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The Social Gospel is a hallmark of historic American Christianity. But where did it come from? Why have it at all?

A big attaboy to Senator Tom Cotton. He is among the first in Washington to begin sounding the alarms about something most Americans have never heard of. It’s the Environmental,

Todays move was a public relations move. this had nothing to do with oil, nothing to do with relief at the pump, all public relations. if you look at what the white house or biden will say, they demonize the oil industry, and him as a heroic figure, and single handedly bringing down 180 million barrels of oil to bring down the prices. the oil companies are like old robber barrons, and us versus them. >> and 95% of them are owned by small energy companies, we know that. >> cannot take the kind of...

Unfeathered power as zuckerberg has right now where no one stands up to him in the company and no one stands up to him in congress and at the white house. no one really stands up to him in the media. he is a robber barron. elon musk is a robber barron. these people are robber barrons and we have seen the greatest transfer of wealth? which republicans ought to say oh, we dont like redistributing income? oh really? the tax policies i have supported through the 80s and 90s and continued to be suppo...

Dont care, part-time, seasonal, everybody gets at least $15 an hour. yesterday with a little less fanfare well have to take it from bonuses and other things. if you work a certain amount you had access to certain discounts on stock and things like that. so here is the thing. jeff besos is under a lot of pressure. it wasnt long ago that senator sanders wanted the put out the stop besos tax. the silicon valley billionaires are looked at worse than robber barrons. winners take all by a progressive ...

Of freezing rain and sleet. and then we have the snow north of that cold front. so there is the past 12 hours. for new york city switchover from snow to freezing rain all rain. a lot of folks are going to have some problems on the roadways and in the air. make sure that you are keeping track of your airline delays. winter storm advisories for millions of folks here across very busy areas across the northeast. theres your forecast precipitation again in the pink thats where we are dealing with ic...

Creative than i gave her credit for. >> i think -- >> 132nd indian. >> you want to add to this? >> sure. under reagan they deregulated wall street and a lot of the robber barrons took over. it put us in another depress. >> what about the community reinvestment act? >> unemployment went down. inflation went down. job creation skyrocketed under reagan. >> it did. it was inflated and investment bankers made billions of dollars. >> im sorry. go ahead. >> if youre down on prosperity and the free mark...

So i think its -- shes more creative than i gave her credit for. >> i think -- >> 132nd indian. >> you want to add to this? >> sure. under reagan they deregulated wall street and a lot of the robber barrons took over. it put us in another depress. >> what about the community reinvestment act? >> unemployment went down. inflation went down. job creation skyrocketed under reagan. >> it did. it was inflated and investment bankers made billions of dollars. >> im sorry. go ahead. >> if youre down on ...

Soldier idd behind the killings in afghanistan, and now the puerto rico primary, and bob woodward, the reality is that mitt romney is a weak frontrunner and he cant put away what a lot of people think is a weak field, and you hear from senator mccain his views on the accumulating toll on romney as a candidate and the party by the time they get to the general election. what are you expecting in the next week? >> well, not just the week, but there will be a republican running against obama, and se...

In afghanistan, and now the puerto rico primary, and bob woodward, the reality is that mitt romney is a weak frontrunner and he cant put away what a lot of people think is a weak field, and you hear from senator mccain his views on the accumulating toll on romney as a candidate and the party by the time they get to the general election. what are you expecting in the next week? >> well, not just the week, but there will be a republican running against obama, and senator mccain said under the supr...