'Seasons of Trump' - Randy Rainbow's deliciously wicked goodbye song to Donald Trump

 

 

Randy Rainbow sustained our sanity and helped get us through four awful years of the Donald Trump Administration, so he deserves the final word as we say GOODBYE (and please don't come back) to the Trump White House. And his final world is a barn burner. Months from now, you will still be talking about Seasons of Trump.

'Homophobic employee fired from restaurant after kicking out married gay couple' & other Tue midday news briefs

Gay married couple ‘kicked out’ of restaurant by homophobic employee for daring to show affection in public - And the fool got fired. Bye bye! 

Founder of two hate groups is scared that the “radical left” will “bring more LGBTQ propaganda” - Dobson says propaganda, we say equality. Deal with it, Dobson.

Conservative legislators want transgender kids' lives as the new battlefield in their culture war - We've been forewarned so let's not sit on our asses and allow the scapegoating of our trans children to happen.

New Documentary Series Zooms Into Transgender Lives In The Trump Era - So that we don't forget.

New conspiracy claims Trump and Biden will exchange faces (and Facebook put me jail) - The Last Two Days of the Trump Years

While we are rejoicing the last days of the disaster that is the Trump presidency, things are winding down in interesting ways:

1. While attempting to clamp down on misinformation and the violence which can lead to it - ie the riot at the Capitol two weeks ago -  Facebook has restricted a bunch of accounts for pretty much no reason at all. 

And yes, mine is one. 

Until January 23, I can't share any blog posts or personal opinions in any groups accept the ones I moderate. But there are ways to read my stuff. And above all, please feel free to share.

Go straight to my blog or @holybullies on Twitter. Or join the Facebook groups -  I Bet This Turkey Can Get More Fans Than NOM and How They See Us: Unmasking the Religious Right War on Gay America

2. According to a friend of mine, the following message was left on the far-right site 4chan. Another friend said it was also shared on the pro-Trump site Parler. It's so ludicrous that one has to think that it's a satire. 

But Trump has left this nation in such a ludicrously abysmal state that some people are actually taking it seriously while the rest of us can't tell if it was posted as satire or in true belief.

God help us cause we got a long way to go to get back to normalcy. Thanks, Donald! 

(jackass)

Franklin Graham shamefully implies that Trump's impeachment is like the betrayal of Jesus

Franklin Graham is furious that Donald Trump was impeached for a second time. So much so that he left messages on Facebook and Twitter voicing his displeasure. Graham especially railed against the 10 House Republicans who joined the Democrats to vote for impeachment:

As comical as that one is, it is the one of Facebook which will probably gain more attention. There, Graham implies that Trump's second impeachment is like the biblical betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot.

 For those who don't know, this betrayal led to Jesus's crucifixion:

Shame, shame on the ten Republicans who joined with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats in impeaching President Trump yesterday. After all that he has done for our country, you would turn your back and betray him so quickly? We have never had a president like him in my lifetime. He gave us lower taxes, a strong economy, and low unemployment. He made NATO take notice and pay their own way. He had the guts to take on North Korea and meet with their leader personally. He didn’t let China walk all over us. Just his Mideast peace initiatives in the last couple of months deserve a Nobel Peace Prize. He has defended religious liberty like no president before him, and that matters to all people of faith. He has worked to bring prison reform and secured our southern border. He defeated the ISIS caliphate in Syria, and he strengthened our military. He was also the most pro-life president we have ever had. But the House Democrats impeached him because they hate him and want to do as much damage as they can. And these ten, from his own party, joined in the feeding frenzy. It makes you wonder what the thirty pieces of silver were that Speaker Pelosi promised for this betrayal. President Trump isn’t a perfect person. I don’t support or agree with some of the things the President said and did the last couple of weeks. January 6 was a low point in his presidency. We knew he had flaws when he ran for office in 2016. But I, and millions of others, voted for him because of the platform and policies he promised. I still support those. The Democrats have been trying to get rid of the President since the day he took office. What they did yesterday only further divides our nation. I hope President-elect Biden will keep his word and work for unity as he has said.

Thirty pieces of silver,  according to the Bible,  is what Judas was paid by Jesus's enemies to deliver him to them. Which he did by giving him a kiss. Knowing how homophobic Graham is, I'm surprised that he didn't work in a dig against LGBTQ people.

But the comparison of Trump's impeachment to the betrayal of Jesus is embarrassing enough. It almost distracts from his ridiculous tangent about what Trump has "done for" America. But let's not leave it unmentioned. Trump's crappy stewardship has left us practically waist deep in a pandemic which has taken over 397,000 American lives and wrecked our economy. His basic incompetence has made us the laughing stock of the world while losing the respect of our allies.  His general immature behavior has served as a rotten model for our nation, leaving us poorer, more selfish, more angry, more resentful, more prejudiced, and more susceptible to con artists pushing conspiracy theories. Basically, we are so deep in the hole, it may take years for us to recover. 

In weighing what Trump has done for America, perhaps impeachment is too light of a punishment. Perhaps he deserves a complimentary kick in the ass.

And I haven't even mention last Wednesday's insurrection at the Capitol, which was the reason for Trump's second impeachment. His constant lie about the election being stolen from him was the singular thing which led his supporters to invade the Capitol in an attend to keep Biden's win from being certified. They failed to stop the certification, but their attempt left five people dead, the Capitol building wrecked and the entire country fearful of further repercussions. But apparently we are supposed to overlook that because of what Graham claims are good things Trump did for the country.

If Trump has done something positive for America, it would have to be the revelation of so many bogus moral leaders, ie the folks who eagerly discarded all of the values they professed to hold  in exchange for a little bit of political power and White House access.

And guess who's number one on that list, Mr. Graham?

'Trans athlete sues USA Powerlifting over competition ban' & other Thur midday news briefs

Transgender athlete sues USA Powerlifting over competition ban- Good for her. I hope she wins.

Anti-LGBTQ Republican says Trump “will remain in office” & that’s why Democrats want to impeach him - Honey, you are so delusional.

Eliza Byard Steps Down as GLSEN Executive Director - She steered GLSEN through some wild times against the religious right. 

The 22 Funniest Queer Jokes From LGBTQ Comics - Cause we all need a good laugh after this week.

While Trump earns 2nd impeachment, FRC's Tony Perkins follows him down the rabbit hole of public humiliation

First, I must post this letter of congratulations to Donald Trump.

Dear Donald Trump, 

Congratulations on your second impeachment. While you probably will never receive the Nobel Peace Prize, your dubious honor today ensures that you will serve a special place in American history as the worse president we ever had.  And I would like to especially commend you on the fact that you earned every bit of this dubious "honor" of being the first and only president in the history of this country to be impeached TWICE.

WOW! You must be thrilled.  I should also alert you to be on the lookout for messages of congratulations from Hillary Clinton and probably the family of the late President Richard Nixon.

Now then, while a lot of us greeted the news of Trump's 2nd impeachment with glee and satisfaction, some of his supporters are livid. One is even so livid that in his raging, he practically "owned" himself. Or in layman's terms, said something which made him look like a huge fool.

Who else but Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council? 

Of course he is  upset about the events of today and claims that it is proof of the supposed hypocrisy of Democrats:

While the repressive hand of the Democrats and their Big Tech allies will only fan the flames of resentment and hostility, it may very well leave many of those who voted for Biden on the promise unity and healing questioning their vote. Surely today's spectacle, an exercise in reckless, selfish, retaliation, isn't what they signed up for. Not only does it destroy their trust that Democrats can be the adults in the room, but it exposes them for the hypocrites they are. Men and women like Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) are blaming Trump for starting an "insurrection." They argue that the senators and congressmen operating within their constitutional rights to object to the election results should "resign."  

Where were they in 2000, 2004, and 2016 when Democrats protested the presidential results in battleground states "Thirty-one Democrats voted to overturn the presidential election results in Ohio in 2005," Rachel Bovard tweeted. Ten of them are still in Congress. They serve beside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who herself insisted in 2017, "Our election was hijacked. There is no question. Congress has a duty to protect democracy and follow the facts."

I can tell Perkins where they weren't in 200, 2004, and 2016. They weren't at the Capitol in DC attempting to physically overthrow an election that their candidate lost. They were trying to break in or vandalize offices. They weren't leaving poop all over the place. They certainly weren't beating up and killing security officers. And they especially weren't filming themselves while doing all of these things.

The people who did those things were Trump supporters who were goaded by his words. 

Comparing what Democrats did to protest presidential elections to what Trump supporters did as if the two are similar is an attempt of abject desperation. And desperate is  no doubt what Perkins is right now. He and FRC abandoned any idea of false integrity to follow Trump. In doing so, they gained political power and access. In exchange, they made excuses for his excesses and explained away his lies. But now their time in the sun is pretty much over and the bill is due. 

Apparently Perkins and company are finding out that following a false  god generates a cost they can't afford to pay. 

That's just too bad. Or maybe not.

Personally, I think it's glorious. 

 

'Montana Republicans target transgender youth' & other Wed midday news briefs

Montana Republicans target transgender youth in two new bills - They just won't stop. And neither should we.

North Carolina Towns Push For LGBTQ Protections As Moratorium Ends - Good for them! 

Gay WWII Veteran Tells Harrowing Tale of Survival in Animated Short - Learn and remember our history. 

 VIDEO: Ex-Log Cabin leader cheers for Trump at WH despite U.S. Capitol attack - Dumbass.