Global climate change denial and the Republican party

«The wildfires & hurricanes & heat waves & extreme weather will continue to get worse so long as we’re “led” by politicians whose answer is to do nothing but deride libs and their reusable straws.

The GOP is profiting off of the destruction of humanity. Remember that in 2020.»

The Coming Economic Crash — And How to Stop It – Team Warren – Medium

https://medium.com/@teamwarren/the-coming-economic-crash-and-how-to-stop-it-355703da148b

A recession is only the beginning; a bad response can make it worse. Maybe we can soften the blow by not re-electing the current resident.

Also, I ❤ a candidate who uses the web to post detailed positions.

«In a recent survey of nearly 300 business economists, three-quarters expect a recession by the end of 2021 — with more than half thinking it’ll come by the end of 2020.»

Illinois Republicans pull Facebook post calling 4 Democratic congresswomen ‘The Jihad Squad’ – Chicago Tribune

https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-jihad-squad-post-20190721-ffwvxkiiyzhyxg72mdjjqkcgmu-story.html

Oops, saying the quiet part out loud again. They’ll eventually figure it out, though, and incidents like this will be less frequent.

«Top leaders of the Illinois Republican Party were on damage control Sunday after a social media post echoed President Donald Trump’s criticism of four congresswoman and went further.»

Witness

https://twitter.com/amyriscool/status/1152592637939060736?s=20

This is a church practicing Christianity.

Squad Member Amy
@amyriscool

So, since 1968 (I think; anyway, for a long time), United Methodists have promised to participate in the ministries of the church by “our prayers, our presence, our gifts, and our service”, meaning (by my interpretation) pray, show up, give what you can (money and talent) and do some work. Note that this is ministries, not just Sunday-morning worship.

Then, recently (2008, as it happens, but that’s “recent”, right?) somebody decided that the UMC wasn’t being evangelical enough and our membership rolls would suffer as a result (again, my interpretation), so we bolted on “and witness” to the above four-part vow. As if Christians showing up to help out because God told us to (and, by the way, extends an invitation to all people to join us) isn’t witness enough.

In reading the replies to the above tweet, I realize that not only is this a church practicing Christianity, it’s witness.