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First up from the God Machine this week is a look at a new cheap moncler argument from an evangelical White House ally in defense of Donald Trump’s family separation policy. TPM reported the other day:

Pastor Paula White, chair of President Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory board, defended Trump’s child separation policy cheap moncler jackets earlier this week by claiming that Jesus did not live in Egypt illegally, and that “he would not have been our Messiah” if he’d broken the law.

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So, how did the White House, which knew about today’s announcement days ago, respond to the indictment? In a rather discouraging way.

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Earlier this week, Donald Trump acted as if he’d found something new to brag about. Referring to himself in third person, the president wrote on Twitter, “New Poll says Trump, at over 90%, is the most popular Republican in history of the Party. Wow!”

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“You know, a poll just came out monlcer down jackets that I am the most popular person in the history of the Republican Party 92 per cent. Beating Lincoln. I beat our Honest Abe.”.