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In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, tofu-ll of things, many things, soy it is…. Witchcraft accusations – tis the season – a Taurus Full Moon, Cherry discusses death ministry, the Orionids are in full display, star’s tarot of the week, plus did we say tofu?
As President Donald Trump’s poll numbers drop, political rhetoric is taking a surreal turn. “Spellbinding” claims, warnings of Satanists, and rising fear-based narratives suggest conservative power is being maintained not through policy, but through fear.
A federal voting bill moving through Congress would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register for federal elections. While supporters call it an election security measure, critics warn the requirements could create new obstacles for some voters and minority communities.
“Both Charlies, Hebdo and Kirk,” writes Lyonel Perabo, “played pretty much the same game: riling up people, both for laughs and to score political points. Kirk’s ideology was rooted in Christian conservatism, while Charlie Hebdo was staffed by left-libertarians. Yet they both met with the same fate: they were murdered because their speech was deemed dangerous.”
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission launches with Christian nationalist overtones, drawing criticism for lacking diversity and threatening church–state separation. Critics warn it weaponizes religious freedom to serve a narrow ideological agenda.