politics

Did Trump really obliterate the Johnson Amendment?

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Trump had promised to reward the religious right with special privileges for voting for him. For example back in February we have USA Today reporting that Trump had assured them that he would … “totally destroy” the law that prohibits churches from engaging in political activity, a move that would upend 63 years of settled tax law. In … Read more

Fourteen per cent of Evangelicals left their churches after Trump’s election

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This is not an article about religion as such, but rather is a commentary on the response to the Religious Right’s political support for an individual who incarnates the opposite of almost every single thing that they claim they stand for. The UK”s Independent highlights just how bizarre the evangelical right’s behaviour has been … The vast majority … Read more

Will Trump withdraw US from the Paris Agreement?

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While on the campaign trail Trump promised again and again that he would pull the US out of the international Paris Climate Change Agreement. It was classic Trump rhetoric, an overly simplistic but enticing sound byte that panders to his audience, but also thankfully like almost all of his other promises is not going to be delivered. The … Read more

Deeper encouraging trend emerges from recent #climate poll data

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A recent poll demonstrates that while Donald Trump and the Republican party are in complete denial of reality, most of the public are rather sensible, and are not like this. There is also a deeper message here as well, one that is very encouraging, but hidden in the details. First, before we get into that, … Read more

The Los Angeles Times editorial – “Our Dishonest President”

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Never before have I seen a mainstream newspaper take such a strong stance against an elected President. This is the entire editorial board of the Los Angeles Times telling you how things actually are. It is a truly outstanding editorial. Gosh, if only somebody had warned the voters during the election that he was like this and … Read more

Chair of House Science Committee Says the Journal ‘Science’ Is Not Objective

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The date today is rather unfortunate because this is a serious topic. To read that the chair of the US House Science Committee disparaged the most prestigious science journal on the planet and instead prefers Breitbart as a more credible source feels very much like a prank, but this is all very real. The full video … Read more