Andrew L. Seidel
Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author.
📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American
📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom
Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
- This is just beautiful. And such a devastating contrast with any MAGA and especially Trump event. Outside of immiserating and owning the Libs, humor and fun are so foreign to their ethos.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelChild at the podium: “A woo woo woo.” Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
- Trump is at the National Prayer Breakfast trashing Dems, who still participate in this charade for some unknown reason. Said Trump: "I don't know why Democrats are here. ... I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat.”
- The breakfast is blatantly political, partisan, tramples church-state separation and advances Christian Nationalism.
- The last few years have myriad scandals: "Russian spies, Ukrainian lobbyists, adultery, money laundering, campaign-finance violations, anti-LGBTQ+ networking, Uganda’s LGBTQ+ death penalty, abetting corrupt officials, radicalizing Mike Lindell." (Quoting jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/secular-gr... )
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelImagine seeing photos and videos of ugly old men raping underage girls and thinking, "I need to protect those horrible men at all costs."? Pam Bondi is a soulless villain.
- I'll be on Texas Public Radio for @AmericansUnited.bsky.social today at noon central. Tune in or call in! tpr.org/podcast/the-source/…
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelAOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelMy office has been flooded with reports of the cruel, unsafe, unlawful conditions inside of the Whipple detention facility in Minneapolis. This weekend, I was finally granted access to perform oversight of the facility. youtu.be/0SxPn8n2Bfg
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelKavanaugh Stop
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThis Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners. Decide. Who are you?
- Reposted by Andrew L. Seidelbtw the civility panic a few years ago was about precisely this: the ability to have polite conversations about how black people are racially inferior in public without criticism or backlash bsky.app/profile/hann...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelHere’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelDisgusting. In an email on Sept. 11, 2013, Mr. Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, wrote to Mr. Epstein, “It was really nice seeing you yesterday.” He added: “Any time you’re in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your harem!” www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelI don't think people understand that if you shut down the government, ICE and CBP do NOT shut down. They're funded by supplemental money from the BBB. That's why dems are separating the DHS funding bill and asking for restrictions. I want them to demand a rescission of that funding or shut DHS down
- One of the absolute best parts of being an author is the free books. Today, I received Gospel of Lies by @eve-wasframed.bsky.social which hits shelves in May. I'm very excited for this one! I'll drop my review later, but you can also preorder today: bookshop.org/a/71739/9781964487557
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelShe has so much more guts than these goons in the White House and the goons they send to terrorize schools and grocery stores.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelHere's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking. Warning: video is hard to watch
- Reposted by Andrew L. Seidel"Its acronym, F.A.F.O., references a slang term for negative consequences." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelBreaking MS NOW: Trump's Justice Department has decided there will be no civil rights investigation of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, and instead two units of DHS will investigate their own officers and the man they killed.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelUnion-backed Dem Taylor Rehmet nearly pulled off a stunning upset in November — almost winning a deep-red TX Senate seat over two billionaire-funded Republicans. He's now in a runoff with a fixture of the Texas far right. My latest, from Tarrant County, a bellwether and hub of Christian nationalism:
- ICE agents should be pariahs, lepers, social outcasts from now until they die alone. Repentance will never be enough, not without truth and recompense. the-independent.com/news/world/americas…
- If there's anyone in my life I know that is part of this lawless mob of fascist enablers, they are dead to me. Do not hire them. Do not sell to them (being an ICE fuck is not a protected class). Do not wish them a happy birthday or merry Christmas. Do not let them have a moment of peace.
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- Y'all should go!
- Action is the antidote to despair. Vetting candidates is the first step to ensure we are electing leaders that will not waiver when it matters most. REMINDER: Meet Rep. Rabb tonight at 8PM with guest host Hemant Mehta from the Friendly Atheist! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Here's an episode of One Nation Indivisible that compares ICE to the Gestapo: redcircle.com/shows/60d1cb... The comparison gets more apt by the day.
- Pissed off and want to do something? Arm yourself with knowledge first: mobilize.us/nokings/event/891782/
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelReminder: If the Supreme Court upholds Trump’s attack on birthright citizenship, some of the ICE officers currently brutalizing Minnesotans may be reassigned to apprehend newborns from the hospital for immediate deportation. Just read the Trump administration’s own memo. slate.com/news-and-pol...
- Boston tea party? Declaration of Independence? Fighting the fucking Revolutionary War? These fucking people...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThe #KavanaughStops are becoming #KavanaughKillings
- This is not law. This is tyranny.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelIn which I explain that the Third Amendment—the one nobody ever talks about—allows hotels to refuse to house Kristi Noem’s ICE goons.
- "Don't tread on me"? Or, "tread on me, Daddy"?
- Are we safer yet?
- New: DOGE staff cuts gutted the Pentagon's IT office so hard it didn't have enough personnel to buy software it needed to operate theintercept.com/2026/01/19/d...
- After 250 years, America is once again in its Mad King Era. Back then, patriots revolted against George III. Now, patriots must oppose the madness of Donald Trump.
- Every MLK Day, I read his Letter from the Birmingham Jail. People tend to forget who that letter was written to...
- The way conservative men are so willingly obedient—in speech, action, and thought—to other men in authority is so fascinating. Especially when it comes to religious authority, totalitarian wannabes, etc., Anyone aware of any scholarship on this clear submissive streak?
- I'm not interested in any politician who isn't dead set on prosecuting everyone in the MAGA regime—from the ICE bully on the street to Bovino to Noem to Trump. Accountability. Fire every ICE and use the bloated budget to pay out reparations to the people and families they've harmed.
- "You must unshackle your mind from the belief that the Supreme Court is an impartial arbiter of truth and justice....McConnell, Trump, & Leo cheated and stole and packed the courts to put their collaborators in place not because they would administer justice evenhandedly, but because they wouldn’t."
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThis is appalling: Top DOJ officials are actively pushing for a criminal investigation into the widow of Renee Good, leading prosecutors to quit en masse, NYT is reporting. Who in the White House ordered DOJ to do this? That's the next thing to establish.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelFraming a violation of international law in the way of “4 easy steps to optimise your skincare routine” is a new level of ghoulishness. I don’t even know what to say at this point.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelOne basic lesson from political research is that secret police generally rely on mediocre men willing to do the dirty work of authoritarian regimes in order to advance their careers. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelIt's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls. If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
- Apparently, accurate criticism is not to be tolerated.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelYesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
- MAGA and Christian Nationalists are OUTRAGED over this Minnesota fraud, but I'm old enough to remember when mega-churches and school vouchers had some of the most flagrant fraud in American history. youtu.be/yDD-hVs3_1c
- You're going to have to share this one because the algorithm is going to suppress the hell out of it (content, language). Check out the One Nation Indivisible pod, the episode from late August, for more.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThe “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
- He shot her in the face, holstered his gun, and walked away.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelTrumpists will be giving the ICE murderer awards and recognitions and honors. That’s because (1) killing someone who thinks differently than they do is their fantasy (2) most of them are too spineless to do it but (3) by praising the murderer they can murder in a fantasy-league way
- Reposted by Andrew L. Seidel@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
- Murder. Excessive force. Call it whatever you want, ICE, Trump's bullies, killed a single mother in her neighborhood. A six year old is an orphan. They shot her in the face at point blank range. Let it radicalize you.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelWrote a piece for @slate.com explaining that states have a long history of prosecuting federal officers when they allegedly use excessive force. Federal officers are only immune from such prosecutions when they act reasonably in carrying out lawful duties.
- "Purity Culture" has devastated Americans for decades but Erica Smith helps people shed the shame and disinformation around sex and purity. Andrew and Erica discuss on One Nation, Indivisible: redcircle.com/shows/60d1cb9d-d556…
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelGiven news that ICE shot and killed an observer in Minneapolis, here is a pattern we've seen before: *DHS say officers were under threat. This justifies to use deadly force. *Subsequent reporting shows such claims simply don't hold up. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-threa...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelICE agents finally killed someone. This was inevitable. I need Democrats to stand up and demand accountability, punish these rogue forces, and call for the abolishment of this modern Gestapo.
- Reposted by Andrew L. Seidelthey are recruiting for the worst, bottom-of-the-barrel chuds imaginable and those chuds are behaving exactly as you'd expect
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThis is the video.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelAbsolutely horrific details about an ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A witness says a woman was trying to drive away from an ICE operation and the ICE agent "reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times." Bovino was there. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThe Ninth Circuit today holds that religious organizations have a First Amendment right to discriminate based on religion in hiring/firing non-ministers. The panel grounds its decision in the “church autonomy doctrine,” which the Supreme Court recognized for the first time in 2020. /1
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThis is the kind of thing that the Founders explicitly designed our constitution to prevent; a president who has seized wealth for his own benefit without any intervention from Congress, which in our system is supposed to be the holder of the power of the purse.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelThis is blatantly illegal. A president can’t go into the oil business and then decide where to spend the money. We are completely untethered from our founding document with a lawless president and a Republican Congress which has abdicated all Constitutional authority.
- When we published our report on the role Christian Nationalism played in the January 6th Insurrection, we experts got together to discuss it. I issued this warning: youtube.com/watch?v=U3aA19cwI3s… I want to be wrong. But I don't think I am.
- Yes, Christian Nationalism was a primary driver of the January 6th insurrection. The evidence is undeniable and cataloged by experts in the "Christian Nationalism and the January 6, 2021, Insurrection" report: bit.ly/CNandJ6 Check out that list of experts:
- No matter what the Trump regime tries to tell you, never forget: January 6th was a violate insurrection, an attempt to overturn a free and fair election. And it was a Christian Nationalist assault. Christian Nationalism was the permission structure for this violent attack.
- Returning to work after long breaks always makes me think about this post. The temptation is real.
- Started off the new year reading some Nick Offerman. He's got a great chapter in Paddle Your Own Canoe on the separation of church and state. Even points out that violating that principle is . . . un-American.
- Thank you so much for all your support in 2025. I got through with your help, a lot of books, and 5am workouts. Special shout out to all my OG supporters who have been in my corner for years. Happy New Year.
- Yes, Reagan really said this. And yes he did a bunch of awful things. My controversial take is that church-state separation is NOT a partisan political issue. It's a founding American value. People arguing against it want their religion to reign supreme. With church-state separation, everyone wins.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelDec. 18: Trump asks, “What ever happened to separation of Church and State?” Dec. 21: Vance says the U.S. is a “Christian nation.” Dec. 25: DHS insists that Americans “share a nation and a Savior.” Maybe Trump’s team can answer his original question? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelA day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelDOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.
- Happy Boxing Day! Lots of new folks celebrating for the first time this year... I wonder why?
- I see this every year and it always gives me a giggle.
- I'm an atheist and if it happens this holiday season, I'll go to church.
- Oopsie! You're pushing Christian Nationalism with fake quotes about the influence of the Ten Commandments. But James Madison never said or wrote anything resembling this statement or sentiment. Christian Nationalism is an entire identity based on disinformation.
- At the Mecca of Christian Nationalist gatherings, Charlie Kirk's TPUSA America Fest, JD Vance wrongly says America is and always will be a Christian nation. Here's a short corrective.
- Wrong on all levels. America will never be a Christian Nation because the moment it becomes a Christian Nation, it will cease to be America.
- Books make the best gifts!🎁 I've got lists upon lists for you in Bookshop. Best 📖for Dads 📖for parents to read out loud 📖to make you rethink everything 📖 historical fiction 📖to understand Christian Nationalism And so many more!
- Annual Reminder: The Bible says that Christmas trees are for heathens. Look, don't @ me. I didn't write the thing. And maybe it's about idols, but you're the one cutting down a tree, decking it out, watering it to keep it alive, and putting offerings underneath it.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelRob Boston has been a steady, principled force for church–state separation for decades, and the movement is stronger because of his work. Enjoy a well-earned retirement, Rob.
- Reposted by Andrew L. Seidel"Masculinity is like a high control religion." I feel that, @andrewlseidel.bsky.social pca.st/episode/f0ff...
- "Purity tests for holidays don't work. ... A strict Christmas in keeping with religious orthodoxy is unfamiliar to virtually everyone who celebrates in the U.S. In other words, there’s no right way to do Christmas, nor any requirement that it be religious." religiondispatches.org/finally-a-re...
- Rob Boston is one of the truly remarkable folks in the fight for church-state separation. After nearly 40 years at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, he rides into the retirement sunset. Thank you for being the rising tide, Rob.
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelHow many condescending, moralizing columns has David Brooks written since 2011
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelIt gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...
- Reposted by Andrew L. Seidel@andrewlseidel.bsky.social drops the truth bomb. youtube.com/shorts/SQ-tE...
- "How Screwed Are We?" With my buddy @sethandrews.com We talk all the serious stuff, but also ghosts and Die Hard as a Christmas movie. I'm biased, but I think you need this right now. Look at how much fun we're having!
- Link: youtu.be/2CHbtnwEUCk?...
- Reposted by Andrew L. SeidelI keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
- “Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course when things are boring, to run the risk of repeating an old argument just one more time, or of going one more round with a hostile or (much worse) indifferent audience.” ~C. Hitchens
- Companies, No, I don't want AI help in my home, chat, docs, phone, car, tv--I want your AI to fuck right off. It's wasteful and does a shitty job of the things you're pushing. Stop prompting me to turn it on. Give me an AI that takes away the drudgery of life so I can have more beauty and free time.
