Mayor Pete and the Resurrection of the Religious Left
- TODAY’S GUEST: L. Benjamin Rolsky is an Adjunct Instructor at Rutgers (Religion) and Monmouth Universities (History/Anthropology). He is the author of a forthcoming book this fall, published by Columbia University Press, titled The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left: Politics, Television, and Popular Culture in the 1970s and Beyond. You can learn more about Rolsky’s scholarship and public writing here.
CP: Coalition of left-leaning pastors warn against Christian nationalism
RNS: 5 issues religious liberals will be tuned to in the Democratic debates
Frank Bruni: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, Marooned Together on Fantasy Island
WSJ: The Democratic Victory Playbook
- “…a Medicare for All plan that replaces private insurance is supported by 64% of Democrats but only 41% of the electorate. Sixty percent of Democrats back opening a national health-insurance program to illegal immigrants, compared with only 33% of all voters. Only 27% of Americans support decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings; the same small percentage favors reparations for slavery. Abolishing the death penalty wins a majority of Democrats but barely more than a third of the country.”
WSJ: A Reality Check on ‘Racism’ and Urban Decay
REPARATIONS: What’s the real story behind “40 Acres and a Mule”?
- “Many historians trace the phrase to General William T. Sherman’s Special Field Order Number 15, issued on 16 January 1865, which set aside a thirty-mile tract of land along the South Carolina and Georgia coasts for former slaves and promised the army’s help securing loaned mules. In addition, the Freed-men’s Bureau initially was authorized to divide abandoned and confiscated lands into forty-acre tracts for rental and eventual sale to refugees and former slaves.”
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: As Democrats descend on Detroit for presidential debate, black voters offer a warning: Don’t take us for granted
- “If you don’t come into my community and talk to me, don’t talk about my issues, don’t ask me for my support, then guess what? Don’t automatically assume I’m going to vote for you,” said Jonathan Kinloch, Democratic chairman of Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, which encompasses Detroit’s western half. “We can’t make the same mistake Hillary made in 2016 and assume that because Donald Trump is such a vile candidate, that black people will rise up and just zombie to the polls.”
GUEST: Jonathan Kinloch, Democratic Chairman of Michigan’s 13th Congressional District
NEWSWEEK’S LYING HEADLINE: MARIO LOPEZ: IT’S ‘DANGEROUS’ FOR PARENTS TO SUPPORT TRANSGENDER CHILDREN
- It’s now “controversial” to say that a three-year-old child does not have the mental capacity to decide to change their gender
- RADAR ONLINE: TWITTER EXPLODES OVER MARIO LOPEZ’S SEEMINGLY TRANSPHOBIC COMMENTS
- The Candace Owens Show with Mario Lopez
Carl Trueman at First Things: Kissing Christianity Goodbye
- Carl R. Trueman is a professor in the Calderwood School of Arts and Humanities at Grove City College, Pa., and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Faith and Freedom.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy "said the charges were dropped because there must be a better way to resolve the issue than to charge the young boy with aggravated assault."
Russell Moore: Cremation and a New Kind of Christianity
REDEEMER CHURCH AUDIO: Pastoral Thoughts on the Funeral Service and the Treatment of the Body After Death
92-year-old woman kicked out of church for not tithing