Today we were reminded of the sleazy tabloid world in which Donald Trump lived as he ran for president in 2016. David Pecker, Trump’s longtime friend (they are no longer speaking) and the publisher of the The National Enquirer testified […]
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Liberty University students come to Washington D.C. to engage with Trump’s congressional surrogates
The students–hundreds of them–heard speeches by Marsha Blackburn, Bob Goode, Tom Emmer, Lauren Boebert, Tom Cotton, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Speaker Mike Johnson, and others. New president, same old stuff. Here is the Liberty website: Hundreds […]
The curse of Ted Cruz
In case you missed it, last night the Texas Rangers won game seven of the American League Championship Series over the Houston Astros and are headed to the World Series against either the Philadelphia Phillies or the Arizona Diamondback (they […]
NBC News tackles Seven Mountain Dominionism
Here is NBC News’s Grapevine Podcast. You might hear a familiar voice 🙂
What does the Uganda anti-homosexuality law say? How are some American evangelicals responding?
As you may have heard, Uganda just passed an anti-homosexuality law. Here is a summary: Read the entire bill here. Here is Caleb Ecarma at Vanity Fair: Antigay sentiment in Uganda has climbed in recent years due in no small […]
Ted Cruz will run for Senate in 2024
Or to put it differently: Ted Cruz will not run for President of the United States in 2024. Here is Caroline Linton at CBS News: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters on a call that he will be running for reelection in […]
You can’t make this stuff up
If you have the stomach to learn more about how the Trump evangelicals are using Christianity to undermine the American republic, you may want to follow Ron Filipkowski on Twitter. In December 2020, Filipkowski, a Republican lawyer, resigned his position […]
Do guns have ANYTHING to do with mass shootings? No, according to Ted Cruz
In Cruz’s world, gun violence happens because of “the elites who dominate our culture,” the media, corporate leaders, Hollywood, homelessness, gangs, “radical” district attorneys, “cultural sickness,” despair, isolation, “sick souls,” broken families, absent fathers, declining church attendance, social medial bullying, […]
Which lawmakers get the most contributions from gun rights groups?
From Axios: Sen. Ted Cruz (TX): $442,000 Rep. Steve Scalise (LA): $396,000 Sen. John Cornyn (TX): $340,000 Sen. Lindsey Grahan (SC): $284,000 Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY): $247,000 Rep. Devin Nunes (CA): $228, 000 Sen. Ron Johnson (WI): 223,000 Rep. Kevin […]
What Beto did
In case you missed it, yesterday Texas gubernatorial candidate (and U.S. Senate candidate and presidential candidate and former Congressman) Beto O’Rourke disrupted Texas governor Greg Abbott’s press conference on the school shooting in Ulvade: Watch: In addition to Abbott, Lieutenant […]
Ted Cruz endorses Josh Mandel in Ohio Senate race
Ah Christian Right politicians! You’ve got to love the way they have each other’s backs. Josh Mandel is running for Senate in Ohio in the pro-Trump lane. He does not believe in the separation of church and state, thinks the […]
When Harvard grads attack the American “elite”
Someone recently left a message on my voicemail asking me if I saw myself as part of the “liberal elite.” He is one of the regular callers who leaves voice mails whenever I write something here or elsewhere that they […]
What does the Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing tell us about the state of the Republican Party?
Here is a taste of Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson recent column: Jackson’s main Republican questioners are not focused on qualifications, temperament or even judicial theory. Their clear objective has been to trip up the nominee by asking about the latest Republican culture-war debates. […]
Ted Cruz sends his daughters to an antiracist school that seems to promote ideas that he defines as critical race theory
The Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings have been an utter embarrassment for the GOP members of the judicial committee. Take Ted Cruz, for example. His hypocrisy knows no bounds. Earlier this week I wrote about Ted Cruz’s attempt to demonize […]
What Ted Cruz doesn’t know about Georgetown Day School (and critical race theory)
Watch Ted Cruz grill Supreme Court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on critical race theory: Just for the record, critical race theory does not teach, as Cruz claims, that all of life is explained best by the clash of the […]
Ted Cruz calls Jen Psaki “Peppermint Patty”
In a speech at the meeting of the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC), Ted Cruz referred to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki as “Peppermint Patty.” Watch: But I wonder–is someone calling Psaki “Peppermint Patty” really an insult? Why does […]
Ted Cruz is eyeing a run in 2024
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is a man of great ambition and he wants to be president of the United States. Here is a taste of Allan Smith’s piece at NBC News: “The race in ’24 will very much hinge on […]
Ivy leaguers who are trying to destroy American democracy
What do Josh Hawley, Steve Mnuchin, Ben Carson, Wilbur Ross, Jared Kushner, Steve Bannon, Mike Pompeo, Ted Cruz, Elise Stefanik, and Kayleigh McEnany have in common? They all have degrees from Ivy League institutions and they are all, in one […]
The great revival is coming and it will make America Christian again
Greg Laurie says it is coming and it will restore America to its Christian roots. Ted Cruz says it is coming and it will propel evangelicals into cultural prominence. Eric Metaxas and Greg Locke also say it is on its […]
More on the evangelical Trumpers in Orlando this weekend: Ted Cruz confirms his Dominionism and Mike Pence gets heckled.
I am trying to stay up-to-speed on this evangelical Lost Cause conference known as The Road to Majority. Read our first post here. Here is Ted Cruz: Some responses: What Cruz is doing here is political fundamentalism It is one […]