From Pavlovitz (America's Conscience): Hearts and Prayers, Bullets and Guns
In America, guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens. It's the guns, damn it!
It’s only appropriate to give this week’s last word John Pavlovitz, a retired minister (due to having a conscience) and one of the best commentators in America on the Radical Right’s drift from any true spirituality.
A quote:
Republicans offer "thoughts and prayers" after a mass murder, as if that has been their only option all along, as if they can offer nothing else, now.
They offer "thoughts and prayers" as if God is somehow responsible for:
easy access to military-grade weapons,
for the NRA perpetuating a Wild West, cowboy gun culture,
for churches, preachers, and presidents still incubating fear of and disdain for gay people and Muslims and immigrants and people of color,
for a deep-pocketed gun lobby that has fully infiltrated our political process.
for a supposedly "Christian nation" that spends ten times more to arm its military than to teach its children.
And the whole thing:
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COMING MONDAY: What links RFK, Jr. and Donald Trump, who calls him the “crown jewel” of his cabinet (you’re joking)? EPSTEIN.