Within hours of pledging allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, the newly sworn-in 47th President of the United States of America broke his oath. Exercising his power to pardon, he paid tribute to the Oath-Keepers, Proud Boys, and others who raided the U.S. Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power January 6, 2021.
Taking the Oath with One Hand
Does Nothing Mean Anything Anymore?
By pardoning seditionists who had pled guilty, and had been sentenced for their crimes, President Donald Trump wiped clean his own crime of sedition. Whether he did not understand the oath he had taken (again), or was lying when he raised his right hand and kept his left hand at his side without touching the Bibles the First Lady was holding, or was disingenuous when said “So help me God,” or was not quite sane, as in criminally insane – “not guilty by reason of insanity” – is an urgent matter for discussion before nothing means anything anymore, and the democratic Constitutional republic crumbles into the madhouse.
Gordon C. Stewart, public theologian, Presbyterian Pastor, host of Views from the Edge, author of Be Still! Departure from Collective Madness (2017 Wipf and Stock), Brooklyn Part, MN, January 23, 2025.
Views from the Edge 
You ask if there is meaning in anything anymore. Sadly, at this point in history, it looks like our meaning, our promises, our values are without meaning and will remain so for at least the next four years. But there are those – even a few in positions of some power who are fighting to hold onto meaning. They need to be supported in any way we can. It is time for voices to be raised and for our feet to go to the streets, not in the promotion of violence but in a show of solidarity against an immorality that we never thought we would see taking over this country and, in all honesty, taking over our world. It’s time to stand up so that it is a clear message to our children that what we are seeing in the primary leadership of this country is wrong-headed and cruel and criminal. Thank you for your words. Keep them coming.
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