Barbara Walker: Does religion make people kind, generous? - Freethought Today

" But is it really true that religion makes people more kindly, generous or loving? History tends to disprove this…" 

"It would seem that religion does not initiate moral virtue in the community, but rather grudgingly reflects it, once the community has sufficiently overcome religious objections to its progress and become somewhat more enlightened. We should remember that in our country, churches endorsed slavery, public lynching, wife-beating, whipping of schoolchildren, and many other abuses. To this day, the faith called Islam, which translates "submission" — of women in particular — still allows "honor killing" of women who are deemed insufficiently submissive..."

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/sections/100-front-page/barbara-walker-does-religion-make-people-kind-generous/

Jayland Walker shooting: officers won’t face charges in death of Black motorist

Yost said it is critical to remember that Walker had fired at police, and that he "shot first". Walker's family called it a brutal and senseless shooting of a man who was unarmed at the time… 

A search of the grounds after the shooting turned up no weapons...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/17/jayland-walker-shooting-grand-jury-declines-to-charge-officers

Opinion | More Republicans seem to have lied about their resumes. Who’s surprised? - The Washington Post

This shouldn't be surprising. Republicans have long abandoned the notion that politics is about problem solving or "public service." When politics becomes performance art, the more extravagant the claims they make — whether they are about themselves or the world — the better. Moreover, Trump and right-wing media (including the Fox News anchors who privately disparaged viewers and conceded that Trump was lying about the election) have proved that a large segment of Republican voters will buy anything...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/02/20/republican-liars-resumes/

Black Screenwriter Darnell Lamont Walker Puts ‘Racist’ Delta Air Lines on Blast

Delta Air Lines has launched an investigation after a Black screenwriter flying home from the Emmys said he was prevented from boarding his flight by an agent who admitted that it was due to racism...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-screenwriter-darnell-lamont-walker-puts-racist-delta-air-lines-on-blast

Obama heads to Georgia as Herschel Walker faces new violence claim | US midterm elections 2022 | The Guardian

On Thursday, a former girlfriend told the Daily Beastthat in 2005, when she caught Walker with another woman, he "grew enraged, put his hands on her chest and neck, and swung his fist at her"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/01/obama-georgia-runoff-herschel-walker-raphael-warnock

Georgia Supreme Court denies Republican bid to halt early voting in the Senate runoff Saturday

The state GOP had sought to block a lower court's ruling that allowed voting on Nov. 26 in the election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/georgia-supreme-court-shoots-republican-bid-halt-early-voting-senate-r-rcna58554

Herschel Walker accuser comes forward with fresh relationship claims | US politics | The Guardian

Woman who says she was pressured into abortion by Republican Senate hopeful presents unseen letters, audio and diary entries…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/22/herschel-walker-us-senate-abortion-relationship

Herschel Walker says in rambling speech he wants to be ‘werewolf, not vampire’ | US midterm elections 2022 | The Guardian

In McDonough, Walker's discussion of the unnamed vampire film led him to a character he said deployed a cross and holy water against a vampire without the expected effect. This, Walker said, showed that life "don't even work unless you've got faith. We gotta have faith…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/17/herschel-walker-republican-georgia-werewolf-vampire

Walker calls out GOP for 'deceptive fundraising' in Georgia race

At least four committees, including one associated with former President Donald Trump, have kept 90% of contributions solicited for Senate GOP candidate Herschel Walker...

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/walker-calls-gop-deceptive-fundraising-georgia-race-rcna57136

Prankster Interrupts Herschel Walker Rally to Hand Him a Stack of Condoms

While Herschel Walker's son has tweeted at him to "Wear a condom, damn," comedian Jason Selvig took it one step further by appearing at a campaign rally for Walker in Macon on Thursday with a big roll of blue condoms…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-good-liars-prankster-interrupts-herschel-walker-rally-to-hand-him-long-roll-of-condoms

Herschel Walker's Abortion Hypocrisy (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Atheist podast #447)

"This week, we talked about Herschel Walker’s abortion, the worst Christian dad in America, churches using spyware, and more!" 

 — Texas mother Jamie Gooch is warning people against Hocus Pocus 2. (0:33)

— Minnesota lawmakers are launching a Secular Government Caucus to combat Christian Nationalism. (11:54)

— Will the revelation that Herschel Walker paid for an abortion have any effect on conservative Christian voters in Georgia? (21:50)

— Christian spyware that’s meant to monitor visits to adult websites is also being used to monitor Wikipedia searches for atheism. (46:45)

— A Christian father has horrible advice for raising good kids. (57:44)

— Andrew Thorburn, the newly appointed CEO of an Australian football team, resigned due to backlash over his conservative Christian bigotry. (1:12:30)

Interview: 

https://audioboom.com/posts/8170744-ep-447-herschel-walker-s-abortion-hypocrisy

Herschel Walker Is Proof Character Doesn’t Count in Today’s GOP

Actions have consequences, and by allowing Trump to hijack the Republican Party, conservatives sent a message loud and clear that values don't matter. What matters are things like celebrity, image, and a reputation for fighting…

https://www.thedailybeast.com/herschel-walker-is-proof-character-doesnt-count-in-todays-gop

NYT Finds Little Proof to Back Up Herschel Walker’s Charitable Claims

An investigation found "scant evidence" that Walker's food-distribution company actually gave 15 percent of proceeds away, as he has repeatedly pledged...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/little-evidence-herschel-walkers-food-distribution-company-kicks-profits-to-charity-nyt-report-finds

Walker, in criticizing climate law, asks ‘Don’t we have enough trees around here?’ - The Washington Post

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) rankled some fellow Republicans last week when he said his party could fall short of retaking the Senate, citing "candidate quality" as an issue. While McConnell didn't name names, Walker is among those widely believe to be underperforming in his race to unseat Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D)...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/22/walker-georgia-senate/

On school shootings, Herschel Walker tries (and fails) again

… On Tuesday night, CNN's Manu Raju asked the former football player, "Do you support any new gun laws in the wake of this Texas shooting?" Walker responded, "What I like to — what I like to do is see it and everything and stuff." This morning, the Republican candidate shared some additional thoughts on the subject. After reminding viewers that "Cain killed Abel" — I'm not entirely sure how that's relevant — Walker added: 

 "What we need to do is look into how we can stop those things. You know, they talk about doing a disinformation, what about getting a department that could look at young men that's looking at women that looking at social media. What about doing that? Looking into things like that? If we can stop that that way?"…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/school-shootings-herschel-walker-tries-fails-rcna30657

Why Herschel Walker’s fumble on energy policy matters

…In Georgia's Senate race, part of the problem is that Walker isn't faking it well. When tested, the political rookie has shown he hasn't yet reached the point at which he can pretend to be competent…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/herschel-walkers-fumble-energy-policy-matters-rcna24003

Florida's racist election laws finally called out by federal judge

…Whenever our elected representatives try to make it harder for us to vote them out of office, we must ask them if they think throwing up barriers to vote is the only way they can keep power…
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/florida-s-racist-election-laws-finally-called-out-federal-judge-n1293803

Republican Senate hopeful overstated academic achievements for years

Herschel Walker, frontrunner for party nomination in Georgia, claimed to have graduated in top 1% – but never actually graduated…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/02/herschel-walker-republican-senate-overstated-academic-achievements-for-years

Capitol riot hearing: D.C. Guard chief says 'unusual' restrictions slowed deployment of backup - The Washington Post

"It shouldn't take three hours to either say yes or no to an urgent request from either the Capitol Police, the Park Police, the Metropolitan Police Department," Walker said...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/capitol-riot-hearing/2021/03/02/a4867a48-7b81-11eb-85cd-9b7fa90c8873_story.html

Walker exaggerates effect of Trump drug order, Biden freeze - PolitiFact

...Experts say Trump's order would have had little to no effect because the centers were already required to provide discounts to their low-income and uninsured patients...

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/feb/12/mark-walker/walker-exaggerates-effect-trump-drug-order-biden-f/