Naming Rights
And the audacity of hope, for this Christmas.
Hey Friends,
Good morning, and Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate.
Of course, I don't know why you wouldn't celebrate mornings, especially on Christmas Day.
Christmas, as we all know, is a time when we remember that for which we all have hope. It's what I call an immaculate conception.
But, even if I get lucky, I'll probably have to clean up anyway, because no conception is truly immaculate. So I'll settle for ridin' dirty, which has its own appeal, if you don't mind me saying.
This Christmas is also a time to celebrate some new branding. It's in honor of our one true saviour, the anointed one, Donald J. Trump. He has shown us how to love the poor and the immigrant, the widow and the democrat. Truly, the least of these.
To honor the virtues of Christmas, here are some of my favorite scriptures, reading from the New MAGA Version:
Hebrews 13:2 "Do not dare to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels, which are obviously white."
Romans 12:13-14: "Share with the Lord’s people who are in need, unless they are not white, or if they are from garbage countries. Practice hospitality to donors. Curse those who persecute you; prosecute them and do not forget to pardon your allies."
Matthew 25:35-40: "For I was hungry, and you removed SNAP benefits because it wasn't fiscally responsible, I was thirsty and you explained your zero tollerance policy, I was an immigrant and you put me in to a prison, and said I was part of Tren de Aragua, I needed clothes and you told me I was a garbage, I was sick and you elliminated the affordable care act subsidies, I was in prison and you didn't pardon me, because I was not a large donor to your campaign."
That's why we honor the president by naming as many things as possible after him. And as an announcement, that will include this newsletter. From now on, this will be known as The Donald J Trump Lorem Ipsum by Daniel Herndon. It's sure to be a boon to our popularity. People are saying it's one of the biggest newsletters in the country, and I think even the world, but certainly the country. It's really big.
In 2026, I expect we'll be doing major events, perhaps even stadium events at places like The Donald J Trump Staples Center and The Donald J Trump Lucas Oil Stadium, here in Indianapolis, if we can get our crime down enough.
And to do that, we've tapped Steven Miller, White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor. He has widely reminded us that the children of immigrants are a danger to our country, by saying, “With a lot of these immigrant groups, not only is the first generation unsuccessful. Again, Somalia is a clear example here. You see persistent issues in every subsequent generation. So you see consistent high rates of welfare use, consistent high rates of criminal activity, consistent failures to assimilate.”
He and the administration have reinforced their values by incarcerating citizens and immigrants alike, so long as they lack the proper bloodline worthy of mercy. They've locked them in Ecuadorian prisons to be tortured without cause, other than the tone of their skin. 60 minutes reported on it, or would have, had their new editor not pulled the segment, which leaked by other means.
Clearly, he has been reading his Bible.
It reminds me of what happened back in 1942, when the USA, under the Roosevelt administration. It was then also a moral win for the purity of America when U.S. citizens and their children, who were called "enemy aliens," were arrested and locked in concentration camps, without due process, without a call home, and without a legal basis. Only because they had Japanese blood.
It was then that the moral ethos of America said that it is not enough to read our Bible. Instead, we will write our own. So, without regard for humanity, we locked up people based solely on their race and our own conceit. And single-issue voters made it possible.
I hope you join me in learning from the past and rejecting this way of thinking.
Merry Christmas.
That's it for this week.
Remember: The Lorem Ipsum is filled with the Christmas Spirit, despite a moment of seriousness every now and then. Please share this gift of jolliness with your dearest family and friends.
Have a great weekend!
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