Take Corey Mahler. Please.

An example of the antisemitism I podcasted on yesterday and a quick take on NPR and PBS.

So many interesting events, of both good and Chinese curse variety, happened overnight that I was thinking of doing a post of quick takes — Reform’s good election results, Trump’s executive order to defund NPR & PBS, the German establishment taking another step towards banning AfD. But instead I want to follow up on my podcast yesterday.

I stated that although we should not be snowed into exaggerating the problem of antisemitism on the Right (which is instead a huge problem among the woke and Muslims), it is still a problem. So I had a frank chat with my fellow odious deplorable extremist far right-wingers who may be tempted towards the foolish illogic of antisemitism. I especially addressed young men, who tend to enjoy being transgressive — which can be a healthy trait but not always.

But perhaps some may think even I am overly alarmed about said problem. To them, I present the X feed of Corey J. Mahler, a self-proclaimed “confessional Lutheran” and “Christian Nationalist.” I had the misfortune of discovering it yesterday through this post.

And if you think that is bad, the rest of his feed gets even worse. He is a Jew-hater and proud of it. And, sadly, his account has over 18 thousand followers. I wish he were only a nutcase in a basement, but apparently not.

So, yes, antisemitism on the Right, even the Christian Right, is a problem. Again we should not exaggerate the problem. But let’s not make it worse by falling for this hateful illogical garbage. God don’t like it. He is Jewish after all.*

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Heck, I have time for another quick take. And I do like to rant, so . . . here is something happier.

I was glad to see President Trump sign an executive order to end federal funding of NPR and PBS. Even if those entities were not propaganda outlets for the Left, it is obvious that taxpayer funding of those entities should end as I wrote about a month ago.

For years I’ve thought it profoundly dysfunctional that Washington could not bring itself to eliminate any number of useless or harmful federal programs. And I thought continued Fed funding of NPR and PBS was among the most obvious examples.

Of course, one can now expect some hack-in-black Fed Judge to rule that the funding must continue. It would not surprise me if that has happened already while I’m typing this. So it is not a done deal that NPR and PBS will be defunded. As Trump would put it, “We’ll see what happens.” But good on President Trump for at least giving it a good try.

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*In case you missed the pious joke, Jesus was a Jew.