Category: Politics

  • Trumpty Dumpty – New York Post Cover Story

    Trumpty Dumpty – New York Post Cover Story

    Don (who couldn’t build a wall) had a great fall — can all the GOP’s men put the party back together again?

    New York Post - Trumpty Dumpty
    New York Post – November 2022
  • False Prophets Among Us

    False Prophets Among Us

    False Prophets
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    “Christian nationalism poses a grave threat to democracy, the church, and the common good — and grassroots Christians are sick of seeing False Prophets distort the Gospel for their agenda of hatred, power, and division. To help Americans respond to the threat of Christian nationalism, Faithful America has identified the following influential False Prophets in both the church and the public square.” 1

    • Greg Abbott – Has been commended for his attacks on the LGBTQ community by fellow False Prophet Tony Perkins’ Family Research Council, designated an anti-LGBTQ “hate group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center
    • Steve Bannon – Bannon’s CPAC 2022 speech was tinged with an implied threat of political violence and rife with Christian nationalism, including calling progressives “radical, cultural Marxists” and “groomers” who “want to destroy the Republic” and declaring that conservatives must pursue absolute victory over “power-mad and lawless” opponents, asserting: “There can be no half measures anymore” for “This is war, this is war.”
    • David Barton – Has suggested that climate change is God’s punishment for legalized abortion
    • Lauren Boebert – Openly advocated for a theocracy at a religious service, saying: “The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. That is not how our Founding Fathers intended it. I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk that’s not in the Constitution.”
    • Ted Budd – Signed an Amicus brief contesting the results of the 2020 election, objected to certification of the results, and called the 2020 insurrectionists “just patriots standing up”
    • Ron Desantis
    • Sean Feucht
    • Mayra Flores
    • Michael Flynn
    • Franklin Graham
    • Marjorie Taylor Greene
    • Josh Hawley
    • Kristina Karmamo
    • Kari Lake – “Kari Lake was booted from Arizona town hall audience before Hobbs took the stage” 2
    • Blake Masters
    • Doug Mastriano
    • Mary Miller
    • Tony Perkins
    • Joseph Strickland
    • J.D. Vance

  • Ducey, Doug (R-AZ Governor)

    • Catholic Governors Turn Their Backs on Their Faith
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      “Three prominent, right-wing, Catholic governors — Ron DeSantis of Florida, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Doug Ducey of Arizona — have been making headlines for brazenly abusing migrants to score political points. And the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) hasn’t said a word about these shockingly cruel attacks on migrant families.

      Last week, DeSantis tricked at least 50 asylum seekers into boarding a plane to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, MA — leading them to believe that the flight was actually to Boston and cruelly promising them shelter and assistance that didn’t exist. Abbott and Ducey have likewise bused thousands of migrants to northern cities without any plan in place to greet or care for them once they got there.

      These relocation transports by MAGA governors aren’t without tragic — and racist — precedent. During the 1960s, southern segregationists orchestrated “Reverse Freedom Rides,” pushing hundreds of Black citizens to board one-way buses to northern cities and falsely promising them jobs and housing once they got there.

      Catholic social teaching couldn’t be clearer on treating migrants with understanding and respect. The USCCB’s own website states that “we cannot excuse inhumane treatment of certain persons by claiming that their lack of legal status deprives them of rights given by the Creator.”” 3

  • Catholic Governors Turn Their Backs on Their Faith

    Catholic Governors Turn Their Backs on Their Faith

    Right Wing
    Pixaby

    “Three prominent, right-wing, Catholic governors — Ron DeSantis of Florida, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Doug Ducey of Arizona — have been making headlines for brazenly abusing migrants to score political points. And the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) hasn’t said a word about these shockingly cruel attacks on migrant families.

    Last week, DeSantis tricked at least 50 asylum seekers into boarding a plane to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, MA — leading them to believe that the flight was actually to Boston and cruelly promising them shelter and assistance that didn’t exist. Abbott and Ducey have likewise bused thousands of migrants to northern cities without any plan in place to greet or care for them once they got there.

    These relocation transports by MAGA governors aren’t without tragic — and racist — precedent. During the 1960s, southern segregationists orchestrated “Reverse Freedom Rides,” pushing hundreds of Black citizens to board one-way buses to northern cities and falsely promising them jobs and housing once they got there.

    Catholic social teaching couldn’t be clearer on treating migrants with understanding and respect. The USCCB’s own website states that “we cannot excuse inhumane treatment of certain persons by claiming that their lack of legal status deprives them of rights given by the Creator.”” 1

  • Graham, Lindsey (aka Patriot Barbie)

    Patriot Barbie is NO Patriot

    “She rose to GOP fame as the self-described “The Patriot Barbie” for her vow to fight COVID-19 regulations and government overreach. But Arizona real estate agent Lindsey Graham appears to be losing her battle — and the costs are stacking up. Graham lost a lawsuit against the state of Oregon, was fined thousands of dollars, faces collections for unpaid rent to the city of Salem and now says she could be in danger of losing her home. The former hair salon owner turned right-wing podcaster said the government juggernaut has pursued her from Oregon to Arizona.” 4