Radicalized Christian nationalism is a growing threat to American democracy | Arwa Mahdawi

A relatively small but incredibly organized faction is working to turn the country into something resembling a theocracy

Forget everything you ever thought you knew about pregnancy: a 26-year-old congressman, who will never be pregnant himself, has helpfully stepped in to explain the process to everyone. A fetus is just like a photograph, according to Madison Cawthorn, a right-wing congressman from North Carolina. During an anti-abortion speech on the House floor last week, Cawthorn proclaimed that having an abortion is like snatching a half-developed photograph of a sunset out of someone's hand and ripping it to shreds. (You could almost see his brain working as he spoke: a photo develops ... an embryo develops ... wow, I am very smart!)

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