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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. Read "The Family"
Sat May 25, 2019, 08:25 PM
May 2019

"They insist they are just a group of friends, yet they funnel millions of dollars through tax-free corporations. They claim to disdain politics, but congressmen of both parties describe them as the most influential religious organization in Washington. They say they are not Christians, but simply believers.

Behind the scenes at every National Prayer Breakfast since 1953 has been the Family, an elite network dedicated to a religion of power for the powerful. Their goal is "Jesus plus nothing." Their method is backroom diplomacy. The Family is the startling story of how their faith—part free-market fundamentalism, part imperial ambition—has come to be interwoven with the affairs of nations around the world."

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS828US828&ei=CdzpXMDvLM_t5gKjh5_oCA&q=the+family+book+amazon&oq=the+family+book+am&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0l2j0i22i30l8.8599.11487..13861...0.0..0.98.284.3......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0i20i263j0i67.qTV9eR70mmc

Wait ... there's a connection between Opus Dei and the Federalist Society? FakeNoose May 2019 #1
That's how I read it. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #2
More like a marriage made in hell. nt DURHAM D May 2019 #8
Next Dem admin must move to push SCOTUS number to eleven. oasis May 2019 #3
Maybe we'll win the W.H., and a miracle will happen and we'll get the Senate. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #10
I learned about Opus Dei's evil work 51 years ago, and it was already old news DFW May 2019 #4
I remeber as a young teen when "catholic" was a bad word dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #15
Oddly enough, I never associated anything at all negative with the term "Catholic" DFW May 2019 #16
Barr reportedly an Opus Dei fan: emmaverybo May 2019 #5
Scalia was a member. DURHAM D May 2019 #9
Did not know about Scalia or Freeh. nt emmaverybo May 2019 #13
K&R UTUSN May 2019 #6
Kind of makes you long for the old days when Catholics and Fundies didn't get along. teamster633 May 2019 #7
how many sc justices have no real religious connection. thats the question we should be asking Kurt V. May 2019 #11
I think Robert Hanssen was a member. n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2019 #12
Read "The Family" smirkymonkey May 2019 #14
I remember stories about The Family surfaced during Shrub's reign. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #18
Good, in depth article. Rec, thanks. Mc Mike May 2019 #17
Thank you for that helpful info. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #19
Ratzinger is Benedict, the 'retired' pope who's squatting in Vatican city, today. Mc Mike May 2019 #20
What is their role in covering up for the pedophiles malaise May 2019 #21
That is the one thing these various groups have in comon. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #22
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