so, that’s two.
hardly “interior decorating”.
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If he becomes president again, the next step will be statutory “gifts” of a Trump bible for every couple getting married, paid for out of the public coffers with royalties going to Trump. Worked great for Hitler with Mein Kampf.
(On second thoughts, let’s make that “every person graduating from high school” or anything else that happens way more often than people tying the knot. Might as well do it right.)
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It’s like listening to George Costanza selling Bibles he never read, “It’s great. It’s very, VERY good. It’s a beautiful book.” 
“I don’t want to get into specifics. Just buy the thing.”
Yeah, right, insidiously signed by a money printing machine.
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I wondered why they were being so weird with those disclaimers about it not being related to a political campaign (especially since they seem to be so desperate to deny Trump’s involvement, even though it’s Trump-branded, but also because it’s clearly not exactly true - the money is going to Trump, obviously). I just realized - churches can’t legally give contributions to political campaigns, but nothing stops them from buying Bibles from a company owned by a shell corporation (or two) that Donald Trump has a controlling interest in. It’s there to assure churches that they can legally buy these wildly overpriced Bibles and the money will indirectly go to Trump, and they’re legally in the clear.
An important distinction if you’re a church or other conservative non-profit that suddenly, mysteriously, has a deep and desperate need for a whole bunch of expensive Bibles, and you don’t want to run afoul of laws preventing you from giving money to political campaigns…
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Wow. I think you got it. The bulk-sales bestseller scam for books by conservatives and Xtianists was well-established and continues to this day (albeit with a “dagger” from the NYT). Leave it to this depraved collection of grifters and holy-roller hypocrites to take it a step further and turn it into an Establishment Clause laundry as you astutely describe.
I hope that the IRS takes a good hard look at any bulk purchases and follows the money.
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Whenever I scroll down the main BBS page, I almost always read the headline as “Holy crap! Trump is now selling babies” and it’s still believable.
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And they not only get the church (and other religious group) sales on the Bibles, but with the other documents in there, they also provide an excuse for other conservative groups to buy them. (Bonus points for creating a book that reinforces the Christian nationalist worldview.)
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Amanda Marcotte explains it well:
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