The revolution is eating its children:
Christianity Today Editor: Evangelicals Call Jesus “Liberal” and “Weak”
#tnr
The Trump Indictment Is a Phenomenal Self-Own
In theory, Trump’s rivals for the Republican nomination should be able to leverage this. It encapsulates one of the strongest arguments against Donald Trump as a politician and candidate: He is reckless, incompetent, and, above all, self-defeating. He is world historically scandal-prone. His unprecedented ability to shoot himself in the foot imperils his (disgraceful and authoritarian) political project at every turn. But Trump’s rivals will not make this case because they are terrified of his voters and of him. That’s funny too.
Fossil Fuel Villain of the Year: Shell CEO Ben van Beurden
Krupp, Van Beurden wrote, was “essentially pointing out that if you burden the gas value chain with all the emissions of the oil industry, it would put gas on par with coal.” The comments went “one step too far for me,” he added in an email to other higher-ups at the company.
#TNR #FossilFuel #Energy #Poillution #Climate #Shell #Mimimi
None of my business, but interesting anyway:
Newsom’s Cynical Flip on Proposition 30 Should Disqualify Him From the Presidency
The new McCarthyism is built on four pillars: the economy, national security, whatever “anti-wokeness” happens to mean at any given moment, and the promise of relentless Benghazi-like investigations into the Biden administration. (So there’s a touch of the old McCarthyism as well.) McCarthy’s hope is that throwing some substance (or some substance-like substance) into the discourse might help the GOP retake some midterm momentum. But the agenda itself—which won’t be formally unveiled until September 19—reeks of desperation and only underscores the Republican Party’s biggest problem heading into the midterm elections: its utter lack of viable, noninsane policy ideas.
Kevin McCarthy’s Desperate Bid to Prove the Republican Party Has Ideas
A Federal Judge Rips Trump for Plotting a Coup
There is no specific federal law stipulating that it’s illegal for the president to urge his supporters to storm the Capitol, disrupt the Electoral College certification, and attempt to lynch the vice president. But the January 6 Committee previously identified three federal crimes that Trump may have committed as part of the insurrection: obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and common-law fraud. Carter found in each of the three cases that it was “more likely than not” that Trump had committed the offenses.
