Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made headlines this week after suggesting the 2024 election could be the last U.S. election if he wins in November. We look at a secret organization of wealthy Christians called Ziklag that is backing Trump's efforts by working to purge more than a million voters from the rolls in battleground states and mobilize Republican voters to back Trump. The news outlets ProPublica and Documented obtained thousands of Ziklag's internal files and found the group has divided its 2024 activities into three different operations: Steeplechase, which uses churches to get out the vote; Watchtower, which aims to rally voters around opposition to transgender rights; and Checkmate, which is focused on funding so-called election integrity groups, explains ProPublica investigative reporter Andy Kroll.

[fvkvgmy]

American Taliban is in town and working hard.

[dbarker]

Christian millionaires seem to have missed this part of the New Testament (Matthew 19:21):
Jesus told him, “If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Thanks for reporting on these dangerous anti-Christians.

[jmreitler]

Ziklag isn’t secret anymore! Thank you to whoever got this in front of Amy Goodman who is not part of the mainstream media, that would never report on this.

[jonathanmulondo]

The Handmaid's Tale was supposed to be a warning not an instruction manual

[death]

Take away these churches tax free status now!

[xavierparadiso]

OK I'm registered to vote now, for the first time. (60 years old)

[mjmwise]

Thank you for exposing this organization and its plans.

[sr]

Ziklag is violating their 501(c)(3) agreement

[zzginan_donniezz]

It should matter to all those Christians that he stood there and admitted to them all that HE IS NOT A CHRISTIAN, but says , just vote for Me, just this year....

[luisdavidllense]

I don't want this country to go back on its principles. These principles are foundational! Above all, we need to conserve the principle of our separation between church and state!

[KP-ucez]

He sounds so patronizing.
"My little Christians"
Guess they're used to that shit

[hlclkhi]

It’s illegal for tax exempt churches to shove a political agenda but no one will try to stop them. “No hate like Christian love.”

[SoOthersMayLiveandStuff]

This is NOT in-line with Christ’s teachings. This is empire building… and DISGUSTING. “It is easier for a Camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.“ Mark 10:25.

[frndlystrangr]

Real Christians don't behave like this!

[gingerc]

WTF??? This terrifying!! EVERYBODY NEEDS TO WATCH THIS! Our country is in trouble with these nuts!

[christinebuckingham]

BOYCOTT Hobby Lobby, U-Line and Jockey underwear Companies NOW!

[gypsy]

As old as time itself, using religion to control the sheep.

[aby]

Can always count on these fascists to come up with new cartoonishly evil plans.

[pluribus_unum]

Dictatorship or democracy.

This is still a battle for the soul of America.

[dsiepiela]

I’m so sick of being saturated with the Christian mythology and hypocrisy!!
There are religious salesmen on every corner.