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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.

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Again, if your safety or your salary depended on knowing the truth about something, you would, as a matter of course, disbelieve US government PR. This is a bad development, which has not always been the case, and could in theory be pretty easily rectified.

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🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S. intel agencies still see no evidence Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner told MSNBC.

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Martha's Table will be holding several free food markets in Wards 7 and 8 to help fill the gap as schools close for the summer.

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He’s lying. He knows he’s lying. And he’s lying to force us into a needless war. This is exactly what you impeach a president for.

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Football dominates team-sport attention in Africa but the continent has also given the world some of the best basketball players of all time. Think Hakeem Olajuwon and Dikembe Mutombo. But African women hoop too. And they are having an international moment writes @nanjala.bsky.social

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As someone who has dedicated essentially his entire adult life to following Middle East politics, and as someone who publicly has no great love for the actions of Iran in the region, the perennial, open urge to carpetbomb Iran is one of the most deranged impulses in US Middle East policy circles

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Fantastic!

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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism “'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.' More of this, please"

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Yeah, it was so dark, but mostly that was (incorrectly) chalked up to Bush's weird turns of phrase. I know wise, talented ppl in necessary roles at DHS. BUT also, other agencies totally pulled a Cuban refugee situation and sent their low performers to DHS to "help" w initial staffing.

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I am on the VERY outskirts of war (near Gaza but not involved; in between Iran and Israel), and it sucks. Travel plans are all iffy. There are sirens when weapons go overhead. Next time you hear anyone advocate for war, know that they have no idea of the depth or width of its terribleness.

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Big fan of puppies, but not of military parades, wherever they may be 🤷‍♂️

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Though many churches include ASL, this San Antonio megachurch is just one of a handful of US congregations to hire a deaf pastor in a full-time ministry role www.chron.com/culture/reli...

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Excellent speech today by Jordan's King Abdullah II at the European Parliament. The world desperately needs moral leadership. With no sign of that coming from political quarters, Catholic and other religious leaders MUST step up! (see yesterday's post re. Pope Francis' global moral leadership)

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Some good news for a change! www.statnews.com/2025/06/16/n...

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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

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This is why the Bible says idolatry is bad

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New report from @theosthinktank.bsky.social explores the distinct and crucial role of churches in the integration of refugees and asylum seekers. From Strangers to Neighbours: The Church and the Integration of Refugees: www.theosthinktank.co.uk/research/202...

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They built up a narrative of widespread fraud by…committing fraud. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

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disciples: oh hey u guys are back early women: tomb's empty disciples: what? women: unloading a basket of spices and heading back out the door tomb's empty

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the regressiveness of the Trump's big bill, in one image

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DMV local news for the win

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Turtle Mutual Aid:

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We aren't saved by Jesus's death. We are reconciled to God by Jesus's death, but we are saved by Jesus's life. And I don't know how else to explain this except by color-coding four chapters' worth of Romans.

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Israel has killed more Palestinians in Gaza in the last 24 hours than the combined death toll of the Israel-Iran conflict This impunity, enabled by global moral failure, will echo through history www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...

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Super wish I could have been in DC this week... Josh Johnson was there!!!

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Actually interesting perspective. I'm still not one tiny little bit interested in glorifying militarism, and there's too much uncritical war stuff in DC as-is, but good to acknowledge the humans involved and good that the president didn't hijack it.

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