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applegrove

(128,911 posts)
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 07:34 AM Tuesday

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 Tuesday OP
Nicely put, Jojo! n/t lastlib Tuesday #1
Mic Drop! Chasstev365 Tuesday #2
Outstanding! MyOwnPeace Tuesday #3
Mikey Mouse ain't Moses.That's for damn sure. oasis Tuesday #4
"a malfunctioning sermon in human form" Ray Bruns Tuesday #5
Mike Johnson works for the Devil! MacKasey Tuesday #6
Pretty clear who Johnson's true lord and savior is. Paladin Tuesday #7
Question for you Bob_in_VA Tuesday #13
The first 546,932 times he proclaimed it in public. Paladin Tuesday #15
In C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters" soldierant Tuesday #20
Yes, the demon Screwtape describes how many self-righteous self-described 'religious' persons serve Satan dedl67 Wednesday #23
I recognized that that was from the toast - and yes, I agree. soldierant Yesterday #24
You go, girl! Joinfortmill Tuesday #8
The thing about JoJo is.... COL Mustard Tuesday #9
And "alleged" Grindr user NCDem47 Tuesday #10
"Moses Mike" JoseBalow Tuesday #11
Thank you, JoJo. You ranted for me duhneece Tuesday #12
Is there a linkthat doesn' require subscription? nt BWdem4life Tuesday #14
I know no shortcut around substack. I'm not that internet literate. applegrove Tuesday #17
Well put. Will have to start following her. nt wiggs Tuesday #16
JoJo can f#cking write godsentme Tuesday #18
Damn, preach it! You hit that nail on the head! 1WorldHope Tuesday #19
Sheesh, you're good! calimary Wednesday #21
I know it. applegrove Wednesday #22

Paladin

(31,829 posts)
15. The first 546,932 times he proclaimed it in public.
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:23 AM
Tuesday

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

soldierant

(9,062 posts)
20. In C. S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters"
Tue Oct 21, 2025, 11:35 PM
Tuesday

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

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

"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
Tuesday

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

calimary

(88,203 posts)
21. Sheesh, you're good!
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 02:32 AM
Wednesday

“…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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