The progressive Working Families Party’s super PAC released a series of digital ads on June 19 taking aim at Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar’s alleged ties to right-wing nationalists. City and State, June 20, 2026. This is illustrative of the influence of Hindu Nationalist money particularly supporting Democrats. Hindu nationalist money in elections uses the same approach and propoganda techniques as AIPAC. Criticizing the Hindu Nationalist government is equated with being anti-Hindu in the same way that criticizing the Israeli government is regarded as anti-semitic.

Whose Christian Nationalism? by Steven Waldman, Christian Century, June 16, 2026. If political power were distributed based on a census of the founding era the United States would be run by Episcopalians and Congregationalists.

Here is the trailer for Soldier’s Bones, https://youtu.be/o35ECCDggzU?is=8p7s9TA0L7NXUGWc. It is the tragic story about Alec Shimkin who exposed one of the worst offenses of the Vietnam War but was suppressed by Newsweek under intense US government pressure. Alec was brother of Eleanor Shimkin who is the Cousin of my father Thomas Cook. We hope the film, Soldiers Bones, will get released in the United States. The fight to get the US to exhumé Alec’s body in Vietnam and return to the United States continues. Here is another promo with the listing of show locations in the Netherlands: https://moviesthatmatter.nl/.../on-tour/soldiers-bones/. We are hoping the film will be shown in the United States in November, 2026

A Shocking Betrayal of Black Americans, Mara Gay, New York Times, June 5

Day 1 of Christ at the Checkpoint Conversations: Kingdom Ethics in a Violent World, Bethlehem Institute for Peace and Justice, May 30, 2026,

Trump-backed de la Espriella holds razor-thin lead in Colombia’s election as rival challenges vote  APNews, June 21, 2026 and Trump-Backed Outsider Appears to Win in Colombian Presidential Race,A victory for Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer with no previous political experience, would be a rebuke to the left and another win for the right in Latin America. New York Times, June 21, 2026. My daughter’s wife and family are dual citizens in Colombia and the United States. They voted for the progressive Iván Cepeda. We worry, that the tough on crime de la Espriella will do little to quell the violence in Colombia while neglecting the economic needs of most Colombians.  My daughter’s wife and family are dual citizens in Colombia and the United States. They voted for the progressive Iván Cepeda. We worry that the tough on crime de la Espriella will do little to quell the violence in Colombia while neglecting the economic needs of most Colombians.  

A Glimpse into The Horror in Gaza,‍ ‍What Israel’s supporters would see, were they willing to look, Peter Beinart, Beinart Notebook, June 1, 2026