 Zorek Richards
January 3, 2021: Ronald Reagan once said "Without God, there is no virtue because there is no prompting of the conscience... without God, there is a coarsening of the society; without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure." Reagan, of course, was a Republican and it was from the Reagan campaign that Trump stole his "Make America Great Again" slogan. Various reports from various sources showing some of those strange placements in some offices of the government by Donald Trump were placed in order to place Trump-loyalists who would push his election fraud nonsense. I remember thinking and even posting that when he put one of his former campaign activists in the Pentagon. My thought was that when a leader does that in 3rd world countries it looks like they are starting a coup.
"And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." -President Donald Trump, Jan. 6, 2021
January 8, 2021: Dominion Voting Systems files $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against pro-Trump election attorney Sidney Powell. Dominion's new lawsuit outlines numerous falsehoods in Powell's election lawsuits and public statements about the election and Dominion's involvement. The voting technology company alleged that her conspiracy theories were all the more damaging because they were amplified by Trump and right-wing media outlets. (Business Insider - CNBC - Associated Press - ABC News - CNN - Washington Post - The Hill - NBC News - NPR - The Colorado Sun - CNet - Wall Street Journal - Law & Crime - Ars Technica - Spectrum News NY1 - Yahoo - WAMU) |
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Zorek Richards
Jan 10, 2021: God has and is using Trump to expose the stupidity and evil hearts of those who call Him Lord
👉God has and is using Trump to expose the stupidity and evil hearts of those who call Him Lord. "Christian Nationalism" is not of God. God demands devotion to love Him with all your heart your mind and your soul. Then to love your neighbor as yourself (even if you disagree with your neighbor).
👉The kingdom of God focuses on the advancement of the gospel. Nationalism focuses on the advancement of the politics of the nation. Politics and economics are vital and, to an extent, can represent biblical ethics. But Jesus made it clear that being committed to making disciples and seeing humanity change was more important, and a change that would be real and lasting.
👉It is also possible for a committed Christian to be a faithful witness for Jesus while serving in public life as an elected official. But anything that potentially distracts my energy and focus away from advancing the Gospel should take a backseat in my personal life and ministry.
1️⃣The kingdom of God produces loyalty to Christ above all else. Nationalism produces loyalty to the nation above all else.
2️⃣The kingdom of God produces martyrs for the cause of Christ. Nationalism produces citizens who are willing to die for their nation based simply on a political ideology.
3️⃣The kingdom of God raises the banner of Jesus above all else. Nationalism raises the national flag above all else...or based on what we saw this week, the Trump flag and even, more sadly, the Confederate flag.
4️⃣The kingdom of God promotes the interests of God above the world. Nationalism promotes the interests of the nation above the kingdom.
👉Christian Nationalism is a very dangerous dogma. When you think God is on your side and your politics is from Him...you see yourself as the smartest and the strongest person in the room. It is a dangerous faux humility.
▶️“His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence” (Psalm 11:5). Solomon instructed us, “Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways” (Proverbs 3:31).◀️
👉God has and is using Trump to expose the stupidity and evil hearts of those who call Him Lord. "Christian Nationalism" is not of God. God demands devotion to love Him with all your heart your mind and your soul. Then to love your neighbor as yourself (even if you disagree with your neighbor).
👉The kingdom of God focuses on the advancement of the gospel. Nationalism focuses on the advancement of the politics of the nation. Politics and economics are vital and, to an extent, can represent biblical ethics. But Jesus made it clear that being committed to making disciples and seeing humanity change was more important, and a change that would be real and lasting.
👉It is also possible for a committed Christian to be a faithful witness for Jesus while serving in public life as an elected official. But anything that potentially distracts my energy and focus away from advancing the Gospel should take a backseat in my personal life and ministry.
1️⃣The kingdom of God produces loyalty to Christ above all else. Nationalism produces loyalty to the nation above all else.
2️⃣The kingdom of God produces martyrs for the cause of Christ. Nationalism produces citizens who are willing to die for their nation based simply on a political ideology.
3️⃣The kingdom of God raises the banner of Jesus above all else. Nationalism raises the national flag above all else...or based on what we saw this week, the Trump flag and even, more sadly, the Confederate flag.
4️⃣The kingdom of God promotes the interests of God above the world. Nationalism promotes the interests of the nation above the kingdom.
👉Christian Nationalism is a very dangerous dogma. When you think God is on your side and your politics is from Him...you see yourself as the smartest and the strongest person in the room. It is a dangerous faux humility.
▶️“His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence” (Psalm 11:5). Solomon instructed us, “Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways” (Proverbs 3:31).◀️
The members of congress who are most outspoken in favor of Trump are Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene. All Three have ties to (through personal ties and/or contributions) right wing hate groups, militias and white supremacy groups. THIS is your GOP...for those who are still in it. McCarthy seems to be OK with it and, at the least, accepts the actions of the Trump Maga Terrorist Regime on Jan 6.
Feb 8, 2021: 2021 National Prayer Breakfast: Becky Garrison (Religious Dispatches wrote: Gone were the Trumpian outward displays of a politicized version of Christianity that contained a toxic mixture of conservative white evangelicalism, prosperity gospel preaching, and Christian nationalism. Instead, all living former Presidents sans Donald J. Trump joined President Biden in promoting a future filled with faith and forgiveness. The Washington Post described the mood as a “return to the event’s historically lofty tone” that “highlighted the president’s effort to restore Washington’s institutions to their traditional pre-Trump form.”
Feb 9, 2021: Sam Rocha reported at American Magazine: In its final days, the Trump administration went on a killing spree, executing federal prisoners at an unprecedented rate; the number of Americans killed by Covid-19 broke 400,000; and five people died in a violent failed insurrection at the Capitol. Add to this the ongoing refugee crisis, the existential threats of climate change, the rise of populist authoritarianism around the world and the struggle against anti-Black racism in America, and it is not hard to see that the culture of death is alive and well.
Feb 12, 2021: What of the culpability of the rioters themselves? If we blame Trump, aren’t we letting them off the hook? Certainly not. They are to blame, too. Just as Sam’s blameworthiness in the above case does not alter the fact that John is to blame, so Trump’s blameworthiness does not alter the blameworthiness of his supporters. Parties can be jointly to blame. Trump is, I contend, clearly morally to blame for the violence that transpired at the Capitol on 6 January. Whether he will be convicted remains to be seen. --Ben Bramble; ABC Religion & Ethics; Is Trump morally to blame for the violence at the Capitol? Some philosophical considerations
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July 8, 2021: Trump writes WSJ op-ed defending his Big Tech lawsuit -- and it quickly blows up in his face
The Wall Street Journal on Thursday published an op-ed, ostensibly written by former President Donald Trump, in support of his lawsuit — unveiled Wednesday — alleging that Facebook, Google, and Twitter are violating his First Amendment rights by banning his accounts for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. |
"One of the gravest threats to our democracy today is a powerful group of Big Tech corporations that have teamed up with government to censor the free speech of the American people," the op-ed begins. "This is not only wrong—it is unconstitutional. To restore free speech for myself and for every American, I am suing Big Tech to stop it..."
"This coercion and coordination is unconstitutional," Trump continues. "The Supreme Court has held that Congress can't use private actors to achieve what the Constitution prohibits it from doing itself. In effect, Big Tech has been illegally deputized as the censorship arm of the U.S. government. This should alarm you no matter your political persuasion. It is unacceptable, unlawful and un-American." 7.8.23 |
July 12, 2021: Allen Weisselberg, the long time chief financial officer of the Trump Organization and keeper of pretty much all of Donald Trump’s financial secrets, has been fired from his leadership roles at more than 40 of Trump’s companies.
July 17, 2021: LGBTQ Nation reported that several churches are worshipping the gospel of Trump just as much as Christianity. Observers have been quick to point out the dangers of the new movement outlined in the story. “This is the backbone of Trump’s Jesus fascists,” tweeted best-selling author Frank Schaeffer. He has written extensively about his own strict evangelical upbringing.
July 17, 2021: According to the Washington Post, more churches are increasingly becoming “part of a growing Christian movement that is nondenominational, openly political and [have] become an engine of former president Donald Trump’s Republican Party.” Some of the largest congregations in the country now subscribe to Trump’s acolytes. “Its most successful leaders are considered apostles and prophets, including some with followings in the hundreds of thousands, publishing empires, TV shows, vast prayer networks, podcasts, spiritual academies, and branding in the form of T-shirts, bumper stickers and even flags,” the Post notes.
Aug 13, 2021: Hank Kunneman Still Claims the 2020 Election Was Stolen: "The Evidence Is Factual!" Nebraska preacher and false prophet Hank Kunneman of One Voice Ministries used a recent sermon to allege, falsely, that Donald Trump is still president because votes were stolen from him.(There was no stolen votes)
Aug 23, 2021: Donald Trump praised the Taliban by calling them 'great negotiators' and 'tough fighters'. Magas can officially now refer to each other as the TaliKKKlan. During his 90-minute speech in Alabama, Donald Trump praised the Taliban and talked up his relationship with them at the same time that President Joe Biden is attempting to conduct the evacuation of Americans out of Afghanistan.
Sept 5, 2021: A New York Magazine article offered insight Trump’s long campaign to steal the presidency: The insurrection, they reported, was a complex, yearslong plot, not a one-day event. And it isn’t over.
Sept 8, 2021: During a 51-minute interview on “The John Fredericks Show,” a radio program syndicated across Virginia, former President Donald Trump dodged a half-dozen opportunities to say whether he is planning to run for president once again in 2024.
September 9, 2021: Trump hailed Robert E Lee as a genius today. Lee was also a leader in a failed insurrection. Lee believed slavery was a moral and religious issue, and not one that would yield to political solutions. Trumps dad was a also KKK member. White Nationalists LOVE Trump. See the connection??
Sept 9, 2021:Trump Wrote a Love Letter To Robert E. Lee
Nothing like an uninformed opinion passing as reasoned commentary. That’s what TV pundit land is made of and nobody is more the superficial simulacrum of a thinker than Donald Trump. Trump decided to weigh in on the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee recently. Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all. President Lincoln wanted him to command the North, in which case the war would have been over in one day. Robert E. Lee instead chose the other side because of his great love of Virginia, and except for Gettysburg, would have won the war. He should be remembered as perhaps the greatest unifying force after the war was over, ardent in his resolve to bring the North and South together through many means of reconciliation and imploring his soldiers to do their duty in becoming good citizens of this Country. Our culture is being destroyed and our history and heritage, both good and bad, are being extinguished by the Radical Left, and we can’t let that happen! If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan, that disaster would have ended in a complete and total victory many years ago. What an embarrassment we are suffering because we don’t have the genius of a Robert E. Lee!
Nothing like an uninformed opinion passing as reasoned commentary. That’s what TV pundit land is made of and nobody is more the superficial simulacrum of a thinker than Donald Trump. Trump decided to weigh in on the removal of the statue of Robert E. Lee recently. Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all. President Lincoln wanted him to command the North, in which case the war would have been over in one day. Robert E. Lee instead chose the other side because of his great love of Virginia, and except for Gettysburg, would have won the war. He should be remembered as perhaps the greatest unifying force after the war was over, ardent in his resolve to bring the North and South together through many means of reconciliation and imploring his soldiers to do their duty in becoming good citizens of this Country. Our culture is being destroyed and our history and heritage, both good and bad, are being extinguished by the Radical Left, and we can’t let that happen! If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan, that disaster would have ended in a complete and total victory many years ago. What an embarrassment we are suffering because we don’t have the genius of a Robert E. Lee!
Sept 14, 2021: Christian Post reported that President Donald Trump joined missionary and political activist Sean Feucht in calling the nation to a period of 21 days of prayer on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 during a prayer event at the National Mall on Saturday.
Zorek Richards
Sept 15, 2021:
The usual suspects of the GOP (Hawley, Gaetz, Taylor Greene, Rubio etc) are saying General Milley should be fired but overlook the negligent actions of Trump which lead to Milley's actions. I stand with General Milley on this one. If Trump says "I didn't"...it means he did. Proven 99.9% of the time.
Sept 22, 2021: The percentage of white Americans who identified as “born-again” or “evangelical” during the Trump administration increased rather than declined, according to a new report by Pew Research Center.
October 2, 2021: His Soul Is Just So Damaged’: Broadway Legend Betty Buckley Reacts to News That Trump Aide Would Play ‘Memory’ From Cats to Calm Him Down" is
One of the weirdest — and flat-out funniest — revelations from Stephanie Grisham’s tell-all book about her time working in the White House was about an unnamed aide, dubbed the “Music Man,” who would play the song “Memory” from the musical Cats in order to soothe former President Donald Trump’s infamous temper.
One of the weirdest — and flat-out funniest — revelations from Stephanie Grisham’s tell-all book about her time working in the White House was about an unnamed aide, dubbed the “Music Man,” who would play the song “Memory” from the musical Cats in order to soothe former President Donald Trump’s infamous temper.
July 9, 2021: Baptist Global News: Love him or hate him, but at least Joe Biden has returned us to a ‘normal’ presidency; can it last?
The problem is that we do not know whether this return to something like normality is going to last. That’s because the Republican Party has largely lost its mind under the impact of Donald Trump. Despite his two impeachments, significant legal troubles, loss of the 2020 election, mishandling of the pandemic, incitement of an insurrection on Jan. 6, and constant undermining of confidence in our elections — through claims about electoral fraud that his formerly loyal attorney general, William Barr, has called pure “bullshit” — Donald Trump remains the beloved leader and top influence in the Republican Party and among millions of everyday Americans.
The problem is that we do not know whether this return to something like normality is going to last. That’s because the Republican Party has largely lost its mind under the impact of Donald Trump. Despite his two impeachments, significant legal troubles, loss of the 2020 election, mishandling of the pandemic, incitement of an insurrection on Jan. 6, and constant undermining of confidence in our elections — through claims about electoral fraud that his formerly loyal attorney general, William Barr, has called pure “bullshit” — Donald Trump remains the beloved leader and top influence in the Republican Party and among millions of everyday Americans.
July 7, 2021: WCCB: Trump Announces Suits Against Facebook, Twitter And Google
Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs.
Former President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies: Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs.
July 1, 2021: Relevant Magazine: Pew Study: Trump’s White Evangelical Support Increased Between 2016 and 2020
White evangelicals have reliably voted Republican since the Reagan years, but the voting bloc met challenges from within its own party, including vocal Trump critics like Dr. Russell Moore and Beth Moore. However, such criticisms appeared to fall on deaf ears. Pew estimates that without Trump’s White evangelical base, Biden would have walloped Trump by more than 20 points.
White evangelicals have reliably voted Republican since the Reagan years, but the voting bloc met challenges from within its own party, including vocal Trump critics like Dr. Russell Moore and Beth Moore. However, such criticisms appeared to fall on deaf ears. Pew estimates that without Trump’s White evangelical base, Biden would have walloped Trump by more than 20 points.
June 27, 2021: Sky News: Donald Trump hints at running for office in 2024 in campaign-style rally in Ohio
Donald Trump reprised baseless election fraud claims and hinted at a run for office in 2024 in his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House.
Donald Trump reprised baseless election fraud claims and hinted at a run for office in 2024 in his first campaign-style rally since leaving the White House.
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June 12, 2021: Manhattan Mercury: 'Jesus and John Wayne' exposes how 'warrior' Christianity fueled rise of Trump
This important book, “Jesus and John Wayne,” addresses the often-asked question of how a man whose life is wildly inconsistent with the teachings of evangelical Christianity could so capture the support, even adoration, of so much of the evangelical community in the last two Presidential elections. It turns out we must take a broad historical perspective to truly answer this. |
A media figure who came to epitomize this militant Christian was movie star John Wayne. Like later “naughty” Christian heroes Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, Wayne was no born-again Christian and was in fact a hard drinker, womanizer and chain smoker. Evangelicals’ attraction, however, was to the masculine ideal. Wayne’s lead in the pro-war “The Green Berets” (1968) helped to solidify this and further disdain the so-called cultural elites for their criticism of traditional masculinity. 6.12.21 |
January 2021:
