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What next? The Ron Popeil of the Pulpit has likely found his greatest scam yet. He has sold steaks and ties, wines and college degrees, sneakers, and eponymous superhero digital trading cards, But most of these efforts were, well, temporal. His latest...
by vjr7121
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on Wed Apr 03, 2024 at 04:38 AM PDT
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Note: The reader should not construe anything I write on organized religion to mean that I do not fully support the right of every person to choose to have faith or not. Many find comfort, instruction, and direction in their spiritual life. Good for...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 06:02 PM PDT
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I was reading this post about Sen Britt’s response to the SOTU… and I thought my response might better make a diary than a comment. I never thought about it before, but I have heard the fundie baby voice, but didn’t know it had a name, or that it meant...
by PrivateIce
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 03:51 PM PDT
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NOTE: See the UPDATE below. While Senator Katie Britt has gotten a lot of flak for her performance (and it was a performance), something else was going on. People have commented on her presentation — they way she emoted, the way she sounded, ‘the woman...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Mar 10, 2024 at 08:03 AM PDT
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Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets — Matthew 7:12 What makes a Christian? It is hard to say. But if you want an honest answer, the last person to ask is someone...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Wed Feb 28, 2024 at 05:04 PM PST
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“Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!” ― Henry Rollins Imagine you have an obnoxious bigger sibling who will not stop pushing you...
by TheCriticalMind
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on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 04:38 PM PST
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Is it clear yet? A third party candidate has not won the electoral college in 100 years. President Biden WILL BE the Democratic Party's nominee for president. He won 64% of the vote in the New Hampshire Democratic Party Primary as a write in candidate....
by Dem
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on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 10:26 AM PST
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A cartoon by Clay Bennett.
by Clay Bennett
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on Tue Jan 30, 2024 at 01:11 PM PST
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Welcome to what is the 1282nd original profile here at “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, where we’ll be profiling Mary Bentley, the former Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives who was first elected to serve District 54 of that...
by republicinsanity
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on Tue Jan 16, 2024 at 10:39 PM PST
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MAGA extremists really aren't a homogenous group. Overall, they want to stop the country from devolving into a miasma of diversity, equality, socialism, wokeness, permissiveness, and corruption. Yet they pursue different agendas to get there. Sometimes...
by Sarajen
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 12:53 PM PST
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I read with mixed feelings the article “MAGA Has Devoured American Evangelicalism[i]”. I have no serious disagreement with the content. But the title makes American Evangelicalism the victim. The deer bears no guilt when it’s devoured by the lion....
by ArtD48
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on Fri Jan 12, 2024 at 10:20 AM PST
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In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” posted profiles of former Indiana Governor and Vice President Mike Pence, who for a while, was considered to be an early establishment candidate for president that...
by republicinsanity
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on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 10:03 PM PST
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When it comes to the Iowa caucuses, December is the month of movement and consolidation. If there's gonna be an upset, it starts to materialize and then solidify in the final month of the year. So let's set the table for decision time in the Hawkeye...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 02:30 PM PST
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In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” posted profiles of Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who in our first profile, we discussed his three terms as Texas Attorney General where he worked...
by republicinsanity
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on Thu Nov 23, 2023 at 09:10 AM PST
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On this date in both 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, as well as 2022, “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day” published their first profile of Tennessee State Senator Paul Bailey, who has been a member of the Tennessee state legislature since first winning...
by republicinsanity
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on Mon Nov 13, 2023 at 10:33 PM PST
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Welcome to what is the 1253rd original profile here at “Fanatical Republican Extremist of the Day”, where we’ll be profiling Robert Foster, a former one-term member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2015-2019 who was also a failed...
by republicinsanity
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on Sun Nov 12, 2023 at 10:38 AM PST
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Reposted from My Substack MAGA: What we’re seeing is an awakening in this country, a return to Godly principles, Godly morality, we have no more tolerance, tolerance is not a virtue in the Bible at all. Tolerance means to turn a blind eye to the...
by Frank Vyan Walton
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on Wed Jan 31, 2024 at 09:00 AM PST
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Political polling is trickier than ever these days, and often seemingly counter-factual. Despite reports that inflation is going down, employment is at record levels, and the economy is growing, polls seem to keep showing that Biden and Democrats are...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Oct 29, 2023 at 02:47 PM PDT
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David French, writing at The NY Times is not a happy man. The spectacle unfolding at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA has him looking at it as emblematic of the way evangelical Christianity has ...
by xaxnar
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on Sun Oct 22, 2023 at 12:43 PM PDT
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“All cruelty springs from weakness” ― Seneca Many American atheists are ex-Christians. They moved on from belief and religion because they found no evidence for God’s existence — and being told to have faith without proof was unsatisfactory. In some...
by TheCriticalMind
418 comments
on Tue Oct 17, 2023 at 04:40 PM PDT
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