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Showing posts with label CPAC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CPAC. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Sunday, March 29, 2026
Weekly Roundup: Pete Hegseth's Military Vision, Violent Prayer & GOP Tax Dogma (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)
Brad Onishi and Dan Miller unpack a series of troubling developments surrounding Pete Hegseth's vision for the military chaplaincy, where chaplains may soon wear only religious insignia instead of rank and operate within a drastically reduced set of approved faith codes.
The hosts explore how Hegseth's language—framing the role as a mission to "preach the truth," "shepherd the flock," and fulfill a "sacred calling"—signals a distinctly Christian nationalist framing of military service, reinforced by his claim that the armed forces have been "infected by political correctness and secular humanism." They place this in historical context, noting how Japanese American Buddhist soldiers in World War II were denied adequate chaplain support despite serving in one of the most decorated units in U.S. history.
The conversation also touches on reporting about Hegseth's crusader imagery, including tattoos and a Bible stamped with "Deus Vult" and the Jerusalem Cross, raising deeper concerns about the ideological direction of military leadership.
The episode then shifts to a controversial Pentagon prayer calling for "overwhelming violence" and the damnation of "wicked souls," which the hosts connect to a broader pattern of rhetoric that glorifies brutality and frames military action in theological terms. From there, Brad and Dan examine the near-religious devotion to tax cuts within the GOP, highlighting reporting that red states are facing massive budget shortfalls as a result of Trump-backed policies—yet lawmakers continue to support them as a matter of ideological commitment rather than evidence. They close by discussing Trump's absence from CPAC, the unease among attendees regarding Iran, and the irony of Trump mailing in his ballot despite his long-standing opposition to mail-in voting, underscoring what they describe as a deeply transactional and contradictory approach to politics.
Interview:
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Vance poses immigration as ‘greatest threat’ to US and Europe
Vice-president also reaffirmed the administration's Ukraine stance at largest conservative voters conference
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
The John Birch Society’s Return to CPAC - The Atlantic
For Welch, the Warren Court was incontrovertible evidence of the Soviet mandate in motion, given its decision outlawing prayer in public schools and, crucially, its ushering of America into a racially desegregated future. Donations flooded in as the John Birch Society took aim at the civil-rights movement, the United Nations, local public libraries and school boards, and the diabolical plot apparently enshrouding all of them…
I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to understand Trump’s base − they believe, more than ever, he is a savior
Ultimately, CPAC conservatives believe Trump is their best bet to defeat the radical-left "desecrators" who seek to thwart him at every turn – including, as they constantly complained at CPAC, social media bans, "fake news" takedowns, rigged voting, bogus lawsuits, unfair justice, and lies about what they call the Jan. 6, 2021, "protest"…
Monday, February 26, 2024
Immigration, Ukraine distrust and January 6 games: Republican agenda on display at CPAC
Gathering has effectively become The Trump Show as the fringe has moved to the center of the Republican party…
Saturday, February 24, 2024
Calls to 'fight' and echoes of Jan. 6 embraced by CPAC attendees
"Welcome to the end of democracy. We are here to overthrow it completely," he said Thursday. "We didn't get all the way there on Jan. 6, but we will endeavor to get rid of it."…
"After we burn that swamp to the ground, we will establish the new American republic on its ashes, and our first order of business will be righteous retribution for those who betrayed America," he declared…
Saturday, August 26, 2023
CPAC vice chair resigns amid turmoil - POLITICO
Gerow's resignation follows months of turbulence at the prominent conservative organization, where Chair Matt Schlapp earlier this year was sued by a former Herschel Walker Senate campaign staffer over allegations of sexual assault. Board member and treasurer Bob Beauprez resigned from his position in May, citing concerns over the organization's financial reports, while Randy Neugebauer and Mike Rose also stepped down from the board earlier this year.
Just last week another board member, Timothy Ryan, also resigned, according to a person with knowledge of the organization's operations. Ryan's resignation has not previously been reported...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Trump Calls US Democracy a 'Very Dangerous System' at CPAC
Trump went on to call the electoral process in the United States a "very bad" and a "very dangerous system" that only he and the far-right attendees at CPAC can overcome...
Further | We Are All Domestic Terrorists | Opinion
Hoo boy. Another CPAC. Shriveled but still stubbornly demented, it offered a carnival of vengeful, bigoted, delusional, fear-mongering crackpots of the far-right universe raging that a woke apocalyptic "they" - communists, trans people, drag queens, socialist rainbow flags - are "coming for you" to destroy your lives. Topping it off was their barking mad overlord - "I am your retribution" - babbling about windmills, baby bonuses, flying cars. What else must we endure, you ask? Try the J6 Prison Choir...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Trump at CPAC Pitches Sending Military to Combat City Crime | Time
"I will send in the National Guard until law and order is restored. You know we're not supposed to do that," Trump said in his address closing out the annual Conservative Political Action Conference conference in Oxon Hill, Md., where he easily won a presidential straw poll of attendees...
Fact check: Donald Trump delivers wildly dishonest speech at CPAC | CNN Politics
…Trump and job creation
Promising to save Americans' jobs if he is elected again, Trump claimed, "We had the greatest job history of any president ever."
Facts First: This is false. The US lost about 2.7 million jobs during Trump's presidency, the worst overall jobs record for any president. The net loss was largely because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but even Trump's pre-pandemic jobs record – about 6.7 million jobs added – was far from the greatest of any president ever. The economy added more than 11.5 million jobs in the first term of Democratic President Bill Clinton in the 1990s...
Opinion | The Vibes Are Off With the Republican Party - POLITICO
"Apart from Trump, the wider movement is listless because it is now dominated by people whose primary motivation is appearances," ... "The appearance of influence. The appearance of answers. And the appearance of contrarianism. The same side who banged on about authenticity has handed the keys over to those who have none."
Monday, March 6, 2023
A diminished but loyal Trump Maga crowd at CPAC: ‘There’s one choice’
Jisa, 41, selling Trump merchandise, dismissed the potential threat from DeSantis. "Stay in Florida, stay in your lane. You can do it at a later time. He's not the man for the job. He's not up for it. I wouldn't vote for him. If it's not Trump, I won't vote. There is no second choice. There's one choice and that's it. You can look at it as a spiritual thing: years ago, this situation we're in now, has been foretold. We're living out a prophecy and he's the guy."...
Antwon Williams, 40, another merchandise trader from Columbia, South Carolina, said: …"Put it this way, DeSantis is to me is what Pence is to me: a traitor. Either you're with us or you're against us. Clearly Pence didn't know the difference between that line and DeSantis is not understanding the difference between that line right now. I have nothing positive to say about him as long as he's trying to run against us."
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