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"The decision to love and serve the stranger, the refugee, and the foreigner with charity is a hallmark of the Christian faith, such that a government crackdown on this work seems to be a threat to Christian practice itself," Elizabeth Bruenig writes:
‘A Very Christian Concept’
The faith’s mandate is more arduous than J. D. Vance’s account seems to allow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Local residents confronted and drove off neo-Nazi demonstrators waving large swastika-emblazoned flags along a highway overpass on Friday in Evendale, Ohio, home to a historically Black community that has endured a long history of racism.
Residents in Cincinnati confronted White supremacist demonstrators, three months after neo-Nazi march in another Ohio city | CNN
A group of demonstrators wearing black clothing, some holding Nazi flags with swastikas, quickly left a Cincinnati-area overpass when they were confronted by residents Friday, video shows.
www.cnn.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

How Americans and the world handle Donald Trump "will determine much about the next four years, and it will ask much from all of us," the New York Times editorial board writes. "We must meet the moment."

Read more here: nyti.ms/4hrd4Kd
Opinion | Now Is Not the Time to Tune Out
Trump’s presidency demands your attention.
nyti.ms
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Nearly three weeks into Donald Trump’s second term in office, the president is continuing to dramatically reimagine and expand his use of executive authority — and to use that authority to carry out retribution against his perceived political enemies
Trump’s recent actions show his revenge tour isn’t slowing down | CNN Politics
Nearly three weeks into Donald Trump’s second term in office, the president is continuing to dramatically reimagine and expand his use of executive authority — and to use that authority to carry out r...
www.cnn.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Staffed by more than 30 engineers, lawyers and others — many with ties to Musk’s companies — DOGE and its allies have rattled the federal workforce.
Elon Musk’s DOGE has swept into 14 federal agencies. Here’s what to know.
Internal email lists and other documents and interviews provide the widest view so far of who is working in DOGE — and officials inside other agencies with Musk connections.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM