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Feeling powerless? Here are 7 things you can do during this toxic political climate.

Four years after the election of Donald Trump, and seven months into the coronavirus pandemic, most of us are completely exhausted.  We crave a return to some kind of normalcy where the President sets a good example, defends our troops, prevents foreign interference in elections, condemns white nationalism, appoints Cabinet leaders who support and fulfill the mission of their agencies, and doesn’t use the Department of Justice as his personal fixer. Those of us in Kentucky are even more eager for a senator (and in this case Senate leader) who listens to constituents and understands that the common good cannot …

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What died on Mitch’s desk?

If there’s one thing that Republicans and Democrats can agree on, it’s that Mitch McConnell must GO.  Americans are frustrated.  They need forward progress on legislation that matters to them, including coronavirus relief.  As Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell gets to choose which bills are put on the Senate calendar for debate and vote.  But Mitch is Congress’s Kingpin of Obstruction.  Bills passed by the House of Representatives have been sent to the Senate—and died on Mitch’s desk because he refused to bring them up for vote. Not a few.  Not dozens.  We’re talking hundreds.  Hundreds of bills that received …

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Is abortion the only thing that matters to Jesus?

“I have felt a heaviness in my soul lately.” by Jennifer Abel For the past couple weeks, I’ve felt it.  A weight.  The heaviness.  So this morning—when a block of time unexpectedly opened in my schedule—I closed myself in my room, read some of John’s gospel, opened my journal, and prayed, “Okay, God.  What is it?  My heart feels heavy.  I need to write.  But I don’t have words.  What is this feeling?” And I began to write:  Heartbreak.  It’s heartbreak.  And disillusionment.  I’ve been here before—so many times since 2016.  And here I am again. I keep seeing Christians …

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