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In case you don't speak Hebrew (I sure don't), the title phrase translates to "In God's Divine Image."

Now, I'm not religious, identifying as Taoist if asked, but I'm always interested in contextualizing the attacks made by the religious right against trans people. One of the more recent attacks has been that God has a limited view of gender.

Gender identity confusion should not be exploited by social activists — like those in the Obama administration — who want to deny the God-given distinction between the sexes.This is a rebellion against God's plan.

The Bible says 'God made them from the beginning male and female.' Not male, female and question mark. God has determined how many sexes there are—there are two, not three.

--Robert Jeffress

Fortunately, people like Jeffress do not have ownership of religion. Southern Baptists are not the only game in town.

A "senior political reporter" at CNN tells us how the Democratic Party bigwigs are busy developing a strategy for pushing Bernie Sanders to the sidelines and uniting the party behind the Anointed One, Her Highness Hillary Robem Clinton. (Okay, so I might have got the middle name slightly wrong.)

Unemployment drops to below 5%. Great news? Not exactly:

U.S. employers drastically slowed their hiring in May, adding just 38,000 employees, the fewest in more than 5 years and a sign of concern after the economy barely grew in the first three months of the year.

How do you know a lawyer is lying? His/her lips are moving. Thankfully, I came across this ludicrous "journalistic" hypocrisy several hours after dinner. I really don't like to eat shit sandwiches, especially after a nice meal.

By Greg Palast with Dennis J Bernstein for Reader Supported News

[Los Angeles] Woop! Woop! Alert! Some California poll workers have been told to give "provisional" ballots to all independent voters in Tuesday’s Democratic Party.

That’s wrong. That’s evil. That’s sick and illegal.

Remember when David Shuster tweeted this?

Sources: @HillaryClinton lawyer D. Kendall has reminded @FBI Clinton is under NO legal obligation to give interview. #clintonemails

Okay, let me first start by saying, I encourage everyone to exercise their right to vote (or not) for any candidate that they deem acceptable. Moreover, you have every right to vote for anyone for any office because it is your right and you do not need a reason. However, I believe you need to understand why you support your selected candidate; policies, positions, or political ideology.

The second of planned Judicial Watch depositions, carried out under the order of Judge Sullivan, involving Clinton chief-of-staff Cheryl Mills was taken on May 27, 2016--under oath (penalty of perjury). Ms. Mills, herself a lawyer had an assemblage of her own attorneys. This stuff ain't cheap; I wonder who is footing the bill here for respondent's legal fees--it is probably us, we the people, because the named defendant in this proceeding is the U.S. Department of State.

          The designation, Evidence Based Community, makes me a bit skittish. I am regularly "down voted" at Reddit by members of its evidence based community. At certain political sites I am worse than "down voted" because -- by not being a political pundit -- I must be an idiot for thinking [blah blah blah], and if I would just look at the evidence. Then more [blah blah blah] about "just the facts ma'am".
          I **think** I understand the motivation of these various detractors. They act like the Republicans That Hate Science but envy the success of science, and hate people, like me, who have a useful, and (more importantly) credible Weltanschauung. Or, perhaps they are just time traveling anachronisms from the 20^th century.

Back in early April LeChienHarry and I assembled a list of Superdelegates. The preponderance were committed to Clinton long before Sanders voters expressed their wishes - Sanders for President.

Except for those with real integrity, politicians care about one thing and one thing only - getting reelected.