"How America was not founded as 'a Christian country' based on 'Judeo-Christian' values."
Mia Brett nicely critiques how "Judeo-Christian" values isn't a thing, but an example of Christians attempting to appear inclusive when they do the opposite.
Nor was America founded on religion. It was founded on a novel rejection of the standard European, medieval, and late Roman model, in which govt sponsored a single state religion.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/america-founding-christian/
"For some reason, the direct transfer of $18 million by a foreign national being prosecuted by the SEC to the president-elect has not been deemed worthy of meaningful coverage"
Trump v. Clinton: The media double standard on the influence of foreign cash
https://popular.info/p/trump-v-clinton-the-media-double
The children always suffer the consequences of their elders in every nation.
Palestine is not special in this regard.
Measure to ban trans Montana lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from women's bathroom fails
"Nobody defines [George H.W. Bush's] presidency, or his political character, by the fact that he pardoned his son. Hell, it wasn't even defined by the fact that Poppy pardoned everyone except Shoeless Joe Jackson on his way out the door so as to obscure forever his involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal."
(5 December: N.B. /21 below — Esquire has retracted Pierce's claim that Bush pardoned his son.)
Trump’s DEA nominee withdraws from consideration https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5020659-trump-dea-nominee-withdraw/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
To put it into perspective, the original announcement was made just before midnight local time and it is now just after 5 in the morning local
This means many Koreans just slept through this whole thing lmao
@jeremy_pm @rameshgupta @GreenFire there was no genocide but now there will be thanks to you Trump supporters
Pete Hegseth is such a drunk that Jeanine Pirro organized his intervention
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fcxxdud7h6cvgj37drnevhtg/post/3lcgnhk2rg527
Some police & school officials want you to think the Flipper Zero is a weapon of mass destruction— or, at least, mass distraction. In reality, it poses little threat and can be a learning tool, EFF’s @legind and @zoracon wrote for Deseret. https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2024/11/30/encourage-not-punish-utah-student-tech-skills/
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