Dear Friends,

It’s happening, folks. Trump’s once-loyal followers are seeing the man behind the curtain. He’s not a wizard. Not a leader. Certainly not a Christian. They’re seeing an insecure, narcissistic hypocrite who knows he’s failing but has no capacity to admit it or to change.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is the most recent Republican leader to jump ship. She’ll resign from the US House next week, but she’s not going out quietly.

Greene’s recent 60 Minutes interview (which Charles and I discuss on the first segment of this week’s; program) was followed by an interview with Robert Draper in the New York Times, in which she admits, “After Charlie [Kirk] died, I realized that I’m part of this toxic culture. I really started looking at my faith. I wanted to be more like Christ.”

We’ll see how MTG’s desire to be more like Jesus plays out. Much of what Kirk said had very little in common with the Jesus I’m familiar with.

The most important take away from this moment is that MTG is the tip of the emerging anti-Trump iceberg. As Draper writes, “[Greene] may yet again prove to be a harbinger of a sea change in the movement she once helped lead.”

HERE’S THIS WEEK’S PODCAST, WITH CHARLES, KATHY, AND ED:

(01:45) MTG isn’t done exposing Trump’s hypocrisy;
(19:17) Trump’s national security plan is harrowing;
(37:05) Self-driving cars might be the wave of the future;
(54:01) January garden Q & A, with Kathy Byrnes.

Thanks for reading, listening, and being involved.

Ed Fallon