
Molly Olmstead
@MollyOlmstead
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Staff writer @Slate. molly.olmstead at slate dot com
Joined February 2012
RT @ricardovalp: I spoke to @Slate @MollyOlmstead about why influencers who go to CECOT -El Salvador concentration camp where innocent immi….
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For people who make videos about extreme places, the CECOT pitch was irresistible.
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RT @gareth_gore: What is Opus Dei? A new book is full of sinister allegations. A Q&A with @Slate and @MollyOlmstead about my new book….
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Opus Dei came out of the fascist era in Spain. It’s not going away any time soon.
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Before going to a NAR event, I didn't fully realize, emotionally, the implications of preaching Trump's enemies are controlled by demonic forces. It's almost empathetic—It's not their fault as *people*, they're possessed! But it's a wildly powerful idea:
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A wild evangelical movement is storming swing states.
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RT @Hadavas: Today @allisonmeakem and I launched our monthly international fiction column at @ForeignPolicy! We review @hishamjmatar's My F….
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From Sicilian psychodrama to Qaddafi’s Libya.
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RT @joshuakeating: There were a lot of fantastic journalists at The Messenger, who deserved so much better than this.
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RT @sethmaxon: Great reporting from @MollyOlmstead talking to residents of Eagle Pass, Texas. The outsiders who’ve invaded their town and u….
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Eagle Pass has become the center of a national uproar over immigration and the 2024 election. It's turned life there upside down.
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RT @sethmaxon: Pope Francis’ move announced today allowing priests to bless same-sex relationships comes a month after he finally did somet….
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At last, this was the year he lost some patience.
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RT @sethmaxon: Read @mollyolmstead on #SoundofFreedom to understand both the reality of its subject and why the movie is so appealing to so….
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This is the exact point where a legitimate problem and dangerous conspiracy theory meet.
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RT @scottbraddock: On Uvalde: People in the state government who have seen all the evidence say “I can’t sleep at night because of what I s….
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RT @dbaich: "It’s just murder for murder. You're just killing one more person and creating this whole set of victims." --> I Watched My Bro….
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I watched my brother’s lethal injection. No one gets what this is really like.
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The Pope's Exorcist is extremely silly (I enjoyed it!), but as I watched it I couldn't stop thinking. I can't believe the real-life exorcists are mad about this
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They're rejecting the Indiana Jones treatment.
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Had a delightful conversation with @DrFrancisYoung about a strange scandal over the coronation invitations and the "hint of the nature worshiper" in King Charles
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A very niche drama is unfolding over an invitation sent out for King Charles III’s big day.
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RT @dankois: "Teachers are the experts? Teachers have all the knowledge? Are you kidding me? I know lots of teachers that are very good, bu….
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"Well, we’re Florida, OK?"
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RT @BrianKaylor: .@MollyOlmstead looked at how Ron DeSantis could be helped by Tom Ascol, a far-right Southern Baptist pastor ( https://t.co….
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While defending Southern Baptist pastors who called Vice President Kamala Harris a ‘Jezebel,’ Southern Baptist pastor Tom Ascol declared Harris was going to hell. He also consigned journalists Anne...
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Recent claims about the FBI's anti-Catholic bias are based on a memo that's been a big topic in conservative media. But people like Josh Hawley are misreading that memo—and creating a whole new conspiracy theory from it.
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Or, how "anti-Catholic bias at the FBI" is becoming a conspiracy theory in real time.
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When I heard DeSantis was trying to make New College into a new Hillsdale, my first thought was, "but NCF is what made Derek Black not a white nationalist!" So I called him up for his thoughts:
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The Florida governor is targeting the school for a right-wing overhaul—but he misunderstands the place.
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RT @CRCfordham: “All these retired church men are busy creating their own platforms and their own brands, and that’s what it looks like Gän….
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The archbishop has written a tell-all book meant to avenge his former boss—and lambast the current pope.
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RT @davidfolkenflik: A thread on my new investigation in collaboration with crackerjack team at Floodlight News - cannot say enough good th….
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Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.
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