Why Many Religiously Conservative Christians Support Trump

Unfortunately for the Church and the Gospel, Christians in these latter centuries have been repeating certain unbiblical patterns of behaviors.  And here we must be cautious about saying that. We all sin to varying degrees and we are all capable of committing gross sins as individuals. Thus when we see other Christians sin, we need to treat them with the same grace and mercy as we have been and are treated by God when we commit our own sins.

But individual sins is not what is being referenced here. The subject here is the behavior of the dominant branch of the Church in a given country. For example, prior to the respective revolutions in France, Russia, and Spain, the respective dominant branch of the Church sided with wealth and power. And one of the results of that was that when the revolutions came, the Church, along with the state, was seen as an enemy of those revolutions and thus it not only suffered unnecessary persecution, the reputation of the Gospel was significantly harmed. 

One only needs to read Vlad Lenin's words as he described the Christian religion as the opiate of the people. For in saying that, Lenin was speaking from observation, not from any ideological deduction. And, btw, the behavior of Christians that made the Church an enemy of Lenin and his hijacking of the revolution was also observed by Rosa Luxemburg. Only she pleaded with the Church to support the workers rather than to support those who oppressed them.

In this part of the 21st century, the repeated behavior of the Church that we are focusing on here is not the dominant branch of the Church in a given country as it supports wealth and power, even though we could do that. Rather it is the free choice of the Church to support authoritarian rulers because those rulers are offering them protection from  perceived threats. Three places where has been occurring are Syria, Egypt, and the U.S.

Now in Syria and Egypt, the very existence of the Church has been threatened by violent anti-Christian forces who want to eliminate the existence of the Church in their areas.. And thus the Church's support for brutal dictators is somewhat understandable though  problematic. But in the U.S., Church support for the authoritarian leader who is protecting it is even more questionable. That is because the authoritarian leader protecting the Church in the U.S. is not protecting the Church from any violent threat to its existence. Rather, the authoritarian leader who is protecting the Church in the U.S. is protecting the Church from having remained fallen from a place of supremacy in society and culture. This authoritarian leader is promising the Church to be restored to its role of supremacy over society. This kind of protection is evident from William Barr's recent address to the law students at Notre Dame.

In the U.S. the dominant branch of the Church is a coalition of conservative Catholics and conservative evangelicals. And since the legalization of same-sex marriages by decision of the Supreme Court, many leaders in the dominant branch of the American Church has seen that decision as the South saw the loss at Appomattox. These leaders now see the Church as being on the losing side of the culture wars that have been fought in the U.S. since who knows when. For some of us were unaware that there were culture wars being fought here until these leaders complained about that Supreme Court decision.

What was being fought for in the Culture Wars here was the place of supremacy in the culture to have the greatest influence over society. And many of these conservative Christian leaders have described the Church's current plight as hanging on by a thread. Why? Because many of these leaders seem to believe that either the Church has a place of supremacy over society, or the Church's very existence in being threatened by secularists and progressives.

Thus when Donald Trump came, these religiously conservative Christians saw their champion and defender. And because he was their champion and defender, they saw no contradiction between his tough talk and intolerance of others with what is taught in the Christian faith. They see him as defending the Church's existence because he has caused them to believe, whether it is true or not, that he will restore their place of supremacy over culture and society and thus will save the Church from being destroyed.

And so though the Church's support for tyrants in Syria and Egypt is wrong but understandable, the Church's support for the authoritarian leadership of Donald Trump is even more problematic. Why? It is because he is not defending the Church from being violently destroyed and eliminated here, it is because he and the Church are making a deal for the Church to eventually garner the power it once had here in America. Such a deal is contradicted by what is taught in the New Testament.

Unfortunately, in seeking to regain its place of supremacy over American society, the Church has forgotten its past sins when it reigned over society. And by doing so, it has forgotten much of what the New Testament tells us about how to treat others. And forgetting that is the true threat to the Church's existence.

ONIM For October 1, 2018

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Christian News

• Does The School-To-Prison Pipeline Run Through Your Home? -- Witness: A Black Christian Collective
• Accuser Blasts Pope Silence, 'Slander' Over Coverup Claims -- Religion News Service
• Pope Defrocks Chilean Priest At Center Of Abuse Scandal -- AP News
• 'Not Relevant': Franklin Graham Weighs In On Kavanaugh Sexual Assault Allegations -- Charlotte Observer
• Sexual Misconduct In Seventeenth-Century New England -- Anxious Bench
• Leader Of False Theology Movement Likens Trump To Elijah At Values Voters Summit -- Susan Wright On The Right
• God: Father, Almighty, Creator (RJS) -- Jesus Creed
• When Worship Music Replaces Worship Of God -- Christian Crier
• A Look At Biblical Womanhood -- Jesus Creed

World News

• Why We Can't See The System Destroying Us -- ZNet
• Pigs All The Way Down -- New York Times
• US Should Return Stolen Land To Indian Tribes, Says United Nations -- Guardian
• Seattle Court Agrees To Clear Past Marijuana Convictions -- KOMO News
• Air Force Calls For 74 More Squadrons To Prepare For Possibility Of War Against Major Power -- Military Times
• Texas Attorney General Defends Law Forcing Kids To Stand For Pledge Of Allegiance -- Huffington Post
• George W. Bush Is Reportedly Calling Undecided Senators To Sway Them To Vote For Kavanaugh -- Business Insider
• Do You Really Want A Man Consumed With Rage, Self Pity And Hate On The Supreme Court -- Los Angeles Times
• Republicans Just Lost Women For Good| Opinion -- Newsweek
• Trump Jr.: Women Who Can't Handle Harassment 'Don't Belong In The Workforce' -- CNN
• Lockheed F-35 Jet Used By U.S. In Combat For First Time -- Official -- Reuters
• Russia Begins Missile Delivery System To Syria, Warns West On Peace Talks -- Reuters
• Kavanaugh Testified That 'The Drinking Age Was 18.' Not In Maryland When He Was 18 -- Huffington Post
• China, Russia Take Up Globalism Mantle After US Sheds It At UN -- ABC News
• Everybody On Plane Survives Crash Landing In Pacific Lagoon -- ABC News
• Federal Prosecutors Seeking Rare Death Penalty For New York City Terror Attack Suspect -- KNEB News
• Protester Who Confronted Flake Praises His Proposed Vote Delay -- KGO News
• Lindsey Graham Tells Rape Survivor To 'Go To The Cops' Then Walks Off Amid Kavanaugh Hearing -- Independent
• FBI Investigation Into Kavanaugh Is 'Uncharted Territory,' Expert Says -- KABC News 
• Voter Enthusiasm At Record High In Nationalized Midterm Environment --Pew Research Center
• Views Of Muller's Investigation--And Trump's Handling Of the Probe--Turn More Partisan -- Pew Research Center
• Activists Challenge World Hindu Congress Over Links To Global Fascism -- Waging Nonviolence
• Guatemalans Protest President's Decision To End A Popular Anti-Corruption Body -- Waging Nonviolence
• In 2018, The U.S. Is Even More Gilded Than In 1918 -- Truthdig
• Real Change Won't Come From Billionaire Philanthropists -- CityLab

Israel-Palestine News

• I Can't See How A Palestine State Can Ever Happen -- ZNet
• Wolf Alice Interview: 'It's Not Hypocritical To Boycott Israel' -- Independent
• Justifying Landgrab, Israel Says It Is 'Allowed To Ignore International Law' Anywhere It Wants -- Mondoweiss
• Ruins Found In Desert In Israel 'Could Prove Exodus Bible Story Is True' -- Yahoo News
• Israel Releases Images Alleging Hezbollah Missile Project In Beirut -- Reuters
• Netanyahu Stresses Israeli Security After Trump Two-State Comments -- Yahoo News

Donald Trump News

• Sheldon Adelson Sees A Lot To Like In Trump's Washington -- New York TImes
• The White House Has Revealed Massive Mission Creep In Syria -- Military Times
• No Room For Climate In Trump's Patriotism -- Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 
• Donald Trump Bragged About Himself To The United Nations. The UN Laughed -- CNN
• Trump Says Leaders At U.N. Were Laughing 'With Me,' Not 'At Me' -- Yahoo News
• President Trump Said He Has An 'Absolute No' On Puerto Rican Statehoold As Long As Critics Remain In Office -- Time
• Trump Agrees To Open 'Limited' F.B.I. Investigation Into Accusations Against Kavanaugh -- New York Times
• Trump Agrees To FBI Probe Of Kavanaugh, Bows To Flake, Dems -- Boston Herald
• Trump Shaken By Ford, But Backs Kavanaugh After Hearing -- U.S. News And World Report

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Racial Discrimination In FEMA Aid Process -- ZNet
• U.S. For-Profit Prisons From Slavery To Today -- ZNet
• How America Came To Have The World's Largest Prison Population -- Truthdig
• Open Letter To Senate Judiciary Committee From Yale Law Faculty -- Yale Law School
• American Bar Association: Delay Kavanaugh Until FBI Investigates Assault Allegations -- CNN 
• 'I Can't Cry Anymore. I'm Too Angry': Women Respond To Ford's Testimony -- Guardian
• Ex-UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Says US Healthcare System Is 'Morally Wrong' -- Guardian
• China Says Rohingya Issue Should Not Be 'Internationalized' -- Reuters
• 'Slave To Debt': Fashion Models Speak Out About Catwalk Misery -- AFP
• A Majority Of Teens Have Experienced Some Form Of Cyberbullying -- Pew Research Center
• Syrians Resist Extremists And Military Offensive Against Idlib -- Waging Nonviolence
• How Afghan's Peace Movement Is Winning Hearts And Minds -- Waging Nonviolence

Just For Fun

• Obama Saddened That Kavanaugh Didn't Blame Him At Any Point -- Barowitz Report
• Republican Party Declares Moral Bankruptcy -- Barowitz Report
• Lindsey Graham Dining Alone At Applebee's Kind Of Wishes Protesters Would Come Heckle Him -- Onion
• Senate To Be Replaced With Room Full Of Monkeys Throwing Feces -- Babylon Bee
• Success: After Full Day Of Hearings Everyone Believes Exactly What They Already Believed About Kavanaugh -- Babylon Bee 

ONIM For September 17, 2018

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Christian News

• A Statement On Social Justice And The Gospel
• An Open Letter To John MacArthur About Social Justice -- Witness: A Black Christian Collective
• On "Social Justice And The Gospel" Part 1 -- Witness: A Black Christian Collective
  
• Gospel And Social Justice--Fundamentalist And Progressive Distortions -- Evangelion
• New Evangelical Statement Against "Social Justice" Distortions Of The Gospel Causing Controversy -- Susan Wright On The Right
• Even More Social Justice And The Gospel -- Unsettled Christianity
• John MacArthur's 'Statement On Social Justice' Is Aggravating Evangelicals -- Christianity Today
• A World Of Caution For "Culture Warriors" From The Apostle Paul -- New Wineskins
• We Will Not Yield -- First Things
• The Gold Virgin -- First Things
• 9/11/18: A 17-Year-Long Lesson That Anger And Fear Do Not Keep Us Safe -- Sarah Thebarge
• The Irony Of Evangelical Idolatry In The White House -- Faith On The Fringe

World News

• Republican Florida Governor Candidate DeSantis Resigns From Congress -- Reuters
• Sweden Is What Happens When Liberals Let The Far-Right Set The Agenda -- Huffington Post
• Trump Administration Wants To Make It Easier To Release Methane Into Air -- New York Times
• Parent Fights To Show Movie To Educate Community On Disabilities -- WFMZ News
• House Republicans Seek More Tax Cuts As Election Nears -- AP News
• Emails Link Former Homeland Security Official To White Nationalists -- Atlantic
• International Court Says It Is Undeterred After Bolton's Threatens U.S. Sanctions -- Reuters
• The Revolution Was Televised: Why Didn't The Radical TV Of The 1980s Last? -- Guardian
• Putin Says Russia Identified Suspects In Novichok Poisoning -- Huffington Post
• Wall Street Is The Definition Of A Ponzi Scheme (Literally) -- Truthdig
• Active Shooter Study: Semi-Automatic Rifles More Deadly -- Sun Herald
• Manafort Seeking Plea Deal With Special Counsel That Would Avoid Cooperation Ahead Of Second Trial: Sources -- ABC News
• Turkey Reinforces Military In Syria's Idlib After Ceasefire Call Fails -- Reuters
• European Parliament Votes To Punish Hungary For Undermining Democratic Values -- Telegraph
• Drug Executive: It's A 'Moral Requirement' To Charge Patients The Highest Price -- Los Angeles Times
• Psychologists Say No To Torture -- Truthdig
• Unfiltered: 'The Democratic Plantation Is Really Worse Than The Plantation I Grew Up On' -- Yahoo News
• Diane Feinstein Acknowledges Having A Secret Brett Kavanaugh Document -- Huffington Post
• Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Denies Having A Gambling Problem -- Huffington Post
• Acting ICE Director Attends Annual Media Event Of Anti-Immigrant Hate Group FAIR -- Southern Poverty Law Center
• Kavanaugh Contradicts White House Account Of Credit Card Debt, Raising More Questions -- Yahoo News
• 'We're Not Going Anywhere': Stills Will Continue Kneeling -- AP News
• 'I Work 3 Jobs And Donate Blood Plasma To Pay The Bills.' This Is What It's Like To Be A Teacher In America -- Time
• U.S. Plans To Pay Mexico To Deport Unauthorized Immigrants There -- New York Times
• After Delaying Obama-Era Protections, Betsy DeVos Loses Student Loan Lawsuit Brought By 19 States -- Time
• Congress Gives Sacred Apache Land To Foreign Mining Company -- White Wolf Pack
• Latinos Are More Likely To Believe In The American Dream, But Most Say It Is Hard To Achieve -- Pew Research Center
• New Study: High Minimum Wage In Seattle Caused No Employment Losses -- Economic Opportunity Institute
• Russian Pussy Riot Activist Hospitalized In Grave Condition; Poisoning Suspected -- Los Angeles Times
• Census: Rich Get Richer In Pennsylvania's Cities, Especially In Bethlehem -- Morning Call
• Education Levels Of U.S. Immigrants Are On The Rise -- Pew Research Center
• Prosecutor: Border Patrol Agent Charged With Murdering 4 -- US News And World Report 

Israel-Palestine News

• European States Urge Israel Not To Demolish Bedouin Village -- Reuters
• US To Shut Palestinian Mission Over Lack Of Peace Talks -- Yahoo News
• Report: Israel Treating Al-Qaeda Fighters Wounded In Syrian Civil War -- Jerusalem Post
• Thousands Of Palestinians Protest On Gaza Coast, Navy Fires Toward Flotilla -- Haaretz
• Destroyed Gaza Airport Symbolizes Peace Hopes -- Arab News
  

 Donald Trump News

• Trump Vents Over Leaks As Woodward Pushes Back On Criticism -- ABC News
• As Hurricane Florence Nears, Trump Calls Puerto Rico Response An 'Unsung Success' -- Huffington Post
• Trump Says He Won't Give Aid To Palestinians Unless They Agree To Peace Deal -- CBS News
• Don Lemon Has Just 1 Question For Trump After His Latest Wild Claim -- Huffington Post
• Mike Pence Is Worse Than Donald Trump, Says Omarosa -- Independent
• Trump Administration Took Nearly $10 Million From FEMA's Budget To Support ICE, Documents Show -- USA Today
• Trump Administration Adopts New Definition Of Anti-Semitism In Schools -- Politico
• Trump Pushes Conspiracy Theory Denying Puerto Rico Hurricane Death Toll -- Yahoo News
• Graham Departs From His Best-Friend McCain, Goes All In On Trump -- AP News
• Trump's Conspiracy Theory On Puerto Rico Death Toll Makes Even Florida Republicans Squirm -- Yahoo News

 
Pick(s) Of The Litter

• Man Killed By Officer In Wrong Apartment Was Beloved Churchgoer, Working Professional -- ABC News
• China: Massive Crackdown In Muslim Region -- Human Rights Watch
• Confrontation Caught On Camera After Man Denied Bus Ride Because He's Black -- KTRK News
• US Threatens To Arrest ICC Judges Who Probe War Crimes -- AFP
• Syria War Crimes Investigators Amass Strongest Evidence 'Since Nuremberg' Against Bashar Al-Assad -- Telegraph
• How The U.S. Government Misleads The Public On Afghanistan -- New York Times
• Inside The FBI: First Responders And 9/11-Related Illnesses, Part 1 -- FBI
• Federal Deficit Soars 32 Percent To Nearly $1 Trillion Due To GOP Tax Law, CBO Reports -- Guardians Of Democracy
• North Carolina Hog Farmers Spray Manure Around Black Communities; Residents Fight Back -- Democracy Now
• To Save Ourselves It's Time To Rethink Our Economic System, Warn Scientists -- Science Alert
• The Underbelly Of The Sex-Trade Industry -- Truthdig
• Feds Holding 12,800 Children In Detention Centers, Report Says -- CBS News
• U.S. Has Seen Evidence Of Syria Preparing Chemical Weapons In Idlib: Envoy -- Reuters
• FEMA Cuts Off Housing Funds For 987 Puerto Rican Families Who Fled Hurricane Maria -- NBC News
• Florence's Dangerous 'Flooding Is Only Going To Get Worse,' Official Warns -- ABC News

Just For Fun

• Americans Want Alert System Enabling Mueller To Text Them When This Emergency Is Over -- Borowitz Report
• Mike Pence Struggling To Reckon With Vision Of Prophet Muhammad Revealing That VP Destined To Become Next President -- Onion
• World History Professor Opens Class With Trigger Warning For Socialist Students -- Babylon Bee
• Mission Trip Successfully Converts Entire Village Into Republicans -- Babylon Bee
• Man Who Intentionally Divided Nation For 8 Years Calls For Unity -- Babylon Bee

ONIM For May 28, 2018

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Christian News

• The Israel Of God -- Heidelblog
• The USA Is Not Old Testament Israel(3) -- Heidelblog
• Religious Reformers Franky Schaeffer On 'Moron Fringe' Evangelicals -- Yahoo News
• Pope Francis On The Beatitudes -- Religion News Service
• Should "Progressive" "Christians" Appropriate Traditional Language -- Eidos
• The Wedding Sermon And The PCA -- Mortification Of Spin
• God Didn't Make That, But He Loves You And Other Truths About The Homosexual Lifestyle -- Susan Wright On The Right
• The Most Ignored Sin -- Frank Viola The Deeper Journey
• Southern Baptist Leader Who Said Abused Women Should Just Pray Is Removed From Post -- Yahoo News
• Bishop Whose Sermon Lit Up Royal Wedding To Lead White House Protest -- CNN
• U.S. Could Sanction European Countries Over Iran, Bolton Says -- Newsweek
• 'Jesus Never Charged A Leper A Copay': The Rise Of The Religious Left -- Guardian
• 'God Loves You': How The Pope's Inclusive Comments On Homosexuality Could Change America's Catholic Schools -- Yahoo News
• How Evangelicals Teamed Up With The White House On Prison Reform -- Religion News Service
• A Humiliating Month -- Religion News Service

World News

• Boulder, Colorado, Unanimously Votes To Ban Assault Weapons,  High-Capacity Magazines -- CBS News
• Marian Wright Edelman Is Empowering The Next Generation Of Changemakers -- Huffington Post
• Daniel Ortega Called A 'Killer' As Talks Open With Protesters  On Nicaraguan Crisis --  Guardian
• The Pentagon Can't Account For $21 Trillion -- Truthdig
• How Abusive Relationships Take Root -- New York Times 
• Hawaii Reports First Serious Injury From Volcano -- Reuters
• Republican Who Claims Holocaust Was Orchestrated By Gay Nazis Wins Enough Support For Massachusetts Governor Primary -- Newsweek
• The Royal Wedding And The Wrong Kind Of Fairytale Romance -- The Road Home
• EPA Bars AP, CNN From Summit On Contaminants -- AP News
• Democrats Nominate First Woman As GOP Race Heads To Runoff -- AP News
• Trump Associate Could Have Lied To House Intelligence Committee, Democrats Say -- ABC News
• NFL's Proposed National Anthem Rules: Penalties For Kneeling Being Considered -- Sports Illustrated
• NFL's New Policy On National Anthem: Players, Teams Can Be Fined If They Don't Stand -- Yahoo News
• Are New NFL Penalties For Kneeling Purely About The Bottom Line? -- PBS
• The Real Reason NFL Owners Want To Punish Players For Protesting During The Anthem -- Nation 
• Ex-Patriot Chris Long Rips NFL's New National Anthem Policy -- Yahoo News
• Cops Accused Of Racism After Detaining Black Man Over Vegetation -- Huffington Post
• Betsy DeVos Stirs Uproar By Saying Schools Can Call ICE On Undocumented Kids -- Huffington Post
• How Corporations Won Their Own Civil Rights Movement -- CNN
• A County Where The Sewer Is Your Lawn -- New York Times
• Supreme Court Decision Delivers Blow To Workers' Rights -- NPR
• Doug Ford Isn't "For The Little Guy"--He's A Mercenary For The Millionaire Class -- Guardian

Israel-Palestine News

• Video: Israel Police Attack Gaza Protest In Haifa -- Mondoweiss
• Evangelical Robert Jeffress Thinks Jews Are Going To Hell. Israelis Are OK With That -- Yahoo News
• The More Netanyahu Escalates Tensions In Israel, The More Beloved He Becomes -- Business Insider
• Tom Wolfe's Message To Jews -- Religion News Service
• Hundreds Of New Yorkers Take To The Streets In Support Of Gaza -- Mondoweiss
• Israel's Massacre Of Palestinians Civilians Should Spark Horror--And Action -- Nation
• Ronan Farrow: Israelis, Like Russia, Are Interfering In American Politics -- Haaretz
• Palestinians Ask ICC To Investigate Alleged Crimes By Israel -- Fox News
• U.N. Sets Up Human Rights Probe Into Gaza Killings, To Israel's Fury -- Reuters
• Gaza: UN To Launch War Crimes Investigation Into Israeli Forces' Shooting Of Protesters -- Independent
• Don't Blame Hamas For Gaza Bloodshed -- Human Rights Watch
• Israeli Minister Says U.S. May Soon Recognize Israel's Hold On Golan --  US News And World Report
• UN Envoy Urges Quick Action To Avoid Israel-Palestinian War -- Fox News
• 'Sometimes Dancing, Sometimes Furious': A Girl Shot Dead In Gaza -- Guardian
• The Day Of Shame -- ZNet
• Democrats Join Republicans In Bill Criminalizing Speech Critical Of Israel -- Huffington Post

Donald Trump News

• Trump's Strategic Assault On Democracy, Word By Word -- Truthdig
• Trump, The NRA, Mass Shootings And The American Culture Of Death -- Truthdig
• Jimmy Carter Gently Jabs Trump At Liberty Commencement -- Religion News Service
• Trump Quotes 'Fox & Friends' In Claim Ex-CIA Director Could Go To Jail For Starting Russia Investigation -- Newsweek
• Trump Signs Resolution Killing Rule Intended To Prevent Racial Bias In Auto Lending -- USA Today
• 'SPYGATE': Trump Rages On Twitter About The 'Criminal Deep State' -- Yahoo News
• Harf: Trump Moving Closer To 'Constitutional Crisis' With Meddling In Mueller Probe -- Fox News
• Trump Pulls Out Of North Korea Summit Meeting With Kim Jong-un -- New York Times
• FBI Obtained Wiretaps Of Putin Ally Who Met With Trump Jr. -- Yahoo News

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• The Moral Rot That Threatens America -- New York Times
• The Coming Collapse -- Truthdig
• L.G.B.T. Students Were Bullied And Forced To Read Bible, Report Says -- New York Times
• Hospice Overdosed Patients To 'Hasten Their Deaths,' Former Health Care Executive Admits -- Huffington Post
• Companies Win Big At U.S. Top Court On Worker Class-Action Curbs -- Reuters 
• Saudi Arabia's Women's Driving Activists 'Targeted In Smear Campaign -- BBC
• Myanmar Military's "Mass Atrocities" -- Human Rights Watch
• Nine People Are Killed As Indian Police Open Fire On Pollution Protesters -- Guardian
• Congress Quietly Passes Rollback Of Wall Street Regulations Since The Financial Crisis -- Business Insider
• Congress Approves First Big Dodd-Frank Rollback -- New York Times
• China: Activist Convicted For Promoting Tibetan Language -- Human Rights Watch
• Scourging Yemen -- ZNet
• Things Blamed For The Deadly Texas School Shooting: Ritalin. Abortion. The Mass Media. Schools. And Doors -- Washington Post
• Emails Show Cooperation Between EPA, Climate-Change Deniers -- AP News
• Russia Says U.S. Must Begin Talks, Or Else 'Force' Is The Only Option -- Newsweek
• Anguish At Southwest Border As More Immigrant Children Are Separated From Parents -- NBC News

Just For Fun

• Trump Furious After Nobel Prize Committee Gives Him A Participation Trophy -- Borowitz Report
• N.F.L. Adds First Amendment To List Of Banned Substances -- Borowitz Report
• This Guy's Uncle Is Racist But Not Quite Racist Enough For Him To Get Any Viral Content Out Of It -- Onion
• Reeling From Yet Another Unnecessary Film, Fans Call For Common-Sense Star Wars Control -- Babylon Bee
• Liberty University Announces Plan To Open On-Campus Trump Casino -- Babylong Bee

ONIM For May 14, 2018

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Christian News

• After Lemonade: The Future Of Black Christians In The Diaspora -- Witness: A Black Christian Collective
• What The Heck Is Dialectical Materialism? -- Radical Christian Millennial
• Southern Baptists Grapple With A Leader's Comments Encouraging Women To Stay With Abusive Husbands -- Chicago Tribune
• When Good Americans Say They Believe In God, What Do They Mean? -- Pew Research Center
• What Catholics Have Sacrificed By Allying With Republican Evangelicals -- Week
• Students' Survey Highlights Censorship Of Christian College Newspapers -- Religion News Service
• A Court Evangelical Says What He Really Thinks -- Religion News Service
• #ChurchDV Is A Necessary Topic For Discussion In The SBC -- A Postmodern Pastor In The Digital World
• Why Beth Moore's Letter Makes Me Hopeful -- Anxious Bench 
• Rev. Graham, You're Hurting The Reputation Of The Church -- Red Letter Believers
• Should Abused Women (Or Men) Stay With Their Spouses? -- Roger Olson
• Evangelicals Find Like-Minded Christians In Unlikely Place: Palestinian West Bank -- Religion News Service
• Christian Campaigns Against Gay Marriages And Abortion Are Putting Americans Off Religion, Study Says -- Christianity Today
• From Mennonite Pacifist To Marxist Revolutionary -- Anxious Bench

World News

• North Korea Says Denuclearizaton Pledge Not Result Of U.S.-Led Sanctions -- Reuters
• The Danger Of Leadership Cults -- Truthdig
• The Hemisphere's Biggest Solar Plant In Is Mexico, Not The U.S. -- Truthdig
• Sessions: Zero-Tolerance Policy May Split Families At Border --  Houston Chronicle
• This Jared Kushner-Backed Bill Could Be 2018's Last Shot At Federal Prison Reform -- Huffington Post
• Billionaires Made So Much Money Last Year They Could End Extreme Poverty Seven Times Over -- Money
• Michael Brown's Mother, Lezley McSpadden, Announces Run For Ferguson City Council -- Huffington Post
• University Of California Nurses, Medical Workers Join Strike -- WTOP
• New York Taxi Drivers Launch Campaign To Save Their Industry Following Suicides -- Waging Nonviolence
• Queer Anti-War Activists Challenge Military Inclusion -- Waging Nonviolence
• Jeremy Scahill: Obama Paved The Way For Haspel To Head CIA By Failing To Hold Torturers Accountable -- Democracy Now
• The Radical Legacy Of 1968 Is Under Attack. We Must Defend It -- Guardian
• Sheldon Adelson Kicks In $30M To Stop Democratic House Takeover -- Politico
• New Evidence Shows That Our Anti-Poverty Programs, Especially Social Security, Really Work -- Los Angeles Times
• NRA President Oliver North Says Parkland Gun Control Activists Are Criminal Civil Terrorists -- Newsweek
• Column: Black People Call 1-800-TOO-WHITE, Report 'Suspicious' White Medlers -- Chicago Tribune
• Federal Employees Face Cuts To Retirement Benefits And Pay Freezes -- NPR
• Kelly Says Undocumented Immigrants "Don't Have The Skills' To Assimilate In US Society -- CNN

Israel-Palestine News 

• When A U.S. President Demanded Inspections Of A Nuclear Facility In The Middle East (And Failed) -- Mondoweiss
• Another Distorted 'NY Times' Report On Gaza Focuses On 'Blazing Kites' Instead Of Israeli Snipers -- Mondoweiss
• Opinion// Dear Occupiers, Sorry If We Hurt Your Feelings -- Haaretz
• Human Rights Watch Director Says Israel Booting Him To "Muzzle Dissent" -- CBS News
• Syria Downs Two Israeli Missiles Near Capital: State Media -- Yahoo News
• Iran Nuclear Deal Was 'Recipe For Disaster', Says Netanyahu After Trump Pulls US Out Of Agreement -- Independent
• Israel Attacked Syria And Hour After The Iran Deal Was Ended, Says Report -- Time
• Israel Accuses Iranian Forces Of Rocket Attack On Golan -- AP News
• Israel, Iran Engage In Most Serious Confrontation In Syria -- AP News
• Citing Racism, U.S. Rapper Azealia Banks Vows To 'Never Ever Ever' Visit Israel Again -- Haaretz
• Winner Of Prestigious Israeli Award To Donate Money TO Human Rights Organizations -- Haaretz
• Report: U.S. Gives Israel Green Light To Assassinate General Soleimani -- Haaretz
• Israel And Iran, Newly Emboldened, Exchange Blows In Syria Face-Off -- New York Times
•  Trump Withdrew From Iran Nuclear Deal. Now Israel May Be Trying To Provoke War -- Democracy Now
• A Tale Of Two West Bank Towns: A Bleak Palestinian Refugee Camp Choked By A Thriving Israeli Settlement -- Haaretz 

 
Donald Trump News

• Trump Taking Opposite Approaches To Iran, NKorea -- AP News
• Trump Withdraws From The Iran Nuclear Deal. What Now? -- Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists
• Tillerson Was Right About Trump -- Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists
• EU Tells Trump He Doesn't Have The Power To Unilaterally Scrap The Iran Nuclear Deal -- Independent
• Trump Violates The Iran Nuclear Deal--Ignoring U.S. And Israeli Generals Who Support It -- Intercept
• Trump Blasts 'Breeding' In Sanctuary Cities. That's A Racist Term -- CNN
• Trump White House Quietly Cancels NASA Research Verifying Greenhouse Gas Cuts -- Science
• Courts Rule Trump's Approval Of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated The Law -- Sierra Club
• Trump To Drop Call For Medicare To Negotiate Lower Drug Prices -- New York Times
• Revenge Of The Dinosoars: Administration Seeks Technology To Revive Coal -- Yahoo News

Pick(s) Of The Litter

• The Blurred Line Between War And Business -- Truthdig
• Whitefish Jews Fight Neo-Nazis With Faith, Peace And Interfaith Allies -- Religion News Service
• Florida Deputy Killed Responding To Report Cat Had Been Shot -- Newsweek
• Monsanto Concealed Effects Of Toxic Chemical For Decades, Ohio AG Alleges -- NBC News
• Here's The Real Cost Of Leaving The Iran Deal -- CNBC
• Separating Children From Their Parents At The Border Contradicts Everything We Know About Children's Welfare -- Los Angeles Times
• What Kind Of Country Would Tear Apart And Lock Up Families Fleeing Violence In Their Homelands? Ours -- Los Angeles Times
• The ISIS Files: Extreme Brutality And Detailed Record-Keeping -- New York Times
• 32 Arrested By ICE Agents On Immigration Violations In Eastern Iowa -- Des Moines Register 
• A Black Yale Graduate Student Took A Nap In Her Dorm's Common Room. So A White Student Called Police -- CNN
• In One Year, 57, 375 Years Of Life Were Lost To Police Violence -- Atlantic
• Black Activists Jailed For His Facebook Posts Speaks Out About Secret FBI Surveillance -- Guardian
• U.S. Hypocrisy Creates Perpetual Enemies And Forever War -- Truthdig
• 700,000 Rohingya Refugees Returning To Myanmar Face Bitter Choices -- Truthdig

Just For Fun

•  Trump Considering Pulling U.S. Out Of Constitution -- Borowitz Report
• Trump Removes Giuliani From Legal Team By Naming Him New White House Doctor -- Borowitz Report
• Gina Haspel Nervously Rubs Lucky Prisoner's Foot During CIA Director Confirmation Hearing -- Onion
• Woman Mentally Rearranging Rankings Of Children While Opening Mother's Day Gifts -- Onion
• Pathetic Newborn Can't Answer Single Catechism Question -- Babylon Bee