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    The shrewdly drawn-up big ugly bill...

    How do you know? Adding more red tape doesn't deal with fraud. You deal with fraud by adding staff to inspectors (rather than firing them as Trump did), and looking carefully at your prcesses to improve them. The BBB will force states to come up with new systems to document work, with tight...
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    Musk's American Party: A threat or a promise?

    It's pretty clear that a lot of Republican Senators knew the bill was a bad, but were afraid that if they voted against it, Trump would promote someone more MAGA in a primary fight. If Musk really does this, it could stiffen the spine for the remaining Republicans who know right from wrong but...
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    The shrewdly drawn-up big ugly bill...

    As Arkansas' experience shows, in practice they're adding a lot of red tape. Some of the savings will be from people who aren't working, but a lot will be from people who won't be able to get through the red tape.
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    A Close Argument Against Bostock

    I'm not convinced that Bostock is going to stand. The current court doesn't seem to be willing to enforce any freedoms not explicitly written in the Constitution. (Of course the Constitution itself doesn't support this.) There was a whole series of decisions on laws about sexual behavior...
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    Trump lying to justify his reasons to bomb Iran.

    He meant LA.
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    Trump lying to justify his reasons to bomb Iran.

    I'm not going to express a specific opinion. Iran certainly sponsors terror, including against its own people. If we could keep them from gettng nuclear weapons that would be a good thing. But there's a danger. If we don't get them all, or if they're in a position to rebuild under enough of a...
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    Louisiana classrooms now required by law to display the Ten Commandments

    It's clearly unconstitutional, but there's another problem. Why would the 10 commandments be the one thing that gets posted. Why not the golden rule, or the beatitudes?
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    Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon discuss ‘spiritual war’ in DC: ‘Super dark’

    I agree completely. I may, however, not agree with these guys about who represents the evil forces.
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    The auto-pen scandal is going to be massive

    Democratic leaders wanted him to drop out because they thought he'd lose, not because they thought he was incapable of running the country.
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    Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure; would overturn constitutional amendment approved by Ohio voters

    that would logically follow. But I don't think anyone actually believes a fetus is the same as a human being. Here's a statement by W Va prosecutors responding to one prosecutor who made statements like yours...
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    Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure; would overturn constitutional amendment approved by Ohio voters

    I'm aware. So far prosecutors haven't gone that far, but I'm not convinced that will necessarily continue. There was recently an anncouncemtn from a prosecutor in WVa that implied they would follow something like that, though the state prosecutors' association had disclaimed it.
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    Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure; would overturn constitutional amendment approved by Ohio voters

    Why do you think that? So far messes haven't deterred similar laws.
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    Ohio lawmakers to introduce bill banning abortion, criminalizing the procedure; would overturn constitutional amendment approved by Ohio voters

    If the courts aren't prepared to enforce the constitution. The bill claims to implement the US constitution's equal protection clause, which would override a state's constitution.
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    Does the Logos suffer?

    As to Traditional Theology. This group was planned in a private forum not part of CF. The founding group considered mainline Protestant theology to be one of the acceptable traditions. That's because we do theology as a community, in continuity with our tradition. But that tradition includes...
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    Does the Logos suffer?

    I think the Lutheran ideas are different. It really is the communication that enables the presence of Christ's body in the eucharist. That's essential, because Luther believes we literally eat Christ's flesh. See The Omnipresence Of Christ's Human Nature Luther really did think Christ's body...
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