BBC: Scottish children who escaped US cult speak out about years of abuse

Who are the Bunker’s knowledgeable readers about David Berg’s icky flirty-fishing “Children of God” cult?
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Former Jehovah’s Witnesses elder testifies in his molestation trial, gets 80 years in prison

[Roderick Watkins]

At his Facebook page, ex-JW activist Mark O’Donnell, posting as John Redwood on Facebook, reported from the scene at an Arkansas criminal trial, relating the dramatic events of what happened Thursday.

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L.A. District Attorney Jackie Lacey to face progressive challenger next year

[Jackie Lacey with Scientology operative, Taryn Teutsch]

Well, at least the Los Angeles Times is on this story.

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VIDEO: 10 Things Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t know about their own religion

Lloyd Evans has a new video and we love the premise. Here’s how he describes it…
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Trump has now twice implicated Pence, who seems aware he’s in a Prisoner’s Dilemma

[The vice president meeting Ukraine President Zelensky in Warsaw, Sept 2]

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[In regards to this Washington Post story: Trump involved Pence in efforts to pressure Ukraine’s leader, though officials say vice president was unaware of allegations in whistleblower complaint]

The Prisoner’s Dilemma is a paradox in which two suspects would go free if they cooperate but instead act in their own self-interest and go down. This is the Prisoner’s Dilemma playing out in the White House.
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Trophy hunting beneficial to African communities? Boston Globe begs to differ.

[Cecil the lion]

As repugnant as trophy hunting is, it has its defenders. And invariably, they argue that killing lions and elephants in Africa is actually beneficial to the local communities where it occurs.
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Tree of Life: Nearly a year later, a community struggles with homegrown terror

This brilliant Times of Israel piece revisits the Tree of Life synagogue, almost a year after 11 of its members were killed in a cowardly act of domestic terrorism last October 27.
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Lloyd Evans talks to ex-JW author whose publisher was sued for his apostasy

Lloyd’s description: “Watchtower’s typical response to apostate writers and activists is to pretend they don’t exist. But when Misha Verollet published his German-language book ‘Goodbye Jehova!’ about his experiences as a Jehovah’s Witness, they sued his publisher. I caught up with Misha in Vienna to find out more about his story.”
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Tom Cruise and the Ukraine president: Hit us with your best conspiracy theory

Tom Cruise picked a hell of a week to meet with the president of Ukraine, Vanity Fair points out…

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If Mueller Report ‘exonerated’ Trump from ‘collusion,’ why fixate on undermining it?