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Discussion Megathread: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Global Threats
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Discussion Megathread: Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing on Global Threats

Posted: 11 May 2017 06:02 AM PDT

CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, DNI Director Dan Coats, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Robert Cardillo, and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. General Vincent Steward testify on global threats.

This hearing is scheduled for 10:00am EDT

Watch:

C-Span

PBS Newshour

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I’m the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Ask me anything about religious freedom and church-state separation!

Posted: 11 May 2017 09:35 AM PDT

For 25 years I've served as the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a religious freedom advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., that is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. I'm an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and an attorney – a combination that gives me a unique perspective on church-state issues. I've made many media appearances over the years and I am the author of two books.

Most recently, I've led Americans United in opposing President Donald Trump's unconstitutional and un-American Muslim ban; supporting the Johnson Amendment that protects the integrity of houses of worship and our elections by ensuring tax-exempt organizations don't endorse or oppose political candidates; fighting attempts to redefine religious freedom by allowing it to be used to discriminate against the LGBTQ community, women, people of minority faiths, non-believers, and others; defending the religious neutrality of our public schools; and opposing the diversion of public funds to religious institutions through private school vouchers and similar schemes.

To learn more about AU's work:

Website: au.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/americansunited/

Twitter: twitter.com/americansunited

Instagram: www.instagram.com/americansunited/

Proof: http://imgur.com/2Nsovn0

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Donald Trump fired James Comey because 'he refused to end Russia investigation', say multiple FBI insiders

Posted: 11 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT