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This is Toby Sumpter with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Thursday, August 27, 2020. Today you will hear about the NBA lying prostrate before the woke gods, burning down businesses turns (shock) violent Tuesday night in Wisconsin, Eric Mason pulls reparations out of a his Exodus hat, churches are being fined in California, Hurricane Laura now identifies as a category 4 storm, and US Appeals Court rules that Hurricane Laura must be allowed in Women’s locker rooms, and the Idaho House passes a resolution that says the sky is blue. NBA Sits Out Game 5 for Jacob Blake Shooting https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/milwaukee-bucks-are-boycotting-game-5-of-the-nba-playoffs-vs-magic-in-aftermath-of-jacob-blake-shooting/ The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t take the court for their Game 5 against the Magic on Wednesday. The NBA collective bargaining agreement bans strikes, which means the Bucks are breaking their own contract to stop playing in protest of police violence. (But this is your reminder that there aren’t really illegal strikes, just unsuccessful ones. A little later, the NBA released an official statement “The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – Bucks vs. Magic, Houston Rockets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers vs. Portland Trail Blazers – have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled.” But it’s worth pointing out once again that the mass persecution of the Uigars in China and the cancellation of the democratic freedoms of Hong Kong are too complicated for NBA players to comment on, tweet about, much less boycott over. More Rioting and Violence in Wisconsin https://nypost.com/2020/08/26/illinois-teen-charged-in-fatal-shooting-of-2-kenosha-rioters/?utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_medium=Native&utm_campaign=NYPFacebook&fbclid=IwAR0TfKCNg9fCNWTYqTd8gozwgGqkNaqKStPb_hIyfFr727HPEZc7ZspkqrI A 17 year old Illionois man has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting deaths of two protestors after a third night of rioting in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting. Protests continue in various cities around the country, with recent videos surfacing of protestors harassing people sitting outside of restaurants being ordered to raise their fists in solidarity with the protests. Philadelphia Pastor Eric Mason Calls for Reparations https://disrn.com/news/philadelphia-minister-dr-eric-mason-calls-for-200-years-of-free-college-for-blacks-as-reparations/ Pastor Mason calls for reparations based on the Exodus story, calling the plagues protests and the fact that the God told the people to ask for gold and clothing from the Egyptians as establishing the right of reparations. He called for 200 years of free college tuition, canceling every black person’s student loan debt, and repaying blacks for student loans. Mason did note that reparations cannot bring peace on earth – Jesus will bring peace on earth, but “while we’re on earth, we gotta make the most of our time, make the most of our minas…” When someone in the crowd asked Pastor Mason if they should follow the rest of the laws concerning slavery in the book of Exodus, Mason declined to comment. This is why we need Weapons for this War. Which is why we want to invite you to our first annual Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Nashville October 1-3. We’ve put together a package that is full of feasting and psalm singing, hearty fellowship, and a line up of speakers Douglas Wilson, George Grant, Glenn Sunshine, Rod Martin, myself, and Jeff Durbin and David Bahnsen – also a special Darren Doane after hours meet and greet. All committed to showing you how God’s Word is a sharp sword to take with you into every battle, from politics to business to education and family and much more. Please join us this October 1st through [...]