I truly expect the Christian right to just pivot and declare a holy war. The fiscal right I think has a reckoning to happen, but when I do not know.
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jrsinhbcaMar 27, 2026
+8
There would be less disagreement if they actually read the Bible.
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SnagglespoofMar 28, 2026
+1
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” (Matthew 7:15)
These people aren't Christians. Tell them that.
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rewardingsnarkMar 27, 2026
+3
They are not they will never educate themselves, they will never stop hate, they will always vote R no matter what and never change or improve.
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voxMar 27, 2026
+2
Nearly a month into the joint US-Israeli war on Iran, there’s a good chance you’ve heard something about the apparent civil war on the right over the conflict. Though polling shows [steady support](https://www.wabe.org/how-the-war-in-iran-is-landing-with-republicans-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll/) for President Donald Trump from his MAGA base, the war has been [tearing apart](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/maga-media-fight-trump-iran-war) the MAGAsphere, pitting disenchanted MAGA influencers against fervent pro-Trump and pro-Israel loyalists.
The seeds of this split were apparent even before the US and Israel launched their first strikes, when Tucker Carlson, of the America First, Israel-skeptical, anti-interventionist wing of the party, interviewed Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel and fervent pro-Israel activist, on Carlson’s podcast last month. Huckabee argued that, as a Christian Zionist, he believed the Bible showed that God had promised not just Israel, but large portions of the Middle East, to the Jewish people. Carlson argued it wasn’t a valid basis for a modern state, and accused Israel of dragging the US into war with Iran.
As their conversation suggested, there’s a religious dimension to this emerging rift on the right:
Huckabee is an evangelical Christian, a group that is [overwhelmingly](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-american-evangelical-christians-have-deep-ties-to-supporting-israel) pro-Israel. Carlson, like many of the biggest critics of both the US relationship with Israel and the Iran war, is not.
Since their interview, this divide has exploded into public view as a political, theological, and policy argument across multiple fronts that’s drawn in everyone from likely 2028 presidential candidates, to popular influencers, to top religious leaders. The most explosive fights have centered on the relationship between conservative Catholics and the GOP’s dominant evangelical base.
How these play out will have implications not just for inter-religious understanding in the US, but for the future of the Republican Party, and by extension American politics.
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pierre_x10Mar 27, 2026
+5
"Let's remind you all that this is only an apparent/supposed civil war, then spend the rest of the article talking as if the civil war is actually happening."
Let's see if they don't all somehow unify their vote in November for all the same Republicans yet again.
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CigaretteWaterXMar 27, 2026
+2
No doubt. Unlike Democratic voters, conservatives all hate liberals far more than they dislike other conservatives of different factions. That is how you see neo-nazis pulling together with blue collar latinos, nice little church ladies, small business tyrants, and anyone else come election time.
They've called the "DNC" the big tent party, but its really the GOP. In terms of worldview, they are way more diverse. A lovely diverse collection of different regressive worldviews.
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TopPlankton6685Mar 28, 2026
+1
Dedicate the few writers you have to reporting something new, important, and interesting, not this “check out these tweets” nonsense. Good grief.
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RaspberryCommieMar 27, 2026
+1
Dear God, please. Please let the Beast and Mammon's coalition finally die.
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