Of course Pete Hegseth has no honor. He is a serial sex abuser as well as a complete ignoramus. Trump obviously felt he needed to surround himself with people similar to him. Hegseth is not fit to be a head waiter, never mind heading the Defense Department. Senate Republicans who confirmed Hegseth share responsibility with Trump for his appointment.
#PeteHegseth #Signalgate #USSenate #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #MAGA #Republicans #USPolitics #DavidFrench
#ImpeachHegseth
This New York Times article by David French summarises Trump's worldview:
'By word and deed, Trump treats Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping as his only real peers. Our allies, by contrast, are our subordinates.
It’s as if Putin, Xi and Trump are feudal lords, and each is entitled to his own feudal domain.'
NYT Columnist #DavidFrench: citing JDVance who says, "our people #hate the right people" -- "that's the language of #grievance & #anger. But there's a better way for men - for all of us. It's rooted in #honor, #courage, & #love." #strongertogether #belovedcommunity #lovetrumpshate https://bit.ly/3Tz8mQW
NYT columnist David French [Alliance Defending Freedom]
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/112040385795781852
* served as senior counsel Alliance Defending Freedom
* co-author of Nashville Statement, affirming immorality of homosexuality or transgenderism
#DavidFrench #NYT #AllianceDefendingFreedom #ADF #ChristianRight #antiLGBT #transphobia #homophobia
#SCOTUS #MAGA #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #originalism #USconstitution
#Christofascism #Catholicism #transgenocide
"America possesses a unique culture, but it does not possess a unique people.
We’re prone to the same sins and flaws as the people of any other nation, and protecting the rights and dignity of our opponents is just not something that comes naturally to us.
It’s a learned behavior, modeled by leaders, and when leaders stop modeling tolerance and decency, Americans are prone to backslide to fear and animosity." #DavidFrench #NYT
"MAGA’s problems extend well beyond the campaign.
In fact, every dysfunction you’ve seen on the far left has emerged on the far right, and the far right hasn’t been repudiated; it’s been empowered.
Dissenting Americans should brace themselves for an assault on free speech, extreme intolerance and a vicious form of cancel culture that includes an avalanche of threats and intimidation." #DavidFrench #NYT
References to the “weirdness” and “abnormality” of MAGA and the Right” from early 2024. #111Words #TimWalz #KamalaHarris #MAGA #TheRightWing #USPolitics #TaylorSwift #NewYorkTimes #RossDouthat #DavidFrench https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/09/references-to-weirdness-and-abnormality.html
None of Trump’s corruption, #DavidFrench?
Florida under #RonDeSantis is a cesspool of patronage, from Ben Sasse to Richard Corcoran and the people they hire to do minimal, mediocre work at exorbitant salaries.
from https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/opinion/maga-movement-trump-election.html
Well well…#DavidFrench at the #NYT has changed his stripes. A positive sign? Let’s hope so.
“Joy Can Do More Than Beat Trump”
This is a good example of Prof. #TimothySnyder’s lesson number 3 for defeating #fascism.
Conservatives should be conservative and see the danger of #Trump.
Thank you #DavidFrench.
#KamalaHarris #kamalaharris2024 #davidfrench #conservatism #trump #trumpisaliar #election2024 #usapolitics
I wish more conservatives were like him ;
“But I’m going to vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 and — ironically enough — I’m doing it in part to try to save conservatism.”
“Lying is wrong. I’m not naïve; I know that politicians have had poor reputations for honesty since Athens. But I have never seen a human being lie with the intensity and sheer volume of Donald Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/11/opinion/harris-trump-conservatives-abortion.html
Rob Boston: New York Times columnist unmasks racism of Christian Nationalism
"It’s always interesting when a conservative Christian learns that Christian Nationalists can be, well, nasty people.
The latest person to figure this out is David French, a former writer for the National Review who’s now a columnist for The New York Times. In a recent gut-wrenching piece, French writes about being driven out of his church, which is affiliated with the conservative Presbyterian Church in America, after a barrage of online attacks on him and his wife.
French’s cardinal sin is that he’s not a fan of Donald Trump and has publicly said so. Some members of his church and online trolls attacked him for that, but a faction went much further and unleashed a fusillade of racist assaults on French and his wife because they had adopted a 2-year-old girl from Ethiopia in 2010."
#davidfrench #christiannationalism #nyt #americansunited
https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/french-nyt-cnracism24/?utm_source=blogdigest&utm_medium=email&sourceid=&emci=1d63853b-eb24-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&emdi=e7c63bf8-272b-ef11-86d2-6045bdd9e096&ceid=3729163#
Because he has defended religious liberty and pluralism, and the civil liberties of drag queens and LGBTQ families, and has pushed against the authoritarian turn in white evangelicalism in the US, his former church has cancelled him:
"Race and politics trumped truth and grace, and now I’m no longer welcome in the church I loved."
Not to forget: 50%+ of white Christians voted for Trump twice.
#WhiteEvangelicals #Trump #racism #Presbyterian #PresbyterianChurchofAmerica #DavidFrench
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Read this piece by a US conservative for a reminder that, amongst other ugly passions, racial hatred continues to seethe away on the white christian right.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/09/opinion/presbyterian-church-evangelical-canceled.html
Via #RawStory
Former President #DonaldTrump is making #evangelical institutions bow to his will instead of that of their #God's, argued #conservative commentator #DavidFrench on #MSNBC Monday Morning — and transforming those institutions in the process.
His dire warning, echoed in his recent opinion column "Trump Is No Savior" for The #NewYorkTimes, came amid a conversation with pastor and #CivilRights leader Rev. #AlSharpton.
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EDIT
NYT columnist David French 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_French_(political_commentator)
* served as senior counsel to Alliance Defending Freedom
* co-author of Nashville Statement, affirming immorality of homosexuality / transgenderism
* see Wikipedia article for additional information
* illustrates need for vigilance re: sources
* French's associations w. Alliance Defending Freedom, Christian right, anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy of concern
#DavidFrench #NYT #ADF #ChristianRight #LGBQ+ #conservatism #transphobia #homophobia
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EDIT
NYT columnist David French
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_French_(political_commentator)
* served as senior counsel to Alliance Defending Freedom
* co-author of Nashville Statement, affirming immorality of homosexuality / transgenderism
* see Wikipedia article for additional information
* illustrates need for vigilance re: sources
* French's associations w. Alliance Defending Freedom, Christian right, anti-LGBTQ+ advocacy of concern
#DavidFrench #NYT #ADF #ChristianRight #LGBQ+ #conservatism #transphobia #homophobia
After listening to the latest Advisory Opinions Podcast, it seems the major party VP candidates may be much more important than normal in the 2024 presidential election. We live in truly weird times. #TheDispatch #2024Election #Election2024 #AdvisoryOpinions #SarahIsgur #DavidFrench
En Bonkers Opinion - The Dispatch
https://thedispatch.com/podcast/advisoryopinions/en-bonkers-opinion/
