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“Both Charlies, Hebdo and Kirk,” writes Lyonel Perabo, “played pretty much the same game: riling up people, both for laughs and to score political points. Kirk’s ideology was rooted in Christian conservatism, while Charlie Hebdo was staffed by left-libertarians. Yet they both met with the same fate: they were murdered because their speech was deemed dangerous.”
Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission launches with Christian nationalist overtones, drawing criticism for lacking diversity and threatening church–state separation. Critics warn it weaponizes religious freedom to serve a narrow ideological agenda.
A sweeping Republican-led bill seeks to cement Trump-era tax cuts, expand charitable deductions, and reshape nonprofit regulations that could create concerns for minority faith organizations operating under 501(c)(3) status. A controversial provision allowing terrorist designations to some charities based on their funding and fundraising was removed from the bill this morning.
President Trump created a Religious Liberty Commission, declaring, “Let’s forget about [separation of church and state] for one time.”
New research says our connection with nature is empirically beneficial and may help us navigate the current challenges to healing the Earth.