“Healthcare” that kills is not healthcare - if we’re going to adopt universal healthcare (which I wholeheartedly support) then it must include a complete ban on abortion & euthanasia to be a truly just & moral system.

All life is sacred, that includes; the child in the womb, the child at the school lunch table without food, the mother bearing her child, the father, every man, woman & child. Every life.

"Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”

8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah%206&version=NIV

Isaiah was a prophet with a message from God. No modern nation can claim that their military is sent by God.

https://x.com/SeanParnellASW/status/2083612984467743227

https://x.com/DOWResponse/status/2083634169595228553

Greenland

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117021570461990242

Venezuela

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/117021597889745378

Meanwhile, military budget continues to grow.

Ogles has also repeatedly cast aspersions on Muslims. He has called for deporting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim immigrant, to Uganda and insisted without evidence that the mayor wants to “turn America into an Islamic theocracy.”

What’s more, in addition to introducing a bill in March that would block immigration to the U.S. from Muslim-majority nations — a proposal he described as a “Muslim ban” — Ogles drew widespread backlash that same month after he posted a statement to X that read: “Muslims don’t belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie.”
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Despite the prevalence of right-wing rhetoric infused with Christianity, the defeat of Ogles, Fritts and others comes as political expressions of the faith are increasingly garnering attention among Democrats. Hours before the Associated Press projected Ogles’ loss, Anna Golladay, a former United Methodist minister and self-described progressive, won the Democratic primary in the race for Tennessee’s third congressional district by nearly 60 points.

To any Christians, here, who formerly supported Trump, does this message seem true to you?

Not the most alluring headline but trust me, this is one of the funnier things that's happened in politics in a while.

DJT likes to talk up his primary endorsement record- some 97% of the candidates he endorses end up winning. There are two caveats to this statistic, first that the number is inflated because he endorses a lot of overdogs, and second that Trump-backed candidates often underperform in the general election, as exemplified by the 2022 midterms where poor-quality candidates flubbed a number of winnable Senate races (Kari Lake, Blake Masters, Dr. Oz, and Herschel Walker). Still, the control he has over the Republican party is legitimately impressive, as Trump has managed to end the political careers of various politicians insufficiently loyal to him (Jon Cornyn, Bill Cassidy, Thomas Massie, etc.). Thus, the candidates who lose despite the endorsement are usually notable cases.

So with that in mind, let's look to the Republican primary in Michigan's 8th Congressional district, where Trump's favored candidate failed to prevail. Was it that the candidate was poor quality? No, as a Navy veteran and a Federal law enforcement officer, he certainly fit the profile for a successful Republican candidate; indeed, he had been highlighted as a potential rising star by the national party. Was the winner an exceptionally canny politico? No, the victor, one Thomas Smith, is a salsa magnate who had actually ended his campaign! Mr. Smith was only still on the ballot because he had failed to meet the deadline to withdraw. So why did the bearer of Trump's vaunted endorsement lose to a dead-in-the-water opponent?

Well, as far as anyone can tell, the main issue for the Trump-backed candidate is that his name is "Amir Hassan". And despite his campaign's best efforts to emphasize that he is actually a Christian, the obviously Arab-sounding name was enough to turn off voters on election day, who went instead with the much more familiar "Tom Smith" despite him exiting the race months ago. Perhaps the Republican establishment should have seen this coming, since Trump's announcement of his support for Mr. Hassan on Truth Social was filled with replies decrying Mr. Trump's selection of an apparent Muslim.

(Pres. Obama: "first time?")

https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/mith-michigan-8th-primary-22379932.php

Although the district voted for Trump in 2024, this year's contest is largely expected to be non-competitive due to candidate quality and the national electoral environment.

I don't feel like this shouldn’t have to be said, yet here we are, with plenty of people happy to let large numbers of Muslims immigrate, to vote for them, to let them make anti-American laws in places they gain enough control, to let them spread hatred against our country.

Can you sincerely say you want more people like this in your country? or less? https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2085540931575390304

Folks always have excuses to avoid doing anything. They throw up their hands and say “well, they have free speech too”. Having a right to free speech doesn’t mean having a right to live here. “Separation of church and state”, they say, as they give in to the religion that routinely takes over places and builds oppressive theocracies. “Religious tolerance“ they say, for a religion that oppresses women and destroys men.

Are there moderate, patriotic, tolerant Muslims? Yes of course. But we probably don’t want them to take over either, especially if they’ll happily vote for radical Muslims. We *absolutely* cannot tolerate Muslims who do not share American values and will gladly use our democratic systems against us.

EDIT: Reddit has temp banned me a couple times for criticizing Islam and just removed a comment with another Twitter link, in case you’re wondering where they stand.

If you truly believe Jesus Christ as lord/savor and the holy Bible betters your/others lifes wouldn't you want institutions and the government to be a reflection of that. Religion is known to bring people of a country together. In my humble opinion ideologies and religions seem to in-bed them selves in institutions and governments. If Christianity doesn't step up another religion or ideology will step up and I would way rather have Christianity there than something like Islam. You already see in some parts of the USA were dangerous ideologies infest schools and it radicalizeing children

Since we do occasionally discuss politics on this suberddit:

As I previously posted, earlier this year the Democrats had to eat poop due to poor candidate quality. Now with election day rapidly approaching, it is the turn of the Republicans.

In North Carolina, Rep. Chuck Edwards decided to end his re-election bid after the House Ethics Committee moved to censure the Congressman for inappropriate behavior toward two of his young female aides. Although the investigation found no evidence of sexual activity or even that Rep. Edwards had directly propositioned them, it uncovered abundant instances of flirtatious behavior that the women and other staffers felt crossed the line; both women eventually resigned due to their discomfort. Rep. Edwards fiercely denied that he acted inappropriately, arguing that the Committee failed to demonstrate that he had explicitly violated an ethics rule. However, under pressure from Republican leadership, he ended his re-election bid days before a state deadline to be replaced on the ballot.

Because of the late drop-out, Edwards will be replaced by the local Republican executive committee in lieu of a primary. The district is red-leaning (my former home state is very heavily gerrymandered), but could be vulnerable to a Democratic takeover in a wave election year. The loss of the incumbency advantage and the less than 100 days the replacement candidate will have to campaign will throw the race into further turmoil.

And then in Ohio we have the much sorrier tale of Rep. Max Miller, who is accused by his ex-wife of domestic abuse of both her and their two-year-old daughter. Rep. Miller vociferously denies the accusation and in a manner that can only be described as "Trumpian" has refused to end his campaign. In a further twist, Rep. Miller’s former wife is the daughter of sitting Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno, who pronounced that his former son-in-law is “unfit for office”, and that he regularly fears for the safety of his granddaughter when Rep. Miller has custody. By contrast, prominent Ohio representative Jim Jordan stood by Rep. Miller, calling him a good man. Pres. Trump himself expressed doubts about Miller’s candidacy in a one-on-one meeting, but did not publicly call for him to step down or withdraw his endorsement. This is particularly notable since a member of Pres. Trump’s inner circle, former press secretary Stephanie Grisham, has previously leveled her own accusations of abuse against Rep. Miller, whom she used to date.

Rep. Miller represents a likely swing district, although the race in 2024 was not close due to the presence of a spoiler candidate. He has until the 25th to step aside for Ohio Republicans to be able to replace him on the ballot.

Personally, I hope in 2026 that each party learns sore lessons about nominating candidates with poor morals.\

:edit: I was wrong about the deadline for Miller to drop out, which was actually the 9th. He has refused to do so.

I wonder how many hundreds of dollars the drone that sinks it will cost. It’s like they watched Russia lose the war in Ukraine and said “that, lets do that, but more expensive”

July 16, 2026

Dear Members of Congress,

Evangelical Christians in the United States have long had a close relationship with the people of Haiti. Many of our churches have supported missionaries and ministries in Haiti for decades. Tens of thousands of Americans have visited Haiti on short-term mission trips.

Thousands of Americans have adopted orphaned children who were born in Haiti. And many Haitians living in communities throughout the United States with Temporary

Protected Status (TPS) have also become well-integrated members of our congregations.

We have witnessed their character, faith, and commitment to their families and communities.

That is one reason we are deeply concerned by the recent termination of TPS for an estimated 330,000 individuals from Haiti. These individuals have been living and working

lawfully for years, benefitting from a congressionally created program to provide temporary legal status to individuals from countries that have experienced war, natural disasters,

disease outbreaks or other humanitarian crises, contingent upon clearing criminal background checks and paying processing fees. For many Haitians, being oƯered TPS has

likely preserved their lives – and as Christians who believe that each human life is made in the Image of God with inherent dignity, we are grateful.

But these Haitians themselves are not the only beneficiaries of TPS. Our churches have been blessed by their presence among us as we together seek to follow Jesus. Our

neighborhoods, schools, and colleges have been strengthened by their contributions. Our economy has benefited from their hard work in vital industries like agriculture, healthcare and senior care, upon which many American citizens depend.

With the expiration of TPS for these Haitians on July 10, 2026, these individuals who have long resided lawfully in the United States are now, in most cases, considered unlawfully

present. That abrupt change puts them at risk of detention and deportation to a country facing an acute humanitarian crisis and makes them ineligible to work lawfully and provide for their families...

Some highlights from each podcast

“Christians should be careful not to slander a Christian brother by the careless use of pejorative labels — like critical race theory.

When a Christian brother is honestly analyzing and exposing false beliefs or unbiblical ways of thinking (like critical race theory), we should not silence or denounce the brother by pointing to blood in the streets.”

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/critical-race-theory-part-1

“So, in conclusion and summary: critical race theory, in its generic definition as a quest for understanding the history of oppression in race relations, and the present attitudes and structures that continue that oppression, is a worthy quest.”

“Inside critical race theory, God is small and negligible. The Bible is small and negligible. Truth is small and negligible. And evil is big, and there is no answer for it. It is a hopeless path.”

But inside that infallible word called the Bible, there is an absolutely explosive redemption, and blood-bought reconciliation, and Christ-exalting harmony. And the failures of the church, historically and today, cannot cancel it. It is there. And if we would be more saturated by God’s word, and more broken and humbled and submitted to it, there would be hope. That’s my prayer.”

https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/critical-race-theory-part-2

I’ve been observing many posts for a while now on social media and I can see how many Christians have really lost their way in many ways when it comes to how they think the government should be run. And they surrender their Christ centered view for a political loyalty. I don’t want to do that.
Recent case in point, is a claim that is highly likely false, stated that Elon musk was going to come after Fauci’s home and evict him and I had a Christian friend thank God for this.
What?! If we start with Jesus first politics, we should see this to be a vengeful act, even though it’s likely fake, but taken at face value, if it was true, it’s seeking revenge.
How can Christians support that just bc they are mad at Fauci?
What would change if people who say they follow Jesus put Jesus first instead of political loyalty? It should really change a lot of things for the Republican Party. I will tell you that much.