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May 2017

May 22, 2017

The Terrifying Truth about the USA (And All of Us) That Trump’s Rise to Power Confirms and What to Do about It

Before Trump became president there was room for debate about what and who we Americans...

May 13, 2017

As we watch Trump abuse and debase the office of president we see a spiritual problem unfolding: the loss of the American soul.

In Calvinism, the theological cult of an angry God in which I was raised, humans...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

100 DAYS OF TRUMP (It’s Been More Like 100 Awful Years)

"His Presidency has become the demoralizing daily obsession of anyone concerned with global security, the...

April 15, 2017

My “Easter Sermon” and Video Rant: Trump is a symptom. We’re losing our souls…

Trump is a symptom. We’re losing our souls. Silicon Valley billionaires think they will live...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

“Dear Frank, While I was in therapy recovering from the literal brain damage I experienced due to evangelical fundamentalism plus incest”…

Hi Frank, While I was in therapy recovering from the literal brain damage I...

March 23, 2017

Imagine the HORROR of Trump-The-Untrustworthy Offering “Comfort” To Grieving Americans after a Terror Attack or Other Tragedy

When President W Bush sent my Marine son to war three times (2003-2004) I thought...

March 22, 2017

There’s Only One Way the Democratic Party Can Win Back the White House and Congress: Toss a Lit Match into the Gas Can of Trump Voters’ Perpetual Anger

Put it this way: How does one talk someone mired in irrational beliefs into...

March 16, 2017

Trump Is President Because Too Many On the Left Put Faith in Late Night Comedy Rather Than Policy: Call This the Daily Show Epic Fail

The Daily Show was an epic fail: irony and snark lost to the reality...

February 2017

February 03, 2017

read this terrifying news release from media matters, a most trusted news source combating fake news about our slide to outright white supremacy overtaking the Trump White House by stealth and overtly too

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, February 3, 2017 CONTACT Laura Keiter [email protected] How To Get Away With White...

February 03, 2017

DO NOT MISS THESE HILARIOUS EUROPEAN COMEDY “OPEN VIDEO LETTERS” TO TRUMP: THE WORLD IS MOCKING HIM AND IT’S FUN!

(YouTube) Trump’s antagonizing the people of the world. Last week, the Dutch (the Netherlands) offered...

January 2017

January 31, 2017

Trump is listening to Bannon/Rasputin: And whether due to incompetence or malfeasance, Bannon is making America less safe

(Photo, Wikipedia) The lies and misdirection has left America in psychological chaos. We are hemorrhaging...

January 28, 2017

Here Is a Deeply Informative—Scary-As-Hell–Sober (and Rare) Truth-Telling About Who Is Really Running the Trump “Presidency” That You Cannot Afford To Ignore

"While Trump lies, the former Breitbart chief seizes the reins of power... Compared to Bannon,...

January 22, 2017

DO NOT MISS this SNL shirtless Vladimir Putin’s “celebration” of Trump’s Inauguration With a Comforting message for the American people: “Relax. I got this.”

(Photo YouTube) Donald John Trump is President of the United States. This week’s “Saturday Night...

January 20, 2017

TODAY JANUARY 20, 2017 THE USA TUMBLES FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA’S GRACEFUL ENLIGHTENMENT TO TRUMP’S BREATHTAKING IGNORANCE

(photos YouTube) `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` P.S. If you want to know a little more about where...

January 17, 2017

Green Day (my favorite rock band) is the luminous conscience of America taking aim at Trump in this brilliant new lyric video. DO NOT MISS THIS: Please WATCH IT HERE

(Photo Green Day) Green Day (my favorite rock band) is the luminous conscience of America...

January 16, 2017

Riffing once again on the ironic absurdity of fundamentalist religion and political fallout

These days—as is reflected in the series of paintings I’m doing (as I write...

January 15, 2017

How will White American Evangelicals Follow Trump’s Moral Leadership? HINT: Their Daughters might want to become “golden shower” Russian hookers and their sons could become neo-Nazi Jew-haters

(Photo YouTube) Here are some suggestions for Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell Jr. and the other...

January 15, 2017

Don’t Miss SNL’s Trump “Press Conference” — One (Sadly and hilariously) for the History Books (If There Are Any Books or is Any History after the Inauguration): WATCH THIS

(Photo YouTube) SNL take-downs and the real deal Trump are interchangeable. The USA is now...

January 09, 2017

Please take 4 min and WATCH my latest rant: This is Way Past Politics– America Now Has 2 Governments a Dangerous Conman and Mike Pence (BTW If Trump Had Run as a Liberal Democrat He’d Still be a Fatal Mistake)

Please WATCH `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` P.S. If you want to know a little more about where I'm...

January 09, 2017

WATCH THIS: do NOT miss Meryl Streep’s classy, moral, Christlike and historic destruction of Trump at Golden Globe Awards 2017

(Photo YouTube) Meryl Streep gave a defining speech Sunday after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille...

January 08, 2017

For the next 58 minutes please let me rescue you from thinking about Trump and your problems and turn your mind to the real and most wonderful questions there are… WATCH and share. Thank you!

Jesus planted an empathy time-bomb. Let me tell you about it and take your mind...

January 03, 2017

Meet the Bottom-Dwelling “Faith Leaders” — Franklin Graham included — Selling America For Access to Power at Trump’s swearing-in

Think of Paula White’s ministry as the church version of Trump University. Think of Franklin...

January 01, 2017

How to Survive the TRUMPOCALYPSE and Build a Better America in 2017 – The Only New Year’s Resolution that Could Actually Make America Better

(Photo: YouTube) Will we let America become a suicide vest strapped to the entire globe...

December 2016

December 08, 2016

WATCH THIS Michael Moore/Seth Meyers Clip! Please, please, PLEASE Michael Moore be Right ONE MORE TIME! “Trump just might not become president.” — This from one of the few people who accurately predicted Trump’s “Win”

In August, shortly after publishing "Five Reasons Donald Trump will win," filmmaker Michael Moore appeared...

December 02, 2016

The unprecedented rogues’ gallery of billionaires Trump’s trotting out proves he isn’t interested in protecting working people

(Photo YouTube) As the Guardian reports Trump's team is the wealthiest and most cut off...

November 2016

November 06, 2016

Don’t Miss This! Watch: “Saturday Night Live” pokes fun at Donald Trump’s relationships with the FBI, Russian president Vladimir Putin and the KKK in its final pre-election show. Alec Baldwin Kills… then Gets so Nice He Made Me Cry For All We’ve Lost…

(Photo YouTube) “Saturday Night Live” poked fun at Donald Trump’s relationships with the FBI, Russian...

November 05, 2016

“BIBLE TRUMPERS”: Do Not Miss Bill Maher praising Donald Trump for “the one good thing he did” — exposing evangelicals, as “the shameless hypocrites they’ve always been” WATCH

(Photo YouTube) WATCH Bill Maher praise Donald Trump for “the one good thing he did”...

November 02, 2016

Here are 2 pictures that say everything you need to know about the re-branding of the word “evangelical”

Here are 2 pictures that say everything you need to know about the re-branding of...

October 2016

October 28, 2016

Do not miss Seth Meyers doing the best job (so far) of Explaining Trump’s wrecking of the Republican Party

Do not miss Seth Meyers doing the best job (so far) of Trump's wrecking of...

October 26, 2016

InterVarsity Follows the TRUMP-VERSION of “JESUS” and Gordon College’s in HARD Turn to the Homophobic anti-Gay (Trumpian GOP) Right

InterVarsity is joining the ranks of what might be called the Ralph Reed/Jerry Falwell...

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