The problem with the “Remember, Democrats could abuse this power too when they’re in charge again” argument isn’t that it is wrong. It’s that it misses the fact that abusing power when your team is in charge is simply wrong on the merits. The same applies to “well, they abused power when they were in charge before, so it’s our turn now.”
Both arguments concede that what your team is doing is objectively wrong. But the latter argument literally turns the most offensive standards of your opponents into your own.
I know this will come as a shock to some folks, but one of the most remarkable thing about the Epstein affair is that quite a few Americans are learning ONLY FOR THE FIRST TIME that Trump is a liar. It's taken ten years, but here we are.
If a superpower were intent on engineering its own decline, it would antagonize its allies, paralyze its economy with the certainty of uncertainty, erode confidence in the world’s reserve currency, discard due process, defund medical and scientific research, sabotage the most critical form of critical manufacturing—domestic chipmaking—and grow its deficit until debt service devours the largest share of its budget.
That is the story of America, circa 2025.
If our Christianity causes us to say, “see how God used King David even when he did horrid things!” to justify politicians we like instead of “Where is the prophet Nathan of our time who is willing to call King David out for all his horrid actions?!” we need new theology.
When we Christians are more known for our support of presidents than we are for our support of the poor, the immigrant, the marginalized, and the oppressed, that is when we know we are following someone other than Jesus and we have a lot of repenting to do.
Trump: They’re offering people $750
Fox host: The $750 is just for immediate needs
Trump: She should be in North Carolina
Fox host: She was in North Carolina today
The cruelty to and lying about Haitian immigrant families is satanic to the core. Children are terrified and God is mocked. The time for repentance is now.
An entire generation of church kids like me grew up hearing “character matters” when it comes to presidential candidates.
Now an entire generation in the church is angry with us because we still believe that character matters when it comes to presidential candidates.
Today was a historic day for THS Choir. For the first time, THS took 4️⃣ performing ensembles to large group contest.
And EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. came home with an EXEMPLARY rating. 🥇🥇🥇🥇
#GoBulldogs
THS Choir had the opportunity to work with composer Ryan Main in Kansas City this morning. Ryan composed two of the pieces we’re working on this Spring. Thank you Mr. Main for such an awesome time and such an inspiring rehearsal!