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America may have an even bigger problem than just Trump... (Original Post) CousinIT Jan 2017 OP
Theocracy Is In The Wind. Prayers At The Inauguration Should Be A Clue. TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 #1
I didn't watch that goddamned funeral but someone who did said it was like a church CousinIT Jan 2017 #3
Certainly possible... Snackshack Jan 2017 #2
More than possible... Raster Jan 2017 #4
 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
1. Theocracy Is In The Wind. Prayers At The Inauguration Should Be A Clue.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:58 AM
Jan 2017

Almost the entire Cabinet is tainted with radical Christianity if you look at it closely. Secular government will be under attack like never before. And they plan to force their version of Christianity on the rest of us.

CousinIT

(9,239 posts)
3. I didn't watch that goddamned funeral but someone who did said it was like a church
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:15 AM
Jan 2017

All the freaking bible quotes and singing amazing grace and so on. TOTALLY inappropriate.

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)
2. Certainly possible...
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:14 AM
Jan 2017

Betsy DeVos brother Erik Prince is also apparently very strong into the dogma...

From a 2009 article in The Economist.

"Now two former employees are accussing Erik Prince (pictured), Blackwater's boss, of wanting to start a religious crusade against Muslims. In an affidavit lodged with a court in Virginia, one of the witnesses said that Mr Prince "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe." The statement continues"

Raster

(20,998 posts)
4. More than possible...
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 09:00 AM
Jan 2017

...it appears that The Black Prince was part of the Ghouliani Cabal that "encouraged" Comey to do his Hillary email routine.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/18/1622036/-Blackwater-boss-Erik-Prince-helped-hack-the-election-for-Trump

Blackwater boss Erik Prince helped hack the election for Trump

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince recently got back in the news when it emerged that he’s serving as an informal adviser to Trump. That’s not the only time he’s offered his services to the Donald. He played a key role in a conspiracy by rogue FBI agents to throw the election to Trump.

Late last night, HuffPo columnist Seth Abramson discovered that Prince gave a rather interesting interview to Breitbart News Daily on November 4—less than 24 hours before Comey announced there was no there there in the new emails. Prince claimed that the FBI’s hand was forced by hopping mad NYPD detectives investigating Anthony Weiner. Supposedly, they found “State Department emails” and evidence of a trove of criminal activity involving the Clintons and other prominent Democrats. Click over to my piece at Liberal America to hear it—but be sure you’re sitting down. After all, this is Breitbart—or rather, Trumpbart—we’re talking about.

According to this narrative the NYPD gave the FBI an ultimatum—reopen the investigation, or we will hold a press conference to announce a ton of arrests. Supposedly, this “pushed the FBI off their chairs,” prompting Comey’s now-infamous letter.

Two big problems. First, we know that the warrant contained no such thing. Rather, its sole “probable cause” was a possible email exchange between Hillary and Huma Abedin. On that basis, a number of legal experts have condemned it as hackery at best and a Fourth Amendment violation at worst.

More seriously, Prince openly admitted that he knew about the emails before Comey did. For those of you keeping score, that makes THREE close confidants to Trump who knew about the emails in the three weeks between when they were found and when Comey was finally notified. The other two? Rudy Giuliani and Jim Kallstrom, both of whom were in contact with active agents during the investigation.

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