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Rev. Dr. Barber @RevDrBarber
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AG Jeff Sessions used the Bible to justify policies like closing our borders to those in need of refuge & tearing children away from their families.
Twisting the Word of God in defense of immoral practices is a tactic that has been used to justify keeping Black people in chattel slavery, committing genocide against native Americans & segregating people under Jim Crow. #SlaveholderReligion
Sessions’ comments are anathema to any person of faith. And those politicians & clergy who support him & this policy are accessories to these immoral crimes against children, families & humanity.
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Do the women of America—black, white or brown; Republican or Democrat—know about the lawyer connected to white supremacy who Trump nominated for the federal court in NC & McConnell has scheduled for vote next week?
This is the longest judicial vacancy in the federal court system. President Obama tried to integrate this court by nominating 2 superbly qualified African-American women.
In 2013, Obama nominated North Carolina federal prosecutor Jennifer May-Parker, who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents. But NC Sen Richard Burr refused to return his blue-slip, despite his previous recommendation of May-Parker for the position.
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Death is hard for families. Death is especially hard for families of celebrities b/c they have to share their loved one in death & in life. Let’s pray for Areatha’s family. The hope always is that a funeral service can be healing & comforting, not hurtful & confusing.
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Beyond the funeral, we remember Aretha loving as she fought for civil rights & voting rights. The greatest flattery is imitation. Let us get as many people as we can to imitate Aretha by getting registered & voting in November. Let’s demand RESPECT at the ballot box.
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In this season when high profile people like Aretha Franklin & John McCain have passed from cancer, let us be reminded why all of us, from the poorest to the richest, should have universal health care. Let us hold their families in prayer.
Let us remember them not in some pristine fantasy that we often create when people die, but let us remember their entire lives—the good & the bad, faith and faults—that we might learn & grow from their living.
Let us love them for all they were & forgive them for all they were not. And in remembering them, may we remember our own mortality so that we number our days & be the best we can in service to God & humanity.
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1/ As we are ending the year, here's a thread on my public scholarship in 2018. Here you'll find on-camera interviews, radio and print interviews, videos, and op-eds. Hope this can be useful.

#PublicScholarship #ChristianRight #ReligiousViolence #Fundamentalism
2/ On January 23, I was interviewed concerning a seminar I started at Concordia on political and religious violence. Information about the seminar was featured in a French article by @YvesCasgrain for @PresenceInfo.

presence-info.ca/article/academ…
3/ On January 30, I was interviewed on "The Drive Time" in the UK on "The Voice of Islam" radio show. I discussed an article I co-wrote with @4ngl3rf1sh at the end of 2017 entitled, "How the Islamic State uses ‘virtual lessons’ to build loyalty."
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Jeff Sessions didn’t resign - read the letter.

“At your request, I am submitting my resignation” means : fired, not resign.
Democrats’ Midterm win of the House opened up the chance for real investigation into Trump.

Of course he had to fire Jeff Sessions - he couldn’t even wait 24 hours.

Why else do you think we witnessed that batshitcrazy press conference display? He’s terrified.
How do we know it’s a REAL SHIT SHOW in the Trump administration?

Because AG Jeff Sessions was too principled about the neutrality of the DOJ.

JEFF SESSIONS.
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AG Jeff Sessions and DAG Rod Rosenstein are at the US attorney's office in DC this morning for an announcement about DOJ's efforts to combat "transnational crime"
Rosenstein talks about need to strike at transnational criminal organizations "wherever they are" and the resources DOJ is committing to that.

He then introduces Sessions, and there's a brief embrace as the AG goes to the podium
DC's US Attorney Jessie Liu is here (next to the podium in red), and next to her are two senior DOJ officials working on transnational criminal org investigations. The room is full of local federal prosecutors
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AG Jeff Sessions just announced that he is rescinding 24 guidance documents
AG Jeff Sessions announced this afternoon that he's rescinding 24 "guidance documents" — they include Obama-era materials on affirmative action, and a range of docs on everything from the right of refugees and asylees to work to juvenile detention policy buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/att…
This is the second batch of guidance document withdrawals announced by Sessions. The first one was announced on Dec. 21, and involved 25 documents buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/att…
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Jeff Sessions is also a huge supporter of private prisons. After DOJ discontinued their use, he restored them. & it’s Sessions’ zero tolerance policy that has given them even more opportunity for profit. nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/02/27/fol…
GEO, the provider that benefitted from Sessions’ decision to return to use of private prisons despite a negative IG report also received the administration’s 1st immigration detention facility contracts. It moved its annual dinner to Trump’s Doral resort. google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
Same article notes: GEO has brought on new lobbyists in the past year, hiring two former Sessions aides, David Stewart and Ryan Robichaux, as well as Brian Ballard, who represented the Trump Organization in Florida and raised money for his campaign. #DrainTheSwamp
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AG Jeff Sessions laying down the law on immigration: "I have put in place a zero-tolerance policy for illegal entry on our southwest border. If you cross the border unlawfully, then we will prosecute you. It's that simple."

#AmericaFirst #BuildTheWall #TrustSessions
DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen failed to prevent the caravan from reaching the border. She said it had dissipated but that was a lie: .

The Caravan reached the border & people began coming thru.

AG Sessions is doing everything lawfully to clean this up.
AG Jeff Sessions: Parents, children entering U.S. illegally will be separated.

"If you don't like that, then don't smuggle children over our border,"

#MAGA #AmericaFirst #BuildTheWall

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