by John Ellis One of the least surprising things about an overall unsurprising morning was the news headline greeting me while I was drinking my coffee that the US had invaded Iran. Over the last few days, Trump had ramped up his unique style of saber rattling. Just yesterday, the American embassy in Israel had … Continue reading A Brief Word to My Anti-MAGA Friends about Trump’s War in Iran
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The FCC, Brendan Carr, and the GOP/MAGA’s Continued Embrace of Fascism
by John Ellis Googling “fascism definition” turns up the result, “An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.” If Google’s AI generated definition of fascism is too vague for you, how about this dense, academic definition offered by Alberto Toscano in his 2023 book Late Fascism: “To the extent that we can … Continue reading The FCC, Brendan Carr, and the GOP/MAGA’s Continued Embrace of Fascism
Donald Trump Totalitarian Watch: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Territory (Unless It’s Named Greenland)
by John Ellis I’m rereading The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics by James Oakes. It was part of an assigned reading list for a class I took years ago. It’s an excellent book, and one that I’ve read several times since then, although I do believe … Continue reading Donald Trump Totalitarian Watch: Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor’s Territory (Unless It’s Named Greenland)
The Petty Meanness of the Trump Administration Is a Sinister Warning to Christians (fonts are the new front in MAGA’s War on Wokeness)
by John Ellis Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ordered the State Department to revert to the Times New Roman font in all official documents. His order reverses one his predecessor, Secretary Antony Blinken, made in 2023 requiring all official State Department documents be typed using the Calibri font. Secretary Rubio’s reason, as explained in … Continue reading The Petty Meanness of the Trump Administration Is a Sinister Warning to Christians (fonts are the new front in MAGA’s War on Wokeness)
Donald Trump Totalitarian Watch: Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech Edition
by John Ellis Six months ago, on March 13, I wrote that “it may be time to begin planning a farewell party for free speech in America.” As it turns out, if you haven’t already baked your “Farewell, Free Speech” cake, you may no longer have the time to do so. At the very least, … Continue reading Donald Trump Totalitarian Watch: Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech Edition
The Ideological Sluttiness of MAGA
by John Ellis It was only a week ago or so that I thought that someone should check in on Rand Paul and make sure he’s okay. I mean, while I’m no fan of libertarianism[1], Rand Paul is still made in God’s image, and I don’t want him to suffer. And I was guessing that … Continue reading The Ideological Sluttiness of MAGA
‘Sound of Freedom’: Smuggling QAnon Conspiracies into Our Churches
by John Ellis What do you get when you cross a QAnon promoting, MAGA actor with a glory hound who uses a very real and devastating issue as a tool for self-promotion? You get Sound of Freedom, the movie currently capturing the hearts of minds of white evangelicals near you. With a production budget just … Continue reading ‘Sound of Freedom’: Smuggling QAnon Conspiracies into Our Churches
Practically Known Theology 