The Seven Mountains

Conservatives are gaining power in Grapevine, fueled by a once-fringe movement that calls on evangelicals to control the seven key “mountains” of American society — including education. A cellphone company with a Christian nationalist agenda heeds that call and sets its sights on winning school board seats in Grapevine, following an example set a year earlier in the neighboring city of Southlake.

CORRECTION (Oct. 4, 2023, 08:40 p.m. ET): A previous version of this episode misstated the amount of money Patriot Mobile Action spent in school board elections in North Texas in spring 2022. It was nearly $500,000, not $600,000.

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Can a story be told without hate?

I am interested in hearing both sides of a subject but this podcast is slanted just like all of the republican information they hate. It will stir anger and hatred without ever listening or telling the other side of the story. They chose the extreme Republican stort to tell. They tried to tell the extreme story (Patriot Mobile) to further expand the divide.

Where are the brave souls who calmly listen and tell the whole story? Where are those who embody both? Just like the extreme Republicans you hate, you too are part of the problem. Where are those who love a person such as Ren not because of extreme views but because Ren in a human with fellings and ideas.

Looking for less hate on both sides of the isle. Be part of the solution not a part of the problem. You could have told Rens story with compassion and love but instead you introduce seven moutains? Never heard of it and dont want to. You have dishonored Ren.