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September 2016

September 10, 2016

You ask “How can Trump have gotten this far?” I Have the Answer: TRUMP is Proof Neil Postman Was Right– Entertainment Fascism is Now Upon Us

(Photo Wikipedia) With Donald Trump’s seemingly suicidal weaknesses as a presidential candidate, some people are...

September 06, 2016

Goodbye Evangelicals: “let me be FRANK” — here’s the trailer to the movie about my journey to truth from religious certainty addiction

Living the Questions, in association with Creatista Film and Photography, presents "let me be FRANK,"...

September 02, 2016

I’m Taking a Wrecking Ball to the Evangelical Swamp… “Let Me Be FRANK” A New Documentary About My Journey is (Almost) Here

Let Me Be Frank You may have never heard of Frank Schaeffer. He's not famous....

August 2016

August 30, 2016

It turns out that the Roman Catholic American Voters are Downright Sane Compared to Today’s Fascist-Supporting Evangelicals!

(Photo Raw Story) According to the Washington Post, Trump is losing with Catholic voters —...

August 29, 2016

Will you do me a very personal favor today?

Will You please post a video testimonial to Facebook about my book "WHY I AM...

August 28, 2016

If a Former Extremist Right Winger Like me can Change and Work for Hillary– There’s Hope! Please Let Me Explain

I was one of the worst offenders driving the formation of the religious right in...

August 15, 2016

MY FREE NEW BOOK THIS FRIDAY 19th TO SATURDAY 20th! (WATCH the Offer)

This Friday Aug 19th to this Sunday Aug 21st you may get my book for...

August 14, 2016

It’s Not Economic Hardship that Motivates Trump’s Base but Far Right Brainwashing and (Sadly!) this Denies the Best Military-Service Traditions of Working Class America

"Speaking as the father of a Marine, it seems to me that Trump's 'vision' contradicts...

August 12, 2016

Here is Why I Got out of The Evangelical Movement (and maybe you should too…)

This is my best explanation about my journey away from the faith of my...

August 09, 2016

An Open Letter from Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, the Imperial Wizard of the Rebel Brigade Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and Jerry Falwell Jr on Why They Support Trump (Okay, Just kidding it’s really a “revised” version of Senator Susan Collins denouncing Trump)

Pictured Below: 6 (actual) Leading Republican Party Leaders (photos of 6 Republican Party leaders shown...

August 08, 2016

Here’s the Best Article I’ve Read on Just Why and How Evangelicals Can Deny Everything They Say they believe and Support the Ultimate Anti-Jesus Candidate: Trump

"According to the Pew Research Center, 78 percent of white evangelical voters say they...

August 04, 2016

Trump is going to lose the election. And Trump will make us pay. (HINT: It’s Trump’s Version of Hitler’s “scorched earth” Policy) Here’s How to Stop Him Taking Revenge on America

Tell a large group of not-terribly-bright heavily armed angry white men (prone to belief in...

August 04, 2016

TRUMP MUST BE STOPPED–WATCH this shocking raw, unfiltered 3 min video of Trump supporters’ anti-American un-American “beliefs”

(photo YouTube) After a year of covering the hate rallies of Trump, The New York Times just...

August 02, 2016

Here’s my 6 Min Video Rant (now on YouTube) that 1 MIllion Views on my FB page: Let me Explain Why I Believe in Hillary Clinton for President

My STOP-Trump/elect Hillary (rant) now has One Million views (and over 3000 comments) on my FB...

July 2016

July 26, 2016

Take it From this Ex-Fundamentalist: Listen-up Bernie Worshipers (Seemingly Working to Elect Trump) There are No Political Messiahs

Please WATCH my 4 min "answer" (such as it is) to the Bernie Sanders...

July 24, 2016

In case you missed this, trust me it’ll be a classic. Enjoy! Watch “Late Night” host Seth Meyers dissecting Mike Pence’s “relationship” with Trump

(Photo YouTube) The segment is less a look at just Pence, than a disemboweling of Trump's...

July 19, 2016

Trump to Republicans: The only thing we have to fear is people who won’t buy into perpetual fear

(Photo: The Morning Call) The Republican Party/NRA/Trump attempt at a coup against American values of...

July 16, 2016

The key bulwark of faith-based Trumpism is the prosperity gospel: To the evangelicals (both right and left) lying and money are the real “gospel” so “He’s one of us!”

(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) (photo www.rollingstone.com) Evangelical Christianity in America became a get-rich-quick scheme long ago....

July 01, 2016

An Interview With Minister (turned moviemaker, the one and only) Richard Rossi

“The fakes make you dependent. 'Give us $3000 to learn the gifts of the Spirit. Sow...

June 2016

June 28, 2016

Post “Brexit” Watch Samantha Bee Point to the Southern Baptists as One More Reason TRUMP Will Lose (Best Bee Ever!)

Once again Samantha Bee proves in this (new) clip, she's the best observer of...

June 26, 2016

According to James Dobson Trump has just come “to accept a relationship with Christ” and is now “a baby Christian” (No Kidding)

According to the New York Times, or rather according to what the Times reported James...

June 25, 2016

Trump: “defending American (white) Christians”

Love her or hate her we know more about Hillary Clinton’s faith than about...

June 24, 2016

COMPARE: Evangelical leaders living in La-La Land Support Trump v. List of (Actual) Leaders (living in the real world) endorsing Hillary

Hillary Clinton just racked up major endorsements from some of the country's top business leaders....

June 20, 2016

To be a “Trump” is soon going to mean “To be a Loser” … Just Wait!

(Photo credit YouTube) Trump is about to add a new word to the English language....

June 17, 2016

Watch: Surreal Harajuku-style girl/Trump Commercial Nails the Acid Trip America Has Become and the Fascist/My-Little-Pony Future that Awaits

Photo Credit: Mike Diva/YouTube Here's the future of the GOP/Trump, the planet, enjoy! Frank Schaeffer is a...

June 15, 2016

WATCH Colbert Destroy Trump (While Using a Swastika To Explain the Con Man’s Sick Orlando “Reaction”)

“It makes me long for the days when Trump was just bragging about the size...

June 11, 2016

Ralph Reed Bends Over For Trump and Becomes the Poster Boy for Terminal Evangelical Moral Decline

And so it has come to this: Ralph Reed explaining why evangelicals like him are...

June 08, 2016

My Video Endorsement of Hillary (It’s a Question of Good v. Evil)

Evil is what Hillary is up against in Trump. "Evil" is not a fashionable word....

June 07, 2016

“Help Me, Samantha Bee Kenobi. You’re Our Only Hope!” (And The Only Media Person Who Seems to Understand What the F*%#! Just Happened to American Politics! WATCH/LAUGH/CRY!

Bee traces the "How" and "Why" of Republicans falling in line behind the Donald as...

June 07, 2016

Wonders Never Cease… An Evangelical Magazine Prints a Hillary Clinton Endorsement!

As the total madness of the Trump "presidential" quest veers into outright racism, one evangelical...

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