“ideology is not the sole bond between conservative evangelicals and Donald Trump. His dictator-lite charisma is essential to his appeal. To the majority of Americans—those who did not vote for him—Trump has all the allure of the boorish boss who takes too many liberties at the staff Christmas party. But his…

They follow prosperity gospel, so since Trump is rich, he must be #blessed?

Sadly, you’re doing way too much thinking.

They could have picked someone who has actually led Bible study sessions in the White House. Instead, they chose someone who couldn’t be bothered to go to church on Easter.

Counterpoint- there are a lot of Christians who think he’s a jackass and a danger to the country, myself included.

It’s pretty simple. They hate women and brown people more than they love Jesus, and feeding that hate is more important to them to than anything they claim to believe in.

It’s because of who Trump surrounds himself with. Most of the GOP is filled with evangelical Christians, and since he’s allied with them, they’ll support him. It doesn’t matter to them that in all of Trump’s life, he never set foot in a church until he was elected, or how obvious it is that Trump lives a life of…

They’re used to living in delusion? They’re used to worshipping a false god? They follow prosperity gospel, so since Trump is rich, he must be #blessed? Evangelicals tend towards patriarchy, so men are supposed to run things, and given the choice between a questionable dude and a well-prepared lady as a leader,…

Because Christianity is about preserving white patriarchy, so he’s their ideal politician.

To every conservative Christian I’ve ever encountered, Jesus is basically a cipher. Like any religion, their Christianity is imbued with the prejudices they bring to it. To actually follow Christ as he’s written would basically be impossible for anyone, but Trump asks for and offers nothing. You can be exactly the…

Because evangelism is basically white supremacy+gospel of wealth

I will never understand how so many ‘religious’ people support him. I mean I don’t really understand how *any* people support him, but Christians largely (bigly?) rallying behind such a figure of vaulgarity is perplexing.

Kara, maybe you could add something on the main page to differentiate each post...like maybe a short description of each post or even a time stamp? Just an idea :) :)

You are someone with a smiley donut as an avatar, so I’m inclined to think you are someone of great good taste and excellent judgment. Which is why I was afraid the Honorable Kara Brown might take your advice under consideration and alter the Shady Baby Kara header, which would hurt me in my innermost soul.

How bout a picture where you are smiling?

Hey Kara, no joke, if you ever remove Shady Baby Kara from the main image, my soul is going to die a little bit.

I got together with some friends of mine yesterday, one of whom worked for Pence several years ago. She can’t stand him, said his weirdo women-as-only-sexual threats thing permeates his office. He won’t meet with any staff alone if they are female so no women ever were given senior positions. She felt it was a form of…

Laurie Penny’s articles about Milo should be required reading:

What the fuck, Hamburger.