The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2023)

Rep. Lauren Boebert's Christian values came under scrutiny this week after the Colorado Republican hurled insults at a local initiative to find housing for homeless migrants.

Boebert faced immediate backlash after publishing Wednesday morning an X rant against a hotline Denver residents can call to connect with the nonprofit Hope Has No Borders, which pairs migrants with host families.

"Denver has now opened a hotline for residents to call and offer up their own homes to illegals," Boebert railed. "This is the most asinine and ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard."

According to its website, HOPE Host Home Program places migrants in need with host families who can provide spare living space for up to 90 days. It also provides job placement support.

The grassroots organization launched in November 2023 with a group of 1,000 moms and neighbors who, over the course of 12 weeks, organized host homes for more than 350 migrants, served more than 53,000 meals at Colorado encampments, raised more than $250,000, their website states.

The website also includes a quote from one local woman, Erin Frances, who says she twice volunteered to host.

"I highly recommend it," Frances says. "I didn't really know the families before they came into my extra bedroom, but now they are like family."

On May 1, Hope Has No Borders was connected to Colorado's immigration hotline in order to streamline the process of connecting hosts with those in need, local reports show.

This news apparently outraged Boebert, a far-right Republican whose false immigration statements include the claim that the Biden Administration paying migrants more than $2,000 a month. Boebert has also stated that she is "tired" of the separation between church and state.

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"We need to close the damn border and have some semblance of a sovereign nation again," Boebert wrote. "The entire world sees this stuff and thinks we’re a joke of a nation… and we’re really beginning to look like one!"

Boebert, currently running against a slate of Republicans for the right to represent Colorado's third congressional district, was almost immediately subjected to the internet's scorn.

Much of the criticism attacked Boebert's faith.

Hey Bobo....they are called Christians...or Good Samaritans," replied Peggy Gabour. "We all are aware, especially CO 04, that's a real stretch for your comprehension."

"Leave it up to a christian to be upset about ppl opening up their homes to the less fortunate," replied X user Boston Smalls.

Tell us more about how you’re a fake Christian," wrote @GOPisComplicit.

"Your Christian values are showing, Lauren," added Lee H. G. Jr.

"Bobo is peddling hate!" replied X user @JustVent6.

X user @bloretta561 posted an image of a weary Jesus Christ saying, "I'm starting to prefer the ones who don't believe in me."

"It's a good program," she wrote. "Colorado needs the workers."

Donald Trump made a transactional offer that reportedly "stunned" top oil executives at an event last month at his Mar-a-Lago resort.

One executive complained about environmental regulations they continued to face despite spending $400 million to lobby President Joe Biden's administration, and the former president pitched what some attendees perceived as a blunt and transactional offer, reported the Washington Post.

"Trump’s response stunned several of the executives in the room overlooking the ocean: You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House," the Post reported.

"At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden’s environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted, according to people with knowledge of the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private conversation."

The presumptive Republican nominee has already asked the oil industry to help craft his environmental agenda for a possible second term that would roll back Biden's mandates on clean energy and electric vehicles, and Trump told attendees over chopped steak that he would allow new offshore drilling, fast-track permits and relax other regulations.

“You’ve been waiting on a permit for five years, you’ll get it on Day 1,” Trump told the executives, according to one attendee.

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Oil executives had hoped Florida GoV. Ron DeSantis or some other Republican would challenge Biden, and so far oil donors and their allies have given only $6.4 million to Trump's joint fundraising committee in the first quarter of this year, but oil billionaire Harold Hamm and others will host a fundraiser for him later this year that's expected to generate larger amounts of money.

“Biden constantly throws a wet blanket to the oil and gas industry,” said Dan Eberhart, chief executive of the oil-field services company Canary. “Trump’s ‘drill baby drill’ philosophy aligns much better with the oil patch than Biden’s green-energy approach. It’s a no-brainer.”

Oil executives are intrigued by Trump's pitch, which Alex Witt, a senior adviser for oil and gas with Climate Power, said shows that "everything has a price" with the former president.

“They got a great return on their investment during Trump’s first term," Witt said, "and Trump is making it crystal clear that they’re in for an even bigger payout if he’s re-elected."