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| By Mike Allen ·Jul 11, 2021 |
| 🥞 Happy Sunday! Smart Brevity™ count: 884 words ... 3½ minutes. Edited by Fadel Allassan. 🚀 Livestream of Richard Branson flight starts 10:30 a.m. ET. |
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| 1 big thing: Politics invade pulpit |
 Reproduced from Pew Research Center. Chart: Axios Visuals Even in congregations that historically had eschewed politics, pastors across America felt compelled to address America's most divisive issues over the past year, Axios' Kim Hart writes. Two-thirds of American churches heard overtly political sermons or messages in the run-up to the 2020 election, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of 12,832 sermons, shared online by 2,143 churches. - Between Aug. 31 and Nov. 8, 2020, 67% of churches posted at least one sermon or message about the 2020 election.
48% of sermons mentioning the election in evangelical Protestant churches discussed specific issues, parties or candidates. Evangelical pastors were more than twice as likely as others to use "Satan," "hell" and "pray [for our] president." - Historically Black Protestant pastors were far more likely to encourage voting and turnout, and to reference voter suppression.
When discussing racism, evangelical pastors disproportionately leaned on the oblique "racial tension." Evangelicals also used terms like "police officer," "crime" and "convict" around three times as often as others. - Pastors in mainline and historically Black Protestant congregations used terms like "anti-racism" and "white supremacist."
Catholic priests were least likely to discuss any of these topics. - 69% of Catholic congregations heard at least one mention of the pandemic. Other congregations were at least 10 points more likely to have heard a COVID message, Pew found.
Share this story. ... Go deeper: Pew's study. |
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| 2. The "Bernie and Joe show" |
| "The man and his $6 trillion plan." Photo: Shawn McCreesh/The New York Times. Used by kind permission Sen. Bernie Sanders "has changed the whole debate in the nation's capital ... trying to yank his party back to its working-class roots and steer President Biden in a bolder, more progressive direction," Maureen Dowd writes (subscription) after visiting him at Henry's Diner in Burlington, Vt. - Why he matters: "A president and senator who are both pushing 80, men who were underestimated and dismissed for years in Democratic circles, are now teaming up to transform the country."
"Maureen, let me just tell you what we're trying to do here," Sanders, 79, told the N.Y. Times columnist. "We're working on what I think is the most consequential piece of legislation for working families since the 1930s." - Dowd adds: "Sanders, long a wilderness prophet in Washington, a man who wrote a memoir bragging about being an outsider, admits that it is strange to be a key member of The Establishment."
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| 3. Coming to California: Brown lawns, shorter showers |
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| A buoy sits on dry land that had been under water, at drought-stricken Lake Mendocino, in Ukiah, Calif., in May. Photo: Josh Edelson/AP |
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| Gov. Gavin Newsom's plea to Californians this week to voluntarily cut water use means lushly watered lawns "are likely to once again become battlegrounds," the L.A. Times reports. - Why it matters: As much as 50% of residential water use goes to outdoor irrigation — much of it wasted.
Drought math: It's hard to incentivize collective action when my less-than five-minute shower (12½ gallons saved when using a water-efficient shower head) has a negligible effect, The Times writes. - "But nearly 40 million people live in California. The voluntary reduction ... extends to industrial, commercial and agricultural operations. ... [A] voluntary 15% water reduction statewide would save ... enough to supply 1.7 million households for a year."
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| A message from Toyota |
| How Toyota is working towards a carbon-neutral future |
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| Toyota's electrified models will comprise up to 70% of its U.S. vehicle sales. Why it's important: Toyota's hybrid vehicles sold in the U.S. have avoided putting approximately 38 million tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) into the atmosphere. |
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| 4. Pic du jour: Capitol's East Front Plaza reopens |
| Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Locals and tourists enjoyed the Capitol grounds yesterday as workers removed security fencing erected following the Jan. 6 riot. |
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| 5. Howard University on a roll |
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| A graduation-themed mural on Howard's campus on July 6. Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP |
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| With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country's most prominent writers on race, Howard University instantly becomes one of America's primary centers of Black academic thought, AP's Ashraf Khalil writes. - For more than a century, the historically Black institution in Northwest Washington has educated generations of Black political and cultural leaders — Vice President Harris, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Stokely Carmichael, Toni Morrison.
Why it matters: Even by that standard, the school is on a hot streak, with new funding streams, fresh cultural relevance and high-profile hires. - This week's hiring of Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates, a Howard alumnus, shows the school diving into America's great debates.
- "Howard University has been on that caravan for social justice for about 154 years," Howard President Wayne Frederick said.
Keep reading. ... Go deeper ... Today's WashPost front page, "At Howard, the last year launched a new era: The historically Black university boasts massive donations and attracts famous faculty. " |
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| 6. Pope prays from hospital balcony |
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| Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images |
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| Pope Francis appeared in public today for the first time since intestinal surgery a week ago, stepping out on a balcony at Rome's Gemelli hospital to lead his weekly prayer before hundreds of people. —Reuters |
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| 7. U.S.-Mexico migration trend flips |
 Data: Pew Research Center. Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios Reversing a decade-long trend, more Mexicans started coming to the U.S. than leaving in the years before the pandemic, Axios' Stef Kight writes from a Pew Research Center report. What happened: Job losses from the 2008 financial crisis, stricter U.S. immigration enforcement and slowing birth rates in Mexico all may have contributed to more people going to Mexico than the U.S. during the 2000s and early 2010s, according to Pew researchers. |
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| 8. 🎮 1 fun thing: Unopened video game from 1987 sells for $870,000 |
| Photo: Heritage Auctions A sealed Nintendo game from 1987, "The Legend of Zelda," sold for $870,000 at a video games auction by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. - Heritage said that smashes the previous world record for a video game, set in April when a 1985 "Super Mario Bros." sold for $660,000.
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| A message from Toyota |
| America's largest electrified lineup is getting even larger |
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| Toyota will introduce 15 new battery electric vehicles, including seven under its Beyond Zero brand, by 2025. Why it's important: The company's diverse portfolio of electrified products will help propel Toyota towards its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050. Get the details. |
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