What are you implying with the below statement ......???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" Israel better batten the hatches . . . "
Donald J Trump Enemy of the People
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What are you implying with the below statement ......???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!
" Israel better batten the hatches . . . "
Hüsker Dü
DA
Christianity Today, one of the nation's leading evangelical publications, published an editorial in 1998 calling on Bill Clinton's resignation. In the midst of the Democratic president's impeachment scandal, the magazine argued, "Unsavory dealings and immoral acts by the President and those close to him have rendered this administration morally unable to lead."
Two decades later, Christianity Today is making a point to remain consistent. The magazine's latest editorial, written by Mark Galli, the publication's editor in chief, is pretty brutal toward Donald Trump.
[T]he facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president's political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.
The reason many are not shocked about this is that this president has dumbed down the idea of morality in his administration. He has hired and fired a number of people who are now convicted criminals. He himself has admitted to immoral actions in business and his relationship with women, about which he remains proud. His Twitter feed alone -- with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders -- is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.
It's worth noting for context that Mark Galli recently announced his retirement, and his last day at Christianity Today is two weeks from today. This matters insofar as the magazine's editor may feel a greater sense of freedom, given his looming departure, to be even more candid in his assessments.
Nevertheless, what struck me as notable about the editorial, in addition to its striking conclusions, was Trump's response. Plenty of publications, including the editorial boards of many of the nation's leading daily newspapers, have run pieces in recent weeks calling for the president's impeachment and ouster, but all have gone ignored by the Republican.
This one, however, prompted an angry Twitter response.
"A far left magazine, or very 'progressive,' as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn't been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years, Christianity Today, knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion & your guns, than Donald Trump as your President," he wrote. "No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it's not even close. You'll not get anything from those Dems on stage. I won't be reading ET again!"
There was, to be sure, an enormous amount of nonsense packed into the pair of presidential tweets. Christianity Today, for example, is not, and has never been, a "far-left" publication. What's more, Trump's impeachment was about more than the July 25 call, which was not at all "perfect." There are also no "radical" atheists, determined to take away anyone's religion, running for the White House, and even if there were, if the president were removed from office, his replacement would be Mike Pence.
But this was the line that stood out for me: "No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it's not even close."
Note, at no point in Trump's response did he make any effort to defend his morality, character, or sense of right and wrong. Rather, the Republican's instinct, once again, was to turn to a transactional model: he's taken steps to make evangelical Christians happy, so he expects evangelical Christian publications to overlook his corruption -- moral, political, legal, or otherwise.
It's effectively the same as the president's sudden offensive against the Dingell family: Trump believes he struck a quid pro quo, and he's outraged by his partner's willingness to break the perceived agreement. The religious right movement made the bargain -- politically active Christian conservative leaders have already said they'll turn a blind eye to the president paying hush money to porn stars, for example, in exchange for action on their wish list -- and Trump seems annoyed by the evangelical magazine's reluctance to follow suit.
As the Washington Post's Greg Sargent put it, "In an unwittingly self-revealing moment, Trump responded to the magazine's indictment of his profound moral failings with an argument that is thoroughly transactional and megalomaniacal: How dare you criticize me, after all the power I've granted to your movement? You're breaking our deal, and now you're dead to me."
Exactly. The president seems to believe he's bought the fealty of certain constituencies, and when he learns otherwise, he lashes out angrily.
Unfortunately for Trump, however, in this case, he's helped prove his critic correct. The Christianity Today editorial characterized the president as a deeply flawed man who is "morally lost and confused." His response was practically a confession that the assessment is true.
Two decades later, Christianity Today is making a point to remain consistent. The magazine's latest editorial, written by Mark Galli, the publication's editor in chief, is pretty brutal toward Donald Trump.
[T]he facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president's political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.
The reason many are not shocked about this is that this president has dumbed down the idea of morality in his administration. He has hired and fired a number of people who are now convicted criminals. He himself has admitted to immoral actions in business and his relationship with women, about which he remains proud. His Twitter feed alone -- with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders -- is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.
It's worth noting for context that Mark Galli recently announced his retirement, and his last day at Christianity Today is two weeks from today. This matters insofar as the magazine's editor may feel a greater sense of freedom, given his looming departure, to be even more candid in his assessments.
Nevertheless, what struck me as notable about the editorial, in addition to its striking conclusions, was Trump's response. Plenty of publications, including the editorial boards of many of the nation's leading daily newspapers, have run pieces in recent weeks calling for the president's impeachment and ouster, but all have gone ignored by the Republican.
This one, however, prompted an angry Twitter response.
"A far left magazine, or very 'progressive,' as some would call it, which has been doing poorly and hasn't been involved with the Billy Graham family for many years, Christianity Today, knows nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a Radical Left nonbeliever, who wants to take your religion & your guns, than Donald Trump as your President," he wrote. "No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it's not even close. You'll not get anything from those Dems on stage. I won't be reading ET again!"
There was, to be sure, an enormous amount of nonsense packed into the pair of presidential tweets. Christianity Today, for example, is not, and has never been, a "far-left" publication. What's more, Trump's impeachment was about more than the July 25 call, which was not at all "perfect." There are also no "radical" atheists, determined to take away anyone's religion, running for the White House, and even if there were, if the president were removed from office, his replacement would be Mike Pence.
But this was the line that stood out for me: "No President has done more for the Evangelical community, and it's not even close."
Note, at no point in Trump's response did he make any effort to defend his morality, character, or sense of right and wrong. Rather, the Republican's instinct, once again, was to turn to a transactional model: he's taken steps to make evangelical Christians happy, so he expects evangelical Christian publications to overlook his corruption -- moral, political, legal, or otherwise.
It's effectively the same as the president's sudden offensive against the Dingell family: Trump believes he struck a quid pro quo, and he's outraged by his partner's willingness to break the perceived agreement. The religious right movement made the bargain -- politically active Christian conservative leaders have already said they'll turn a blind eye to the president paying hush money to porn stars, for example, in exchange for action on their wish list -- and Trump seems annoyed by the evangelical magazine's reluctance to follow suit.
As the Washington Post's Greg Sargent put it, "In an unwittingly self-revealing moment, Trump responded to the magazine's indictment of his profound moral failings with an argument that is thoroughly transactional and megalomaniacal: How dare you criticize me, after all the power I've granted to your movement? You're breaking our deal, and now you're dead to me."
Exactly. The president seems to believe he's bought the fealty of certain constituencies, and when he learns otherwise, he lashes out angrily.
Unfortunately for Trump, however, in this case, he's helped prove his critic correct. The Christianity Today editorial characterized the president as a deeply flawed man who is "morally lost and confused." His response was practically a confession that the assessment is true.
Sheriff Joe
DA
Donald Trump: U.S. Must Foster 'Deeper Understanding and Respect'
President Trump's Christmas message called for the country to foster a greater sense of "understanding and respect."
www.breitbart.com
Hüsker Dü
DA
Irony exemplified.Donald Trump: U.S. Must Foster 'Deeper Understanding and Respect'
President Trump's Christmas message called for the country to foster a greater sense of "understanding and respect."
You will need much more than " Two " word retorts to even TRY and support your
Criminal Democratic Network here real soon.....
I'm going to cut you a wee bit of slack Husky Poo ( Or Whom ever you are.......)
You're either one of two possibilities ....
A. You are entirely a stupid low level Union Retiree who is on a lost cause and you can sense it ( A Liddle ...)
B. You are a subordinate worker for Adam Schiff who is on a mission to cover for the Criminal actions
he is Party to/Associated with.....( And believe you me...your up line is as filthy as they come.. )
I'm going with ( B. ), because even a Low intellect Union Iron Worker has some semblance of Class/Character
as to NOT carry on this long with a losing " Team ".....
His ( Adam Schiff's ) reputation is below zero at this point and sinking to new depths hourly.....
I do not know how this guy goes home and faces the " Family " without enormous push back about
the public accusations of the PROVABLE Lies he has been telling and the Crimes he has committed
in direct view of the AMERICAN Public...!
So....selection (B.).....you can continue to post on this Forum, but expect an ever increasing pressure
from YOUR own morality to come clean as I hit you with the TRUTH even harder.....!!!!!
Hüsker Dü
DA
trump is entirely unfit for the position of dog catcher no less POTUS. Everything he does drags us down. The fact that he is propping up the economy via debt doesn't excuse his actions, period.
Awwww.....You really shouldn't post your emotions on the Forum.....
He's got a " Hot " wife ...
Your bosses is .....
He's getting things done....
- Almost 4 million jobs created since election.
- More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
- We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election.
- Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
- Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
- New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
- Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
- African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
- Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
- Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
- Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years.
- Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century.
- Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma.
- Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years.
- Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election.
- The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to VOCATIONAL education.
- 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever.
- Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year.
- Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first quarter alone.
- As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
- Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
- Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup.
- Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.
- Record number of regulations eliminated.
- Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.
- Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE.
- My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term duration plans.
- Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases.
- We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds of millions of dollars this year alone.
- Signed Right-To-Try legislation.
- Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
- We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office.
- Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary and mental health care.
- Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high.
- United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
- Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord.
- Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan.
- Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year.
- NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016.
- Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces.
- Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration.
- Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
- Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal.
- Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
- Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court.
- Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay.
- Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak.
- Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
- Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security.
- Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive trade practices.
- Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year.
- Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement.
- We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME.
Your Boss ( Liddle Adam ) is just a GD LIAR......!
Awwww.....Don't you see...
Your boss is a Chicken Shit Lyin SOB....
Hüsker Dü
DA
Anyone wonder where nono and his followers in here get their news from?
QAnon believers are convinced that Trump is secretly at war with pedophile-cannibals in the Democratic Party, a theory so unhinged and potent that the FBI considers it a potential source of domestic terrorism. Two QAnon believers have been charged with murders that appear to be motivated by their beliefs in the conspiracy theory, including the slaying of a Mafia boss, while others have committed vandalism or even shut down a bridge with an armored truck. Believers in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which has been incorporated into QAnon, fired shots and tried to burn down a Washington pizzeria.
Still, late last week, Trump or someone with access to his account retweeted a message of support containing the “WWG1WGA” hashtag, a reference to a QAnon motto. In total, Trump retweeted QAnon fans more than 20 times on the same day.
www.yahoo.com
QAnon believers are convinced that Trump is secretly at war with pedophile-cannibals in the Democratic Party, a theory so unhinged and potent that the FBI considers it a potential source of domestic terrorism. Two QAnon believers have been charged with murders that appear to be motivated by their beliefs in the conspiracy theory, including the slaying of a Mafia boss, while others have committed vandalism or even shut down a bridge with an armored truck. Believers in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which has been incorporated into QAnon, fired shots and tried to burn down a Washington pizzeria.
Still, late last week, Trump or someone with access to his account retweeted a message of support containing the “WWG1WGA” hashtag, a reference to a QAnon motto. In total, Trump retweeted QAnon fans more than 20 times on the same day.
Trump Throws Fresh Fuel on Dangerous QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to blast his critics, pressure potential witnesses against him, and threaten to blow up North Korea. But for believers in the bizarre pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, the president’s Twitter account serves a more crucial purpose, with his retweets of...
Anyone wonder where nono and his followers in here get their news from?
QAnon believers are convinced that Trump is secretly at war with pedophile-cannibals in the Democratic Party, a theory so unhinged and potent that the FBI considers it a potential source of domestic terrorism. Two QAnon believers have been charged with murders that appear to be motivated by their beliefs in the conspiracy theory, including the slaying of a Mafia boss, while others have committed vandalism or even shut down a bridge with an armored truck. Believers in the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, which has been incorporated into QAnon, fired shots and tried to burn down a Washington pizzeria.
Still, late last week, Trump or someone with access to his account retweeted a message of support containing the “WWG1WGA” hashtag, a reference to a QAnon motto. In total, Trump retweeted QAnon fans more than 20 times on the same day.
Trump Throws Fresh Fuel on Dangerous QAnon Conspiracy Theory
Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to blast his critics, pressure potential witnesses against him, and threaten to blow up North Korea. But for believers in the bizarre pro-Trump QAnon conspiracy theory, the president’s Twitter account serves a more crucial purpose, with his retweets of...
Fake News from a Fool.....!
Hüsker Dü
DA
Christianity Today Editor Laments ‘Ethical Naïveté’ of Trump Backers (Published 2020)
Mark Galli, who is retiring, was overwhelmed by the vocal criticism and quiet praise after his editorial in a prominent evangelical magazine called for President Trump’s ouster.
Bruddah IZ
DA
ahhhhh that 6 years of QE finally beginning to sink in.
Hüsker Dü
DA
We all know what it means, you propping yourself up as if you have the exclusive is the puzzling part.
DEMOCRATS = CRIMINALS
When the filthy MSM/Democrats " Victimize " a disgusting piece
crap such as the Iranian General who killed thousands of
American Troops .....YOU NOW HAVE ALL THE PROOF NEEDED
THAT :
DEMOCRATS = CRIMINALS
Accurate depiction below of an " exposed " Filthy Democrat and their
subliminal message....
When the filthy MSM/Democrats " Victimize " a disgusting piece
crap such as the Iranian General who killed thousands of
American Troops .....YOU NOW HAVE ALL THE PROOF NEEDED
THAT :
DEMOCRATS = CRIMINALS
Accurate depiction below of an " exposed " Filthy Democrat and their
subliminal message....
Hüsker Dü
DA
Column: Call Trumpism what it is: a cult
The cult diagnosis was confirmed once the president called himself 'the chosen one' and his acolytes agreed.
www.latimes.com
Hüsker Dü
DA
The UK is abandoning its alliance with Trump as the United States 'withdraws from its leadership around the world'
President Donald Trump's order to kill Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has triggered a major rupture between the US and its closest ally.
www.businessinsider.com
Sheriff Joe
DA
Fake News
The UK is abandoning its alliance with Trump as the United States 'withdraws from its leadership around the world'
President Donald Trump's order to kill Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has triggered a major rupture between the US and its closest ally.
Sheriff Joe
DA
The UK is abandoning its alliance with Trump as the United States 'withdraws from its leadership around the world'
President Donald Trump's order to kill Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has triggered a major rupture between the US and its closest ally.
UK's Boris Johnson welcomes replacing Obama-era Iran nuclear agreement with 'Trump deal'
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a televised interview Tuesday that he welcomed replacing the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal with a new agreement negotiated by President Trump.
www.foxnews.com
Cults usually are one-man religions. A magnetic, dictatorial, dogmatic, demagogue draws throngs of followers and leads them into La-La Land, sometimes dangerously.
Jim Jones took 900 gullible adherents to cyanide suicide.
David Koresh brought 70 Branch Davidians to a fiery death.
Shoko Asahara sent his Supreme Truth believers to plant nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway.
Yahweh ben Yahweh sent loyal cultists to kill dissidents and bring back their ears.
Marshall Applegate led his Heaven’s Gate throng into mass suicide.
Other cults aren’t murderous. Master Moon claimed that Jesus appeared to him and commissioned him to improve Christ’s previous work. Thousands of naïve “Moonies” believed and followed. Scientology founder Ron Hubbard claimed that ancient aliens became “thetans” still lurking inside people today, and thousands believe.
Somehow, a hint of cultism hovers in Donald Trump’s seizure of the Republican Party base – and its blind devotion to him. Followers scream mindless approval for every wild, irrational, conspiratorial claim he utters.
Jim Jones took 900 gullible adherents to cyanide suicide.
David Koresh brought 70 Branch Davidians to a fiery death.
Shoko Asahara sent his Supreme Truth believers to plant nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway.
Yahweh ben Yahweh sent loyal cultists to kill dissidents and bring back their ears.
Marshall Applegate led his Heaven’s Gate throng into mass suicide.
Other cults aren’t murderous. Master Moon claimed that Jesus appeared to him and commissioned him to improve Christ’s previous work. Thousands of naïve “Moonies” believed and followed. Scientology founder Ron Hubbard claimed that ancient aliens became “thetans” still lurking inside people today, and thousands believe.
Somehow, a hint of cultism hovers in Donald Trump’s seizure of the Republican Party base – and its blind devotion to him. Followers scream mindless approval for every wild, irrational, conspiratorial claim he utters.
Trump’s behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar. He relies on phrases like ‘fake news,’ ‘build the wall,’ and continues to spread the divisive mentality of us-versus-them. He lies constantly, has no conscience, never admits when he is wrong, and projects all his shortcomings onto others. He has become more authoritarian, more outrageous, yet many of his followers remain blindly devoted…. His need to squash alternative information and his insistence on constant ego-stroking are all characteristics of other famous leaders – cult leaders.