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#MAGA religious leaders erect a golden statue of #Trump at his #Doral golf club.
The cautionary tale of the golden calf from Exodus 32 is instructive here. The golden idol ends up ground to powder and the worshippers forced to eat it.
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From records of food insecurity (#hunger) to the costs of natural disasters to the causes of infant mortality, (and others) the federal government is no longer recording and preserving data on significant national risks and policies.
#economy #climate #climatepolicy #dataretention #nationaldatabases #infantmortality #pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/may/07/trump-administration-deleting-data
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#Trump violating the first commandment.
“I am the Lord thy God. Thou shall not have strange gods before me.”
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“Police near Atlanta kindly asked parents Wednesday to double-check lunches they pack for their children after one tyke came to school with a martini to wash down a midday snack.”
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“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.” —Thomas Paine.
One of the biggest issues with #ICE, #CBP, and other federal agencies is so-called #qualifiedImmunity. It allows the agents to act with impunity and leaves those suffering violations of their rights with little recourse.
In this 50min. #Amicus #podcast, law Prof. Alex Reinert provides an excellent explanation of the issues and problems.
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This is an absolutely must-listen interview with economist Prof. Michele Dickerson about affordability and the stress being felt by the middle class. She doesn’t just identify problems but gives real solutions to (political, social, economic) barriers to the middle class achieving realistic adulthood milestones.
#podcast #affordability #economics #middleclass #TheFinancialTimes #TheEconomicsShow
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-economics-show/id1746352576?i=1000744394960
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A story about a demagogue and a cautionary tale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_May?wprov=sfti1#Plot