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fromLGBTQ Nation
1 day ago

"Impeach him just for this": People are horrified by Pete Hegseth's latest press briefing on Iran - LGBTQ Nation

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked God and Jesus during a press briefing about the Iran war, sparking criticism over church-state separation, religious invocation in military contexts, and perceived hypocrisy regarding religious ideology.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Senior Iran Cleric Drops New Threat Against Trump and Israel

An Iranian cleric publicly called for violence against Trump and Zionists on state TV, following a U.S. submarine attack that sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Nigeria must not become America's next battlefield

Trump's rhetoric risks recasting criminal violence and state failure as a religious war with devastating consequences for civilians. In early November, United States President Donald Trump declared that Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform, he accused radical Islamists of mass slaughter and warned that the US may very well go into that now disgraced country, guns-a-blazing.
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fromwww.esquire.com
4 months ago

JD Vance's Ludicrous Views on Housing Are Antithetical to the American Dream

Vice President J Divan Vance expressed xenophobic immigration and cultural views, blaming Haitian migrants for driving up rents and using conservative Catholic rhetoric.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

Jon Stewart Plays Insane Compilation of Republicans Calling Trump a Miracle Worker' and God's Chosen Instrument'

Prominent Republicans portrayed Donald Trump as a divinely chosen, Christ-like miracle worker, elevating him beyond a king to a deity in religious rhetoric.
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
5 months ago

From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country

Cecil Roberts, a sixth-generation coal miner, will retire in October 2025 after 30 years as president of the United Mine Workers of America.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
5 months ago

Commentary: From a Catholic school alum, a response to President Trump's call to prayer

Childhood Catholic schooling raises concern that some political leaders publicly claim Christian faith yet fail to match piety with consistent words and deeds.
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

Amid quiet mourning, some are calling Charlie Kirk a 'martyr' and want vengeance

The enemy thinks that he won, that there was a battle won today, No, man, there's going to be millions of bold voices raised up out of the sacrifice and martyrdom of Charlie Kirk.
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