All posts tagged "God"

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association is ready to protest the 2024 election results, which they think could be "stolen."

Wired spoke to a radical group of lawmen who follow the law of God over the U.S. Constitution and pledge an oath to uphold it.

The reporter spoke to Dar Leaf of Barry County, Michigan, and Richard Mack, who is no longer a sheriff, about their participation in the group, which the Southern Poverty Law Center refers to as an anti-government organization with links to extremist groups....

The text message seems perfectly godly.

“It’s Josh Hawley. Do you have a second to pray with me?” reads the message sent today from the first-term U.S. senator and Donald Trump loyalist.

Click on the link and it goes to “My prayer for today - January 30th, 2024.”...

Far-right militia leader Ammon Bundy says that he almost skipped out on his arraignment in an upcoming case involving an Idaho hospital, and fled the state, according to The Daily Beast — but God told him not to.

“It is hard for me to know what God wants me to do right now, therefore, I have not yet decided if I will be attending the hearing today," he reportedly said.

"Bundy ... is facing two lawsuits from St. Luke’s Health System," reported Kelly Weill. "The Idaho-based hospital group says Bundy and his activist organization, the People’s Rights network (PRN), defamed doctors by falsely accusing them of child trafficking. Bundy did not participate in the defamation lawsuit, and was ordered to pay $26 million after he lost a default ruling this summer. St. Luke’s sued Bundy a second time this month, accusing him of hiding assets to avoid paying the default."...

Donald Trump on Friday went all in on culture wars in a fiery speech he delivered to a right-wing “parental rights” group.

The former president claimed that Democrats “hate God” at the Moms for Liberty “Joyful Warrior” event in Philadelphia on Friday.

He called out the support for Democrats among Catholics in particular, but qualified his rhetoric by claiming without evidence that the animosity Democrats have toward people of faith has grown more than he expected. ...

At XX Factor yesterday, I joked that Gingrich and other anti-choice nuts are going to rethink their opposition to stem cell research in record time if, as hoped, a cure for a certain form of erectile dysfunction is created. Really, it was only half a joke. The ugly truth of the matter is right wingers' utterly different approach to women's reproductive health care and men's access to ED drugs demonstrates that contrary to their claims of simply acting on devotion to Jesus, these folks are using religion as a cover for a deep-set misogyny. From the Catholic Church to most info you can find on religious websites to the anti-choice members of Congress, when asked about Viagra, they are supportive. Republicans like John McCain have routinely voted against bills that would require insurance companies that cover Viagra to cover contraception. The reason for this is simple: plain misogyny. Anti-choicers tend to see contraception as a "party drug" that allows dirty sluts to go slut it up. But they see Viagra as allowing men their god-given erections. That this is a hypocrisy is glossed over with an argument I've seen all over religious websites, but is best voiced by Bill O'Reilly:

Warning to all future nutjobs: make sure that your ransom notes or videotaped threats are clear about your political ideology or folks online and even in the mainstream media will pick one for you.