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Media outlets label Louis Farrakhan a “far-right leader” (Washington Examiner)
Multiple media outlets labeled Louis Farrakhan a “far-right leader” when reporting that Facebook and Instagram had banned him and a number of other controversial figures from their platforms.
The New York Times, the Washington Post, Politico, and the Atlantic were among news organizations that used this description of Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam and a virulent anti-Semite who has long been associated with left-wing politics. After receiving almost immediate criticism for the “right-wing” characterization on social media, outlets scrambled their articles. [Read More]
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns amid scandal (WBAL TV)
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has resigned, more than a month after taking a leave of absence for health reasons and amid scrutiny over her children’s books.
The announcement was made Thursday afternoon at the offices of the mayor’s attorney, Steve Silverman. [Read More]
Trump marks National Day of Prayer with synagogue victims (FOX News)
President Donald Trump has celebrated the National Day of Prayer with victims of last weekend’s California synagogue shooting.
Trump and rabbi Yisroel Goldstein of the Chabad of Poway synagogue spoke by telephone after Saturday’s shooting. Goldstein told celebrants during a ceremony Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden that Trump was the first person “who began my healing.”Goldstein thanked Trump for being, “as they say in Yiddish, a mensch par excellence.” Mensch is Yiddish for a “person of integrity and honor.” Trump said Goldstein is an “incredible man.” [Read More]
Hillary Clinton calls on China to illegally obtain Trump’s tax returns and give them to American media
DNC Chair Tom Perez has repeatedly called on Republicans in recent days to not use stolen info and here is Hillary asking a foreign government to steal info for the Democrats pic.twitter.com/4dottgn6Pk
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) May 2, 2019
Why Christian Children Don’t Belong In Public Schools (The Federalist)
Let’s get right to the point: many Christians throughout history shared the idea that God is the fundamental source of all truth, whether religious, academic, or otherwise. But what are we to make of a student who has spent 15 to 20 years studying academics without ever considering God’s relationship to these fields of knowledge? Does this kind of education not actually imply that God is not the source of all knowledge and truth?
It should really be no wonder that students so quickly abandon the faith after a year or two of university schooling. God has been left out of every meaningful field of knowledge by the end of high school, so it does not take much more prodding to decide that God never really fits in the first place. [Read More]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress about Robert Mueller’s report and Mueller’s issues with how Barr has characterized the special counsel’s findings.
“What is deadly serious about it is the attorney general of the United States of America is not telling the truth to the Congress of the United States. That’s a crime,” the California Democrat told reporters. [Read More]
