No. The Founders created a secular constitutional republic. The Constitution mentions neither God nor Christianity, bars religious tests for office, and the 1797 Treaty of Tripoli (ratified under Adams) states the US government "is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."
@Markmanson I listened to it on Spotify on Wednesday. Listening again today. I love how you all explain the three layers needed to be understood in order to effect change. Great stuff!
God help us. This is disgraceful language coming from a Christian, or anyone with a soul. It was just as wrong to celebrate the death of Charlie Kirk as it is to celebrate that of Robert Mueller. May they rest in peace. And may we never forget that Jesus's message is about mercy.
The deadly shooting in Minneapolis today was a straight-up execution of a protester by Trump's federal brownshirts.
The thugs wrestled him to the ground. They pistol-whipped him, then shot him multiple times. They murdered him.
The videos don't lie. A man is dead, killed in cold blood. There is no conceivable justification for this intentional homicide. And make no mistake, that intentional, unjustified homicide was committed on behalf of Donald J. Trump.
Trump's militarization of Minneapolis and other parts of our nation isn't about illegal immigration. It's not about enhancing public safety. It's about destroying any sense of that safety—to intimidate political opponents, and to punish dissent. It's about a corrupt, out-of-control regime's effort to provoke citizens in order to justify the violence it desires to commit against them so that it can expand and retain its power.
That is fascism. It is tyranny. It is governmental criminality.
And the ultimate legal check the Framers of our Constitution provided to stop this kind of tyranny and criminality in the executive branch is impeachment and removal of the executive.
Congress needs to do its job.
Now.
Before it's too late.
The horrifying acts of this admin’s militarized immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, Portland, Chicago and cities nationwide are not about safety. They’re about power, and they’re putting innocent working people in danger.
These harmful, violent federal actions must end.
We’ve announced plans to open a new site in Houston, the second of 4 new locations coming to the U.S. The $6.5 billion facility will bring an expected 4,615 jobs and help boost domestic medicine manufacturing.
"Fuck Your Feelings" MAGA snowflakes sure don't like being called fascists when they're engaged in fascist acts, have masked troops in the streets, and are using state power to attack Trump's political enemies.
If the jackboot fits, wear it, you whiny bitches.
This isn’t Moscow or Beijing. It’s Chicago. Masked federal agents grabbed U.S. citizens protesting ICE and threw them into an unmarked van.
“Who are you? Where are you taking them?” people shouted. “You are kidnapping them!”
What has America become?
It’s: “I did a bad thing,” not “I am a bad person.”
It’s: “I tried and failed,” not “I am a failure.”
It’s: “I did it wrong,” not “I am wrong.”
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How you talk to yourself defines your Self. Be careful what you say.