Joel Tooley with his wife (image courtesy Tooley's Facebook)
As a left-leaning evangelical Christian, one of the most disheartening anecdotes of the election was the discovery that a whopping 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. To most of them, Trump's outrageous...
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While the establishment continues to presume Hillary Clinton will receive the 2016 democratic nomination, if not the presidency, more and more people are stepping up to support Bernie Sanders. The latest bombshell to voice feeling...
Now that winter is swinging into full effect, one Buffalo, N.Y., church is making sure everyone in its community is staying warm by converting an old school bus into a clothing pantry, offering hats, gloves,...
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Tea party conservatives love to "talk the talk", when it comes to following the teachings of Jesus Christ. They memorize chapters of bible verses, most of which they don't understand the context of. They sing,...
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On Friday, Jerry Falwell, Jr. the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, stood up in front of the weekly student convocation and decided to make a statement regarding the shootings in San Bernardino, California,...
Rodney Frelinghuysen touring a Superfund site (image courtesy Frelinghuysen's congressional office, part of public domain)
One of the most, if not the most, outrageous moves by a politician not named Donald Trump in recent memory came to light earlier this week. Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, the chairman of the House Appropriations...
Donald Trump in Scotland, 2016 (screenshot courtesy NBC News)
One of the funniest moments of the 2016 campaign came when Donald Trump flew to Scotland to celebrate the grand re-opening of the historic Turnberry golf resort, which he'd bought three years earlier. The ceremony took...
Jerry Falwell, Jr. (screenshot courtesy WDBJ)
A lot of religious right leaders have remained loyal to Donald Trump in the face of the almost daily outrages from his administration. That includes perhaps the biggest outrage of all that isn't Russia-related--his equivocating stand...
Right across the street from the White House, St. John's Church broke its tradition of avoiding political topics and decided to denounce President Trump's executive action to ban people from seven Muslim-majority countries. The executive...
Roger Goodell with U. S. Marines before the 2011 NFL Draft (image courtesy Marine Corps New York, part of public domain)
Donald Trump's attempt to bully NFL owners into unloading players who kneel during the national anthem is failing, and failing bigly. Sunday's games saw dozens of players kneel and link arms during the playing of...
Kurt Bardella with Joy-Ann Reid (image courtesy Bardella's Twitter)
It's not news that Donald Trump has forced a number of sane Republicans out of the GOP--and in some cases, pushed them all the way into the arms of the Democrats. But it's not every...
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Lately, whenever we see tragedy in this country, it's only a matter of time before one or more religious right personalities stick their feet in their mouths and jam them in deep. Last weekend's carnage in Charlottesville,...
Roy Cooper announcing his run for governor (image from Cooper's Facebook)
One of the few bright spots for the Democrats on Election Night came from my state of North Carolina. Specifically, the governor's race. Democratic state attorney general Roy Cooper nosed out Republican incumbent Pat McCrory, but...
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History was made at the Walt Disney Concert Hall last week. The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, otherwise known as the GMCLA performed along with representatives from many faiths. The second act was opened by...
Dana Pittard, Captain Humayun Khan's brigade commander (image courtesy U. S. Department of Defense, part of public domain)
For the last week, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of fallen Muslim American war hero Captain Humayun Khan, have had to endure outrageous smearing at the hands of Donald Trump and his surrogates. In...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is known for being friendly. He recently took that friendliness a step further by paddling up to some Canadians and making small talk. In a kayak. World Environmental Day To celebrate World Environment...
John McCain shaking hands with then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2010 (image courtesy Chad McNeeley, part of public domain)
The Republicans' hopes of repealing the Affordable Care Act this year suffered a potentially fatal blow on Friday afternoon, when Senator John McCain announced he would oppose a last-ditch effort to ram a repeal measure...
And Italian media company wanted to see what would happen if they asked a group of young boys to hit a young girl, so they conducted a social experiment to find out. The results were...
This has been National Suicide Prevention Week (September 5 to September 11,) an initiative that aims to raise awareness, and offer support and solutions to those who feel they are at risk. According to a report...
Curt Schilling in 2011 (image from Schilling's Facebook)
Earlier today, we told you that Curt Schilling is catching well-deserved flak for passing on a particularly hateful meme attacking transgender people. Well, late Wednesday night, his bosses at ESPN responded in the most meaningful way...