Frank Schaeffer

A Dangerous Religious Cult?

Yesterday we took a peak at how the GOP is slipping into the status of being a cult rather than a legitimate political party. As I've mentioned before, recently Blue America has partner with an evangelical group, Vote Common Good, a 501 c (4) non-profit organization, which is helping Democratic congressional candidates have a better understanding of evangelical voters.

Trump's New BBF

We've all heard this interview Trump did after his meeting with Kim Jong-Un, right? The one where he dismissed North Korea’s human rights violations and Kim Jong Un’s atrocities against his own people. Something like a quarter million North Koreans are political prisoners in concentration camps, subjected to forced labor, physical and psychological abuse and execution. North Korea has the worst human rights record in the world according to the UN, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

American Civilization Is Fighting An Uphill Battle Against white Evangelicals' Tendency To Choose Make-Believe As A Self-Justification For Well-Honed Ignorance

-by Frank SchaefferWhite evangelicals grew up on a theology that trains people to be those who can’t tell the difference between reality and make-believe. They then opt for make-believe again and again because fantasy is kinder and more malleable than reality.

When Trump Falls, Here's How The White Evangelical Leadership Will Explain And Profit From His Fall

by Frank SchaefferTrump has a lifetime of criminal activity to hide. The dumbest thing he ever did was run for president. He’s going down. How will the white evangelical leaders that talked their followers into voting for Trump explain this, then come out winners?Trump broke the number one rule of con-artists and grifters: never attract attention to yourself.

We're Still Not A Theocracy

Earlier today, Frank Schaeffer, whose dad, Francis Schaeffer, was one of the founders of the Religious Right, reminded his readers that this country was never meant to be a theocracy and still isn't. Odd that he had to say so-- but today was the day it needed to be done. "For seven hours today," he wrote, "the remains of the evangelist Billy Graham will lie in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda. Why? Billy was a family friend but this is not appropriate. We aren’t Iran. We aren’t a theocracy.

Is God Ready To See The Planet Destroyed-- In His Name?

Normal Americans aren't excited that Scott Pruitt is moving rapidly top destroy decades of progress at the EPA. But last week, the Christian Broadcasting Network, a right-wing outlet, looked at it from from the perspective of the lunatic fringe. We're talking about a lunatic fringe that spits in Jesus' face and worship mammon in the form of a fat self-glorifying orange orangutan.

Can An "Ex"-Republican Blue Dog Defeat An Actual Democrat In The Omaha Congressional Primary?

Ostensibly they're both Democrats-- similarly to the way Chicagoland Blue Dog Dan Lipinski and progressive reformer Marie Newman are both Democrats. By in this Omaha case there's an even starker contrast. As far as we know, Lipinski wasn't ever an actual Republican. Brad Ashford, on the other hand was a Republican . He served in the Legislature from 1987 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2015. He was a registered Republican and opportunistically, he switched his registration to the Democratic Party when he was termed out of his seat in the legislature and decided to run for Congress.