What I'm Reading: We Need an Anti-Nuke Movement, The New Apostolic Reformation, GOP's War on the Constitution, 7 (Plus 1) Personal Stories About Abortion, & the Unites States of Conspiracy Theories

Some Sunday Reading. Read, share, organize.

How Worldwide Famine Would Follow Even a ‘Limited’ Nuclear War

By Matt Bivens, The Nation

An international team led by scientists at Rutgers University modeled what happens to crop production worldwide after a minor or regional nuclear war. It would not bring about the dreaded “nuclear winter” that would follow a major nuclear war between Russia and the United States. But a regional or “limited” nuclear war would still bring “nuclear famine”—several years of abrupt global cooling and agricultural collapse.

READ: https://tinyurl.com/byy4uzkc

(Also read my article about the history of Bucks County’s Anti-Nuke movement.)

The Right-Wing Christian Sect Plotting a Political Takeover

By Elle Hardy, The New Republic

Emerging out of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, which account for some 600 million Christians worldwide, the New Apostolic Reformation has arguably become the center of gravity in modern American Christianity. It’s hell-bent on energizing believers for the End Times: Church is no longer something you attend on Sunday—it’s a place to orchestrate the radical transformation of society. Now NAR is becoming increasingly influential within the Republican Party.

READ: https://tinyurl.com/2z97647s

(Also read Bucks County Beacon columnist Jenny Cohn’s exposé on this movement.)

Democrats Need to Win State Elections to Stop Republicans From Rewriting the Constitution

By Rotimi Adeoye, The Daily Beast

Republicans are laying the groundwork to completely remake the U.S. Constitution through state legislatures, and there’s a good chance they could succeed.

READ: https://tinyurl.com/vb6az3c3

(Also read my column about PA01 Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s role in pushing this plan which would cause “political and economic chaos.”)

Seven personal stories about abortion

By Rachel Manteuffel (and Various Writers), The Washington Post

I’m the first reader of articles submitted to The Post’s op-ed department — and part of my job is rejecting the many we are unable to publish. The task is hardest when the pieces are personal and painful, and my professional response can feel inadequate. When we get so many personal stories on one subject, it threatens to numb us to their power. But the outpouring is itself significant. Below are excerpts, along with audio of the authors, from some of the hundreds of abortion stories we received after Roe v. Wade was overturned this summer. About 1 in 3American women age 15 to 44 have largely lost access to abortion.

READ AND LISTEN: https://tinyurl.com/4ethzb7k

(Also read Bucks County’s Kelly DeJong’s column about why the Truth Of Our Abortion Stories Need To Be Shared.)

FAUCI: COVID Conspiracies Made Untruths Normalized

By Rebecca Falconer, AXIOS

"What we're dealing with now is just a distortion of reality, conspiracy theories which don't make any sense at all pushing back on sound public health measures, making it look like trying to save lives is encroaching on people's freedom," said Anthony Fauci, who's stepping down from his roles as NIAID director and President Biden's chief medical adviser in December.

READ: https://tinyurl.com/423yewny

(Also read Kutztown University Professor Michael Gambone’s article about how education can solve our country’s conspiracy theory problem.)