One year ago, the USA pulled out of Afghanistan. Maj. Fred Galvin was part of a unit deployed to the country during the two decades of conflict, where his unit was ambushed in 2007. He recently wrote a scathing indictment of USMC leadership after the incident, during which he says they were sacrificed to protect higher-ups amid accusations they'd committed war crimes. His book, "A Few Bad Men: The True Story of U. S. Marines Ambushed in Afghanistan and Betrayed in America," details the events before and after.
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Possibly the best, and least reported, news of the week appeared in Monday’s New York Times, below the headline, “I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit.” It’s another Trump promise, fulfilled.
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The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 statute that says nonprofit organizations —501c3’s, including churches— may not endorse or oppose political candidates if they want to keep their tax-exempt status.
It was introduced by then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, mostly to stop some Texas nonprofits from attacking him during a campaign. It passed quietly, with no debate, and over time, it became a kind of political muzzle for religious groups: preach all you want, but you can’t stump.
In theory, the rule applied to all tax-exempt nonprofits, but in practice, the IRS almost never enforced it, especially against churches. It was more of an effective threat than an actual hammer— used selectively, inconsistently, and often politically. For years, conservative churches complied but argued that the rule...
