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In Trump's instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David

JL;DR SUMMARY Emily Tamkin draws a parallel between the biblical story of Nathan the Prophet confronting King David and President Donald Trump's administration. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ProtestKing DavidDonald TrumpResilienceJusticeJewish ValuesPowerDeportationAsylumNathan The Prophet

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Minnesota, United States
"He and his father recently returned to Minnesota after being arrested and sent to a detention center in Texas."
Texas, United States
"He and his father recently returned to Minnesota after being arrested and sent to a detention center in Texas."
El Salvador
" Instead of apologizing profusely to Garcia and his family for the trauma they suffered due to the governments ineptitude, the administration responded by making retroactively building a criminal case against him a top priority."

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