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Trump’s Next MAGA Rally: Waco, Texas

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Twice-impeached, and hopefully soon indicted, former President Donald Trump chose a disturbing location for his first MAGA rally since announcing he is running for president in 2024: Waco, Texas.

The rally, planned for Saturday, will occur during the 30th anniversary of the siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. The tragic incident is seared in the consciousness of Americans, it seems only yesterday federal agents raided the compound seeking to arrest cult leader David Koresh. The botched raid resulted in an inferno that left 76 people, including 25 children dead.

Waco resonates with the far-right base that worships Trump with as much fervor as the Branch Davidians worshipped David Koresh. Nazis, Christian nationalists, and right-wing crazies of all stripes regard the Waco anniversary with the same reverence that they regard Christmas or Easter.

Koresh was a narcissist who reveled in his power over his followers, and I don’t think he shed a tear that his monumental ego resulted in a conflagration that killed dozens of children.

Trump’s ego matches that of Koresh, and Trump does not care that his refusal to accept the result of the 2020 election almost resulted in the end of our democracy.

Trump is cognizant that Waco represents the hatred that his base harbors towards the federal government, and he could care less if he incites another Waco-style inferno.

Evangelical Church Under Fire for Unathorized Production of ‘Hamilton’ Musical

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The musical Hamilton follows the remarkable life story of Alexander Hamilton, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Its creator and star, Lin-Manuel Miranda, makes history relevant and exciting by using rap music and lyrics that resonates with today’s audience.

Hamilton opening on London in December 2017 and it’s still selling out on Broadway.

 The evangelical Door Church in McAllen, Texas, mounted an illegal production of Hamilton, the pastor Roman Gutierrez claimed that their production was sanctioned and licensed by the Hamilton team.

What could possibly go wrong, right?

First of all, Lin-Manuel Miranda did not give the church the license or his blessing to mount their own production. The pastor, like his Lord and Savior Donald Trump, is a lying piece of shit.

The church’s blasphemous production removes explicit language and references to sex and replaces it with dialogue about how great and marvelous Jesus is, and how awful and sinful gays are.

I hope this god-awful church doesn’t perform Hamlet. In their telling Hamlet sees the Holy Ghost, and He commands him to stop dithering. To be or not to be? Of course, he should be a born-again Christian.

Outrage: Statewide ‘Blue Alert’ Issued in Texas

Blue Alerts are issued for wanted persons who are suspected of killing or seriously injuring a law enforcement officer.

Citizens throughout the huge state of Texas received a Blue Alert on their phones at midnight after a Clay County sheriff’s deputy was shot during an attempted traffic stop on Monday night.

That’s like a flood alert issued for the entire Lone Star state because a water main broke in a one-traffic-light town.

Texans received the Blue Alert in the middle of the night with no information. Keep in mind that most Texans don’t know the difference between a Blue Alert and a Blue Light Special at KMART. Some of the more conspiracy-minded Republicans probably thought the Blue Alert signified that one of the AWOL Democratic House Democrats had been spotted in their neighborhood.

I don’t mind if an Amber Alert wakes me up in the middle of the night, because it’s imperative that an abducted child be found as soon as possible.

But I’m not going to lose much sleep over a cop who is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty, after all they knew the risks of the job when they enrolled in the police academy.

It’s a tragedy whenever a law enforcement officer is shot in the line of duty and I hope the suspect is apprehended, but did a Blue Alert really need to be issued?

Trump Brags (Lies) About Attracting Huge Crowds in Coronavirus Epicenters

My visits last week to Texas and Frorida had massive numbers of cheering people gathered along the roads and highways, thousands and thousands, even bigger (by far) than the crowds of 2016. Saw no Biden supporters, and yet some in the Fake News said it was an equal number. Sad!

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This is a typical Trump tweet in that it contains typos, lies, and an obsession with numbers.

You’d think the stable genius wouldn’t misspell “Florida” a swing state that he desperately needs to win.

It’s a blatant lie that there were massive numbers of cheering people gathered along the roads and highways when he visited Texas and Florida. Last week Trump held a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida that had a disappointing turnout. After the Tulsa debacle, Trump should realize that in a pandemic his supporters, many of whom are senior citizens, aren’t going to show up for his rallies in the same numbers as in 2016.

Trump shouldn’t be bragging, or should is say lying, about his campaign stops in Texas and Florida attracting massive numbers of cheering people. These two states have set new records for coronavirus deaths over the past few days, if anything he should be encouraging the residents of these two states to avoid crowds.

Trump points out that he saw no Biden supporters, which begs the question: why the holy hell would Biden supporters show up at a MAGA rally?

This tweet just emphasizes the fact that Trump is a demented lying piece of shit, and it’s high time to kick him to the curb.

Pastor From Hell Heckles Kids at Mall: There Is No Santa

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“Pastor Dave Grisham filmed himself Saturday standing in an Amarillo, Texas mall and heckling children as they waited in line to meet Santa.

He walked up to the line of families waiting to meet Santa and announced: Kids, I want to tell you today that there is no such thing as Santa Claus. Santa Claus does not exist.

He continued: The Christmas season is about Jesus. Jesus was born 2,016 years ago. He was born in a manger in a small town called Bethlehem.

‘Don’t lie to your children and tell them there’s such thing as Santa, when you know in reality that there are no flying reindeer, there is no workshop of the North Pole, there is no elves making toys, that you buy all gifts and put them under tree. That’s all the truth!'”

The American Mirror

The Apostle Paul told the congregation at Corinth that they were ambassadors for Christ, an ambassador for the loving Jesus should exercise tact and diplomacy in preaching the Gospel message.

The loud and obnoxious Pastor Grinch succeeded only in turning people away from the Gospel with his self-serving publicity stunt.

How would Grisham like it if an atheist walked into his church while his congregation waited in line to receive communion, and shouted: Jesus died some 2,000 years ago! He didn’t rise from the dead! Stop believing in myths and fables!

Let’s get real, the Christmas season isn’t about Jesus or Santa, it’s about mindless consumerism, greed, and attending Bacchanalian office parties.

I pray that a prophet filled with the holiday spirit will take a giant King James Bible and spank the hell out of Pastor Asshole if he pulls this stunt again.