Philip Gray

If you think that a loved one might have been on the plane that crashed in DC, call American Airlines at 1-800-679-8215.
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Opinion: Trump promised to end the Ukraine war, but neither side is ready As Eisenhower once said of how conflicts end, 'sometimes it just gets down to the dirty job of killing until one side or the other cracks.'

“Sometimes it just gets down to the dirty job of killing until one side or the other cracks.”
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The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’ Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.

What a depressing (and incorrect) thought: “Mr. Trump’s rise as the de facto head of the modern American church.”
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Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally Tech billionaire wades into controversy after shooting right arm on upwards diagonal during celebrations of Trump

Well, that didn’t take long: “Elon Musk appears to make back-to-back fascist salutes at inauguration rally”

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“I am very much an American, and that is an uneasy title for me," Imani Perry writes in "Black in Blues." "I have a culture and an identity tied to this land; I am without apology who and what I am. The unease is about the relationship between my citizenship and the rest of the world.”

Methodist bishops aren’t mincing words: “Deplorably, racist, xenophobic, nationalistic, and anti-migrant hate speech has become standard
rhetoric for many US politicians, including President-elect Donald Trump.” www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/files/websit...

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