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applegrove

(128,882 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:34 AM Yesterday

Jojo from Jersey on Speaker Mike Johnson:

https://jojofromjerz.substack.com/subscribe?utm_campaign=email-subscribe&next=https%3A%2F%2Fjojofromjerz.substack.com%2Fp%2Fholy-shit-mike-johnson


Because I sure as shit am not a biblical scholar, but I know enough to know this: Moses didn’t block the Red Sea to protect the pharaoh. He didn’t stand at the edge yelling, “You’re hurting Pharaoh’s feelings.” He didn’t roll his eyes at the Israelites and say, “Who paid you to march?” He lifted his staff, split the damn water, and got shit done, something you wouldn’t understand if God personally handed you a to-do list and a GPS.

You are not Moses. You are not righteous. You are not brave.

You are a coward in cufflinks, a fraud in a prayer circle, a malfunctioning sermon in human form. And history will remember you as exactly what you are, the man who mistook cowardice for faith, corruption for leadership, and silence for salvation.

And when the truth finally floods the gates you’ve been guarding, I hope you can swim, Mike. Because the sea is rising.


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Jojo from Jersey on Speaker Mike Johnson: (Original Post) applegrove Yesterday OP
Nicely put, Jojo! n/t lastlib Yesterday #1
Mic Drop! Chasstev365 Yesterday #2
Outstanding! MyOwnPeace Yesterday #3
Mikey Mouse ain't Moses.That's for damn sure. oasis Yesterday #4
"a malfunctioning sermon in human form" Ray Bruns Yesterday #5
Mike Johnson works for the Devil! MacKasey Yesterday #6
Pretty clear who Johnson's true lord and savior is. Paladin 23 hrs ago #7
Question for you Bob_in_VA 22 hrs ago #13
The first 546,932 times he proclaimed it in public. Paladin 21 hrs ago #15
In C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters" soldierant 9 hrs ago #20
Yes, the demon Screwtape describes how many self-righteous self-described 'religious' persons serve Satan dedl67 36 min ago #23
You go, girl! Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #8
The thing about JoJo is.... COL Mustard 23 hrs ago #9
And "alleged" Grindr user NCDem47 23 hrs ago #10
"Moses Mike" JoseBalow 23 hrs ago #11
Thank you, JoJo. You ranted for me duhneece 22 hrs ago #12
Is there a linkthat doesn' require subscription? nt BWdem4life 21 hrs ago #14
I know no shortcut around substack. I'm not that internet literate. applegrove 13 hrs ago #17
Well put. Will have to start following her. nt wiggs 14 hrs ago #16
JoJo can f#cking write godsentme 13 hrs ago #18
Damn, preach it! You hit that nail on the head! 1WorldHope 11 hrs ago #19
Sheesh, you're good! calimary 6 hrs ago #21
I know it. applegrove 6 hrs ago #22

Paladin

(31,809 posts)
15. The first 546,932 times he proclaimed it in public.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:23 AM
21 hrs ago

Hey, I never said I believed the little scumbag...

soldierant

(9,052 posts)
20. In C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters"
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:35 PM
9 hrs ago

he suggests that demon basic training includes learning to "transform yourself into an angel of light as a parade ground exercise." Johnson must have been blinded by the light.

dedl67

(106 posts)
23. Yes, the demon Screwtape describes how many self-righteous self-described 'religious' persons serve Satan
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:22 AM
36 min ago

"All said and done, my friends, it will be an ill day for us if what most humans mean be "Religion" ever vanishes from earth. It can still serve us the most delicious sins. Nowhere do we tempt so successfully as on the very steps of the alter."

Screwtape, page 15 of "Screwtape Proposes a Toast" by C. S. Lewis

Mikey, he's talking about you.

duhneece

(4,418 posts)
12. Thank you, JoJo. You ranted for me
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:33 AM
22 hrs ago

..so I don’t have to this morning.
Thank you, too, applegrove.

calimary

(88,178 posts)
21. Sheesh, you're good!
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:32 AM
6 hrs ago

“…You are a coward in cufflinks, a fraud in a prayer circle, a malfunctioning sermon in human form. And history will remember you as exactly what you are, the man who mistook cowardice for faith, corruption for leadership, and silence for salvation.
And when the truth finally floods the gates you’ve been guarding, I hope you can swim, Mike. Because the sea is rising.”

Holy Cannoli!, applegrove! Absolutely MASTERFUL.

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