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Many, but not all, Ethical Humanists in the US consider themselves religious, and US courts and the IRS recognise their communities as religious. They belong and maybe behave religiously, but they do not believe religiously since they don’t believe in God or the supernatural.

One Good Way to Understand Religion Is to Break It Apart | Psyche Ideas

psyche.co

After Lafayette Square, Gates told both Milley and Esper that, given Trump’s increasingly erratic and dangerous behavior, they needed to stay in the Pentagon as long as they could. “If you resign, it’s a one-day story,” Gates told them. “If you’re fired, it makes it clear you were standing up for the right thing.” Gates advised Milley that he had another important card and urged him to play it: “Keep the chiefs on board with you and make it clear to the White House that if you go they all go, so that the White House knows this isn’t just about firing Mark Milley. This is about the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff quitting in response.”

Inside the War Between Trump and His Generals

newyorker.com

For comparison, the private equity buyout of Citrix Systems Inc. was signed in January, and last month banks sold most of the $15 billion of debt for the deal at prices of 83.5 to 91 cents on the dollar. Similar levels here would leave Musk’s banks with more than a billion dollars of losses.

Elon’s Back

bloomberg.com

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