I’m a Christian, and have been a friend and follower of Jesus since before I could walk. I was raised in the Free Will Baptist Church & spent most of a decade working as a lay person in the United Methodist church as division tore the denomination apart and all but killed it here in Louisiana. I’m also a Taoist, though I think I’m a pretty bad one most of the time. That’s ironic, since LOTS of people I know think I’m a pretty bad Christian ALL the time. One of the reasons I’m a bad Taoist is that I DON’T let things go sometimes. If you hurt a loved one of mine for instance, I’m likely to hold a grudge real well. Hurting me is much easier to take & release, but a slight to my wife or my Mama, overlooking or mistreating my children? These things will keep you on my s**t list.Donald Trump has definitely made the list, and while many of my grudges against him will die when he does the one I’m likely to hang onto the rest of my life is that he and his many cronies and sycophants have been able to convince many of my friends, family and neighbors that I don’t love Jesus because I DO love the LGBTQIA+ community. Or that I’m a bad or at least confused Christian because I believe in free school lunches and universal healthcare.They’ve also been convinced that I don’t love my country or my state because I DO want future generations to know the positive AND the negative aspects of the history of that country and state. That I don’t love America because I’m unconvinced that Capitalism is God’s own chosen form of economic system.To be fair to President Trump, this didn’t exactly start with him. Rush Limbaugh had been stalking out the boundaries of what counted as patriotism and loyalty to America since the early 90’s and the Falwell’s and others have been doing the same to the definition of Christianity in America since the 60’s. BUT, no one referred to my chosen political party as “Demon Rats” or put out reams of internet fan fiction about cabals of democrats drinking the blood of America’s young people until Donald Trump came down that golden elevator and started running for president. Let’s all remember, it was Donald Trump that started the birther b******t about President Obama during his candidacy.

The reason this hurts so much is that I was THERE, I remember the early 90’s when EVERYONE I knew and lived around KNEW that Donald Trump was a lying snake, a philanderer and a business cheat who couldn’t be believed on ANYTHING. Yet these same people throw away their trust and friendship with me to follow a man who has publicly fantasized about his own daughter, belittled his own party members and their wives, bragged about sexual assault and cheating his business partners & openly courted dictators around the world while blowing his nose at America’s allies.Oh, and today, he’s stationed the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles against the wishes & orders of California’s elected governor and handcuffed and detained a sitting California Senator who represents more than 12% of America’s population when he asked a question at a press conference.If that’s not a would be dictator, I don’t know what is.He’s rounding up women, children and fathers many of whom have perfectly valid legal status and ALL OF WHOM are protected from this treatment by our constitution which speaks of the rights of not citizens but PERSONS.He’s doing all this while trying to force through one of the most damaging and dangerous budgets in American history that would not only harm and kill many Americans but also balloon our deficit and debt.If this guy isn’t anti-Christ, I don’t know what is.Here’s what I’M doing, and what you should be doing too. I’m preparing for a peaceful show of citizen’s strength this Saturday as we join the NoKingsDay event. Nationwide there are 1800+ protest events planned. These will happen all across the country the same day that Donny wastes $40 million plus of our tax dollars & destroys the streets of Washington DC for his unprecedented and unamerican military tyrant parade.

Genuinely think about this, the last time a president federalized the national guard against the wishes of the sitting governor of the state they’d occupy was during the civil rights movement as the president protected African Americans from their fellow citizens. Now Trump has done it to protect his ICE thugs as they try to steal Los Angeles neighbors from their homes and jobs.The last time I remember a sitting head of state throwing himself a military parade for his birthday was April 20th, 1939. It was a fellow with a funny mustache named Hitler. To be fair to the furher that was his 50th birthday & he probably didn’t have to wear Depends while he attended.

In America, we don't have kings. We never have, and we never will. Our elected officials are all responsible to us, and they're answerable and governable by the law. Donald Trump has broken the law. He's torn the Constitution in sunder. And it's time that we show them, not just him, but his entire administration and the party that is backing his plays in Congress.

We need to show every single one of them that the power of the people is greater than the people in power, and it always will be.

Even if you're in Louisiana, there are events across the state on Saturday. I'm going to be in Ruston at 11 a.m. Central Time. If you're in this area, come join us.

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