February 2, 2023 — Press ReleaseWASHINGTON–Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) spoke on the House Floor today on Republicans’ partisan efforts to remove her from her committees and silence her. You can view video of her remarks here.
Below are her remarks as prepared for delivery.
“Who gets to be an American?
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[NOTE: Luckily, I didn’t grow up evangelical, but old-style Catholic, which had its own hallways of horror. But that’s another story, or stories. The theology underlying the Rapture genre goes back to about 1830, and the work of a British preacher/teacher, John Nelson Darby. It’s commonly called Dispensationalism, and has spawned innumerable sects, rivalries, splits, and turgid novels. For more on its history and varieties, go here.]
I grew up evangelical. Terrifying rapture films scarred me for ever
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Tales of wars, plagues and starvation left my friends and me fearing we’d be ‘left behind’. They haunt me to this day
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“Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism and What Comes Next” and author Bradley Onishi. Photo by Rudy Meyers
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Online pharmacies that sell abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google and other third parties, which may allow law enforcement to prosecute those who use the medications to end their pregnancies, a ProPublica analysis has found.
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[NOTE: First, a reflection: Quakers are known, in part, for a devotion to losing causes. This penchant was deftly satirized by Doug Gwyn, a renowned scholar/songwriter, in his ditty, “Yonder Stands the Quaker”:
“Yonder stands the Quaker,
Looking quaint as a box of Quaker Oats . . .
Yonder stand the Quakers,
On the far side of the back of beyond;
Misfit mystics, a boil
On the bum of Babylon. . . .
They’re standing for peace and justice . . . Continue reading Time to Close Gitmo, Says Its First Commander