An atheist tries the prayer app beloved by MAGA celebrities — the results are unnerving

Gwen Stefani has partnered with a Christian prayer app featuring "Voice" judge and pop icon.

The Hallow app features celebrity endorsements and collaborations from Donald Trump fanboys Peter Thiel and JD Vance .

The founder claims the goal is to "share the beauty, peace, and power of the Church ’s spirituality with the world".

A "artificial intelligence" feature called Magisterium AI offers, "Ask me questions on faith and Church teaching!" Frida Ghitis : It seemed all very silly to worry about in our current political situation, where a fascist has taken over the government, tanked the economy and people — most of whom are likely Christians ! — are being kidnapped and sent to a foreign gulag.

Ghitis says the project of lulling users into not caring about anything outside their immediate self-interest suits the goals of the MAGA movement.

MAGA propagandists repeatedly show that they see gender as the most fruitful locus for radicalizing people to their cause.

The Hallow app is right-wing propaganda, but not in the hammer-to-face way you get from Breitbart or Fox News .

Instead, it's a warm bath of permission to ignore the horrors being unleashed by an administration boosted by the people who funded this app.