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Update 08/31/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Empathy is usually regarded as a virtue, a key to human decency and kindness. And yet, with increasing momentum, voices on the Christian right are preaching that it has become a vice. As in: “Empathy becomes toxic when it encourages you to affirm sin, validate lies or support destructive policies,” said Allie… Continue reading
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Update 08/10/2025
And so goes the Bureau of Labor Statistics and its reliable data: With no basis in fact, Trump charged that Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, “rigged” the data “to make the Republicans, and ME, look bad.” Then he ordered her fired and replaced with someone else — presumably someone whose data Trump will… Continue reading
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Update 07/23/2025
This is what bothers me about Congress: Trump has benefited from an unprecedented expansion of executive power in recent months. With the blessing of the conservative majority on the Supreme Court, the president has moved to unilaterally freeze spending, shutter government agencies, and levy massive tariffs — all authorities that are technically under the purview… Continue reading
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Update 07/20/2025
MSNBC: Trump is carrying out a power grab the likes of which the U.S. has never seen Once the president realized how hard it was to legislate, he turned away from it and has never really come back. He ignores judges, too, except when they agree with him. …………………………………….. If I Understand This: The federal… Continue reading
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