Jim Justice Kansas Stepped Down as the Craziest State There Is. Tennessee Stepped Up.Esquire - By Charles P. PierceBeing our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done, and where the fool's gold mouthpiece, the hollow horn, plays
Play buttonComputer Hardware DeVos-Linked Adoption Agency Exposed Highly Sensitive Children's Medical Data - VICEVICE - Joseph CoxAn adoption and foster care non-profit linked to the family of Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos exposed highly sensitive personal and medical information of dozens of children, Motherboard
Colorado General Assembly Pastor Running for Colorado State House Says It’s Wrong for Women to Wear Pantspatheos.com - Friendly Atheist Do you have self-doubt about running for office? You shouldn’t. Because far too often, the people with the least self-doubt are the very people who …
China Donald Trump’s Tariffs on Chinese Goods Will No Longer Apply to Biblespatheos.com - Friendly Atheist As part of the unnecessary trade war created by Donald Trump, he recently said he’d impose a $300 million tariff on Chinese goods… which, whether he …
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Todd Chrisley Christian Reality Stars Facing 30 Years in Prison for Fraudpatheos.com - Without A Crystal Ball Todd and Julie Chrisley are facing more than 30 years in prison for defrauding banks and the United States Government. U.S. Attorney BJ Pak announced …
Oklahoma Oklahoma Youth Pastor Charged With Raping Underage Girlspatheos.com - Friendly Atheist Add another tally mark to the running total: An Oklahoma youth pastor and former teacher was just charged with raping a child. 34-year-old Justin …
Frank Amedia: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was God’s Punishment for Pressuring Israel | Right Wing Watchrightwingwatch.org - By Kyle Mantyla | August 14, 2019 10:58 am While speaking at a “National Apostolic and Prophetic Gathering” in Florida last week, Frank Amedia, the tsunami-stopping and ant-reviving pastor who …
Atheism A KY School District Found a Brilliant Loophole for the “In God We Trust” Lawpatheos.com - Friendly Atheist Kentucky is one of several states caught in the hairs of the Project Blitz playbook, which urges politicians (especially Republicans in red states) …
Cervical Cancer Texas evangelicals helped sink an HPV vaccine mandate, now the state is inundated with cervical cancerdeadstate.org - Sky Palma In 2007, then-Texas governor Rick Perry announced an executive order that would have had his state be the first in the nation to require all 11- and …
Child Abuse Church Leader, Already in Jail for Child Porn, Now Charged With Child Sex Abusepatheos.com - Friendly Atheist A music ministry leader who was previously arrested on child porn charges has now been charged with sexually abusing a child he used to babysit. We …
Atheism David Barton: I’ll Only Debate Atheists If I Get to Speak 97% of the Timepatheos.com - Friendly Atheist Christian pseudo-historian David Barton said in a video released this week that he was once invited to debate an atheist, but he refused to do it …
Atheism LA Principal Praises “In God We Trust” Sign Since We’re in “a Christian Nation”patheos.com - Friendly Atheist Louisiana is one of several states that now requires all public schools to put up “In God We Trust” signs at the beginning of the year as part of the …
Atheism For Some Reason, Christians Are Praising a Toddler for His “Worship” in Churchpatheos.com - Friendly Atheist A Facebook video featuring a little boy singing at a church service has been shared more than 14,000 times (as of this writing) with a caption that …
Fatty Acids A New Clue to the Origins of LifeThe Atlantic - Ed YongA long-standing mystery about early cells has a solution—and it’s a rather magical one. When Caitlin Cornell looked down her microscope, she saw large bright spots against a black background. They resembled
Human Interest The New Wave of Pastors Making Headlines for Hate All Seem to Have One Thing in Commonslate.com - Ruth Graham Meet the would-be heirs apparent to the Westboro Baptist Church.
Frank Amedia Exposes the Transactional Relationship Between Trump and the Religious Right | Right Wing Watchrightwingwatch.org - By Kyle Mantyla | August 12, 2019 2:16 pm Frank Amedia, the tsunami-stopping and ant-reviving pastor who served as an unofficial Christian liaison between Donald Trump and the Religious Right …
Liberal View Why is this Texas secession group’s flag hanging in Moscow?ThinkProgress - Casey Michel With years of links in Russia, the Texas Nationalist Movement pushes on. For years, the Texas Nationalist Movement has cultivated ties in Russia, …
Texas Legislature Texas House and Secret Tapes: Swan Song of the Cockroachesdallasobserver.com - Jim Schutze First question. Who gives a damn? This very weird story keeps bouncing around the mediaverse about Dennis Bonnen, who is speaker of the Texas House …
Guns Pastor: Gun Violence Occurs When People Think They’re an “Evolutionary Accident”patheos.com - Friendly Atheist Right-wing Pastor Robert Jeffress, who treats Christian values as synonymous with whatever the Republican Party is supporting, said on FOX News …
Atheism Pastor Recited Bible Verses While Allegedly Sexually Assaulting Underage Girlpatheos.com - Friendly Atheist An Ohio pastor who is thought to be a prophet by his followers has admitted to sexually assaulting an underage girl while praying and reciting Bible …
Anti-LGBTQ Groups Praise Pompeo’s ‘Commission on Unalienable Rights’ | Right Wing Watchrightwingwatch.org - By Peter Montgomery | August 9, 2019 3:23 pm A few dozen Religious Right groups and leaders released a letter this week praising Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for creating his Commission on …
Christian Nationalist David Lane Holding 2020 Mobilization at Liberty University | Right Wing Watchrightwingwatch.org - By Peter Montgomery | August 8, 2019 1:27 pm David Lane, a Christian nationalist political operative who helped rally conservative evangelicals to vote for Donald Trump, is gearing up his 2020 …
Apple Card Trust No One OnlineThe New York Times - By KARA SWISHERWhom do you trust on the internet to keep you safe? Trust no one, that’s what I always say, given that one tech company after another fails at protecting us: by taking advantage of our data, abrogating
Jehovah's Witnesses Losing my religionbostonglobe.com - Amber Scorah My first boyfriend outside the faith listened patiently one day when I told him of my fears. I realized I might sound crazy, but I had to tell …
Tech Industry Swing State Voting Systems Were Left Connected to the Internet for Months, Report SaysFortune - David Z. Morris Dozens of election systems intended to be isolated from the Internet have actually been continuously connected for long periods of time, according to …
Atheism Christian Sheriff’s Deputy: I Was Fired for Refusing to Train a Female Coppatheos.com - Friendly Atheist By now, you’re all familiar with the Mike Pence Rule (a.k.a. the Billy Graham Rule) which essentially says a Christian man can’t be alone with a woman …
Sandy Rios: When the Left Talks About White Supremacy, ‘They’re Talking About Christianity’ | Right Wing Watchrightwingwatch.org - By Jared Holt | August 8, 2019 3:08 pm Sandy Rios says that when progressives criticize white supremacy, what they’re really criticizing is conservative Christianity. Rios works as the …
Prayer Christian Science, the Cult That Claims To Heal Death with Prayer, is Dying Outpatheos.com - Friendly Atheist Christian Scientists are part of an anti-medicine cult that teaches members that they can heal anything — including death itself — with nothing more …
Atheism New Jersey Mayor Calls LGBTQ Curriculum Plan “An Affront To Almighty God”patheos.com - Friendly Atheist The mayor of a New Jersey city has launched a campaign against a state law that puts LGBTQ issues into school curriculums, calling the plan “an …
