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November 3, 2023
Bernie Sanders also puts this idea into understandable terms. "For the sake of the Palestinian people, and for the people of Israel, we must create a process which ends the hatred, the cycle of violence, and allows all to live in peace and security," he said
Santita Jackson, daughter of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said, on her morning talk show, that Israeli Security is "married" to Palestinian Justice.
It starts with us, here, at home.
Israeli Security is tied to Palestinian justice
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/11/israeli-security-is-tied-to-palestinian.htmlBernie Sanders also puts this idea into understandable terms. "For the sake of the Palestinian people, and for the people of Israel, we must create a process which ends the hatred, the cycle of violence, and allows all to live in peace and security," he said
Santita Jackson, daughter of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said, on her morning talk show, that Israeli Security is "married" to Palestinian Justice.
It starts with us, here, at home.
November 2, 2023
Two county supervisors, in Cochise County, Arizona, who broke multiple laws by failing to certify the results of the 2022 elections in their county and then challenged other laws, which they also violated, are going to be brought to justice. But in spite of all they saw and all of the evidence, they are still mindless election deniers who are in position to mess with genuine election results. And how many more of these mindless automaton nut jobs are out their with hands on the ballot counting process?
Democrats better keep a hawk's eye on elections with this stuff going on!
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/11/democrats-better-keep-hawks-eye-on.htmlTwo county supervisors, in Cochise County, Arizona, who broke multiple laws by failing to certify the results of the 2022 elections in their county and then challenged other laws, which they also violated, are going to be brought to justice. But in spite of all they saw and all of the evidence, they are still mindless election deniers who are in position to mess with genuine election results. And how many more of these mindless automaton nut jobs are out their with hands on the ballot counting process?
October 31, 2023
Sorry, Eric Holder. You were a good attorney general, but...
...I'm not with you on your opinion regarding what Trump should be allowed to get away with when it comes to insulting and threatening judges and potential witnesses in cases where he's a defendant.
He should be treated the same as any other American. And I just don't get being an advocate for creating a special class for politicians and privileged people who have served in government to avoid the penalties of law to which everyone else is subject. That's certainly not what the founders intended, they were pretty clear in their desire to avoid that kind of monarchial touch to the government, a privileged class of elitists and elite who lived above the law and off everyone else's labor.
We are where we are with this criminal now because no one has yet had the balls to stand up to the bullying and tell this guy NO!
And I'm honestly wondering whether anyone ever will. This is not justice.
October 29, 2023
We've apparently gotten to the point, in our culture, where we are no longer content to accept other people's rights if their perspective disagrees with our own. While Carter's criticisms and accusations, especially against union leaders, even though she was not a union member, may constitute free speech, though her approach was abrasive and rude, it is certainly well outside the boundaries of expectations of Christians who are following the gospel and giving a testimony for their faith in Christ. There's no reference in the article to whether or not Carter claims any kind of Christian faith, though the implication is that since she opposed abortion rights, she must have been one. Her approach wouldn't lead to that conclusion, but Jesus did say that we are not to judge.
These kind of people, who insist on their rights while demanding that others not have any of their own, are re-writing the Christian gospel to suit their own purposes. It's apparently not too far of a leap from supporting a presidential candidate with no morals or values to being unacceptably rude and aggressive in pursuing one's own agenda.
So we might need to do some re-writing of the Beatitudes, those verses at the beginning of Jesus' sermon on the mount, where he lays out the characteristics of the Christian gospel.
The Beatitudes Rewritten: Accommodating Extremist Far Right Politics with the Bible
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/a-re-writing-of-beatitudes-based-on.htmlWe've apparently gotten to the point, in our culture, where we are no longer content to accept other people's rights if their perspective disagrees with our own. While Carter's criticisms and accusations, especially against union leaders, even though she was not a union member, may constitute free speech, though her approach was abrasive and rude, it is certainly well outside the boundaries of expectations of Christians who are following the gospel and giving a testimony for their faith in Christ. There's no reference in the article to whether or not Carter claims any kind of Christian faith, though the implication is that since she opposed abortion rights, she must have been one. Her approach wouldn't lead to that conclusion, but Jesus did say that we are not to judge.
These kind of people, who insist on their rights while demanding that others not have any of their own, are re-writing the Christian gospel to suit their own purposes. It's apparently not too far of a leap from supporting a presidential candidate with no morals or values to being unacceptably rude and aggressive in pursuing one's own agenda.
So we might need to do some re-writing of the Beatitudes, those verses at the beginning of Jesus' sermon on the mount, where he lays out the characteristics of the Christian gospel.
October 25, 2023
Even if you're not into Christian doctrine and theology, but politically, you're a Democrat or a Progressive Democrat, stick with me for long enough to grasp the conclusion that's being drawn here. The Signal Press has been informing, educating, and warning people about the dangers of the blending of far right wing Trumpian politics with conservative, Evangelical doctrine and theology to create an entirely new religion that is proving to be a grave danger, not only to American democracy, but to the Christian church as well.
This is more than a crisis for the church. It's an intrusion of heresy, the result of blending extremist right wing politics with ultra-conservative Christianity. It is, as the Apostle Paul says in the passage I cited earlier from 2 Thessalonians, "a powerful delusion, leading them (Christians in the church) to believe what is false."
So if you've ever wondered why it is so difficult to argue using facts and truth with a Trumpie, then the explanation from this Christian epistle may offer a real and legitimate explanation of what you see. These people are deluded and beguiled by a man of lawlessness who is subverting the Christian gospel and the church for worldly political power.
The historical context of a couple of these passages of scripture about "antichrist" or "man of lawlessness," leads me to believe they had a literal application based on the time and place they were written, namely ancient Roman emperors who wanted to be worship like gods. But most conservative Evangelicals favor a futurist interpretation and that's open to anyone's speculation.
Far Right Wing politics is abandoning the Christian gospel, labelling it "Weak, Liberal"
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/christianity-is-being-invaded-and.htmlEven if you're not into Christian doctrine and theology, but politically, you're a Democrat or a Progressive Democrat, stick with me for long enough to grasp the conclusion that's being drawn here. The Signal Press has been informing, educating, and warning people about the dangers of the blending of far right wing Trumpian politics with conservative, Evangelical doctrine and theology to create an entirely new religion that is proving to be a grave danger, not only to American democracy, but to the Christian church as well.
This is more than a crisis for the church. It's an intrusion of heresy, the result of blending extremist right wing politics with ultra-conservative Christianity. It is, as the Apostle Paul says in the passage I cited earlier from 2 Thessalonians, "a powerful delusion, leading them (Christians in the church) to believe what is false."
So if you've ever wondered why it is so difficult to argue using facts and truth with a Trumpie, then the explanation from this Christian epistle may offer a real and legitimate explanation of what you see. These people are deluded and beguiled by a man of lawlessness who is subverting the Christian gospel and the church for worldly political power.
The historical context of a couple of these passages of scripture about "antichrist" or "man of lawlessness," leads me to believe they had a literal application based on the time and place they were written, namely ancient Roman emperors who wanted to be worship like gods. But most conservative Evangelicals favor a futurist interpretation and that's open to anyone's speculation.
October 25, 2023
The Trump campaign in particular was stung by the reality that population growth and shift in Arizona and Georgia caught them off guard in 2020, and gave narrow wins to Joe Biden in states that were considered reliably Republican. So of course, legislatures in those states wanted to be absolutely sure, since the margins were less than 15,000 votes in both cases. Audits found elections in both states were conducted correctly and accurately and that the vote totals reflected the will of the voters.
It should have been a clue when the normally frugal state legislature in Arizona listened to their then-Senate president Karen Fann, a Trumpie nut job election denier, and decided to spend money on a third audit, focused not on the entire state, but on Maricopa County, which had flipped blue in 2020 and where the margin of victory for Biden was found. Why, after two professional election audits had come up with the identical results and vote totals, was a third audit, of Maricopa County alone, necessary? Apparently, it was necessary in order for an outside group to get their hands on voting machines and ballots and change enough votes, more than 40,000 in Maricopa County, to give Trump the win.
Thanks to some of the brilliant timing of all of this, It does not appear that the Justice Department or the court system will move fast enough to render Trump ineligible to run again, based on the constitution, nor does it look like he will be headed to prison in time. It appears they're trying, but there's no guarantee. Maybe that will happen, but if he's on the ballot, we can count on massive cheating attempts. They know he cannot win an honest and fair election. So in as many places as they can get their hands on voting and counting equipment, they will. And if they're not being closely watched, there will be massive voter fraud.
Republicans, not Democrats, conspired to steal the 2020 election and they'll try again.
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/republicans-not-democrats-conspired-to.htmlThe Trump campaign in particular was stung by the reality that population growth and shift in Arizona and Georgia caught them off guard in 2020, and gave narrow wins to Joe Biden in states that were considered reliably Republican. So of course, legislatures in those states wanted to be absolutely sure, since the margins were less than 15,000 votes in both cases. Audits found elections in both states were conducted correctly and accurately and that the vote totals reflected the will of the voters.
It should have been a clue when the normally frugal state legislature in Arizona listened to their then-Senate president Karen Fann, a Trumpie nut job election denier, and decided to spend money on a third audit, focused not on the entire state, but on Maricopa County, which had flipped blue in 2020 and where the margin of victory for Biden was found. Why, after two professional election audits had come up with the identical results and vote totals, was a third audit, of Maricopa County alone, necessary? Apparently, it was necessary in order for an outside group to get their hands on voting machines and ballots and change enough votes, more than 40,000 in Maricopa County, to give Trump the win.
Thanks to some of the brilliant timing of all of this, It does not appear that the Justice Department or the court system will move fast enough to render Trump ineligible to run again, based on the constitution, nor does it look like he will be headed to prison in time. It appears they're trying, but there's no guarantee. Maybe that will happen, but if he's on the ballot, we can count on massive cheating attempts. They know he cannot win an honest and fair election. So in as many places as they can get their hands on voting and counting equipment, they will. And if they're not being closely watched, there will be massive voter fraud.
October 24, 2023
"We can't govern!"
Three unprecedented weeks without a speaker of the house has sent a loud and clear message about the Republican party's respect, or lack thereof, for the Constitution and for the representative democracy that it created, a government of, by and for the people. The Republicans, collectively, are none of those things.
The irony of this whole situation is that the chaos is so incredible, the GOP is frittering away its entire agenda that was on the table when they got control of the House after the midterm elections. It's not much control, since the red wave they were predicting, and the polls were supporting, never materialized. Beyond that, all of the investigating into "weaponizing" the DOJ, Hunter Biden and the whole impeachment farce, is sitting there, going nowhere, unable to advance because, well, because the GOP can't get a speaker.
I'm encouraged by the awakening I'm seeing among Democrats, who know what is at stake and seem to have the energy and desire to make a difference. There will be all kinds of attempts to divide, suppress turnout and divide the party off on side issues. We need to keep the focus on preventing a party that isn't interested in governing from being able to do so.
Pay attention to the GOP's message they are sending loud and clear: "WE CAN'T GOVERN!"
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/theres-no-better-time-than-present-to.html"We can't govern!"
Three unprecedented weeks without a speaker of the house has sent a loud and clear message about the Republican party's respect, or lack thereof, for the Constitution and for the representative democracy that it created, a government of, by and for the people. The Republicans, collectively, are none of those things.
The irony of this whole situation is that the chaos is so incredible, the GOP is frittering away its entire agenda that was on the table when they got control of the House after the midterm elections. It's not much control, since the red wave they were predicting, and the polls were supporting, never materialized. Beyond that, all of the investigating into "weaponizing" the DOJ, Hunter Biden and the whole impeachment farce, is sitting there, going nowhere, unable to advance because, well, because the GOP can't get a speaker.
I'm encouraged by the awakening I'm seeing among Democrats, who know what is at stake and seem to have the energy and desire to make a difference. There will be all kinds of attempts to divide, suppress turnout and divide the party off on side issues. We need to keep the focus on preventing a party that isn't interested in governing from being able to do so.
October 20, 2023
Growing realization among Republicans that they're going to need Democrats to put it back together.
Listening to some of the comments from Republican members of the house, a few of them locally, it seems that it is slowly dawning on them that this loss of control and disarray is costing them dearly when it comes to politics. There's a lot of open discussion going on now around an idea that was thought impossible just a couple of weeks ago, that enough Republicans could side with Democrats to elect a speaker, get the debt limit issue corrected, permanently, move away from the ridiculous impeachment and weaponization of government issues, put in place aid for Israel and Ukraine, and make government work again.
I'm up to 55-45 on thinking this might just come about.
October 20, 2023
When your fundamentalist Baptist, Evangelical Christian university undergoes an investigation that uncovers an incredible mass of lies, exposes corruption and puts over $800 million in federal financial student aid at risk, what do you do?
Blame Joe Biden.
Forget about the fact that the crime and abuse is rampant on your campus, that your former president, the namesake of its founder, was involved in an extramarital relationship, along with his wife, involving a Miami pool boy, on the school's--and students' tuition dollars--expense. For years. Ignore the fact that this was a deliberate attempt on the part of the school's administration to use its campus police department to obfuscate and deflect criticism and an investigation.
Come up with a conspiracy theory to explain it to the donors, supporters and students. Those bad Democrats. It's a conspiracy led by Joe Biden to attack religious conservatives. Even though the activity under investigation took place during the Trump administration.
Perhaps--it's a long shot but it may pay off eventually--continuing to report this unbelievable corruption will wake up enough people in Evangelicalism to see the delusion they've been under, dump the demons, cast out the evil spirits and become a real church again.
Scandal at the heart of the intersection of extremist Republican politics and Evangelicalism
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/liberty-university-president-blames.htmlWhen your fundamentalist Baptist, Evangelical Christian university undergoes an investigation that uncovers an incredible mass of lies, exposes corruption and puts over $800 million in federal financial student aid at risk, what do you do?
Blame Joe Biden.
Forget about the fact that the crime and abuse is rampant on your campus, that your former president, the namesake of its founder, was involved in an extramarital relationship, along with his wife, involving a Miami pool boy, on the school's--and students' tuition dollars--expense. For years. Ignore the fact that this was a deliberate attempt on the part of the school's administration to use its campus police department to obfuscate and deflect criticism and an investigation.
Come up with a conspiracy theory to explain it to the donors, supporters and students. Those bad Democrats. It's a conspiracy led by Joe Biden to attack religious conservatives. Even though the activity under investigation took place during the Trump administration.
Perhaps--it's a long shot but it may pay off eventually--continuing to report this unbelievable corruption will wake up enough people in Evangelicalism to see the delusion they've been under, dump the demons, cast out the evil spirits and become a real church again.
October 20, 2023
The Republicans have given Democrats some real political fodder in this report of recent events focused on support for Israel. From Trump's praising of Hezbollah and its intelligence, to a conference given by heretical Texas pastor John Hagee, where he gave Mike Pence a "Defender of Israel" award, the Istael-Hamas war has provided a number of moments when the conclusion must be drawn that "you just can't fix stupid."
Hagee's group, Christians United for Israel, is purely political. Hagee has disqualified himself as an end-times prophet under the Deutoronomy 18:20-22 principle, but he uses his unqualified support for Israel as a way to bash democrats. So along comes one of his inamoratas, Trump, who clearly has no knowledge or insight on what's going on between Israel and Hamas, and praises the intelligence of Hezbollah, while at the same time getting his digs in at Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he despises. Hagee's group is left either having to defend that, which, of course, they can't, or ignoring it and hoping the hypocrisy and inconsistency will resolve itself.
And right in their faces, President Biden hops on Air Force One and flies into the war zone that Israel has become, in a show of support that they can't match and only wish they could. Not only does Biden demonstrate unqualified support for Israel, and pledge financial help that the Republicans can't deliver at the moment, he also correctly and diplomatically separates Hamas, and its hatred, from the Palestinian people who, for the most part, are pawns being used by Hamas as human shields. Biden became the first American President to visit Israel during a war, adding that to his accomplishment of being the first American President since Roosevelt visiting a war zone not under the control of the United States military. Not a bad day for an octogenerian, I'd say.
Christians telling lies, John Hagee, Ron Desantis, and other assorted Republican idiocy.
https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2023/10/christians-telling-lies-john-hagee.htmlThe Republicans have given Democrats some real political fodder in this report of recent events focused on support for Israel. From Trump's praising of Hezbollah and its intelligence, to a conference given by heretical Texas pastor John Hagee, where he gave Mike Pence a "Defender of Israel" award, the Istael-Hamas war has provided a number of moments when the conclusion must be drawn that "you just can't fix stupid."
Hagee's group, Christians United for Israel, is purely political. Hagee has disqualified himself as an end-times prophet under the Deutoronomy 18:20-22 principle, but he uses his unqualified support for Israel as a way to bash democrats. So along comes one of his inamoratas, Trump, who clearly has no knowledge or insight on what's going on between Israel and Hamas, and praises the intelligence of Hezbollah, while at the same time getting his digs in at Benjamin Netanyahu, whom he despises. Hagee's group is left either having to defend that, which, of course, they can't, or ignoring it and hoping the hypocrisy and inconsistency will resolve itself.
And right in their faces, President Biden hops on Air Force One and flies into the war zone that Israel has become, in a show of support that they can't match and only wish they could. Not only does Biden demonstrate unqualified support for Israel, and pledge financial help that the Republicans can't deliver at the moment, he also correctly and diplomatically separates Hamas, and its hatred, from the Palestinian people who, for the most part, are pawns being used by Hamas as human shields. Biden became the first American President to visit Israel during a war, adding that to his accomplishment of being the first American President since Roosevelt visiting a war zone not under the control of the United States military. Not a bad day for an octogenerian, I'd say.
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