Notices by Steve Thompson PhD (stevethompson@mastodon.social)

Paula White Gets Passover Wrong

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/paula-white-house-faith-passover-video-supernatural-blessing-prosperity-gospel-exodus/

The televangelist misappropriates God’s promises to ancient Israel in Exodus as a prosperity gospel for today.

#CHRISTENDOM #PAULAWHITE #EXODUS #PASSOVER #MOSES #THEOLOGY #PROSPERITYGOSPEL

Danish Foreign Minister Scolds Trump Admin For Its Criticism Of Denmark And Greenland

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/danish-foreign-minister-scolds-trump-administration-criticism-denmark-greenland_n_67e7f536e4b051cf99eaaa43

KEWL🌀NEWS

#PRESS

“This Is When 1st Bombs Will Drop”: Atlantic Reveals US Chats On Yemen Attack

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/the-atlantic-war-chat-leak-yemen-attack-donald-trump-pete-hegseth-yemen-leak-houthis-this-is-when-1st-bombs-will-definitely-drop-atlantic-reveals-us-c-8017669

KEWL🌀NEWS

#PRESS

Klimt Painting of an African Prince Lost for Nearly 100 Years Goes on Show in Austria

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/klimt-painting-of-an-african-prince-lost-for-nearly-100-years-goes-on-show-in-austria/

KEWL🌀NEWS

#PRESS

Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child

https://theonion.com/grimes-slaps-i-bought-this-before-elon-went-crazy-sticker-on-child/

#MUSK #GRIMES #SATIRE

Handmaid’s Tale‘s First Season Still Feels Uncomfortably Timely in 2025

https://gizmodo.com/handmaids-tale-season-1-2025-politics-trump-2000578392

KEWL🌀NEWS

#PRESS

Families search for loved ones after hundreds taken on U.S. immigration flights disappear from online locator

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/families-search-for-loved-ones-after-hundreds-taken-on-u-s-immigration-flights-disappear-from-online-locator

KEWL🌀NEWS

#PRESS

‘Like they’re trying to do with Trump’: Florida man arrested for alleged threats to kill Kamala Harris ‘with a sniper rifle’

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/like-theyre-trying-to-do-with-trump-florida-man-arrested-for-alleged-threats-to-kill-kamala-harris-with-a-sniper-rifle/

#Trump #MAGA #idolatry #guns #violence #threat #KamalaHarris #press

Hey, GOP. Don't tell elected officials of democratic nations what they should be doing to gratify a tyrant, you sycophant worms.

Propaganda 101: Russia Praises Trump and Scolds Europe for Being the Crucible of War

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-02/russia-praises-trump-and-scolds-europe-for-being-the-crucible-of-war

Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 with thousands of troops, triggering the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West since the depths of the Cold War. The conflict in eastern Ukraine began in 2014 after a pro-Russian president was toppled in Ukraine's Maidan Revolution and Russia annexed Crimea, with Russian-backed separatist forces fighting Ukraine's armed forces.

#Trussia #press

Europe must show leadership against Trump’s ‘ruthlessness,’ Baerbock says

https://www.politico.eu/article/annalena-baerbock-europe-leadership-against-donald-trump-ruthlessness-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

KEWL🌀NEWS

#TRUMP #RUSSIA #TRUSSIA #UKRAINE #PRESS

Mass deportation is not the answer — loving your neighbors is

https://religionnews.com/2025/02/25/mass-deportation-is-not-the-answer-loving-your-neighbors-is/

KEWL🌀NEWS

#PRESS

Why is Trump pressuring Romania to go soft on accused rapist Andrew Tate?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/22/2305271/-Why-is-Trump-pressuring-Romania-to-go-soft-on-accused-rapist-Andrew-Tate

Trump’s administration is pressuring the Romanian government to roll back travel restrictions on right-wing influencer Andrew Tate, who has been accused of rape and human trafficking.

After the 2024 election, Tate praised Trump as a “hero” who “single handedly kept two evil war mongering she witches out of office,” referring to...Hillary Clinton and...Kamala Harris.

#Trump #Tate #Romania #press

How convenient!

"Musk’s cost-cutting team is laying off workers at the auto safety agency overseeing his car company"

https://apnews.com/article/musk-trump-autonomous-selfdriving-doge-auto-safety-99b369c5e3ccd3e7c09b6951604b3a0a

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team is eliminating jobs at the vehicle safety agency that oversees Tesla and has launched investigations into deadly crashes involving his company’s cars.

Musk has accused NHTSA of holding back progress on self-driving technology with its investigations and recalls.

#MUSK #NHTSA #SAFETY #TESLA #PRESS #DOGE

They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-federal-workers-public-health-hhs

Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behind.

#trump #GOP #press

Ignorance is a cruel taskmaster.

This is how a global dictatorship begins.

"JD Vance Warns Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to Shut up and Obey Trump"

https://newrepublic.com/post/191713/jd-vance-ukraine-volodymyr-zelenskiy-donald-trump

Vance issued a stark warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday, cautioning the war-battered leader against "badmouthing" Donald Trump even as the U.S. pushes forward with handing over Ukrainian land to Russia in lopsided peace talks.

“Everyone who knows the president will tell you that is an atrocious way to deal with this administration.”

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-pathways-to-coverage-hurdles

Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.

#GA #Medicaid #GOP #Trump #press

Justices knew what they were awarding and how it wiould be used. Oddly enough, Biden had it, too. He did zip with it.

"The Supreme Court gave Trump immunity. He’s using it as a blank check."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/19/politics/trump-supreme-court-immunity/index.html

Trump has expounded an extraordinary vision of his authority over the past month, relying on the Supreme Court’s decision last year granting him immunity from criminal prosecution as a blank check in his broader drive for power.

#trump #scotus #immunity

Good news. Thank you, Jesus.

"Critics cheer Trump postmaster general’s resignation after 'turbulent five-year tenure'"

https://www.alternet.org/dejoy-resignation-trump-biden/

"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's five-year association with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is coming to an end. CBS News' Kate Gibson, on Tuesday, February 18, reported that DeJoy is leaving the agency."

#DeJoy #USPS #pariah #press