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A Tune for the Times 0
From the Youtube page:
Several U.S. states are passing laws to incorporate the Bible into public schools, focusing on teaching it as “historical or literature content” rather than doctrine. Key initiatives include Utah requiring Bible instruction in grades 3-12, Oklahoma directing its inclusion in curriculum, and Louisiana mandating the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Establishmentarians 0
When Jesus said, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” I somehow don’t think that this is quite what He had in mind.
Still Rising Again after All These Years, Reprise 0
The Rude One argues that the Supreme Supremacist Court has traded in their robes of black for the gray.
(Warning: Rudeness.)
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Gene Nichol is fed up with originalist sin. Here’s a bit of his article about the recent Supreme Supremacist Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act. A snippet:
Go read the full article for context.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
In a much longer post about the many flaws in the Trump maladministration’s suit against the Southern Poverty Law Center, Above the Law’s Joe Patrice offers a theory as to the purpose of said performance artlessness:
American Stasi 0
Thom is not sanguine about the course IDE is taking.
Hoist on Her Own Petard 0
A Trump voter is surprised to find that she got what she voted for.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
John Young argues that it’s obvious why Donald Trump broke precedent to attend the Supreme Court arguments over the Trump maladministration’s effforts to get rid of birthright citizenship as guaranteed in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. A snippet; follow the link for his reasoning.
American Stasi 0
Via SFgate, I caught a long article by Los Angeles Times writer Sonja Sharp, in which she addresses the Department of Justice’s failure to comply with court orders regarding immigrants (and non-immigrants) caught in the Trump maladministration’s round-up of persons who, in their opinion, don’t look white enough.
One paragraph caught my eye. It emphasizes the indiscriminate, willful sadism masquerading as “law enforcement.”
False Idols 0
The editorial board of the Las Vegas Sun sees a disturbing trend.
I commend the entire piece to hour attention.
American Stasi 0
Emma talks with Austin Kocher about the death rates in ICE’s detention centers concentration camps.
American Stasi 0
At NJ.com, Ted Sherman runs the numbers and concludes that they do not support ICE’s public statements for its crackdown on immigrants, whether they be illegal or legal. An excerpt:
Comparisons with previous years actually show the increasing numbers of apprehensions were due to more arrests of those who had not been convicted of any crime, the analysis showed.
Read the whole thing. Methinks it supports the claims of those who believer this is not primarily–or, for that matter, in any way–about criminal behavior, but is all about skin color and ethnicity.
(Slightly edited for clarity.)
Establishmentarians (Updated) 0
Alabama recently passed a law requiring the display of (one particular version of) the Ten Commandments in public schools.
At AL.com, PJ Schwartz, Rabbi of the century and a half old Temple B’nai Sholom in Huntsville, Alabama, cuts through the plethora of prevarications propagated to promote this practice. Here’s a tiny bit from his article (emphasis added):
Calling this law “historical” is not just inaccurate. It is a strategy—a way to give legal and cultural cover to something that would be far more obvious if it were named honestly: privilege of one particular Christian worldview in a public institution meant to serve everyone.
Addendum:
Here’s a discussion of the different versions of the Ten Commandments.
American Stasi 0
Also at the Colorado Sun, attorney Mario Nicolais tells the story of what he had to deal with in securing the release of a teenager who fled to the United States to join his family after having been tortured in his home country, only to be snatched up by ICE and sent to a detention center concentration camp for being.
Frankly, this is not how I would like to see my tax dollars at work.
American Stasi 0
At The Seattle Times, Danny Westneat notes that many Washington state farmers are hurting because ICE has rounded up their workers and sent them to–let’s use the proper term–concentration camps. He also points out that many of them, who voted for Trump, didn’t see this coming.
And Westneat wonders where they were during the 2024 campaign.
Here’s a tiny bit from his article.
It couldn’t have been clearer, could it?
Suffer the Children 0
We are again reminded that that’s not scripture. Rather, it’s a Republican family value.