1. Iraqi Christians Are Trying to Remove Every Trace of ISIS from Their Town (VIDEO)
In 2014, ISIS overtook the town of Qaraqosh in Ninevah, home to Iraqi Christians who can trace their roots back to the 4th century BC. The town was recently liberated from ISIS, but residents returned to utter destruction — and a determination to rebuild.
2. How President Trump Could Seize More Power After a Terrorist Attack
Many commentators are taking Trump’s poorly vetted executive order — which could be overturned by a higher court after the 9th Circuit decision to stay the ban — to a logical conclusion that he’s aiming to “manipulate public angst” should an attack on U.S. soil occur during his presidency.
“At some point, inevitably, Christians will have to choose between Jesus and their preferred political party and ideology.”
4. ‘Nevertheless, She Persisted’ and the Age of the Weaponized Meme
“‘Nevertheless, she persisted’ has, on the one hand, the impish irony of a powerful person’s words being used against him. It has, on the other, words that are elegant in their brevity, making them especially fit for tweets and slogans and mugs. And it has, too, words that are particularly poetic, rendered in near-iambic pentameter, with the key verb of their accusation — ‘persisted’ — neatly rhyming with that other key verb: ‘resisted.’ The whole thing was, for Warren, a perfect storm. It was, for McConnell, a decidedly imperfect one.”
5. Judge Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance Records of Black Lives Matter Activists
“NYPD authorities ‘make blanket assertions and fail to particularize or distinguish their surveillance or undercover techniques and records,’ [Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Manuel] Mendez wrote, adding that the department had failed to show why the use of redactions could not protect ongoing investigative work.”
6. Ordinary Americans Carried Out Inhumane Acts for Trump
“[The actions of the Customs and Border Protection officers are] a reminder that authoritarians have no trouble finding the people they need to carry out their acts of cruelty. They do not need special monsters; they can issue orders to otherwise unexceptional people who will carry them out dutifully.”
7. The 4 Types of Constitutional Crises — and Which Are Likely to Come Up During a Trump Presidency
A good primer as the Trump administration saturates the public with executive actions that may undermine constitutional rights.
8. I’m Pro-Life, and Pro-Refugee
The president of World Relief lays out the case for evangelical Christians to oppose the refugee ban: “… how can I demand absolute security for myself (which I do not expect or demand in any other part of my life) while 65 million people are fleeing the very terrorism, war and persecution that are the antithesis of life?”
9. ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Is Required Viewing
The James Baldwin documentary is now playing.
10. WATCH: If Adele’s ‘Hello’ Was About Calling Congress
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