Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule.

If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.

I'm Heath Drusen and on the new season of Extremely

American I'll take you inside the movement. Listen to Extremely American

from Boise State Public Radio, part of the NPR Network.

This is Fresh Air, I'm Tanya Mosley.

This time last summer,

President Joe Biden was talking about his run for a second term

on what his administration called Bidenomics, a plan to rebuild the economy by

creating jobs, fixing aging infrastructure, and investing in manufacturing and

clean energy.

Well, a series of recent reports show

that the Biden administration's efforts

have spurred recent job growth in the last three years,

most notably in the Midwest and Southeast, so-called left-behind counties,

places that experienced decades of divestment.

There are several reasons for this growth,

most notably the trillions of dollars from the Administration's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and

inflation reduction act.

A recent report in the New York Times notes that in terms of job growth,

left behind counties experienced three of their

four worst years since the Great Recession on Trump's watch. But went on to point

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