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    Heiliger Grift! Trump-Bibeln passen auf wundersame Weise genau zum Mandat der öffentlichen Schulen in Oklahoma


    Heiliger Grift! Trump-Bibeln passen auf wundersame Weise genau zum Mandat der öffentlichen Schulen in Oklahoma

    https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bibles

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    1. Eatthehamsters69 on

      “drain the swamp”…

      And is there even a legal system in the US, or wtf

    2. Big_Knobber on

      Currently there is a massive Condo building project in hell for this new batch of Christians

    4. gloriosky_zero on

      They could save taxpayer money using the free King James Version

    5. zman245 on

      Ryan Walters wants to be Trumps secretary of education so bad is embarrassing. He’s willing to waste taxpayer dollars, throw away children’s futures, and to destroy his own dignity just to suck up to an old rapist.

    8. dust-ranger on

      So we’re funneling tax dollars into Trump’s bank account. There’s more of this to come if he’s elected.

    9. TurboSalsa on

      He might as well have gone all the way and stipulated that the Bibles must contain the lyrics of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.,” it wouldn’t have been any more conspicuous.

    10. Potential-Bee3866 on

      Trump is literally the most corrupt president in US history. Every fucking thing he does is a grift. 

    11. Tadpoleonicwars on

      So.. a state government has mandated Bibles in all public schools, and the Bibles must be the Bibles sold by the leader of a political party who is running to be President of the nation.

      Totally not a cult.
      Nope, not a whiff of state sponsored religion here.

    12. ParappaTheWrapperr on

      I don’t understand why people buy bibles when the Apple bible is free on the books app

    14. Dianneis on

      >Bids opened Monday for a contract to supply the state Department of Education with 55,000 Bibles. According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.

      >A salesperson at Mardel Christian & Education searched, and though they carry 2,900 Bibles, none fit the parameters [except the one] commonly referred to as the Trump Bible. They cost $60 each online, with Trump receiving fees for his endorsement.

      They should tighten the search parameters in case some other grifter quickly comes up with one that meets these “specifications”. All the potential candidates must cost anywhere between $59.99 and $60.01 and have at least one former American president actively endorse them on his website.

    15. conspiracy_troll on

      Guys, it’s ONLY like $4 million or so, think of the children! ~~/s~~

    16. Dangerous_Leg4584 on

      I couldn’t live in a place that had public schools that used bibles as part of their curriculum.

    17. TintedApostle on

      Absolute corruption. From SCOTUS to the red states the Republican party and Trump are corrupt.

    18. notcaffeinefree on

      >According to the bid documents, vendors must meet certain specifications: Bibles must be the King James Version; must contain the Old and New Testaments; must include copies of the Pledge of Allegiance, Declaration of Independence, **U.S. Constitution**, and the Bill of Rights; and must be bound in leather or leather-like material.

      Except, because of complete incompetence, the “Trump Bible” doesn’t meet this requirement either (though I’m sure they’d conveniently overlook that).

      It’s missing Amendments 11-27, so it doesn’t actually include the whole Constitution.

      And no, it’s unlikely it was actually malicious intent that excluded those amendments. What’s more likely is that someone went to [National Archives link for the Constitution](https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript) and copied the entire page and pasted into the Bible (because the Trump Bible includes the various names at the end). And then went to the [similar page](https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript) for the Bill of Rights.

      But what’s not obvious from either of those links is that it doesn’t include any of the amendments passed later. There’s a [third link](https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/amendments-11-27) to view those. But if you’re simply looking for literally what is labeled as “The Constitution” and the “Bill of Rights”, you’ll miss that third link.

    19. Ande64 on

      Serious question, can a resident in Oklahoma sue him over this? I would think this would be absolutely illegal. I don’t understand how he can do this and not be challenged.

    21. pfalcon42 on

      Trump is so much like the description of the Antichrist and how he will appear it almost makes me want to believe in the Bible… Almost

    23. forceblast on

      This is so messed up I’m at a loss for words. Elected officials are now helping him grift while also attempting to indoctrinate our children into their cult.

    26. SwagCaptain7 on

      Yes if there’s one version of the Bible that children will understand best it’s the King James Version…

    27. 12345Hamburger on

      Some super-progressive pro-LGBT group needs to start cranking out Bibles that are also an exact match and make a bid for like a third of the price.

    28. medievalmachine on

      The Holy Trump Church of Trump The Retributive Republican Saint of Rural Grievances. Hollow be thy name and reputation.

    29. VastAmoeba on

      I am finally fully and completely exasperated with this. Can they not see? Do they not understand?

    30. hhgggghhhh on

      “Republicans: We need to get back to teaching math, science, history…”

      Literally never

    31. ricoxoxo on

      May I introduce you to Ryan Walter’s the Superintendent of Education in OK. He will be our Secretary of Re-education Camps if Trump gets elected.

    32. Acadia02 on

      I would tell my kid to just keep putting it in the fiction section every single day.

    34. Hayes4prez on

      The only thing surprising here is the anti-Christ selling bibles.

    36. funksoldier83 on

      This seems like it should be a crime on a few different levels. Separation of church and state, fraud, campaign finance violations… any Oklahoma or federal lawyers want to chime in?

    38. Sunflier on

      >Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of a religion . . ..  

      -The First Amendment, which has long been incorporated to apply against thr states.  

      Oklahoma seems to have forgotten this by requiring the bible to be in schools. How can you require something to be read/taught/observed/acessable in schools of you didn’t first make a mandating law that presupposes the value of the content in the religious book?  Doesn’t that respect the establishment of a religion?

    40. JKlol2 on

      They will rush to buy them and transfer the money regardless of the legal issues in how they award it – or the constitutionality of it all together

    42. Mother_Knows_Best-22 on

      The republican way. Making government profitable for the rich. This is where we are, what capitalism has turned into. As they cut more of social services and privatize those things, the wealthy get richer. smh

    43. Myrilandal on

      Yeah. My dad was not a religious person. Imagine my absolute gobsmacked face in shock to see a motherfucking trump bible on top of his book pile.

      Never have I ever seen this man in church, let alone reading scripture of any kind. Yet the orange monkey compelled him to be a god fearing man.

      I don’t think the pearly gates are waiting for a trump cultist…

    45. craigathan on

      I’m more impressed with the 2900 different versions of the bible. It’s not even that good of a book. It jumps all over the place, some it is just a list who begat who, there’s parts of it missing and it’s usually printed on the thinnest paper you’ve ever seen. It doesn’t even introduce the main character until midway through and then he dies almost immediately. It also repeats the same story 4 times. He comes back for second though somehow and then fucks off again. The end of the book basically contains a word salad that could have only come from someone eating some bad corn and basically says we’re all going to hell. 2/10 wouldn’t recommend.

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