On Jesus, Guns and Babies
Poet Dale K. Nichols lends some rhyme and rhythm to the pro-democracy movement. Proceeds from paid subscriptions go to support pro-democracy organizations.
Welcome to this morning’s edition of Never Trump Poetry, brought to you by poet Dale K. Nichols and editor Michael Broder.
Dale K. Nichols
On Jesus, Guns and Babies
On Jesus, Guns and Babies
for governor she ran.
Kandiss Taylor lost big time
but now she has a plan!
A MAGA-Lago coven
in Georgia is her dream—
to snag a seat in Congress next
to Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Conjoined at birth, twin Taylors.
Conspiracies their nexus.
First Jewish lasers causing fires,
now seeded clouds in Texas.
Both pledging their allegiance
to Daddy at the helm.
Just another day in the neighborhood
in MAGA’s fantastical realm.
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Editor’s Note:
A story that has not been picked up by major corporate media outlets—
Kandiss Taylor, a MAGA candidate running for Georgia's House seat, is facing backlash for spreading conspiracy theories about the flash floods in Texas.
So reads a drop line in the July 6 Hindustan Times. The story has also been covered by Yahoo, PennLive, Ground News, and AlterNet, but so far not in The New York Times or the Washington Post.
This is why you need to be paying attention to the pro-democracy media ecosystem on Substack and YouTube. —Ed.
About the team
In the words of Dale K. Nichols, Poet
Whatever I might feel about the merit of particular aspects of the MAGA agenda, I believe that Trump, as the movement’s standard-bearer and chief instigator, is a clear and present danger to the future of America and our way of life. That we the people decided to elect him to a second term points to certain dark undercurrents in our nation’s psyche that had been pushed to the shadows for decades until they were recently coaxed back into broad daylight. For those of you who are Harry Potter fans, I believe that Tom Riddle has reemerged as Lord Voldemort, and we Muggles are in the midst of an ugly Wizarding War that has already suffered many casualties.
In the words of Michael Broder, Editor
I started Indolent Books in 2015 as a haven for poets over 50 without a first book and a welcoming literary space for women, people of color, queer and trans writers, and others who do not fit molds or conform to expectations. I am drawn to Dale’s ability as a poet to reach a general readership with his message of resistance to autocracy and his activist support for democracy. While I am indeed a Harry Potter fan, my pop-culture metaphor for the Orange Menace is Burgermeister Meisterburger, the sadistic, oppressive, and abusive mayor of Sombertown who despises toys—and will arrest anyone who plays with or owns a toy—in the classic 1970 stop-motion Christmas television special, Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town.