Florida man encourages sorcery, maybe dismembers goat in ritual sacrifice, runs for U.S. Senate

A herd of goats on a farm in Ukraine.
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The Libertarian Party of Florida is embroiled in controversy surrounding its Senate candidate, one Augustus Sol Invictus (a self-given name which roughly means "Invincible Sun Emperor").

The conflict came to a head on Thursday with the resignation of the party's state chair, Adrian Wyllie. "I resigned to draw attention to this, as a protest," Wyllie explained. "I don't want anyone to think this guy represents Libertarians. He doesn't. Under the law, we can't keep him from the ballot.”

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.