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Wednesday, November 18, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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The Tectonic Plates in American Politics Are Shifting: Religious Liberty and the Coming Battle of Executive Orders



NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO (TOM GJELTEN)

Religious Freedom Arguments Give Rise To Executive Order Battle



PART 2
(9:37 - 18:27):

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An Insidious Threat to Religious Institutions of Higher Learning: The Human Rights Campaign Gives Its List of Demands for a Biden Administration



HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN

Blueprint for Positive Change 2020



PART 3
(18:28 - 27:14):

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Drag Queen Story Hour Crosses the Canadian Border: Is It a Big Deal or Not? Scripture Is Clear



CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (TAHIAT MAHBOOB)

How a B.C. library's Drag Queen Story Hour turned into a nationwide fight for intellectual freedom

John 15:12-17

Third Avenue Baptist Church...


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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 12:32):

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Religious Freedom as America’s “Disfavored Right”? Justice Samuel Alito Delivers Remarkable Speech on the State of American Liberties



THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY

Address by Justice Samuel Alito [Video]



PART 2
(12:33 - 14:40):

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The Mainstream Media’s Response to Justice Alito’s Speech Is Not Shocking, But Quite Revealing



WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

Alito Defends the Courts



LOS ANGELES TIMES (MICHAEL MCGOUGH)

Alito’s Federalist Society speech was bad for the Supreme Court



VICE (CARTER SHERMAN)

A Supreme Court Justice Went on a Rant About COVID, Abortion, and LGTBQ Rights



USA TODAY (WILLIAM CUMMINGS)

Critics decry Supreme Court Justice Alito's 'nakedly partisan' speech on COVID-19 measures, gay marriage



PART 3
(14:41 - 25:4):

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Why the Electoral College? Understanding the Architecture of the U.S. Constitution as Calls to Abolish the Electoral College Return Yet Again



NEW YORK TIMES (JAMELLE BOUIE)

2020 Shows Why the Electoral College Is Stupid and Immoral



WASHINGTON POST (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

Abolish the electoral college

Monday, November 16, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 19:59):

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The Crisis of Legitimacy in American Politics — And With the World Watching Us



THE ATLANTIC (PETER BEINART)

What the Tributes to George H. W. Bush Are Missing



PART 2
(19:60 - 22:14):

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Who Sets the Election Rules? A Question from Pennsylvania that Must Be Answered



WALL STREET JOURNAL (THE EDITORIAL BOARD)

The Supreme Court’s Pennsylvania Cleanup



PART 3
(22:15 - 25:2):

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Political Reality in a Fallen World: Why Politics Will Eventually Break Your Heart

Friday, November 13, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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A Battle for Majority in the U.S. Senate: What’s at Stake in the Two Senate Run-Off Elections in Georgia?



NEW YORK TIMES (JIM TANKERSLEY)

Biden’s Policy Agenda Rests Heavily on Senate Outcome



PART 2
(10:37 - 20:5):

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The Far Left Makes Its Demands for a Potential Biden Administration: Radical Proposals Seem Almost Certain if Democrats Gain Senate Majority



NEW YORK TIMES (SYDNEY EMBER)

Progressives’ Wish List for Biden Starts With Warren and Sanders



PART 3
(20:6 - 24:23):

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The Future of Religious Liberty in America in Peril: Elections Have Consequences—Especially the Upcoming Senate Run-Offs in Georgia



USA TODAY (KATE SOSIN)

Equality Act hangs in the balance as Democrats falter in Senate races

Thursday, November 12, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 12:11):

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Why Is It So Hard for Atheists to Get Voted in to Congress? A Good Question That Deserves a Good Answer



RELIGION NEWS SERVICE (PHIL ZUCKERMAN)

Why is it so hard for atheists to get voted in to Congress?



PART 2
(12:12 - 15:45):

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Is It Possible for an Atheist to Be Moral? Can Atheism Produce a True Morality? One Good Question Leads to Another



THINKING IN PUBLIC

A Comprehensively Secular Life? A Conversation with Professor Phil Zuckerman



PART 3
(15:46 - 24:46):

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An Old and Evil Idea Reappears on a Public University Campus in California: Eugenics Is Alive and Becoming “Newgenics”



LOS ANGELES TIMES (TERESA WATANABE)

UC Berkeley is disavowing its eugenic research fund after bioethicist and other faculty call it out

A Parable of God, Country, and Notre Dame: A Conversation with Historian Wilson D. Miscamble about Theodore Hesburgh

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
(0:0 - 11:29):

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An Interesting Divergence of Worldviews within the Democratic Party: A Debate Among Democratic Members of Congress Breaks Into Open



NEW YORK TIMES (LISA LERER)

Win or Lose, Trump and Biden’s Parties Will Plunge Into Uncertainty



NEW YORK TIMES (ASTEAD W. HERNDON)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Biden’s Win, House Losses, and What’s Next for the Left



WALL STREET JOURNAL (NATALIE ANDREWS AND KRISTINA PETERSON)

Pelosi Faces Lawmakers Frustrated Over Loss of House Seats



PART 2
(11:30 - 20:53):

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A Troubling but Predictable Pattern as the Vatican “Clarifies” Pope’s Statement on Civil Unions: Pope Francis Liberalizes His Church Wink by Wink



WALL STREET JOURNAL (FRANCIS X. ROCCA)

Pope Francis Backs Civil Unions for Gay Couples, in Shift for Vatican



NEW YORK TIMES (ELISABETTA POVOLEDO)

Vatican Clarifies Pope Francis’s Comments on Same-Sex Unions



PART 3
(20:54 - 25:14):

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A Change in the Dictionary Drives Change in the Culture: Oxford Dictionaries Alter Definition of “Woman” After Claims of Sexism



USA TODAY (N'DEA YANCEY-BRAGG)

Oxford dictionaries change 'sexist' definitions of the word 'woman' after online petition

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

DOCUMENTATION AND ADDITIONAL READING

PART 1
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There Is No Middle Ground on Abortion: Why Is Abortion Being Framed in Terms of Equality and Inequality?



NEW YORK TIMES (QUOCTRUNG BUI, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER AND MARGOT SANGER-KATZ)

What Happens if Roe v. Wade Is Overturned?



PART 2
(8:14 - 12:36):

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First Amendment Rights Trampled Upon by One University’s Student Government: A Pro-Life Student Group Would Create a “Hostile Environment”?



DES MOINES REGISTER (CLEO KREJCI)

UNI student government blocks anti-abortion group from forming a chapter, says it could create a hostile environment



PART 3
(12:37 - 17:20):

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The ACLU Has Switched Teams: The Transgender Revolution Comes at an Enormous Cost and Female Athletes Are Paying the Price



WALL STREET JOURNAL (SANDRA BUCHA)

The ACLU’s Betrayal of Athletic Girls



PART 4
(17:21 - 25:25):

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Amazon Hires “Intimacy Coordinator” for ‘Lord of the Rings’ Streaming Series: The Corruption of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Narrative



ALBERTMOHLER.COM

From Father to Son—J.R.R. Tolkien on Sex

From Father to Son — J.R.R. Tolkien on Sex

I talk about the announcement that Amazon intends to include sex and nudity in the upcoming "Lord of the Rings" streaming series on today's episode of The Briefing. Listen here. ...


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