Sarah Posner
Reporting Fellow, @typeinvestigate.
Coming May 26, 2020 from @RandomHouse:
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Jared Kushner bragged in April that Trump was taking the country 'back from the doctors'
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner boasted in mid-April about how the President had cut out the doctors and scientists advising him on the unfolding coronavirus pandemic, comments that came as more than 40,000...
Trump’s Religious Charge is Growing in Advance of the 2020 Election
By Paul A. Djupe The last week has gifted us some truly stunning news centered around the presidential election, studded by violence against voters, promised violence to (Democratic) elected offici…
Family Of Black Man Killed By Philly Cops Called For Ambulance, Not Police
Civil unrest ensued after two officers fired over a dozen shots Monday at 27-year-old Walter Wallace in front of his mother for having a mental health cr...
Trump may try to steal November’s election. Meet the people who wrote the book on fighting back. | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, senseless Philly police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. shows America has learned nothing.
Map My Vote
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John Fea: Evangelicals may vote the same in 2020 as in 2016, but we understand them much better now | Faith and Leadership
Upon learning that an overwhelming number of white evangelical voters -- 81% by some estimates -- voted for Donald Trump in November 2016, I was shocked, dismayed and angry. How could my fellow evangelicals support a narcissistic reality television...
Sarah Posner
Thanks for this, @JohnFea1:
John Fea: Evangelicals may vote the same in 2020 as in 2016, but we understand them much better now
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“You Just <em>Have</em> to Read This…” Books by Wesleyan Authors Arnold ‘91, McKenna ’79, P’20, and Posner ’86
In this continuing series, Annie Roach ’22, an English and Italian studies major from Middletown, Del., reviews alumni books and offers a selection for those
Sarah Posner
What a thrill to have Unholy reviewed in my alumni magazine, @wes_alumni @wesleyan_u
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Trump’s campaign made stops nationwide. Coronavirus cases surged in his wake in at least five places.
A USA TODAY analysis shows county COVID-19 cases grew at a faster rate after at least five of Trump's rallies across three states since mid-August.
Sarah Posner
"The president has participated in nearly three dozen rallies since mid-August, all but two at airport hangars. A USA TODAY analysis shows COVID-19 cases grew at a faster rate than before after at least five of those rallies"
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Leading Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi condemns Trump
Rabbi Mosheh Lichtenstein, head of Yeshivat Har Etzion in the West Bank, questioned Trump’s mental and moral fitness.
How Delayed Is Your Mail-In Ballot?
Of the 29 states that require mail-in ballots to arrive on or before election day, 28 have seen periods in recent weeks of average delivery times of more than six days, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social Media (Oct. 27th). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
A panel discussion with speakers Sarah Posner (author) and Kathleen Stewart (Univeristy of Texas, Austin),
moderated by Courtney Bender (Columbia University).
October 27th, 2 PM (Eastern Time)
“Apocalypse Pending: Religion, Politics, and Social...
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Coronavirus outbreak strikes L.A. megachurch that defied public health orders
Three cases have been confirmed at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, which had defied orders from Los Angeles County public health officials and a judge to stop holding indoor services.
Sarah Posner
MacArthur "and his attorneys have argued that it is their constitutional right to hold church services and that meeting together in person is a crucial part of how Grace Community Church’s congregants exercise their religion."
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How Donald Trump took a broken asylum system and turned it into a machine of unchecked cruelty
Declaring "our country is full," the president killed the myth of American decency.
Letting the Republican Party off the hook
<p>Over the weekend, President Trump took a (relative) backseat in the news cycle as other members of his party came to the fore. We learned that five top aides to Vice President Mike Pence tested positive for COVID-19; Pence has been in “close...
Schumer Sounds Alarm Ahead Of Pence 'Inexplicably' Exposing Senate To COVID-19
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sounded the alarm to his colleagues on Sunday, a day before Vice President Mike...
At 12, She’s a Covid ‘Long Hauler’
Although most young people recover quickly, doctors are seeing more children and teens with lingering fatigue and other chronic problems.
Sarah Posner
"it has become increasingly apparent that many patients with both severe and mild illness do not fully recover. "via @nytimes
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Texas Supreme Court allows Abbott's controversial mail-in ballot order to continue
The court blocked a ruling that had briefly struck down Abbott's order, which was widely decried by voting rights groups as a voter-suppression tactic.