In recent weeks, some GOP officials have called for government policies that would discriminate against non-”Christian nationalists.” Without the premise, that our country was founded as (their kind of) “Christian,” their claims collapse. The following blogs show our history. 1/10

The Articles of Confederation had been the charter of government for 13 former colonies of the British empire since 11/15/1777. [FN16] The Revolutionary war formally ended with the Treaty of Paris on…

IN Lt Gov Micah Beckwith wants IN’s Constitution to require candidates for public office “profess their belief ‘in Judeo-Christian orthodoxy.’” [FN1] His views are abhorrent. In a 10/24/19 selfie video, he said “the church” provides the morality America was founded on 1/11

and you cannot be moral if you are a “Hindu, an atheist or a Jew.” If you are not a Christian, you lack the capacity to BE moral. In mid-North Indiana, people like Beckwith usually said, “It’s not MY way. It’s…

This evening Atlantic noted in trump’s 2d term, more than 6 million participants have been cut from SNAP (more commonly called “food stamps”). Brooke Rollins, trump’s lackey heading the Dept of Agriculture, bragged that a “‘vicious cycle’ of government dependence” was ended. 1/2

Some call that “vicious cycle” three meals a day. More $$$ now is freed up for monuments to trump’s ego erected by trump for trump or to pay billionaires who need to see returns on their investments paid to…

Bad comedy - sometimes - must be watched. trump’s speech at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner on 7/24 exemplifies “must be watched.” [FN1] Standup can be scary, w/possible PTSD on top of shelling out bucks for a cover charge. I meant members of the audience ... 1/9

can feel violated, esp if there’s a cover charge. [FN2] The material was pure torture for the audience. And at one hour + the speech was too long. And yet an alternative lay close at hand. This week, the State…