Republican Religion

Failure by Nancy OhanianSince the shutdown here in L.A., gun shops have been busier than usual, sometimes with long lines snaking down the street in front of them. A friend of mine who has never owned one before, bought one, a shotgun. Are people worried marauders looking for pasta and toilet paper could be a danger to their families? Another exception-- primarily, but not exclusively, in Southern states-- is even crazier: churches.

On Friday, Trump AG William Barr spoke at the Notre Dame Law School, decrying the ascendancy of secularism and vowing "to do all he can to assure continued religious freedom for Americans." More a political hack for the far right than an actual Attorney General, Barr babbled, incoherently to the students that "Among the militant secularis

Evolution by Nancy OhanianYesterday, after noting the alternative constitution that MoscowMitch seems to be using, I saw a post from John Pavlovitz about the Newest Testament: Excerpts from The MAGA Bible, like McConnell's alternative constitution, discovered in Louisville, Kent

by Noah Sunday Thoughts:If Trump is the new Christ of today's "Christians." What does that say about Melania? Is she the new Mary Magdalene? Or is that Ivanka?In any event, I think I'll pass on Communion. No eating a symbol of Trump's body or drinking rancid Kool-Aid "blood of Trump" for me.

by NoahSunday Thoughts:Ah! A Republican religious mantra on a marquee! Call it a Marquee Of God. If we all follow such a Republican Marquee of God, we will end up with an uber-sadistic Republican Marquis de Sade. No sex of course. This is Republicanism we're talking about. But, plenty of sadism and cruelty just the same. Isn't it obvious in every Republican policy? Every time they open their mouths? Sadism is their religion.

-by Tim B. GilmanCreative Director, Vote Common Good

John Pavlovitz had an Easter Sunday tweet this morning: "It's impossible to be devoted to the Jesus of the Scriptures, while refusing refugees, expelling immigrants, demonizing Muslims, vilifying brown people, worshiping political power, and neglecting the poor." And he pointed his followers to a post he wrote in February,

Republican Values by Nancy OhanianBret Stephens is one of the New York Times' neoconservative #NeverTrump on-staff Republicans. Yesterday's column, Trump and the Annihilation of Shame, is another public yearn for the good ole days.

by NoahSunday Thoughts:So Republican messiah Donald Trump went to Alabama to have a look at the destruction wrought by some of God's tornados a few weeks ago. This time, instead of tossing paper towels out to the victims, he signed their Bibles. I'm guessing that the Alabamans who presented their Bibles for signature were told that Trump would only sign their KKK hoods and MAGA hats behind closed doors.

by NoahSunday Thoughts:A word of explanation: Wendy Wasserman Schultz is a twitter ID used by @dvorakoelling to take the piss out of President Basket Case. She also goes by the name of Anonymous White House Official for the same reasons. Wendy, of course, is the name that that thing in the White House called the infamous Florida fake Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz in one of his 2 million tweets from 2018.