"President" 45 Has History Of Comparing Himself To God

It's too bad Republicans didn't take Scotland's heed and refuse to let 45 (I won't type its name anymore unless there is no other way to report on the issues) run as their nominee. Instead they invited in the devil to further their agenda and all of us are suffering for it—even the ones who don't realize it yet. But I'm digressing...

According to The Irish Times, 45 accused Scottish politician Patrick Harvie of blasphemy after Harvie posted a tweet regarding 45 that he didn't like. Blasphemy. Let me repeat that: he accused the politician of blasphemy. "The Scottish blasphemy law was last enforced in 1843 but, under parliament rules, an investigation had to be launched," wrote journalist Peter Geoghegan. "The case was dismissed, making Harvie the only Scottish parliamentarian ever to be formally cleared of blasphemy."

I've posted a quick video (and humorous recap!) from Samantha Bee's show because it puts the blasphemy case into perspective alongside what was going on in Scotland at the time this event occurred. Nevertheless, I highly suggest reading The Irish Times piece for an altogether different reason. Namely, the division and hostility 45 created in Scotland amongst ordinary citizens is eerily similar to the state of being that is, as Time magazine so aptly dubbed it, the current Divided States of America.

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The Anti-Christ & Trump: All Our Research (In Chronological Order)

• The Anti-Christ, Donald Trump & The Media
• Republicans, Blasphemy & The Anti-Christ: This Is Getting Weird
• Hard-right Israeli Politician: Trump Is Messiah
• The Whore of Babylon, The Anti-Christ & Ivanka Trump
• Blasphemy: The Deification of Trump & Putin
• Russians Make "In Trump We Trust" Coins
• "President" 45 Has History Of Comparing Himself To God

Two Segregationists Confirmed In Two Days

2017's Black History Month will go down in American history as either the beginning of the end or the end of the beginning. If February 7th & 8th are any indication of what is to come—and I believe in my heart of hearts that they are—we are closer to Civilutionary War than ever before. Indeed, I'll be surprised if the country hasn't broken down into armed militias by spring and torn itself apart by summer.

On February 7, Betsy DeVos was confirmed as Secretary of Education. DeVos is committed to privatizing the school system even though private schools have flagrantly higher rates of segregation and were originally created as a white-flight backlash against SCOTUS' ruling on Brown vs The Board of Education. 

Later that same day, Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced by GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch "The Bitch" McConnell when she tried to read the letter Coretta Scott King wrote regarding Jeff Sessions’ racially bigoted patterns of behavior. The GOP senators then voted to censure Senator Warren using an obscure rule only invoked ONCE in American history, effectively barring her from speaking during the February 8 confirmation hearing of Jeff Sessions to the position of Attorney General.

As awful as all the above is, perhaps the most frightening and foreboding thing to occur on February 7 was this: The House Administration Committee voted 6-3 along party lines to eliminate the Election Assistance Commission, which helps states run elections and is the only federal agency charged with making sure voting machines can’t be hacked. The agency was set up after the Bush-Gore debacle of 2000; the GOP has been trying to get rid of it ever since—mission accomplished.

On February 8, 2017 Jeff Sessions was, as expected, confirmed to the position of U.S. Attorney General. He will be in charge of the country’s civil rights division despite his racist and anti-gay views. All Republican senators and a Democrat from West Virginia voted in favor of his confirmation while all other Democrats voted against it. 

I knew both confirmations would go through, but I’m still gutted by the fact they did. America, I do not recognize you anymore. 

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Surviving The Trumpocalypse - Replay

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Russians Make "In Trump We Trust" Coins

Imagine the screams of "Anti-Christ!" we'd have heard if any nation on earth had minted In Obama We Trust coins. So far I've yet to hear a single conservative call out this newly minted Russian coin as the blasphemy it is. Replacing God with Trump is just... NOT okay!

If this was the only "for instance" out there of Trump being likened to God then it would be easier to chalk it up to a one off, if offensively melodramatic, occurrence. But it's not the first time and will undoubtedly not be the last time either.

God, save us. 

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The Anti-Christ & Trump: All Our Research (In Chronological Order)

• The Anti-Christ, Donald Trump & The Media
• Republicans, Blasphemy & The Anti-Christ: This Is Getting Weird
• Hard-right Israeli Politician: Trump Is Messiah
• The Whore of Babylon, The Anti-Christ & Ivanka Trump
• Blasphemy: The Deification of Trump & Putin
• Russians Make "In Trump We Trust" Coins
• "President" 45 Has History Of Comparing Himself To God

Season 2, Episode #5: The American Civilutionary War Is Coming

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Blasphemy: The Deification of Trump & Putin

Unfortunately, online proclamations such as this one are not uncommon:

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Not to be outdone, Putin has his own worshippers:

The man who ordered the murder of 400,000 Russians is the Defender of Christianity?

Orthodox Russians have elevated Putin to the same god-emperor status that Evangelicals have deified Donald Trump. If that doesn't frighten you, especially given both of their unrepentant perversions of morality, it should.

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The Anti-Christ & Trump: All Our Research (In Chronological Order)

• The Anti-Christ, Donald Trump & The Media
• Republicans, Blasphemy & The Anti-Christ: This Is Getting Weird
• Hard-right Israeli Politician: Trump Is Messiah
• The Whore of Babylon, The Anti-Christ & Ivanka Trump
• Blasphemy: The Deification of Trump & Putin
• Russians Make "In Trump We Trust" Coins
• "President" 45 Has History Of Comparing Himself To God

Season 2, Episode #1: Surviving The Trumpocalypse

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