Rational Nation USA

  All it takes for racist and authoritarian ideology to succeed is for good decent people to do nothing in response. This is a threat to everything our constitution and the rule of law stands for. The USA is not a "Christian" Nation. Never has  been and never should be. Unless of course we want to be just like the Middle Eastern theocracies. With their extremism and lack of civil liberties in toe. Beware of what you wish for "Christian" Nationalists. There is nothing Christian about "Christian" Nationalism. As a researcher, I’ve tracked the ascendance of  White Christian nationalism  in the United States for years by following preachers, rallies, politicians, militias, and, sadly, insurrections. As a  former evangelical minister , it’s a world that shaped my youth and young adulthood. However, even after years of  researching  some of the ugliest corners of the Internet and living through some of the most se...

The  letter below was written and sent to Donald J. Trump demanding he remove Stephen Miller from his position as Trump's senior advisor. While it is unlikely Trump will act to remove, the request (demand) is totally proper. There is no place for bigotry, racism, hate, white supremacists, or neo-Nazis in our government.  All Americans who find the rhetoric of Stephen Miller, and DJT for that matter, reprehensible and unacceptable should take action in anyway possible for them to make their voices heard. Loud and clear. Bad people and bad policy succeed when good people do nothing. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ November 18, 2019 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote a...

As the white supremacists cheer. Their only problem is their kind is a dying breed. Hopefully soon to be as extinct as the dinasaurs they represent in human form.

This is a Just Because post. If you're wondering what a Just Because post is we're about to tell ya. A Just Because post is one that is used to highlight the unfortunate and sad fact that there are a multitude intellectually dishonest people on the right. Mostly they are tRumpers . You know who they are. The folks that accept every one of the over 2,000 falsehoods tRump has uttered since soiling the Office of the Presidency. They be the same folks claiming to be devout upright Christians . You know them as well. Folks who have no problem with tRump's pussy grabbing proclivities, or that he was thrice married and cheated on each one of his wives (we assume multiple times), the guy who bragged that his Vietnam was fighting off STD's as he led his promiscuous lifestyle in the 80's and early 90's. Did we mention that the president they admire has had 16 women allege sexual misconduct (sexual predation) against him? That he strongly supported a man accused of ...

Since our pretend pResident fully and unabashedly showed his true colors following the white supremacy gathering in Charlottesville, VA this weblog has remained silent. It will no longer do so. Trump’s stunning lack of historical perspective, his obvious soft spot for white nationalism and the white supremacy movement is unprecedented. No former president of the modern era has ever filled the sails of the white nationalist and white supremacist ideology and movement as Trump has done. Disgraceful at best, evil and dangerous at its worst. Trump deserves condemnation by all ethical and moral people, conservatives, moderates, progressives, democrats, republicans, democratic socialists, religious and non-religious folks alike. America defeated Nazism and white supremacy in the 40″s, or so we thought. The ugly head of this ideology and movement has raised once again, fed by the Trump administration. It must be resisted, defeated, and relegated to the dust bin of history once and for all...

Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth It's time rational republicans and conservatives grow a set of palle and start standing up to the insanity trump has ushered into our government. Never a Pelosi fan really, but on this one she is SPOT ON . Article below the fold.

Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Getty Jake Tapper(CNN) - “Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election? Donald Trump, GOP presidential candidate) - “Well, just so you understand, I don't know anything about David Duke, OK? I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So, I don't know. I don't know, did he endorse me or what's going on, because, you know, I know nothing about David Duke. I know nothing about white supremacists. And so you're asking me a question that I'm supposed to be talking about people that I know nothing about. The question asked of Trump is pretty straight forward and difficult, if not impossible, to misunderstand. Trump's response is also very clear. From the clarity of Mr. Trumps response one can only deduce that candidate Trump fully understood the question T...