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newsTHE HILL · NOV 12 · scored NOV 12

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Democrats won — how much can they do now to restrain Trump?

As the country prepares for congressional investigations and possibly impeachments, the Supreme Court's Trump-friendly majority is poised again to put its thumb on the constitutional scale in two instances.

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Daniel 2:21 (BSB)
The blindspotwhat the coverage leaves out

Power struggles and God's sovereignty

The framing treats institutional outcomes as the deciding factor in restraining power, with no acknowledgment that God ultimately governs rulers and courts. A believer can engage politically while resting in a sovereignty the headline does not consider.

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Daniel 2:21 (BSB)

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Romans 13:1 (BSB)

OUR READING

Political anxiety over who holds power is answered, not erased, by trusting the God who raises up and removes rulers.

Persuasion techniques and doctrinal guardrails

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Who's covering this2 of 9 mainstream · 0 of 13 Christian
The Hill, mainstream outletThe New York Times, mainstream outlet
Biblical alignmentCaution Advised · 48
0 · Scripturally Misaligned100 · Strongly Aligned
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Themes · political power · institutional trust · partisan conflict

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Daniel 2:21 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Speaks to God's sovereign control over the rise and restraint of political power, the underlying concern of this fragment.

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Romans 13:1 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Grounds civil authority, including courts and legislatures, under God's ordaining hand.

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Psalm 146:3 (BSB)

OUR NOTE

Warns against placing ultimate trust in princes or political outcomes, relevant to anxious framing of power struggles.
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