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Donald Trump calls on televangelist Paula White to help him shore up his support among America’s most gullible as he approaches impeachment

By Mark | November 2, 2019

“Mark my words,” I said back in July of 2017. “The closer Trump comes to impeachment, the more he’ll talk about God.” Well, guess what? Yesterday, less than 24 hours after the House voted 232 to 196 to pass a resolution setting the ground rules for his impeachment, Donald Trump, with the help of televangelist […]

Posted in Politics, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized | Also tagged Christian narcissism, Christianity, City of Destiny, communities of faith, Donald Trump, evangelical, Faith and Opportunity Initiative, faith based initiative, family values, first fruit, fundamentalist religion, germaphobe, impeachment, laying on of hands, low information voters, Paula White, poverty, praying, prosperity gospel, religion, religious liberty, televangelist, Trump Church, William Barber | 101 Comments

The Great Tea Party Swindle

By Mark | January 17, 2010

Frank Rich, in today’s New York Times, suggests that the Tea Party movement is being fostered because it allows ready access easy marks. Here’s a clip: …Both Steele and Palin claim to be devotees of the tea party movement. “I’m a tea partier, I’m a town-haller, I’m a grass-roots-er” is how Steele put it in […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged American revolution, bejeweled tea bag, Betsy Ross, Bill O’Reilly, Burberry, Conservative Political Action Conference, Erick Erickson, flags, Frank Rich, Glenn Beck, Jeffery McQueen, Michael Steele, Nashville, National Public Radio, On Point, Opryland, RedState.com, Sarah Palin, swindles, tea party, Tea Party Convention, Tea Party Emporium, Tea Partyfication, the exploitation of the stupid, the straw that brought the camels back, Tom Ashbrook | 7 Comments

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