Pastor sounding the alarm on NAR

Within the New Apostolic Reformation, dominion theology supposes christians must control the seven “mountains” of government, education, media, arts and entertainment, religion, family, and business in order to establish a global christianic theocracy and prepare the world for Jesus’ return.

South Dakota's Earth hating governor is up to her areolae in this stuff.

On Wednesday KANW aired a terrifying episode of Reveal that chronicles the rise of NAR among the radical white wing of the Republican Party. It features The Reverend Rob Schenck as he comes to realize the depth of the evil that Donald Trump has tapped into. Schenck has an essay in the November-December issue of Mother Jones.

It took years for the scales to fall from my eyes. A major turning point occurred when I took a leave of absence from Faith and Action to pursue a late-in-life doctorate. Part of my research involved the German Christian movement of the 1930s, which supported the Nazi Party. One of the most respected Bible scholars of that period, Paul Althaus, declared Hitler’s ascent to the chancellorship to be a “gift and miracle from God.” I began to suspect that we evangelicals were similarly allowing our faith to be co-opted for political purposes. Devastating consequences seemed inevitable for evangelicalism and for our country. [Confessions of a (Former) Christian Nationalist]

Listen to the Reveal broadcast linked here.

South Dakota suffering lack of political engagement

Blue states are twice as politically engaged as red states are. 

In 2020 my home state of South Dakota was 47th in the percentage of the electorate who turned out to vote and 49th in percentage of women who voted that year. In May, 2021 a poll conducted by South Dakota News Watch and the Chiesman Center for Democracy at the University of South Dakota revealed that Republicans in the failed red state revel in authoritarianism when Republicans are in power and loathe democracy and progress when Democrats govern. Just 59% of the electorate turned out for the General Election in 2022 and only 17% of voters turned out for the June 2024 primary election. Chiesman has known about voter disgust in South Dakota for at least two decades.

Even the state's establishment Earth haters are on tilt about it.

"Hi Larry,

With Election Day coming up and only 66.8% of the voting-age population having cast ballots in the 2020 presidential election, WalletHub today released its report on the Most & Least Politically Engaged States in 2024, as well as expert commentary, to identify where Americans are making their voices heard the most. The more engaged voters are, the better chance they have to impact future economic and social issues.

WalletHub compared the 50 states based on 10 key indicators of political engagement. They range from voter registration statistics and laws to the percentage of people who voted in recent elections to political contributions."
 

Most Politically Engaged States		Least Politically Engaged States
1. Maryland		41. Louisiana
2. Virginia		42. Mississippi
3. New Jersey		43. South Dakota
4. Oregon		44. Nebraska
5. Washington		45. South Carolina
6. Montana		46. Indiana
7. Minnesota		47. Oklahoma
8. California		48. West Virginia
9. Arizona		49. Alabama
10. New York		50. Arkansas

 

Johnson v. Noem in 2026?

In 2014 the late Jean Rounds pleaded with her husband not to run for the US Senate but Reich Mike Rounds knew he had to run to stall then-US Attorney for the District of South Dakota Brendan Johnson from opening an investigation of Rounds' role in Bendagate to the public. 

USAs for the Districts of North Dakota and South Dakota, Tim Purdon and Johnson left their posts in 2015 to join Minneapolis-based Robins Kaplan, LLC. Both are enjoying successful law practices and could win statewide elections in their home states with their pants around their ankles. But, reaping the lucrative tort whirlwind is far more profitable than public service is. 

Brendan's father, Democratic Senator Tim Johnson brought the need for a research facility in the former Homestake Mine to Congress and worked tirelessly to bring the project to fruition. But Sen. Johnson and Earth hating then-US Representative Kristi Noem were on opposite sides of the Violence Against Women's Act in 2013. In 2016, Tim Johnson's South Dakota First Political Action Committee advocated for the establishment of nonpartisan elections in South Dakota: a forerunner of Amendment H. 

Today as governor Mrs. Noem failed on a COVID response, has failed on flood decisions and to bury her past criticisms of Donald Trump she deleted her old twitter feed so if Rounds resigned today she would simply appoint herself to the seat.

With NDN Collective and the Oglala Lakota Nation pressing the US Department of Justice to investigate the Rapid City Police Department Brendan Johnson was recently interviewed as part of a wider probe of rampant police brutality and "officer involved shootings" in the reservation border town.

So with the passing of Tim Johnson the future of the republic is too important to ignore.

A statement from Johnson’s family said “Tim always quipped that neither the left, nor the right, had a monopoly on all of the good ideas, but that working together, we can find common ground for the good of our country. In his work and life, Tim showed us never to give up. He will be missed. Our lives are fuller for having been loved and supported by him.” [Longtime Senator Tim Johnson dead at 77]

ip photo: Sen. Tim Johnson attending the 2014 South Dakota Democratic Party's State Convention in Yankton.

The good news? Hurricanes disperse hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico

Following the release of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's latest measurements Iowa Farmers Union President Aaron Lehman said that state's Nutrient Reduction Management Strategy is proving to be ineffective in controlling hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. But, Lehman is concerned that without further financial incentives from the Biden administration Republican welfare farmers will simply continue polluting waterways.

In Gulf states like Florida insurance companies are pulling out as Deanne Criswell, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is sounding the alarm over funding shortfalls following multiple climate catastrophes exacerbated by human impacts.

In 2020, Hurricane Hanna passed through the central and western Gulf days prior to the research cruise and mixed the water column, disrupting the hypoxic zone which forms in the coastal ocean west of the Mississippi River delta. While the size of the hypoxic zone fluctuates naturally throughout the summer, it usually forms again within days or weeks after the passage of storms. [Dealing with Dead Zones: Hypoxia in the Ocean]

Tropical cyclones cycle nutrients, too.