There are more than one type of Republican

A few weeks ago I posted on Facebook that Republicans who support Trump are worshiping Satan. I got a lot of blowback for that. I've done some thinking, reading, and analyzing and I'm ready to change my view.

There are more than one type of Republican. There are those few (who are not running for reelection) who don't support Trump. And I imagine there are some who always vote Republican and don't even realize they're supporting Trump.

Then there are those white supremacists who want the country rid of Blacks and Jews, along with Muslims, Asians, Hispanics, and all the rest of the non-white population. They support Trump because he's fulfilling their agenda.

Now we come to the Christian nationalists. They support Trump because they want almost the same thing as the white supremacists: ie, get rid of anyone who doesn't worship God the Father of Jesus Christ. Of these there are two varieties. Those who hate everyone who doesn't believe the Bible (as interpreted by the rich leaders of the Christian church). And those who believe Trump is chosen by God to Make America Christian Again.

This last group is sincere and upright, but they've been deceived (Matthew 24.24). America was founded specifically NOT to be a Christian nation. That's why the Founding Fathers, who were mostly deists who didn't believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ, crafted the First Amendment. You can worship any God (even Satan) and be protected under the Religious Freedom clause.

Now, political power in this world only comes through an alliance with Satan (Matthew 4.8-9). Satan rules this world (Ephesians 6:12). The Kingdom of God is not of this world (John 18.36). Jesus proved this when he walked the Earth. He was crucified by the religious leaders of his day. If he were to return today, he'd be crucified again by the religious leaders of this time.

The first and greatest commandment is to love God (Matthew 22.36-38) The second is to love everybody else (Matthew 22.39-40). Not only that, Jesus goes on to say that we should love our enemies those that curse us and hate us and persecute us (Matthew 5.44). Republican policy discriminates against everyone who isn't white, male, heterosexual and rich. Trump rewards his friends and prosecutes his enemies.

Jesus said it's harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven than it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle (Matthew 19.24). Republican policy gives tax breaks to the rich and claims, falsely, that that wealth will percolate down to the less wealthy. Trump uses his office to enrich himself with insider trading to the tune of up to $750 million in the first quarter of 2026 alone.

Jesus said to feed the hungry. Republican policy cuts funding for food stamps. Jesus said to provide clean water for the thirsty. Republican policy deregulates polluters of waterways. Jesus said to welcome the immigrant. Republican policy has immigrants detained indefinitely without due process and/or deports them. Jesus said to clothe the ill-clad. Republican policy imposes tariffs that force up the cost of clothing. Jesus said to take care of the sick. Republican policy cuts funding for health care. Jesus said to have mercy on prisoners. Republican policy pays giant corporations, by the head, to run prisons.

Then he said because you don't do these things for the least of his brothers and sisters, you don't do them for him. And therefore your destiny is everlasting fire. (See Matthew 25.31-46.)

There is nothing in Republican policy that is Christ-like.

What is this handbasket and where are we going?

 "The world is going to Hell in a handbasket," is what a lot of people are saying. And when you hear someone say that, you can't tell if they're a MAGAt or a libtard or something in between.

The MAGAts and the White supremacists and the Christian nationalists think the handbasket that's carrying us to Hell is gay marriage, abortion, non-Christians and socialists.

The libtards think it's the MAGAts, the gun nuts, the America-First bullies, the Evangelicals and the fascists.

The trouble is, the current state of affairs on this planet is not unusual. What's unusual is the long stretch of comfort and prosperity that White people have enjoyed for so long. Black people, queer people and poor people don't notice any change. It's always been this way for them. Every time they go out, they worry about being stopped, arrested, beaten up or killed.

Now we White people have to worry about that when we go out.

Let's face it. This is who we are. We are animals and Mother Earth is going to let us wipe ourselves out so she can start over.

The Secret Police Are Here

Rage churned in my gut, burned in my belly, burst into flame on my tongue. ICE is abducting 5-year-olds and using them as bait to get people to open their doors. It used to be you had to open your door to ICE before they could enter and they had to show a judicial warrant (as opposed to the administrative ones they have), but not any more. An internal memo instructs ICE officers they may break down doors and enter homes without a judicial warrant.

This comes after Stephen Miller announces that ICE officers have absolute immunity for anything they want to do. Jonathan Ross has total immunity for murdering Renée Good.

More and more people are being killed, abducted, kidnapped, rammed, beaten… often for no known offense. Just because a big strong, lily-livered coward with an assault rifle, combat gear and a face mask wants to assert his manhood and beat up a person of color. Or a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, if they get in his way or try to film him.

I'm seething with anger, and I know that all this anger, on the left and on the right, comes from fear. I'm afraid my country is leaving me. The country I went to Vietnam to fight for. The MAGAts are afraid they won't be able to maintain their white supremacy.

As for so-called Christian evangelicals. They are not following Jesus. The only time Jesus got mad was when he saw fraudsters ripping off poor people in the courtyard of the Temple. All the White Christian Nationalists know of the Bible are sound bites from Franklin Graham. Political power in this world comes only from Satan. The Kingdom of God is not of this world. See Matthew 4.8,9 and John 18.36.

But if I'm going to follow Jesus, I have to say, "Father forgive them for they know not what they do." Jesus has set a place for them at his table. All they have to do is choose to join him.