🥁 Axios PM: Those texts sounded familiar

Plus: 💵 Replacing Jackson | Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Capital One   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Dec 14, 2021 Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 414 words, a 1.5-minute read.     1 big thing: Losing our religion Reproduced from Pew Research Center. Chart: Axios Visuals The share of religiously unaffiliated Americans nearly doubled over the past 15 years to 29%, a Pew Research Center survey finds. Christians of all varieties make up 63% of the adult population — down from 75% a decade ago. Between the lines: Most of the increase in what Pew calls "nones" comes from the decline of Protestantism. 40% of U.S. adults are Protestants, down from 52% in 2007. The big picture: The religiously unaffiliated are no longer crowded in coastal cities, Santa Clara adjunct professor Elizabeth Drescher told AP. They're now spread across all regions, age ranges, ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds. Go deeper.     2. 🐦 The texts sounded familiar ... Via Twitter Jake Sherman — co-founder of Punchbowl News, a fount of real-time Capitol reportage — tweeted today that he was the author of two texts to Mark Meadows that the 1/6 committee released last night. "I knew I had communicated a ton w White House officials that day as I sat in the Capitol," Sherman says. "This thread stuck out to me." That's because two texts quoted by the committee were from Sherman to Meadows, then chief of staff to President Trump. See the texts above.     A message from Capital One New career opportunities arise for New Orleanians     Capital One has partnered with Louisiana nonprofits to support training residents for careers in the field of flood management. Why it's important: With every significant rain, the southern city floods. Flood management workers can help mitigate the damage by building green infrastructure.     3. Catch up quick This 90-year-old Russian fir tree will be on display at the Kremlin this New Year and Christmas. Photo: Gavriil Grigorov/TASS via Getty Images D.C.'s attorney general is seeking to use a law known as the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 "to absolutely bring as much financial pain … as possible" against the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. Go deeper. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) told "Axios on HBO" that the Republican Party must "step away from cult worship" and not hand over the organization to just one person. Video. Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is being required by the state's Joint Commission on Public Ethics to give back money from his $5.1 million book deal. Go deeper.     4. Cherokee Nation wants one of its own on the 20 Photo: "Axios on HBO" The head of the Cherokee Nation believes it would be an act of justice to replace Andrew Jackson's portrait on the $20 bill. "I think Wilma Mankiller would be a great replacement," Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. told Axios' Russell Contreras during an interview for "Axios on HBO." Mankiller was the Cherokee Nation's first female principal chief before dying in 2010. Jackson signed the 1835 Treaty of New Echota that forced the Cherokee Nation to move to present-day Oklahoma along the "Trail of Tears." The big picture: The Obama administration supported replacing Jackson with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. In 2019, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the project would be delayed until 2026. Video.     A message from Capital One The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on women     Nearly half of women earning $50,000 or less were still working fewer hours than they had pre-pandemic or had stopped working altogether as of August 2021. Why it's important: Findings from the Capital One Insights Center examine how women are facing disproportionate impacts. Learn more.   Like this email style and format? Bring the strength of Smart Brevity® to your team — more effective communications, powered by Axios HQ.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: