He is comparing corruption of different Republican Administrations and says nothing wrong with that.
He has moved closer to the presidential office. He is a mover and a shaker. Step aside Trump.
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
Rep. Rich McCormick: "To the point of Medicaid, the worst thing I can possibly do is give you free money to stay home and do nothing. That's not happiness. I'm not gonna allow you to sit home and get something for nothing ... we gotta proselytize that."
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Politicians frequently invoke God and religious language to address societal problems as a strategic method to build moral authority, mobilize specific voter bases, and frame complex political issues within a narrative of divine purpose or national identity. By aligning their policy goals with religious values, politicians seek to transcend partisan conflict, positioning their platforms not merely as political preferences but as reflections of a higher moral order.
This practice is deeply rooted in the American tradition of "civil religion," where political leaders utilize religious rhetoric to unify the citizenry under a shared set of values, even when the specific theological interpretations vary.
The invocation of God serves to provide a sense of legitimacy and gravity to political agendas, effectively transforming secular policy debates into moral imperatives.
When politicians face intractable problems—such as economic inequality, social unrest, or moral crises—appealing to the divine allows them to claim a "prophetic" voice, suggesting that their solutions are aligned with the ultimate good rather than mere political expediency.
Furthermore, in a landscape where religious and partisan identities have become increasingly intertwined, using religious language acts as a signal to core constituencies, reinforcing the perception that the candidate shares the fundamental worldview of the voter. This rhetorical strategy is often employed to simplify complex issues, as it frames the political landscape as a struggle between competing moral visions, thereby increasing voter engagement and loyalty.
God was not given authorization to have any say in the major institutions of the United States Government by the US Constitution.
His name for some reason is on US money.
Something of the physical value to man and not of worth to the spirit of God.😉
Rep. Rich McCormick on abortion: "This is the trick that the Democrats always like to lay out, and it's so clever: 'What about the life of the mother?'"
Trump wants something unconstitutional. Déjà vu
How many fucking times do we have to go over this "people"
This is high school and Trump is becoming a problem.
Donald Trump is saying very clearly that his voter suppression bill, the SAVE Act, is more important to him than taking care of the housing crisis in our nation.
@SenMarkey
I do not get it.
DEI is bad, but Trump appointing people more incompetent than himself with the only job skill of being a TV personality, Nepo baby or unpopular dirt bag as candidate to run a Government agency in a position of public trust.
How can we have faith in such debauchery.
Trump: We abolished DEI across the entire federal government. We don't want DEI! We got critical race theory out of our schools. We have begun the process of abolishing the federal department of education.
.@GunnySpeaksOut has a message for Donald Trump: monuments are supposed to honor principles, sacrifice, and service. NOT a single politician. The "Arc De Trump" is a slap in the face to all veterans and military families. It's time to speak out against this would-be monstrosity before it's too late.
In his continuing “Pool Monologues,” Trump hits a record ELEVEN AND A HALF MINUTES sitting with the NATO Secretary.
I cannot emphasize enough… Try and read it. I dare you.
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“The pool? Yes. It's in great shape. No. Ready? Thugs. They just told me a little while ago. Six have been arrested and like six or seven are under arrest. They have pictures and everything else. They went to the bottom and it's not a paint job. It's very expensive. It's not rubber but it's like rubber. And they went down with probably a box cutter or a very sharp razor of some kind of a knife. They cut and then they started ripping it up. You know why? Because there's sick people. And then the side of the pool, right at the water level, they took razors and they started cutting this very expensive stuff. It's incredible stuff. It's beautiful. And it's still beautiful. We have one area where they cut it. It's still holding. It's not leaking. But they hurt it so probably maybe after July 4th or maybe before. I don't know. Well, let a little water out because it's at the edge. They'll cut it. They'll replace it and it'll be as good as new. But these people should go to jail for a long time. You know, there's a statue that I saw when I had my first here that if you do anything to hurt statues or monuments, fountains in Washington, D.C. or federal fountain, it's actually federal all over the country. But you go to jail for 10 years and there's no shortcuts. In other words, it's not five years for good behavior. It's a very tough statue. And so tough that it really hasn't been used very much over the years. But I used it when they had a problem in Washington where they were trying to hurt the sickos, would try to hurt things, and I announced it. As soon as I announced it, read it, announced it. And I said, 10 years for anybody, everybody dropped what they had, including ropes. They had ropes. They were tying ropes around Thomas Jefferson's head, Andrew Jackson right up there, that a rope around his head on that incredible statue. I said, as soon as I invoked it, everybody left, that's still in play. They could go to jail for 10 years. They better be careful. They have a gash on that beautiful pool. It's a reflecting point. This is a very expensive material. Then on top of it, we did a much bigger job than we said we were going to do because we did all the outer areas. We did a beautiful job. It's like a piece of glass. And for some reason, this disturbed the radical left lunatics. You know, the guy that one of the guys, he's a member or a big pair to act blue. He's a big Hillary supporter. He's a big supporter of Sleepy Joe Biden. No, this is a very political thing. But as I understand it, six are under arrest. This was pure vandalism. It's an amazing thing that we did. Don't forget, it hasn't worked properly since it was built because it always leaked in 1922. So it was built in 1922. So that's 100 years more ago. It's never worked properly. I always said, had great potential. And I said in my first term, I'm going to do something. So Biden and Obama, between the two of them, spent over $100 million. It was a disaster. Obama, because of the environment, took the water from the Potomac, and it was horrible. It was bad. I don't want to have to tell you what happened, but it was really bad. You can read about it. Biden, he didn't have any idea what the hell they were doing because he didn't know what anything was happening. But they spent over $100 million. We spent 14 or 15 in a lot less than that because a lot of these people worked for the Parks Department anyway. So they're going to work. So I would say a lot less. And we put a great surface on it. This is a world-class surface. It looked beautiful. But they came in and they cut it. And then they grabbed it and they pulled it up. That's why it's all ripped. And who would even think of it? They're sick people. So I think they're in big trouble. But here's the bottom line.”
MacFarlane: What do you think of the briefings you’ve been getting—or not getting—on Iran?
Larson: Briefings? We should have the president here. He’s not following the Constitution. This is an illegal war. He has to come before Congress. In July, he said he obliterated everything, that there was nothing left. If there is nothing left, why are we there?