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Also a great big “thank you” to @krisgoldsmith85.bsky.social!

A special thanks to Allison Gill of @muellershewrote.com and @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for being key players in these first three weeks. Onward and upward!!!

What I Have Been Up to This Week -- and How You Can Help With Next Steps This 'Hate Comes to Main Street' publication is part of a journey that, with some luck, could end up as a non-fiction book -- with your help!

After a gangbuster first three weeks — 5,000 subscribers and more than 100,000 views! THANK YOU!!! — I took a brief pause this week for three reasons. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/what-i-hav...

Inside Hate in America: duPont Winners Phil Williams in Conversation with Michael Premo — duPont-Columbia Awards by Thu Le, 2025-26 duPont Fellow

Five-time duPont-Columbia Award winner Phil Williams recently sat down with Michael Premo, the filmmaker behind a 2026 duPont-Columbia winning documentary, Homegrown, for a compelling conversation on the rise of extremism in America.
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Immediate. They say he was not “lobbying,” he was “consulting.”

“Then, Hank Clay … resigned in late December of 2024 to go to work for the Ingram Group. Days later, Metro Schools awarded a no-bid contract to the Ingram Group — at a cost of $12,000 a month — paying for Clay continuing to advise district leaders.”

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This is me after getting messages on my Meta accounts to "contact support." HOW DO YOU CONTACT SUPPORT???

From my interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social: "A Jesus-like resistance of Christians and others fighting for the stuff Jesus talked about could be the last hope for an America before the billionaires take over and replace democracy."

Conflict of interest? Lobbying firm on Metro Schools payroll never revealed its work for major vendor A high-powered Nashville lobbying firm now admits, while it was getting paid to advise Metro Nashville Public Schools, it was also secretly working for a longtime MNPS vendor.

Conflict of interest? Lobbying firm on Metro Schools payroll never revealed its work for major vendor www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...

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WATCH: 'If Your Church Isn't Telling You to Love Your Enemies, You're Not in a Real Church' John Fugelsang's "Separation of Church and Hate" became a New York Times bestseller. In this conversation, we talk about why it was such a success.

Watch the full interview here: www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/watch-if-y...

From my interview with @johnfugelsang.bsky.social: "A Jesus-like resistance of Christians and others fighting for the stuff Jesus talked about could be the last hope for an America before the billionaires take over and replace democracy."

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WATCH: 'If Your Church Isn't Telling You to Love Your Enemies, You're Not in a Real Church' John Fugelsang's "Separation of Church and Hate" became a New York Times bestseller. In this conversation, we talk about why it was such a success.

WATCH: 'If Your Church Isn't Telling You to Love Your Enemies, You're Not in a Real Church' www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/watch-if-y...

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never look at your phone when you get up to take a leak. someone might have started an idiot war

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WATCH: Is 'Christian Nationalism' Christian? This Religious Scholar Has Ideas Dr. Bradley Onishi sounded the alarm about Christian nationalism in "Preparing for War." His new book warns of those who want to impose a monarchy in America.

WATCH: Is 'Christian Nationalism' Christian? This Religious Scholar Has Ideas www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/watch-reli...

The great Peabody-winning journalist @philinvestigates.com wrote this substack comparing my book to Stephen Wolfe's "The Case for Christian Nationalism."

I hope you'll read it; I learned a lot.
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Searching for Christ in the Discussion of Christian Nationalism: A Tale of Two Books One relies heavily on the words of Jesus, the other not at all. Guess which one!

Two books from the complete opposite sides of the Christian nationalism debate, one by Stephen Wolfe, the other by @johnfugelsang.bsky.social, could not be more different. One relies almost exclusively on the words of Jesus, the other not at all. Guess which one! open.substack.com/pub/hatecome...

Hate Comes to Main Street | Phil Williams | Substack Examining the influence of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, Christian nationalists, and QAnon conspiracy theorists on Main Street America. Click to read Hate Comes to Main Street, by Phil Williams, a Su...

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What to Do When Hate Comes to Main Street | Phil Williams How extremist networks embed themselves locally — and how communities can push back

An important conversation with Kristofer Goldsmith about Hate Comes to Main Street. I hope you will check it out. onoffense.substack.com/cp/189137222

'No Hate Like Christian Love'; A Look at Efforts to Build a Christian Nationalist Community in Jackson County, Tennessee Podcasters Andrew Isker and C.Jay Engel insist their calls to "remigrate" tens of millions of immigrants who came into the country legally is "love," not hate.

“There is no hate like Christian love.” That adage came to mind recently as I was scrolling through the X timelines of Andrew Isker and C.Jay Engel, co-hosts of what Isker has described as the “Number One Christian Nationalist Podcast in the World.”
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This is an EXCELLENT use of about ten minutes.

So What is Christian Nationalism? Here's an Explainer - From a Christian Perspective Video from creators at Holy Post lay out the criticism of Christian nationalism

Lots of questions have come up about whether the term "Christian nationalism" is just an anti-Christian boogeyman -- which is why I thought this Christian perspective might be useful. www.hatecomestomainstreet.com/p/so-what-is...

'No Hate Like Christian Love'; A Look at Efforts to Build a Christian Nationalist Community in Jackson County, Tennessee Podcasters Andrew Isker and C.Jay Engel insist their calls to "remigrate" tens of millions of immigrants who came into the country legally is "love," not hate.

“There is no hate like Christian love.” That adage came to mind recently as I was scrolling through the X timelines of Andrew Isker and C.Jay Engel, co-hosts of what Isker has described as the “Number One Christian Nationalist Podcast in the World.”
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CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM'S NAZI MOMENT: My conversation with religious scholar Bradley Onishi is part of what you will see this week on HateComesToMainstreet.com. You can subscribe for free.

CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM'S NAZI MOMENT: My conversation with religious scholar Bradley Onishi is part of what you will see this week on HateComesToMainstreet.com. You can subscribe for free.

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