Maga Republicans are still a domestic terrorist group

   

 Charlie Kirk Says a ‘Patriot’ Should Bail Out Alleged Paul Pelosi Attacker. No one will change my mind when I say Maga republicans are a domestic terrorist group!! They make Rittenhouse a celebrity, Election lies their reality, they try taking governors hostage (Michigan), and are OK to let people die of Covid (cuz "freedom")..and among other things they purposely publish conspiracy theories and other nonsense and try pushing it as truth. The whole Maga movement has been drawing white supremacists, antisemitism, the Proud Boys...not to forget the beginning of their coup on Jan 6 2021.

Raw Story: ​'The MAGA Republicans are a domestic terrorist cell': ex-Breitbart staffer
​CNN: Senate Republicans block domestic terrorism prevention bill in key vote
​Newsweek: ​President Biden Is Right: MAGA Republicans Are a Threat to Our Democracy | Opinion
​Mother Jones: ​How Trump Spread Incitement of Violence Throughout the GOP
Rally Starter: Demand a Plan from the GOP to Protect the US from MAGA Terrorists
​Washington Post: Biden’s stark warning: The U.S. is threatened by its own citizens
Daily Beast: It’s Time to Call MAGA a National Security Threat

If the GOP is so tough on crime, why are they causing so much of it?

  The man who assaulted Nancy Pelosi's husband, the militia members who planned to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer and the rioters on Jan. 6th are all devout Trumpers. If the GOP is so tough on crime, why are they causing so much of it?

​Fact Check: Misleading Attack About Democrats and Criminal Immigrants
New Republic: John Durham’s Investigation Has Disclosed Corruption: His Own
Reveal: ​State Legislatures Are Dramatically Increasing Law Enforcement Involvement in Elections​
NPR: ​Republicans recast drugs and fentanyl as a crime and border security problem
Seattle PI: ​GOP lawmakers move toward removal of Philadelphia prosecutor
Yahoo: ​'Asian Lives Matter' Republican ad blames Biden for anti-Asian hate

The Prophets of doom gloom and Trump are back

  Julie Green, of Julie Green Ministries, has received another “prophetic word” from God. God says Herschel Walker will win, MAGA candidates will win every place elections were “stolen” in 2020, and Biden will be replaced. So sayeth the Lord. (Her video has 151,000 views since last night).

​Yahoo News: Doug Mastriano says he's not extreme. So why do many say he is?
​Get Religion: New stories on New Apostolic Reformation, Sean Feucht keep assuming a right-wing takeover
​New Republic: The Right-Wing Christian Sect Plotting a Political Takeover

Magas are officially a hate group

 The assailant who broke into Nancy Pelosi's house and beat Nancy Pelosi's husband (an 86 year old man) called out "Nancy" at first. Clearly he was hoping to find Nancy Pelosi. That's a clear result of the GOP demonizing Nancy Pelosi whenever they can. It's part of their talking points. Maga cult and elected GOPers also. Magas are officially a hate group, "christian" white nationalist and racist...and, anti-semitic. Before Trump was elected and won his first primary in Iowa he said "I love the uneducated!" That is the game he has played and he has an army of Magas who eat up the stupid and the hate and do his bidding, so to speak. He instigated the dumpster fire known as Jan 6...then sacrificed them and pretends he had no idea who they were. The very real threat is still out there. November 8 could be a bad day for America.

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NBC News: Live updates: Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked in home invasion

NBC News Bay Area: ​What to Know About David Depape, Man Accused of Attacking Paul Pelosi in SF Home Invasion

​San Francisco Standard: ​Speaker Pelosi Arrives at SF Hospital as Husband’s Alleged Attacker Faces Attempted Murder Charge
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​“This is a direct result of that disgusting political rhetoric, whether it’s from Donald Trump or Marjorie Taylor Greene or Newsmax or Fox News. And I’m really worried that now that Elon Musk is taking over Twitter, he is going to unleash the hate. I’m concerned about that. It’s going to make things worse.”  -California State Senator Scott Wiener on violence against Paul Pelosi 10.28.22

​CNN: Paul Pelosi, Nancy Pelosi’s husband, attacked at couple’s home

Sacramento Bee: ​Conspiracy theories, racist posts: What we know about the Nancy Pelosi home invasion suspect

KIRO: ​Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, attacked with hammer in home break-in

​Reuters: ​Attack on Nancy Pelosi's home was 'not a random act', police say

New York Times: ​Live Updates: Intruder Seeking Speaker Pelosi Attacked Her Husband With a Hammer

Business Insider: ​Nancy Pelosi's husband severely beaten with a hammer during an early-morning break-in

The "god" of the Christian Nationalists isn't very bright.

 

  The "god" of the Christian Nationalists isn't very bright. This "god" created a whole country that is "Christian" and he forgot to put the word "Christian" in any of the founding documents. Then this "god" also was rather unconcerned about that "separation of church and state" part and made that a cornerstone of Americas founding. Maybe "god" was sleeping that day and we all know what a trickster Ben Franklin was.

     Then there's slavery. A pretty big whoopse that this Christian Nationalist  "god" let that go in it's foundation. LOTS of things were ignored by the Christian Nationalist  "god" but now in order to fix those whoopses the American Christian Nationalists want to do God and everybody a favor and create a theocratic government. I guess Lindsey Graham could be the first "handmaid" if they go that route and create that "tale."

     13 colonies belonging to the British Empire, whose king presided over an imperial church means that the original British citizens residing in those colonies were living under Christian rule. But they seemed to have not wanted it so they threw some tea in the water and broke away from any resemblance of any official religion. (but still provided protections for "religions". They even used muskets and bayonets to attack those British theocrats and called themselves "Patriots." (and, no, Mel Gibson was not there....and Debbie Gibson hadn't recorded her first album yet).
    

    Betsy Ross' husband Gasden Ross created the "Dont Tread on Me Flag" cuz he just liked snakes and Betsy was busy making flags for friends in the colony. (some of this might be made up...but so is "Christian Nationalism.")
In 1956 the US adopted "In God We Trust" as the US motto. In 1955 Eisenhower had approved it to be on US coins. I guess they were trying to fix all those hundred years plus of not remembering to trust God...since the Christian Nationalist "god" overlooked it back in 1776.

     Now if you ask a David Barton-Like Christian Nationalist, he will tell you that some of the guys who signed the Declaration of Independence and wrote the Constitution were Christian and they outranked all the non-christians and deists because David Barton-like people wrote books about it...and if someone took the time to write about it in a book...how could it be wrong??? Especially if you add the words "God" and "Jesus" to it.  I think they knew that the Christian Nationalist "god" left stuff out but they will tell you clearly that "god" revealed it to them. Christian nationalists like it when people "tell them stuff about God in US history" cuz it "fills in the blanks" for them.
   

 And turns out that the Christian Nationalist "god" was waiting until 2016 to begin establishing His Christian theocracy because the Christian Nationalist "god" was just too busy for the last 250 years or so and decided he needed to seal the deal "he" started way back then and was looking for someone who was morally bankrupt, unrepentant, orange, threw ketchup, hung out with both of the Corinthians, and married a porn star.  Hence "Donald Trump," or as he called himself, Barron. ("Barron" would call newspapers to brag about "this wonderful guy named Donald Trump. " "Barron" was so real to Donald Trump that he named one of his sons after his real "fake" personality. )
Christian Nationalism is a fake gospel which, historically, has only one goal: To get power. For more information read about Germany in the 1930s.

The Christian Nationalist top 20 offenders

 The Christian Nationalist top 20 offenders, according to Faithful America, are:

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas
Steve Bannon, political strategist, Catholic activist and former aide to Donald Trump
David Barton, pseudo-historian, activist and founder of WallBuilders
Lauren Boebert, U.S. representative from Colorado
Ted Budd, U.S. representative from North Carolina
Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida
Sean Feucht, activist and worship leader
Mayra Flores, U.S. representative from Texas
Michael Flynn, retired general, conspiracy theorist and megachurch speaker
Franklin Graham, evangelist and president of both the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse
Marjorie Taylor Greene, U.S. representative from Georgia
Josh Hawley, U.S. senator from Missouri
Kristina Karamo, Secretary of state candidate in Michigan
Kari Lake, gubernatorial candidate in Arizona
Blake Masters, U.S. senate candidate in Arizona
Doug Mastriano, gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania
Mary Miller, U.S. representative from Illinois
Tony Perkins, pastor and president of Family Research Council
Joseph Strickland, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler, Texas
J.D. Vance, author and U.S. senate candidate from Ohio​

"Religious Freedom" as used by politicians in the United States is a misnomer.

 

"Religious Freedom" as used by politicians in the United States is a misnomer. When used it is veiled and does not disclose that the only religion they they really want freedom for is Christians. Consistent usage of the two words has brought Christianity in America to a crossroads: stay grounded in Biblical Christianity or reinterpret it all to mean that religious freedom means to establish a theocratic government. 

ACLU: ​YOUR RIGHT TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
​Baptist Press: ​California cake designer wins ruling about same-sex ceremony
CAIR: ​CAIR Calls EU Court Ruling Allowing Hijab Bans in the Workplace a Setback for Religious Freedom
​Christian Post: ​Vatican renews provisional agreement with China on bishop appointments
​Daily Caller: ​Yeshiva University Agrees To Recognize LGBTQ Club Amid Legal Battle Over Religious Freedom
5News Online: ​Issue 3 in Arkansas: What does this mean for religious freedom?

The IRS is not hiring an army of 87,000 “new agents” to target low- and middle-class Americans.

 The GOP’s warnings on the subject of the IRS are generally alarmist and misleading. The agency is not hiring an army of 87,000 “new agents” to target low- and middle-class Americans. Many hires will be used to replace some 50,000 IRS employee retirements in coming years. Others will become customer service representatives answering taxpayer phone calls. In my research of it I was rather disheartened to find out that the GOP right wing liars outnumber the truth by a fairly large margin. Disheartening because many of these misinformed people are elected officials. Including the House Ways and Means Republicans.  I will submit some of their articles below. 

The Washington Post: Perspective | Republican campaigns targeting IRS could endanger staffers, union says
Forbes: The Reality Of Increased IRS Funding
Auburn Citizen: Fact check: GOP claims IRS will hire 87,000 agents to target middle class
AP News: Posts, campaign ads distort IRS funding
The American Independent: Republicans' midterm centerpiece: A debunked lie about new IRS agents
Bloomberg Tax: Sense and Nonsense About the IRS' Funding Increase From Congress

The View from the Right Wing

Americans for Tax Reform Democrats Support IRS' Culture of Corruption and Incompetence
The Dickinson Press: Armstrong denounces IRS hiring surge as 'accounting gimmick'
Breitbart: RNC Reminds Americans Democrats Voted to Hire 87,000 IRS Agents
Charlotte Observer: Ted Budd says 87,000 IRS agents are coming to your house. Better check the pantry.
Washington Examiner: Democrats cover for IRS destruction of 30 million taxpayer filings

Maga in a nutshell

  

 Donald Trump  brought Christian Nationalism out of the shadows. It's not Christian but it has  some of the trappings and decorum. They use the Bible...but selectively reinterpret it to meet their need (as many cults do).  Many people in it think it is real....so its a real draw for the uneducated to believe "Truth" is relative.  For them its like being in a cult but not knowing they are in a cult. It's what is behind the fanatical dogma of Trumpvangelicalism. QAnon and other various conspiracy theories are an inevitable mix of emotion and a watered down theology. "Faith" becomes relative and emotion driven. The emergence with white nationalists is likely more about power than practicality but it brings to light the unresolved issues in the South which were never resolved at Appomattox. I think if a Civil War Part II is going to happen it will be around November 2022. It would not be a Civil War II..but a continuance of the one in the 1860s. 

Reality against Non-Reality plays out in "Don't Look Up" on Netflix

    My thoughts on "Dont Look Up" which I watched last night on Netflix:

    "Don't Look Up" satirizes the political climate that has been playing out for the last decade or so but has become really intense in the last few years. And it's not the Republican vs Democrat or left and right divide but reality vs non-reality.

     Meryl Streep plays the President. Her character is somewhat Trumpian: self absorbed and played to the masses even though she was an unethical slime trying to get re-elected. (It didn't hit me til I was writing this that that may be why she had that awful hair style and wore that cap at her rallies)
     Leonardo Dicaprio and Jennifer Lawrence were her nemesis. They were reality to Streep's non-reality. Without giving up too much of the movie for those who have not seen it yet...just think of the political climate we have faced in the last couple years on the issues of the pandemic: The facts are there. But the deniers and anti-vaxxers push an agenda where reality does not matter. They would be crying "Don't Look Up" and essentially deny any and all facts and evidence.

     Some interviews I saw before I saw the movie mentioned climate change as a metaphor and I think it could be. Climate change deniers would be the "Don't Look Up" crowd even though reality is clear. And it wasn't that many years ago that I was one of them.
     There are other factions of the battles which are interesting but if I reveal too much I would spoil some of the events for those who have not seen it yet. 
     In the end, in spite of all of our political agendas reality will win. Democrat or Republican, right wing or left wing.....will mean nothing.