nationalism/
https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/learn-more
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8724742/
https://faith.yale.edu/media/violence-fascism-and-christian-nationalism
2024 March
2024-03-26 Trump announced the rebranding of the Lee Greenwood Bible as the Trump Bible, which are made in China for $3 each and sold in the US for $59.99.
https://godblesstheusabible.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoo2dBPos02UA83oeq1_LR-ZyXLEnyXFNEErRaffpa73DkOB-whY
2024 May
2024-05-28 Speaker Mike Johnson hung an “An Appeal to Heaven” flag outside his office. The flag is associated with the Christian Nationalist movement.
2024 November
2024-11-05 Kenneth Copeland organized election coverage with America Stands, an organization which offers education on how to vote according to their biblical values.
https://americastands.govictory.com/
2025 February
2025-02-07 Trump signed an executive order to create a task force to eradicate anti-Christian bias.
2025 October
2025-10-14 Eric Trump claimed Donald Trump was “saving God” and religion during a Benny Johnson podcast interview.
https://premierchristian.news/us/news/article/eric-trump-backlash-dad-saving-god
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article312759013.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/eric-trump-sparks-backlash-claiming-171615792.html
https://churchleaders.com/news/2206673-saving-christianity-god-eric-trump-benny-johnson.html
2026 March
2026-03-03 Several sources reported that servicemembers were calling in complaints because their commanders were framing the war in Iran as a biblical mandate, and that commanders were telling them Trump was anointed by God to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation reported receiving hundreds of complaints from servicemembers across all branches of the military.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-commander-said-trump-anointed-by-jesus-to-attack-iran-report-11615046
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric
2026-03-10 Trump appointed Erika Kirk to the Air Force Academy board to push Turning Point USA indoctrination on the U.S. military.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/10/erika-kirk-board-us-air-force-academy
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5776683-erika-kirk-air-force-academy-board/
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/erika-kirk-air-force-academy-trump-charlie-b2935898.html
2026-03-17 During a sermon Trump’s former Department of State Director and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense William Wolfe stated, ”…we should not blink. We should not hesitate to tell people. Not because we are so wise. Not because we made the rules of the world – we didn’t. We humbly submit to how God made the rules of the world and we say, ‘this is how we should order our lives together’. And frankly, yes, we are going to impose it upon you. If you don’t like it, I’m sorry, but this is good and right and just if it lines up with God’s standards, and I am going to enforce my morality on you in as much as our morality is God’s morality, and you should always check yourselves. I’m – you know, again – I’m not trying to puff you up. Check yourself. Do I believe what God believes? Am I defending what God says is good? And if it is, you should have the courage to say ‘This is how we’re going to run our town. This is how we’re going to run our county. This is how we’re going to run our State. And this is how we should run the United States of America by legislating the morality that we can find in the Bible’.”
https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermons/3162613941873
https://www.bethelpetersburg.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2LhGaW2C44&list=WL&index=4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axFgvn5bYsA
2026-03-17 Pastor Brooks Potteiger prayed for James Talarico’s death during a podcast. 2026-03-25 James Talarico responded to pastor Brooks Potteiger’s death wish. On March 25th Talarico wrote, “Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me”.
Potteiger: ”…public enemies. These are the orcs at the gate. You’re not called to love the barbarian horde that is planning to break into your city and – you know – pillage, plunder, rape, and mutilate you and your people. You don’t love that horde. That is your enemy! And you pray! This is where you have imprecatory Psalms. This is where you pray strongly. The Psalmnist [not a word] is not shy. God, destroy them! Make them as dung on the ground…I pray that God kills him. Ultimately, that means killing his heart and raising him up to new life in Christ. That’s the first thing…”
Host: ”We want him crucified…with Christ..”
Potteiger: “That’s exactly right!”
Host: ”I want him to be I think Saul of Tarsus, Talarico of Tarsus. That’s what I want. Who would say I was holding the garments while they stoned Steven, and now I’m the – yeah – that’s, that’s what we want.”
Potteiger: “Yes. We want death and new life, right? Um, and if it would not be within God’s will to do so, stop him by any means necessary, oh God.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJvb1g0BGb8&list=WL&index=2
https://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/1rwg6ya/joshua_haymes_brooks_potteiger_pete_hegseths/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2LhGaW2C44&list=WL&index=4
2026-03-25 James Talarico responded to pastor Brooks Potteiger’s death wish. On March 25th Talarico wrote, “Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/25/james-talarico-pete-hegseth-pastor
https://www.ms.now/opinion/james-talarico-texas-senate-death-wish-potteiger-haymes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMHQ_gtdEIk&list=WL&index=12&t=224s
https://x.com/jamestalarico/status/2036647988182036730?s=20
2026-03-26 Hegseth gave a sermon at the Pentagon about God’s involvement in battle, praying for eternal damnation and overwhelming violence in the name of God and claiming the United States as righteous in this war in Iran.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsqVj3G0cmA&list=WL&index=11&t=215s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NrJU2aqGvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erZ6A5Wmy00
2026 April
2026-04-01 Franklin Graham framed the Iran conflict in biblical terms and likened Trump to Queen Esther.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an9D8G1BtjY&list=WL&index=3
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9lmpBqaiGtI
2026-04-02 Hegseth fired Army Chief of Chaplains Major General William Green.
https://baptistnews.com/article/for-first-time-ever-army-chief-of-chaplains-fired-by-hegseth/
https://delauro.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/delauro-statement-firing-armys-chief-chaplains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fFnZlG8Zs&list=WL&index=3
2026-04-14 Turning Point USA rallies in Georgia attracted an embarrassingly small crowd, and TPUSA blamed it on left wing activists.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/tpusa-vance-small-crowd/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GywilCedo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pfIt7Oopqc
https://baptistnews.com/article/tpusa-event-draws-small-crowd-in-georgia-as-erika-kirk-no-shows/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vances-no-show-tpusa-crowd-in-athens-georgia-gets-brutal-reaction-on-ms-now-morning-joe/
2026-04-15 JD Vance and Mike Johnson backed up Trump after he admonished the Pope for condemning war. Vance said the pope should “be careful talking about theology.” Mike Johnson said “There’s something called the Just War Doctrine”. The Pope later wrote, “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth,” warning the world is currently “ravaged by a handful of tyrants”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNi3btpaLs&list=WL&index=1
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/04/16/pope-leo-cameroon-peace/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-pope-warns-of-tyrants-spending-billions-on-wars https://catholicreview.org/us-bishops-doctrine-chair-defends-churchs-just-war-tradition-after-vance-comments/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/catholic-bishops-deliver-brutal-slap-down-to-convert-jd-vance-after-lecturing-pope-leo-xiv-on-theology/
2026-04-19 The Trump administration announced an 84-hour public Bible reading from Genesis to Revelation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp6bb8SC_Cs&list=WL&index=1&t=56s
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/19/politics/trump-bible-reading-oval-office
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/17/trump-scripture-angering-christians-00879747
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5837716-trump-bible-reading-pope-leo-feud-ai-jesus/
2026 May
2026-05-14 The White House erected a stage at the National Mall to host a religious ceremony for the U.S. 250, featuring Franklin Graham, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Pastor and Samuel Rodriguez. This is another effort to advance Christian Nationalism, exclude other religions or respect non-followers, and dismantle the separation of church and state. This was taxpayer funded. Co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Annie Laurie Gaylor wrote, “Our Constitution is godless by design. The government has no authority to organize religious revivals, much less use them to promote a Christian nationalist agenda”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ISa1_YQPXc&list=WL&index=7
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/17/politics/national-mall-prayer-event
2026 June
2026-06-04 A few companies released Christian-themed energy drinks to capitalize on current events.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/04/jesus-christian-energy-drink
https://www.drinkagapeenergy.com/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/09/business/video/christian-energy-drinks-ldn-digvid-vrtc