Going LIVE this morning at 11 ET!
My first substack LIVE event with Gareth Gore, author of Opus
Hello! We’re marking the two year anniversary of the American Freakshow with our FIRST Substack Live video event. At 11 a.m. East Coast time, I’ll be talking to British investigative journalist Gareth Gore author of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking and Rightwing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church.
Gareth spent six years traveling the globe, researching the history and evolution of the secretive hard right Catholic sect that has long aimed to gain influence in secular power centers around the world. Gore wrote about how the sect’s priests took aim at DC a few decades ago, with great success. The trad Cath Supreme Court capture under Trump was not the end. With the death of Pope Francis, this regressive claque and its American allies like super-lobbyist Leonard Leo are gearing up for a battle.
Join us!
Two recent related posts.
The Far Right is Coming for the Vatican
On Roman streets and the worldwide web today, a half-joke is making the rounds: Catholic convert JD Vance, emissary of America’s empathy-challenged hard right, was the last visitor to Pope Francis before he died and somehow… did him in.
Meet the Real Red Hats
Every time I think the members of the religious right can’t really be that nuts, I learn something that moves the line. JD Vance’s ravings about the psychopathy and inherent civic worthlessness of single cat ladies are just the tip of the iceberg.
We had him on Unreasonable. Terrific book, terrific interview. Looking forward to this!
Yay!