Conservative Evangelicals Aren’t Hypocrites, They’re Sadists

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“God tells you not just the way you should be, but the way you actually are, and if you accept that, you will be blessed. ”

If you step outside of it, you're just asking for trouble. So arguing against this structure asks conservative white evangelicals to rewire their entire sense of reality. Late last week, my friend John Stoehr made a daring argument: “white evangelical Christian support for Donald Trump isn’t...

Obama Hasn’t Called For ‘All-Out Gun Confiscation’

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“A headline circulating on partisan websites distorts former President Barack Obama’s tweet advocating stricter gun laws in the wake of the most...”

Full StoryFormer President Barack Obama posted a statement on Twitter advocating “tougher gun laws,” reducing the influence of online hate groups, and heightening tolerance following the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. He also tweeted a link to piece published by Vox...

Party of relentless bad faith: How Republican lies and hypocrisy hit an all-time high

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“Republican bad faith has come in many varieties over many decades. Has it corroded democracy beyond repair?”

ast week, before Trump’s buffoonish cave on his attempt to hijack the census, Greg Sargent wrote about Attorney General William Barr’s emerging role as Trump’s enabler in undermining the rule of law — first in the census case, then in the challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The connection...

Leading Civil Rights Lawyer Shows 20 Ways Trump Is Copying Hitler’s Early Rhetoric and Policies

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““Why does an ignorant, narcissistic buffoon like Trump trigger such anxiety? Why do so many Americans feel it existentially (not just politically)...”

A new book by one of the nation’s foremost civil liberties lawyers powerfully describes how America’s constitutional checks and balances are being pushed to the brink by a president who is consciously following Adolf Hitler’s extremist propaganda and policy template from the early 1930s—when the...

America’s Mass Shooting Epidemic Is the Result of Republican Minority Rule

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“A clear majority of Americans and Democrats support stricter gun control—the GOP has been blocking it for decades, and the results have been murderous”

Over this past weekend, America experienced yet another double-header mass shooting, with a total of 29 dead and 53 injured. On Saturday in El Paso, Texas, a 21-year-old white man, who authorities say published an anti-Hispanic screed on the online forum 8chan, reportedly opened fire in a...

This Trump plan would strip about 500,000 kids of free school lunches

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“Here’s what that “abuse” looks like when families are faced with the real-world choice between food and housing.”

The Trump administration left important information out of its latest attempt to take food aid from millions of poor people: The plan would potentially strip around 500,000 kids of free school lunches. But while the Trump administration was up-front about the 3.1 million people who would be...

This Trump plan would strip about 500,000 kids of free school lunches

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“Here’s what that “abuse” looks like when families are faced with the real-world choice between food and housing.”

The Trump administration left important information out of its latest attempt to take food aid from millions of poor people: The plan would potentially strip around 500,000 kids of free school lunches. But while the Trump administration was up-front about the 3.1 million people who would be...

‘The church was empty’: Congregation walks out of service after pastor echoes Trump

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“A pastor in Virginia is facing a revolt from his own congregation after he put up a sign echoed controversial comments from President Donald Trum”

Trump and his rumps seem to be trying to destroy Christianity

‘National embarrassment’ Matt Gaetz hit with wave of mockery for unhinged attack on Mueller: ‘The human embodiment of a Hannity monologue’

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“Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) furiously peppered former special counsel Robert Mueller with conspiracy theories gleaned from Fox News — and he was met...”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) furiously peppered former special counsel Robert Mueller with conspiracy theories gleaned from Fox News — and he was met with a tsunami of mockery. The Florida Republican shouted out wild claims about former British spy Christopher Steele, whom he accused of making up...

An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry

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“His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.”

History of Trump’s Bigotry His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage. TEXT SIZE Bottom of Form The first quotation from Donald Trump ever to appear in The New York Timescame on October 16, 1973. Trump was...