President @theird, Editor @provmagazine, Convener @new_whigs, Collator @methodistview, Author @dcpeaceconvo61

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When President Trump says we need to find a compromise – we live with this. A ceasefire and sitting down at the negotiating table – it is a huge compromise. Nobody can step into the shoes of all these people whose children were tortured. And you can't force people to forgive. How can you force them when their child was tortured? How do you forgive? It's impossible. I desperately want justice. I just really want. I know so many people had their hearts ripped out, and there won't be a new heart. That's why we say a ceasefire is the only step, because people’s hatred isn't going anywhere. It takes time and justice. And that's why it's a huge compromise. I've tried many times to tell the President of the United States: understand us. This is a huge compromise just to hold the lines where we are. Trump can bring Putin to the negotiating table very easily. The way President Trump talks about me, he needs to adopt that kind of rhetoric about Putin. From The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett. (3/3)
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Of course, of course: "Trump turned the government into an investor. Democrats have shopping plans, too." semafor.com/article/10/21/20… "We’re through the looking glass" "The sky’s the limit" "The Trump administration has opened up Pandora’s box"
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Scoop | Hegseth wanted Eisenhower’s globe for his office. His staff broke it. 
Photos obtained by The @washingtonpost show a gash in the World War II-era artifact that resulted from a botched relocation attempt. By @AlexHortonTX @DanLamothe Gift link wapo.st/3WF2YQo
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There’s no specific theological motivation. It’s modern USA autonomism vs old school institutionalism.
Highland Park United Methodist Church leaders have unanimously called for a congregational vote on October 25–26 to completely sever ties with the UMC while remaining Wesleyan. #ChristianPost #UMC #TexasMegachurch #Methodist
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Enjoyed visit to JPII Center. Very inspirational.
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In my experience, evangelicals view formation as about shoehorning their kids into an evangelical-specific subculture, rather than preparing them for life in the real world. There's also a lot of addressing the world as they think it should be rather than what it is.
Pew asked parents how well they prepared their children for adult life. Then they asked adult children how well their parents prepared them. The biggest gap between those two groups was among evangelicals. The smallest gap was among atheists and "other religion"
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With his recent decision to ease sanctions on Russian diesel in an effort to bring down fuel prices, Trump has abandoned any pretense of neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine War. He has chosen a side: Putin's.
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2025 average Sunday attendance for the Episcopal Church in the US was 407,000. In the Church of the Nazarene, it was 364,029.
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“I suddenly realized that this was the true logic of my nation. Whatever the Chinese Communist Party does to you, you have to allow it.” During his conversation at the Reagan Institute, Pastor Ezra Jin shared a chilling moment from his imprisonment that revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s expectation of absolute obedience, even in the face of abuse.
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Memo to the Trump administration: Stop buying companies. A government $40 trillion in debt should be SELLING assets, not buying ownership stakes in 36 companies. We thought government control of the means of production was what we were fighting against.
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Very inspiring. While in prison, his brave lawyers kept getting disbarred.
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Those aiming to exterminate nations are typically disappointed.
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Very inspiring. While in prison, his brave lawyers kept getting disbarred.
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“We do not use the world’s methods, and thereby compound the wrongs, by returning evil for evil. We are convinced that the obligations of truth and virtue do not stop at politics’ door." - Carl F.H.Henry
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Enjoyed visit to JPII Center. Very inspirational.
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Georgetown in October
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This article claims John Adams was a mouth breather because of sinuses. 😲
“Like Tocqueville, Stanley was interested in the republican experiment in America. He thought Massachusetts a model of the republican system but expressed concern about whether that system would endure as the country expanded westward. He was scathing about the travel conditions & corrupt government in Kentucky. After his arrival, he reported six murders in the previous three weeks, one by the governor’s son, who would very likely never be held accountable.“ washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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