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How a Plague Exposed the "Christian Nation" Myth The evidence is in. The United States can finally abandon the pretense that it is a Christian nation. For most of us, this isn’t news. Since its inception, America has demonstrated many of the same strengths and character flaws as other colonial western nations. But if COVID-19 has done anything, it’s revealed that the U.S. brand of Christianity doesn’t look anything like Jesus.

Greta Thunberg - Wikipedia In May 2018, before starting her climate strike, Thunberg was one of the winners of Svenska Dagbladet's debate article writing competition on the climate for young people.[30] In November 2018, about three months into her school climate strike, Thunberg was nominated for the Children's Climate Prize, which is awarded by the Swedish electricity company Telge Energi. However, Thunberg declined to accept the award because many of the finalists would have to fly to...

List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations - Wikipedia Many political appointees of Donald Trump, the 45th and current President of the United States, have resigned or been dismissed. The record-setting turnover rate in the Trump Administration has been noted in various publications.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Several Trump appointees, including National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Communications Director Anthony...

Can a Gay Millennial Midwestern Mayor Help Break the Right's 'Monopoly on Faith'? A wonderful irony is occurring in American politics — even in the early presidential campaign — and I wanted to make sure you all are aware of it. For decades now, the traditional and media political wisdom is that Republicans control religion in American politics, and, with the exception of African Americans, the Democrats don’t like to talk much about faith. This assumption is embraced by Republicans, with...

GOP senator: Trump paid off a porn star because he 'loves his family' Yes, he actually said this. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) said Trump paid hush money to porn actress Stormy Daniels because he "loves his family" and wanted to protect them. "I honestly think this president loves his family," Rounds told CNN's John Berman Wednesday morning. "I think it has as much to do with trying not to have public discussions about something that is, for him, a private matter that he didn’t want to have...

Trump Removes Sanctions After Kim Says He Didn't Know About Missile Program Days after it looked like it was a miserable failure, there was progress today in US-North Korea relations after President Trump unilaterally removed all sanctions imposed on the rogue nuclear power. “Chairman Kim just called me to say he had no knowledge of his country’s nuclear ballistic missile program.” Kim added that he would take care of it now he that he was aware of the launchpads and enrichment sites that...

Trump’s Reported Weight Of 239 lbs Converted From Kilos By Betsy DeVos The White House took action today against the so-called ‘girther movement’, comprised of people who don’t believe Trump’s reported weight of 239 lbs is correct. “We do not want the girthers gaining credibility which is why we are being fully transparent about the process used.” The scale used to actually weigh the President uses kilos – the preferred unit in scientific circles – so that number had to be converted to...

The Doctrine of Personal Infallibility I often look at it as the unspoken doctrine of personal infallibility. Many Christians think something like this: “The Bible is True. I believe the Bible. Therefore, everything I believe is true.” This also applies to the morality of actions they may take or motives they may have (see: defending the separation of families by quoting Romans 13). With such a mentality, it simply does not occur to people that they may be wrong. Lars Cade tulc(very true)...

McDonalds Introduces Covfefe-Flavored McHamberder That's Paid For By Taco Bell McDonalds Corp (NYSE: MCD) has announced a new sandwich in its line-up, the McHamberder, that will be available in all locations starting tomorrow. Described as ‘like a burger but technically a berder’, the three-quarter pound beef double patty is covfefe flavored, which is said to taste similar to chipotle and nothing like chipotle. Best of all for consumers is that the sandwich will be entirely free, as the...

President Trump’s Bonespur Says It Was All For Going To Vietnam The bonespur that led to President Trump’s fifth draft deferment during the Vietnam War went on record today about that turbulent time. “It feels good to finally let it all out.” It wants everyone to know that it was ready to serve its country, and was not nearly as medically serious as a certain someone makes out. “I was playing football, tennis and squash all around that time, so I don’t understand why I didn’t get to serve.”

John Kelly Requests Front-line Combat Posting To Unwind After White House Stint With word that Chief of Staff General John Kelly will be out by the end of the year, speculation is growing not just about his replacement but what the Marine Corps General will do once he is free of the Trump administration. Asked if he planned to kickback and take it easy after 17 months attempting to bring a semblance of order to Trump’s White House, Kelly worried that would not go well. “That sounds like...

White House Busy Preparing For Departure Of Whoever Replaces John Kelly As Chief Of Staff President Trump’s staffers busied themselves today preparing for the departure of the replacement for General John Kelly, who is leaving his position as Chief of Staff at the end of the year, to be replaced by someone who will then also leave. A leading candidate to be the replacement for the replacement for Kelly is being sought, and a press release is being prepared for the occasion of the departing...

Trump Asking Around If Anyone Knows Who This "Michael Cohen" Is Despite being a very busy man, President Trump says he likes to keep up with current affairs even if they do not relate to his role as chief executive. Today was no different as he took interest in the latest headlines and quizzed those around him about it. “Anyone seen this story about a Michael Cohen? Who is this guy anyway?” Confused staffers weren’t sure how to respond as they were asked to fill in the President on who he...

Huge Immigrant Caravan Feared Lost After Vanishing Into Thin Air Fears are growing that an enormous crowd of immigrants hoping for new lives in the United States are dead, after they seemingly vanished into thin air in the aftermath of the midterm elections. “One minute there were hordes of immigrants descending upon the United States, and the next they were nowhere to be seen.” Theories as to what caused their disappearance range from being swallowed up by a giant sinkhole to a mass alien...

Insecure Employee Delighted To Get Thumbs Up From Fearsome Boss On a day when regrets of war filled the news, a heartwarming story has emerged concerning an insecure employee who was worried about meeting with his boss, only to learn he was doing a good job when he received an enthusiastic thumbs up. “He loves to please his boss so obviously this made him very happy.” His insecurity was increased by the fact that his boss does not supervise him day-to-day, but leaves it to the unqualified...

Trump To Forgo Thanksgiving Pardons "I Like Turkeys Who Weren't Captured" President Trump only has time for wild turkeys like these. When asked to comment on the time-honored Presidential tradition of pardoning turkeys before Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump surprised reporters today when he didn’t respond with a bad pun as is typical of these occasions – such as ‘I’m going to pardon two very clucky turkeys’. Instead, Trump took the opportunity to announce that, unlike his...

Trump: Why Didn’t the Media Blame Obama for Dylann Roof Attacking Black People? tulc( :sigh: )

10 Signs You're Actually Following TRUMPianity Instead of CHRISTianity In the Era of Trump’s America, I must admit that I hardly recognize the very people who raised me. I was brought up by the Religious Right, and went on to become a faithful foot soldier for the cause of conservative Christianity and right-wing politics until my mid 30’s. However, long gone is their commitment to the values they tried to instill in me, and so much else that once consistently encompassed their collective...

Trump’s GOP Chooses Racial Animus Over Family Values - The Atlantic Sitting in the Cabinet Room on Wednesday, surrounded by a largely white, male group of Republican lawmakers and administration officials, President Trump attempted to defuse a bomb of his own making. “We have compassion, we want to keep families together,” he said as he signed an executive order ending the family separations that commenced at his own administration’s directive. “It’s very important.” The fit of compassion...

Trade sanctions against America won't work. Sanctioning Trump himself might. - Macleans.ca These efforts, like the diplomatic strategies before now, will not work. If Trump revokes the tariffs, or begins to support NATO, or returns to the Paris Accord, it will not be because our diplomats became more persuasive, our offers more generous, or our tariffs more painful. That is not how this President operates. As I’ve pointed out before, the President can be successfully engaged, and countries...

Trump’s land of delusion: Disregard the sycophants; the wheels are coming off, if they were ever on - NY Daily News Bluffers bluff, and President Trump just tried to bluff his way through one of the worst weeks of his administration. It's not working. Donald Trump is a terrible poker player. His tells are so clumsily obvious and that we mistakenly give him credit for guile where none exists, and for some cinematic, supervillain cunning where there is only a howling, feral mass of...

[URL="http://msmagazine.com/blog/2015/10/26/police-wife-the-secret-epidemic-of-police-domestic-violence/"]Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence[/URL] Domestic violence takes place in up to a staggering 40 percent of law enforcement families, but police departments mostly ignore the problem or let it slide, write ex-police wife Susanna Hope and award-winning investigative journalist Alex Roslin in their new book, Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence. The following excerpt is adapted from their book, available on Amazon...

Congressman tells Trump Betsy DeVos is "rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers" The public displays of acrimony between California lawmakers and President Donald Trump's administration continued on Sunday, with Representative Jared Huffman labeling Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as "rich, white, and dumber than a bag of hammers."