Civil Commotion

God did not make you to be married, but to make much of him, so date for more than marriage. https://t.co/PmbJTLhHst

— Desiring God (@desiringGod) January 26, 2017

Serious question: If Christian teaching is true, if there is an invisible being out there who POOFed everything into existence, what the hell is wrong with him that he needs constant praise from poor copies of himself?

The unhappy but uncomplicated truth is that these guys fear healthy marriages; it undermines their ownership and control of people.

One of the things Donald Trump taught us last year is the ultimate hollowness of the Christian right.

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The only thing that matters is supporting the Christian right’s retrograde social views …

Kevin Drum

Yep — just what I’ve been saying for years now. Never forget this: 81% of white evangelicals voted for Trump; he is the fulfillment of their sick, decades-long campaign against American ideals. As I said months ago, the right place to demonstrate is in front of the little white church on the corner.

I can’t explain it, but it feels right to me that it’s National Park Service staffers that are getting in The Donald’s face and reacting against the new administration’s efforts to suppress publication of environmental data.

A couple more:

And this:

Well. What do you know? At the top of Amazon’s bestseller list sits … George Orwell’s 1984.

Misplaced allusions to 1984 — like Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged — are so common that they’re boring when not downright irritating. But: When a top aide to The Orange One speaks of ‘alternative facts,’ and the administration openly attempts to gaslight the American public by lying loudly, we are indeed in Orwell territory.

So, Goood for us! The loonies enchanted by Trump’s overt malice — I mean, ‘Telling it like it is’ — may not see it, but none of this is within the ambit of healthy governance. I say again: We are not talking about conservatives; we are talking about radical ideologues. Clearly, a decisive and growing number of Americans have sense enough to recognize that, and are thinking through the implications of it and preparing for a fight.

The American people are sound. It is going to be ugly before it’s over, but the good guys are going to prevail.

… still going around telling people that he actually won the popular vote, or would have if 3– to 5-million illegals hadn’t cast votes.

President Trump used his first official meeting with congressional leaders on Monday to falsely claim that millions of unauthorized immigrants had robbed him of a popular vote majority, a return to his obsession with the election’s results even as he seeks support for his legislative agenda.

The claim, which he has made before on Twitter, has been judged untrue by numerous fact-checkers.

The good news, I suppose, is that all but the die-hard loonies who support him must recognize by now his narcissism and instability and be taking steps to circumscribe his ability to do harm.