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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Sarah Palin loses defamation trial over N.Y. Times editorial — again - The Washington Post
On Tuesday afternoon, after a week-long trial, a jury in Manhattan courtroom needed only two hours to reach a verdict, finding that the Times did not act with "actual malice," the legal standard that high-profile defamation plaintiffs like public officials and celebrities need to prove to prevail in court...
Trump administration unwinds efforts to investigate Russian war crimes - The Washington Post
Several initiatives intended to hold Moscow accountable for war crimes in Ukraine have been vacated, including a bipartisan intelligence coordinator office...
Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens enters U.S. Senate race in Michigan - The Washington Post
Some prominent Democrats have taken themselves out of the competition for Michigan's Senate seat. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg — who are considered potential 2028 presidential candidates — have said they will not seek to succeed Peters in the Senate.
On the Republican side, Rogers has announced another Senate run after losing narrowly in 2024. The former congressman has the backing of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), who chairs the Republican Party's Senate campaign arm...
HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth – Mother Jones
"Here we are cutting off the nation's lifeline to those in crisis," says Paolo del Vecchio, former director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's Office of Recovery. "Due to the discriminatory practices of the Trump administration, they're pulling that life preserver away from thousands and thousands of people."…
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/national-suicide-hotline-lgbtq-youth-cuts-rfk-jr-hhs/
RFK Jr.'s falsehoods about autism hurt autistic people like me
"The person Kennedy tasked to investigate the "autism epidemic" is David Geier, who is not a physician and was charged by the Maryland Board of Physicians for improper practice of medicine. Geier has also promoted anti-vaccine views on multiple occasions. This should be enough evidence to show that Kennedy isn't launching a good-faith investigation into autism, and we should disregard whatever the final report says about what is behind autism…"
Trump’s advisers split over higher taxes on millionaires - The Washington Post
"This guts the AOC-Bernie 'oligarchy tour,'" Bannon said, referring to the populist rallies being held by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Bannon has been trying to convince Republicans to embrace higher taxes on the rich since Trump's first term. "Politically, it's game, set, match — it's a no-brainer. This would destroy the Democrats.".
Megyn Kelly Dumps On Pope Francis Shortly After His Death | HuffPost Latest News
The former Fox News host went directly after the late church leader for "this tug-of-war going on between the pope's messaging and what he wanted us to believe were deep Catholic teachings, and what we understand as Americans who are watching our citizens murdered in the streets by these people to be true."
After her apparent revisiting of a debunked notion that migrants are responsible for a crime wave, she voiced her dismay at the pope's attitude toward the president...
The Insurrection Act: Martial Law in the United States (Seth Andrews; The Thinking Atheist podcast)
The vaguely-defined Insurrection Act of 1807 is being invoked against "enemies" of the United States. Is martial law on the table?
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“Cherry-Picking the Bible” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) It’s in the Code ep #142
When those undergoing faith deconstruction appeal to the Bible to raise questions or level critiques against high-control Christianity, they are often dismissed as “cherry-picking” particular Bible verses to suit their purposes.
What exactly does this accusation mean? And how does it relate to the ways in which the practitioners of high-control Christianity appeal to the Bible? In what ways does this accusation against deconstructionists amount to extreme gaslighting?
Listen to this week’s episode as Dan explores these issues.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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