It’s Christmas. That means it’s time for evangelical politicians to use aslyum-seeking migrants for their political stunts. Here is CNN: Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas...
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Can the Democrats hold the Senate?
Yes. And it looks like they will. Last night the major networks called the Arizona senate race for Mark Kelly. At this moment, the Democrats and the Republicans each hold 49 seats in the U.S. Senate. Two seats have yet...
The impending disaster
Yascha Mounk, a political scientist at The Johns Hopkins University and defender of liberal democracy, lists five reasons why the United States may be heading for disaster. They are: “Trump is Anti-Democratic” “A Second Trump Term Would Be More Dangerous...
Kamala Harris becomes the first woman in U.S. history to have presidential power
She had it for eighty-five minutes today. Here is the BBC: Ms Harris, 57, was in control for 85 minutes, while Mr Biden was placed under anaesthesia for a routine colonoscopy on Friday. Mr Biden’s doctor released a statement after...
Kamala Harris featured in Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s “Souls to the Polls” initiative
Here is Yahoo News: Hundreds of churches across Virginia are set to air a political ad starring Vice President Kamala Harris — a move that has raised eyebrows regarding the legality of bringing political campaigns into houses of worship. Between...
Chicago’s DuSable Museum is getting Kamala Harris and Barack Obama hate mail
Here is Patrick Elwood at WGN-TV: The president and CEO of the DuSable Museum of African American History went public Tuesday with news of a series of threatening letters that began after the Capitol insurrection and shortly before the Biden/Harris administration took...
National politicians respond to the Chauvin verdict. Do you see a pattern here?
In case you still don’t know, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Here is how Twitter is responding: As of 8:43pm on Tuesday evening, April 20, 2021 the following national politicians...
More crazy from Pat Robertson
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From Cyrus to Jezebel: Conservative evangelicals have a biblical character for every political occasion
Over the past four years, conservative evangelicals have compared Donald Trump to King Cyrus, Queen Esther, Daniel, David, and Sampson. And now they have a biblical character for vice-president Kamala Harris: Jezebel. For those unfamiliar with this biblical character, she...
Where are the evangelicals in this diverse cabinet?
Over at The Washington Post, Yonat Shimron examines the religious affiliations of the member of Biden’s cabinet. Here is a taste: President Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees he has...
Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States
It’s official. The Trump presidency is over. The Biden presidency is here. Here are a few thoughts, with the help of my Twitter feed, on today’s inauguration ceremony: I began the day with a reminder. It’s been a long four...
Joe Biden’s Bible
Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday with his hand on an old family Catholic Bible. Kamala Harris will use Thurgood Marshall’s Bible. Here is a taste of Dan Silliman’s piece at Christianity Today: Presidents are not required to take...
James Dobson on Biden’s election: “America and Western Civilization will never be the same.” (And other court evangelical news)
As I write, Washington D.C. is an armed camp. 25,000 National Guard members are ready to defend the U.S. Capitol during Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony on January 20. Meanwhile, people are still dying of COVID-19. Incoming President Joe Biden is...
What is the Electoral College and how does it work?
Today the Electoral College will elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. How does this all work? CNN has a nice overview. Read it here. The New York Times also has a piece on what to expect today. And here is...
Springsteen announces the 2020 TIME Person of the Year
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Out of the Zoo: Wonder Woman
Annie Thorn is a junior history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. As part of her internship she is writing a weekly column titled “Out of the Zoo.” It focuses on life as...
Thoughts on Biden’s speech tonight
This morning Joe Biden became the president-elect. Tonight he celebrated. Kamala Harris spoke first and then introduced Biden. I live-tweeted: Harris began with John Lewis. Who is John Lewis? Get up to speed with these posts. Harris gave a shoutout...
Trump: “We’re not going to have a socialist president, especially a female socialist president”
At yesterday’s rally in Pensacola, Florida Trump deliberately mispronounced Kamala Harris’s name and then said this: Trump is losing women voters in droves, but the guy can’t help shooting himself in the foot. And just for the record, Harris is...
Pete Buttigieg won’t play the Fox News game
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What happened to Liberty University’s original “Falkirk fellows”?
When Jerry Falwell and Charlie Kirk founded Liberty University’s Falkirk Center they appointed several “fellows” to speak on behalf of the Center’s mission and purpose. According to the Center’s website, the Falkirk Center was created to: …go on the offense...