Intelligence Dispatch: Bill Barr to Speak at Right-Wing Catholic Conference

Events on the Right: Napa Institute's Annual Summer Conference, Wallbuilders' Patriot Academy's National Leadership Congress, and CPAC's Texas Conference.

Events on the Right

• Napa Institute, a right-wing Catholic foundation, is hosting the organization’s Annual Summer Conference at the Meritage Resort in Napa, California from July 27 - July 31. (Price Tag: $2,700)

  • Featured Speakers Include: Bill Barr, former U.S. Attorney General; Ryan Anderson, president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center; and Kellie Fiedorek, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom

  • The agenda includes workshops such as "Liquid Gender and Its Consequences," "Life After Roe: State-Based Efforts to Affirm the Dignity of Women and their Children," and "Staying Awake in a Woke Church."

  • “The Napa Institute — an organization of growing national religious, financial and political clout, but one that manages to fly largely under the popular radar — is hosting its 12th annual Summer Conference at the Meritage Resort and Spa. It will be a who’s who of Republican politics, and a symphony of conservative messaging.” [The Press Democrat]

• Wallbuilders, an organization that advocates for Christian Nationalism, is hosting the Patriot Academy's National Leadership Congress at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas from July 31 - August 6. (Price Tag: $797 - $1197)

  • Featured Speakers Include: Dinesh D'Souza, right-wing political pundit and conspiracy theorist; Michael Knowles, right-wing media personality; Ben Shapiro, right-wing political commenter and co-founder of The Daily Wire; and David Baron, pseudohistorian Christian Nationalist founder of Wallbuilders

  • “…Barton and WallBuilders argue that Jefferson and the Founders, outside of some exceptions, meant for the “wall of protection” to operate in one direction. It also, the group and its founder suggested, applies mostly to the federal government, not the states.” [Religion News Service]

  • Patriot Academy is among several right-wing fundamentalist Christian organizations that provide “biblical citizenship” training at “hundreds of churches to instill the belief that America was founded on Christian values.” [The New York Times]