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from Anglican Journal
Anti-racist activism could be an excellent opportunity for Lutheran and Anglican congregations to engage in grass-roots ecumenical action, says Pat Lovell, representative to Council of General Synod (CoGS) from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC).
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from The Bismarck Tribune
McKenzie County Sheriff Gary Schwartzenberger was placed on interim suspension Wednesday night, pending his removal from office, by Gov. Jack Dalrymple.
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from The Christian Post
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has said that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is the only American politician to give Russians, and Christians, hope in successfully fighting off the Islamic State terror group.
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from CommonDreams
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Amid all the uncertainty about what a Trump presidency means for the future role of the United States in the world, one possibility is that Trump will embrace some variant of the policies that have been pursued for the past few decades by the nation’s foreign policy establishment. Although Trump may break sharply with the establishment consensus that the United States must play the lead role in imposing order on the world, many signs indicate that Trump will continue to ensure that the United States plays the dominant role in policing the world.
Ideology Is Supplanting Intelligence
Donald Trump has nominated Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo as director of the Central Intelligence Agency and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser. Taken as a whole, not a good sign when it comes to national "security" or national "intelligence."
Canada At Risk of Sinking in Trump's Political Tsunami
When economic waves come out of Washington, they rock Canada. Now, with the Donald Trump tsunami heading towards the White House, Canadians fear their already floundering economy could be sunk.
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from EUobserver
Hail the new establishment
Tony Blair's reentry to British politics and Farage's likely lordship show just how the pendulum has swung against the political establishment, and how the age of a new establishment has come.
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Hail the new establishment
Tony Blair's reentry to British politics and Farage's likely lordship show just how the pendulum has swung against the political establishment, and how the age of a new establishment has come.
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from First Things
Catholics love the pope, want to love the pope, and Francis deserves their love and fidelity. But to the degree Catholics also really know their faith, love the Church, and seek to live her teachings, many are also increasingly uneasy.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Bernie: Democrats Can’t Win Without Moving Past Identity Politics
Sanders critiques Democrats for abandoning the concerns of working people
Why James Woods Quit Twitter
Actor is part of a larger story of growing censorship concerns of conservative viewpoints
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from The Living Church
THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF MONOTHEISM WITHOUT THE BIBLE
Jeff Boldt discusses L.S. Thornton's knotty theology, and the centrality of Scripture for Trinitarian theology.
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from Miami Herald
It is no coincidence fake news almost always seems to find greatest purchase among conservatives, or that the stories it tells almost always seem to validate their sense of their own victimhood.
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from New Statesman
"The leading voice of the British left, since 1913."
On Brexit: "I wouldn’t have done it myself, I’d be strongly against it. But I know what it’s like, so I’m more forgiving of people who hold the position of prime minister."
“A new climate era”: what happens if the Arctic doesn’t freeze?
Rapid change in the Arctic delivers a chilling warning.
from The Spokesman-Review
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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)
US far-right, racist and white supremacist websites have enjoyed a spike in unique visits over the course of this year, according to online metric agencies.
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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
upi.com
A look back at those we've lost in 2016. (53 images) David Bowie, Prince, Arnold Palmer, Gene Wilder, Muhammad Ali, and now Florence Henderson. Florence's obituary: http://upi.com/6461387
Trump picks campaign lawyer Donald McGahn as White House counsel
President-elect Donald Trump named Donald McGahn, a former lawyer for his campaign, to the post of White House counsel and assistant to the president, his transition team announced Friday. Trump also named Fox News contributor and former Reagan administration official K.T. McFarland as deputy National Security Adviser.
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from The Wall Street Journal
Jill Stein Campaign Requests a Vote Recount in Wisconsin
Green Party candidate is preparing challenges in Pennsylvania, Michigan
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from The Western Center for Journalism
(Western Journalism) [Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Look Who Just Raised $5 Million To Force Vote Recount – It’s Not Who You Think
Dr. Jill Stein — the Green Party presidential candidate and noted cell phone skeptic — has raised some $5 million through crowdfunding to pay for a recount in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Battle surrounds Trump's secretary of state pick
As families across a bitterly divided America gathered for Thanksgiving, a battle erupted Thursday in Donald Trump's camp over his pick for secretary of state, with loyalists seeking to block the path of Mitt Romney, a fierce former critic of the billionaire.
(Western Journalism) [Information from this site may not be reliable.]
Look Who Just Raised $5 Million To Force Vote Recount – It’s Not Who You Think
Dr. Jill Stein — the Green Party presidential candidate and noted cell phone skeptic — has raised some $5 million through crowdfunding to pay for a recount in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
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from Yahoo News
Battle surrounds Trump's secretary of state pick
As families across a bitterly divided America gathered for Thanksgiving, a battle erupted Thursday in Donald Trump's camp over his pick for secretary of state, with loyalists seeking to block the path of Mitt Romney, a fierce former critic of the billionaire.
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