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Daily News Digest - Summary for May 02 2025

Daily News Digest - Summary for May 02 2025
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Does the Bible Teach Blind Obedience to the State?

The simple answer to the question is No, of course not. And few would argue the point at all. Perhaps then the better question is To what extent does the Bible teach submission to the state?

By Jeb Smith

The simple answer to the question is No, of course not. And few would argue the point at all. Perhaps then the better question is To what extent does the Bible teach submission to the state? The surprising answer, on closer examination, is not all that much. Let’s dig in.

God created the universe, and man within it, with distinct and immutable existences, images, and laws defining their extents and limitations, rights, freedoms, liberties and constraints. These cannot be altered or intruded upon by others, nor should attempts to do so be made. Later came the nations. Any nation following God’s law will be blessed (Deuteronomy 28:1-14; Psalm 33:12), and any nation not doing so will be cursed (Deuteronomy 6:15-17.).

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Instagram's AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists

When pushed for credentials, Instagram's user-made AI Studio bots will make up license numbers

Instagram's AI Chatbots Lie About Being Licensed Therapists

By Samantha Cole, Via 404media.com

“My heart goes out to you,” she responded in my Instagram direct messages, alongside conversations I’m having with people I know in real life, like old friends and my mom. “Depression can feel overwhelming—would you like to talk about what’s been going on and how you’ve been feeling lately?” the chatbot said…

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Top Corporate PAC Money Recipient Leads GOP Tax Overhaul

Rep. Jason Smith, chair of the powerful tax-writing committee, took more PAC money from corporations last cycle than any House member since at least 2002.

By Donald Shaw

As Republicans in Congress craft their budget megabill, the House Ways and Means Committee is at the center of high-stakes decisions on tax policies that could pour billions into corporate pockets. Leading that charge is Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), the committee chair and Congress’ top 2024 election cycle recipient of corporate PAC money, including donations from the PACs of giants like AT&T, Duke Energy, and Bank of America that have paid low effective tax rates in recent years and have billions at stake in the pending tax code overhaul…

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Kennedy says, at cabinet meeting, that HHS has been involved in sex trafficking of children

Kennedy: “We have ended HHS…as the vector, the principal vector in this country for child trafficking

Kennedy says he will finalize rules that increase diversity in clinical  trials | Reuters

by Jon Rappoport

Kennedy: “We have ended HHS…as the vector, the principal vector in this country for child trafficking—and during the Biden administration, HHS became a collaborator in child trafficking and for sex, and for slavery, and we have ended that…And we’re very aggressively going out and trying to find these children 300,000 children that were lost by the Biden administration…and we are [finding them].”…

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“The masters of the universe are Jews,” former US Senator declares in Israel

The remarks came as Coleman lamented that pro-Israel propagandists are “losing the digital war”

by The Grayzone

The remarks came as Coleman lamented that pro-Israel propagandists are “losing the digital war” in battle for the hearts and minds of younger generations, and called for more stringent censorship of pro-Palestinian speech.

“A majority or Gen Z have an unfavorable impression of Israel. And, my friends, I think the reason for that is that we’re losing the digital war. They’re getting their information from TikTok, and… and we’re losing that war.”…

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Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 gas turbines, no air pollution permits

The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.

Aerial view of xAI datacenter

By Ariel Wittenberg

MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma.

None of the 35 methane gas turbines that help power xAI’s massive supercomputer is equipped with pollution controls typically required by federal rules…

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