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10/29/2024

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Historian Heather Cox Richardson, ever-wise and thorough in her research, led off today’s column—which I highly recommend reading—this way: 

I stand corrected. I thought this year’s October surprise was the reality that Trump’s mental state had slipped so badly he could not campaign in any coherent way. 

Nicolle Wallace interviews General Barry McCaffrey (ret.) and Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America CEO Allison Jaslow on General Mark Milley’s calling the former White House occupant “fascist to the core.” MSNBC

It turns out that the 2024 October surprise was the Trump campaign’s fascist rally at Madison Square Garden, a rally so extreme that Republicans running for office have been denouncing it all over social media tonight. 

The idea of a rally at Madison Square Garden echoed a Nazi rally there on February 20, 1939, where a giant portrait of George Washington in his Continental Army uniform flanked by swastikas hung on stage. And, “like that earlier event, Trump’s rally was supposed to demonstrate power and inspire his base to violence.” 

One of the lead-ups to Trump’s talk was comedian Tony Hinchcliffe who highlighted racism calling Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.” Another speaker called Kamala Harris “the antichrist”—though without any proof such as I offer in my book on Trump & the MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election.

Stars, stripes, and swastikas: German American Bund rally, New York, Madison Square Garden, February 1939; from “The Nazis Strike” 1943. Wikimedia Commons. 

Headlines in the press included these: “MAGA speakers unleash ugly rhetoric at Trump’s MSG rally” (Axios), “Trump’s New York homecoming sparks backlash over racist and vulgar remarks” (Politico), “Racist Remarks and Insults Mark Trump’s Madison Square Garden 

Rally” (New York Times), “Speakers at Trump rally make racist comments, hurl insults” (CNN).

“No dog whistles, no plausible deniability,” wrote an historian of white supremacist movements in the US. “It’s a show of power and another attempt to make this look and feel normal.” And “This is a Five-Alarm Fire….The most overtly fascist mass rally in New York since 1939.”  (cited in Common Dreams). 

At the event Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, said, “I’m not just MAGA. I’m dark, gothic MAGA.” In my book on Trump and MAGA as antichrist, I suggest that MAGA stands for: “Make America Grotesque Again.”

“The biggest sign of the damage the rally did was the frantic backpedaling from Republicans in tight elections” observes Richardson. Millions of Puerto Ricans living in battleground states will be voting in this election.

Some press, however, sane-washed and covered up the event. A  headline from

The former White House tenant’s Madison Square Garden hate rally contained a hint of his strategy to circumvent an electoral loss through the House of Representatives. Occupy Democrats.

Zac Andersen of USA TODAY read: “Trump sticks to economy and immigration in closing pitch at Madison Square Garden.” And, as we learned recently, the billionaire owners of the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post refused to endorse anyone for president. 

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See Matthew Fox, Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election.

And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul & Society.

And Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth.

Banner Image: MAGA faithful at an Arizona rally for the First Felon. Photo by Gage Skidmore on Flickr.

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Queries for Contemplation

One reader of Richardson’s article said she felt sick reading it. Is the return of fascism to America a cause for feeling sick? Can getting out the vote and praying/acting for a non-fascist alternative constitute important medicine?

Recommended Reading

Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election

Matthew Fox tells us that he had always shied away from using the term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to spread control and fear. However, given today’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity.

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Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download.

Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society

Visionary theologian and best-selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them. 
“A scholarly masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science.  A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics

Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth

Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality and in South American Liberation Theology. Creation Spirituality challenges readers of every religious and political persuasion to unite in a new vision through which we learn to honor the earth and the people who inhabit it as the gift of a good and just Creator.
“A watershed theological work that offers a common ground for religious seekers and activists of all stripes.” — Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice.

The Return of Father Sky: A Cosmic Mystery for Kids of All Ages

The second book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series, The Return of Father Sky helps boys and girls to celebrate a new relationship with the masculine by way of Father Sky, whose return excites joy and wonder and possibility that enlarge the soul to welcome others and all creation. Written in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-like style, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book, written by world- renowned theologian Matthew Fox weaves together modern science and classic spirituality in a whimsical, entertaining format to illustrate important truths to readers aged 4 and up. With artwork curated from illustrators around the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet.

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