"Founded in 1953, The National Prayer Breakfast was explicitly created to dedicate the U.S. to a conservative evangelical Jesus. The group behind it didn't register as lobbyists because, they believed, they could be more effective if "invisible." Their damn word."
I shall never, ever accept Jesus as Messiah. He may have been an extraordinary rabbi (if he even was ever alive), but these Dominionists will never take over my life. My life is my own, and entwined with that of my fiancé. Yes, we're having a rabbi marry us, but she's a lesbian social justice warrior.
was “what you get when you eject God from the courts and from the schools.”
I really want some these jokers to understand that if civil authorities can eject God from schools (and courtrooms, that’s a new one to me), then their God is not very powerful and they need a more powerful deity to worship.
"This could literally be the definition of whiteness.
Or white supremacy.
Or any variation of the specific brand of Christian nationalism that has been weaponized and used to justify white supremacy since the beginning of America history."
Besides all these flaws noted he also isn't very intelligent or educated. This may seem like a minor point but there is NO Chinese language any more than there is an American language. Mandarin is the official language, because the Chinese Communist Party said so. Yes, the all knowing, all powerful political party that controls all technology and, all democratic politicians.
Portly morons cosplaying cops. These are the dudes and dudettes the rethugs want fighting the "rapists and murderers and terrorists and fentanyl smugglers"? LOL. Good one.
I don't ... here's what I don't understand. Merrick Garland is a descendant of Holocaust survivors. He is, however, ALSO a member of the Federalist Society.
I could say a whole lot more about how slow the FBI and DOJ were to prosecute the white supremacist insurrectionists from January 6th, how paltry the sentences were that they served when there are Black people in federal jails for possession serving multi-decade sentences, how the 80s "War on Drugs" was a ruse for the CIA to pump addictive drugs into low-income minority-populated neighborhoods, how disparate the sentencing guidelines are for crack and for powder cocaine, and how the insurrectionists' Congressional co-conspirators are STILL not prosecuted ... but the FBI has files on files on so-called "Black Extremists" and they're surveilling PEACEFUL Black Lives Matter activists.
But the thing I know at the end of the day is regardless of how many white supremacist terrorist co-conspirators there are who are working for the FBI slowing down the white supremacist terrorist prosecutions ... at the end of the day, the U.S. Attorney General is the one in charge.
Your last question is well taken. Garland can rightly be criticized for the manner in which the 1/6 and Trump documents cases are being prosecuted. But I know that Leonard Leo, the big cajuna of the Federalist Society, was largely responsible for the strategy that stalled out Garland's nomination to the SCOTUS. Garland HAS contributed written commentary for their magazine and participated in panel presentations at meeting in DC but, I feel very safe in saying, Garland is not a FS member.
Those are ALL importand questions. Here is the model jury instruction used for the charge. I don't see how their conduct doesn't fit, especially Abbott, he proudly and arrogantly admits he did it.
The defendant is charged in [Count _______ of] the indictment with kidnapping in violation of Section 1201(a)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, the defendant [seized] [confined] [inveigled] [decoyed] [kidnapped] [abducted] [carried away] [name of kidnapped person];
Second, the defendant [held] [detained] [name of kidnapped person] against [his][her] will; and
[Third, the defendant intentionally transported [name of kidnapped person] across state lines]
or
[Third, the defendant [traveled in [interstate][foreign] commerce] [used the mail [in committing] [in furtherance of] the offense] [used any [means] [facility] [instrumentality]
of [interstate][foreign] commerce in [committing] [furtherance of committing] the offense].
[The government is not required to prove that the defendant kidnapped [name of kidnapped person] for reward or ransom, or for any other purpose.]
[The fact that [name of kidnapped person] [may have] initially voluntarily accompanied the defendant does not necessarily [prevent the occurrence] [negate the existence] of a later kidnapping.]
"Those are ALL importand questions. Here is the model jury instruction used for the charge. I don't see how their conduct doesn't fit, especially Abbott, he proudly and arrogantly admits he did it."
I'm going to guess you're not currently working for the DOJ but -- I'm not looking for people necessarily to agree with me (or even with whom to argue).
I'm looking for someone who has the current authority to prosecute to answer the question.
Because right now -- especially in context, when DOJ resources are being deployed to "investigate" Cori Bush like they were wasted "investigating" Jamaal Bowman and "investigating" Andrew Gillum -- I can't imagine you're missing the point of what this looks like
but even worse -- it looks like Weimar Republic laissez faire in the face of the advance of the Nazis, and everyone here knows (or should know) how that ended up.
The entire idea of the National Prayer Breakfast is just using peer pressure and potential for faux outrage to intimidate lawmakers from genuflecting before the rightwing jesus. It happens any place there is public prayer that is not a church. I teach at a private law school where events are often started with a prayer and we're asked to bow our heads. I don't do that as I am not a Christian. Sometimes I get disapproving looks from others--the idea is even as a nonbeliever I should partake in these rituals for the sake of their comfort (the comfort of me and other non-Christians is beside the point). But my job is safe and I'm unlikely to be vilified on Fox.
All of this to say, rightwing christians use Jesus as a cudgel, which seems the opposite of his message. And that's a shameful thing to do to a nice Jewish boy.
It must have been so hard on the leaders of the prayer breakfast this year. Do you pray for the proven rapist? For the twisted porn pervert that is the current half-speaker of the House? or against Israel and President Biden for trying to live an actual Christian life of grace and forgiveness.
Violates the Establishment Clause. End it.
About that "Prayer Breakfast"
"Founded in 1953, The National Prayer Breakfast was explicitly created to dedicate the U.S. to a conservative evangelical Jesus. The group behind it didn't register as lobbyists because, they believed, they could be more effective if "invisible." Their damn word."
https://twitter.com/MBDigital001/status/1753179466421948643
Let us pray:
Dear Lord, save us from your followers.
Amen.
I shall never, ever accept Jesus as Messiah. He may have been an extraordinary rabbi (if he even was ever alive), but these Dominionists will never take over my life. My life is my own, and entwined with that of my fiancé. Yes, we're having a rabbi marry us, but she's a lesbian social justice warrior.
was “what you get when you eject God from the courts and from the schools.”
I really want some these jokers to understand that if civil authorities can eject God from schools (and courtrooms, that’s a new one to me), then their God is not very powerful and they need a more powerful deity to worship.
They don't really mean "Christian"
They mean "dominionist" -- as in "dominion over"
"This could literally be the definition of whiteness.
Or white supremacy.
Or any variation of the specific brand of Christian nationalism that has been weaponized and used to justify white supremacy since the beginning of America history."
https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1753254766770045039
https://www.whitetoolong.net/
Will we ever se the day that The Satanic Temple gets to put up a display in the Statuary Hall? https://churchleaders.com/news/467539-michael-cassidy-hate-crime-satanic-temple-iowa.html https://www.dailydot.com/debug/satan-statue-iowa-hate-crime-conservative-outrage/
"Let’s Talk About The Extremist Lunatic Christian Creep Mike Johnson Invited To Pray In The House This Week."
It feels like the title is missing some clarification.
"Let’s Talk About The Extremist Lunatic Christian Creep that Extremist Lunatic Christian Creep Mike Johnson Invited To Pray In The House This Week."
Fixed.
“ Wonder if he also has Covenant Eyes on his computer to stop him from incessantly masturbating.”
More likely he has a computer chock full of kiddie porn just like Josh Duggar (who also had Covenant Eyes on his computer).
I'm pretty sure the way Covenant Eyes works is that it sends the porn you're watching to your "accountability buddy"
So yes.
Besides all these flaws noted he also isn't very intelligent or educated. This may seem like a minor point but there is NO Chinese language any more than there is an American language. Mandarin is the official language, because the Chinese Communist Party said so. Yes, the all knowing, all powerful political party that controls all technology and, all democratic politicians.
Speaking of extremist bigots -- how is DeathSantis doing thus and more importantly how exactly is the federal Justice Department allowing it?
https://twitter.com/MaxwellFrostFL/status/1753092650641629680?t=x-O30arZgRu43Blg0GB99A&s=19
Portly morons cosplaying cops. These are the dudes and dudettes the rethugs want fighting the "rapists and murderers and terrorists and fentanyl smugglers"? LOL. Good one.
Why is the DOJ letting this happen? Someone needs to be smacked down hard before Abbot and DeSantis start an all out war.
"Why is the DOJ letting this happen?"
That's the question, isn't it?
I don't ... here's what I don't understand. Merrick Garland is a descendant of Holocaust survivors. He is, however, ALSO a member of the Federalist Society.
I could say a whole lot more about how slow the FBI and DOJ were to prosecute the white supremacist insurrectionists from January 6th, how paltry the sentences were that they served when there are Black people in federal jails for possession serving multi-decade sentences, how the 80s "War on Drugs" was a ruse for the CIA to pump addictive drugs into low-income minority-populated neighborhoods, how disparate the sentencing guidelines are for crack and for powder cocaine, and how the insurrectionists' Congressional co-conspirators are STILL not prosecuted ... but the FBI has files on files on so-called "Black Extremists" and they're surveilling PEACEFUL Black Lives Matter activists.
But the thing I know at the end of the day is regardless of how many white supremacist terrorist co-conspirators there are who are working for the FBI slowing down the white supremacist terrorist prosecutions ... at the end of the day, the U.S. Attorney General is the one in charge.
So WHERE IS HE AT?
Your last question is well taken. Garland can rightly be criticized for the manner in which the 1/6 and Trump documents cases are being prosecuted. But I know that Leonard Leo, the big cajuna of the Federalist Society, was largely responsible for the strategy that stalled out Garland's nomination to the SCOTUS. Garland HAS contributed written commentary for their magazine and participated in panel presentations at meeting in DC but, I feel very safe in saying, Garland is not a FS member.
"Pro-segregationist white Conservatives in BOTH PARTIES argued that the Civil
rights movement was “demonic” and against God’s will
Remember when the FBI tried to get MLK to kill himself?"
https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1753254826085863935
If you're willing to concede the last question is "well taken", how about let's focus on it
Why were Abbott and DeathSantis not prosecuted for kidnapping for human trafficking across state lines pursuant to both duress and false pretenses?
Why is there no federal injunction that's been issued to stop him from doing this?
https://twitter.com/Fla_Pol/status/1753080848079798483
And as long as we're on the topic -- why has the TX National Guard not been federalized?
Those are ALL importand questions. Here is the model jury instruction used for the charge. I don't see how their conduct doesn't fit, especially Abbott, he proudly and arrogantly admits he did it.
17.1 Kidnapping—Interstate Transportation (18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1))
The defendant is charged in [Count _______ of] the indictment with kidnapping in violation of Section 1201(a)(1) of Title 18 of the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
First, the defendant [seized] [confined] [inveigled] [decoyed] [kidnapped] [abducted] [carried away] [name of kidnapped person];
Second, the defendant [held] [detained] [name of kidnapped person] against [his][her] will; and
[Third, the defendant intentionally transported [name of kidnapped person] across state lines]
or
[Third, the defendant [traveled in [interstate][foreign] commerce] [used the mail [in committing] [in furtherance of] the offense] [used any [means] [facility] [instrumentality]
of [interstate][foreign] commerce in [committing] [furtherance of committing] the offense].
[The government is not required to prove that the defendant kidnapped [name of kidnapped person] for reward or ransom, or for any other purpose.]
[The fact that [name of kidnapped person] [may have] initially voluntarily accompanied the defendant does not necessarily [prevent the occurrence] [negate the existence] of a later kidnapping.]
"Those are ALL importand questions. Here is the model jury instruction used for the charge. I don't see how their conduct doesn't fit, especially Abbott, he proudly and arrogantly admits he did it."
I'm going to guess you're not currently working for the DOJ but -- I'm not looking for people necessarily to agree with me (or even with whom to argue).
I'm looking for someone who has the current authority to prosecute to answer the question.
Because right now -- especially in context, when DOJ resources are being deployed to "investigate" Cori Bush like they were wasted "investigating" Jamaal Bowman and "investigating" Andrew Gillum -- I can't imagine you're missing the point of what this looks like
https://twitter.com/michaelharriot/status/1753254766770045039
but even worse -- it looks like Weimar Republic laissez faire in the face of the advance of the Nazis, and everyone here knows (or should know) how that ended up.
I guess they never got to that part in the Bible where it says you should pray in your room.
“you and I would be speaking Chinese now.”
Given how difficult Chinese is, I find this assertion startlingly ambitious.
Mandarin or Cantonese? How about the other dozen or so languages spoken in China?
The entire idea of the National Prayer Breakfast is just using peer pressure and potential for faux outrage to intimidate lawmakers from genuflecting before the rightwing jesus. It happens any place there is public prayer that is not a church. I teach at a private law school where events are often started with a prayer and we're asked to bow our heads. I don't do that as I am not a Christian. Sometimes I get disapproving looks from others--the idea is even as a nonbeliever I should partake in these rituals for the sake of their comfort (the comfort of me and other non-Christians is beside the point). But my job is safe and I'm unlikely to be vilified on Fox.
All of this to say, rightwing christians use Jesus as a cudgel, which seems the opposite of his message. And that's a shameful thing to do to a nice Jewish boy.
They worship antichrist
So how do they know you didn't bow your head unless they cheated?
Some keep their eyes open. You can still see with your head bowed.
It must have been so hard on the leaders of the prayer breakfast this year. Do you pray for the proven rapist? For the twisted porn pervert that is the current half-speaker of the House? or against Israel and President Biden for trying to live an actual Christian life of grace and forgiveness.
National Prayer Breakfast?
Gwad save our bacon from the godless, lying, raping, stealing, cheating, money worshiping, Tangerine Messiah and his demonic followers.
'The harder he prayed, the faster we counted our silver'
Oh where's the Satanic Temple when you need them? When do THEY get to pray at us at a government sponsored, government attended event?