***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Mark Antony]

American political system is such trash.

 

[sonoftony]

We getting stimmies?

 

[zekethephysique]

One-eyed crook!

Got Em!

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

I want to have Jen Psaki’s babies

 

[Sharpshoeter13]

So homegrown terrorists? Got it

 

[blastercombo]

Kamala ftw



i guess now they actually debate it and it either goes back to the House or to Biden's desk?

“Both sides are the same” yet they vote completely opposite on everything.

 

[yobyellav]

This is as surprising as the sun being in the sky. There was a Netflix show about evangelicals thinking this man was chosen by God to become president and another group of idiots think he’s leading some crusade to stop a ring of powerful pedophiles. Who couldn’t predict they would eventually band together?

 

[blastercombo]

White American Christians are no better than any terrorist groups they claim is the American enemy. At least the ones overseas don’t effect my everyday life

 

[IATT]

 

[dinyc3st]

White American Christians are no better than any terrorist groups they claim is the American enemy. At least the ones overseas don’t effect my everyday life

White Catholics aren't too clean either.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[Belgium]

 

[IATT]

they need to track how long this dude is there for all of this

 

[blastercombo]

And he will pay attention to none of it

 

[whywesteppin]

I like this idea as we can quickly acquire empirical data on its benefits and cost-effectiveness and such a program could quickly be refined and optimized over the years.

Even if you're a die-hard "bootstraps" conservative, the idea of popcorning a few people from joblessness into productive roles in society seems like a good thing and a relatively low-cost investment for society to make.

 

[IATT]

 

[Fozz]

I believe this is true. Have a friend that I had to unfriend on all social media because all he did was spew stupid conspiracy theories. Even questioned him and just got 'whataboutisms' for every response.

 

[Fozz]

We getting stimmies?

I believe we will.

 

[KHUFU]

White Catholics aren't too clean either.

White American Christians are no better than any terrorist groups they claim is the American enemy. At least the ones overseas don’t effect my everyday life

Evangelicals Assail Christian Nationalism In New Statement


We noted yesterday on this blog that disturbingly high numbers of white evangelicals have embraced conspiracy theories about antifa and Black Lives Matter being responsible for the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, despite a mountain of evidence showing that supporters of Donald Trump did it.

Today we’d like to give a shout-out to a group of evangelicals who not only accept the real version of events but have condemned the attack – and the dangerous ideology lurking behind it.

National Public Radio reported yesterday that a coalition of evangelical Christian leaders “is condemning the role of ‘radicalized Christian nationalism’ in feeding the political extremism that led to the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by supporters of former President Donald Trump.”

More than 500 evangelicals have signed an open letter so far. The letter pulls no punches. It puts the blame for the riot where it belongs – on Trump supporters – and correctly labels the assault as an attempted coup.

“On January 6 we saw the flags claiming Trump's name, calling for violence, and raising the name of Jesus,” the letter reads. “We saw images of a police officer being beaten with an American flag and another being crushed in a doorway. We know an officer was murdered in the act of insurrection. We witnessed the cross and the gallow being erected. We saw and heard the prayer the insurrectionists prayed from the Senate desk in Jesus’ name. Many of us recognized the content, the structure, and the style of that prayer as matching our own churches and faith. But we reject this prayer being used to justify the violent act and attempted overthrow of the Government.”

Evangelicals Assail Christian Nationalism In New Statement - Americans United

www.au.org

 

[dinyc3st]

So that ONE lady has to read 600+ pages?????

 

[dacomeup]

White Catholics aren't too clean either.

White anything tbh.

 

[Benny Hinn]

Folks gonna retire off this stimmie

 

[KHUFU]

I know that there are people on this site that simply think that I am mean, too confrontational, looking for an argument, prejudiced, and they would be correct. However, I would not be this way, if it were not for them.


White Christians' hold on the GOP
For almost all of American history, White Christians have represented a large majority of the US population and controlled the levers of government power. But that majority had shrunk to just 54% by 2008 when Barack Obama won election as the first African American president and personified the nation's changing demography.
Trump has personified resistance to that change with his turn-back-the-clock call to "Make America Great Again." Faith in his singular mission proved so strong that at last summer's nominating convention Republicans didn't even offer a governing platform.
Resistance hasn't worked. Trump lost his reelection bid, Democrats captured Congress, and the proportion of White Christians in the population has now shrunk to 44%, PRRI research shows.
But White Christians still hold unchallenged dominance within the GOP. They represent two-thirds of rank-and-file Republicans, Jones said. And they represent more than 90% of Republican senators, House members and governors.

The most conservative among them -- those describing themselves as evangelical or born-again -- wield the greatest influence. Last November, that group -- comprising 28% of the overall electorate according to exit polls -- gave Trump three-fourths of their votes. And their grievances against prevailing national sentiment on issues from gay rights to immigration to racial justice to election integrity echo through GOP stances in Washington and state capitals now.
Just three House Republicans joined Democrats last week in voting for the Equality Act, which would bar discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. "An attack on God's creation," declared Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the first-term Georgian who has become the symbol of House Republican combativeness.

Just 11 House Republicans voted to discipline Greene over her public embrace of extremism. A January survey by the conservative American Enterprise Institute showed White evangelical Republicans likelier than the rest of the party to believe in the conspiratorial QAnon fantasy, that a "Deep State" within the government targeted Trump, and the falsehood that Antifa rather than Trump supporters staged the January 6 insurrection.
Local party organizations around the country have assailed the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over that insurrection. Rep. Adam Kinzinger's own relatives labeled him a "disappointment to God."
Instead of condemning the idea of physical resistance, White evangelical Republicans embrace it, the AEI survey showed. Fully 60% agreed that "the traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to save it."

Analysis: White evangelicals' dominance of the GOP has turned it into the party of resistance

For obvious reasons, President Joe Biden made the coronavirus pandemic his first legislative priority. Polling shows wide public support for his $1.9 trillion relief plan.

www.cnn.com

 

[dinyc3st]

When they’re done reading they better vote on the spot

 

[frshstunna]

American political system is such trash.

Mane I hate all this **** 4real...I know it takes times and it’s a whole lotta bs, but nothing right now is giving folks confidence m that any real change happening in a reasonable time ...Still see Republicans wildin and Dems can’t get on the same page