Pastors, Not Politicians, Turned Dixie Republican - Forbes

It was religious leaders in the South who solved the puzzle on Republicans’ behalf, converting white angst over lost cultural supremacy into a fresh language of piety and “religious liberty.”

Southern conservatives discovered that they could preserve white nationalism through a proxy fight for Christian Nationalism. They came to recognize that a weak, largely empty Republican grassroots structure in the South was ripe for takeover and colonization.

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Trump Wants Families On Food Stamps To Get Jobs. The Majority Already Work - NPR

When it comes to families on SNAP with kids, a majority — 55 percent – were bringing home wages, according to USDA. The problem is, those wages aren't enough to actually live on.

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 Rev. William Barber Bringing MLK’s Poor People’s Campaign Back - The Nation

Rev. William Barber II announced last week that he will step down as president of the North Carolina NAACP and lead a new national initiative that aims to end poverty and begin what Barber calls 'a national moral revival.'

This new Poor People’s Campaign will pick up where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. left off 50 years ago when he turned his focus to uniting poor people across lines of race and geography and pushing their priorities onto the federal agenda.

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Fact Check: Tim Allen Show Not Cancelled For Political Reasons - Snopes

"ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said on a press call with reporters that she canceled Last Man Standing for the same 'business and scheduling reasons' that led to the cancellation of other shows; including The Real O'Neals, Dr. Ken, The Catch, and American Crime.

The network will soon have another Trump supporter on the air. The network is reviving Roseanne, which will star Roseanne Barr, who said she became a Republican because of Donald Trump."

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Former FBI Director Mueller Appointed As Special Counsel To Oversee Russia Probe - WBUR

"The Justice Department is appointing former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee the growing probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to associates of President Trump."

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Trump Reveals Highly Classified Info To Russians - Washington Post

"President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State."

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Trump: President Who Doesn't Know What It Is To Know - George Will

"It is urgent for Americans to think and speak clearly about Donald Trump’s inability to do either. This seems to be not a mere disinclination but a disability.

It is not merely the result of intellectual sloth but of an untrained mind bereft of information and married to stratospheric self-confidence."

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What Is In Trump Care Bill? - Washington Post

"The bill does not spell out either what sort of preexisting conditions insurers may take into account if states seek a waiver from the existing federal law.

But in the past, some insurers had identified domestic violence, sexual assault, Caesarean section and postpartum depression as grounds for either denying coverage or charging higher premiums."

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