Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s pastor lifted passages verbatim from another minister’s work for a post-election devotional appearing in a book to be released Tuesday.
Methodist minister Rev. Bill Shillady wrote daily devotionals for Clinton throughout her unsuccessful campaign for president with the help of several other ministers who are credited in the new book, CNN reports.
The devotional Shillady sent to Clinton the day after President Donald Trump won the 2016 election borrowed liberally from another pastor who was not involved in the Clinton devotion-writing effort. Shillady included that devotional in "Strong For A Moment Like This: The Daily Devotions Of Hillary Rodham Clinton," a year’s worth of devotions tailored for Clinton as she campaigned for president.
CNN published an excerpt Friday of the devotional Shillady sent to Clinton Nov. 9, the day after the election:
For the disciples and Christ’s followers in the first century, Good Friday represented the day that everything fell apart. All was lost. The momentum and hope of a man claiming to be the Son of God, the Messiah who was supposed to change everything, had been executed.
The devotion bears striking similarity to a March 2016 blog post by Matt Deuel, a pastor at Mission Point Community Church in Warsaw, Ind.:
For the disciples and Christ followers in the first century, Good Friday represented the day that everything fell apart. All was lost. The momentum and hope of a man, claiming to be the Son of God, the Messiah who was supposed to change everything, had been executed. In his last breaths hanging on the cross, he said it himself, "It is finished."
Other paragraphs appear to be lifted in part from Deuel’s work. CNN learned of the potential plagiarism when Deuel contacted a reporter to point out the similarities.
Shillady apologized to Deuel Monday and gave an explanation of what happened.
"I do not remember cutting and pasting from a particular column so much as bits and pieces from a variety of places on the Internet," Shillady told CNN.
"I searched for passages that offered perspective of this theme," Shillady said. "I am now stunned to realize the similarity between Matt Deuel’s blog sermon and my own. Clearly, portions of my devotional that day incorporate his exact words. I apologize to Matt for not giving him the credit he deserves."
Deuel told CNN in a text message that he spoke with Shillady and accepted his apology.
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"I do not remember cutting and pasting from a particular column so much as bits and pieces from a variety of places on the Internet," Shillady told CNN.
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I do not think that the progressive wing of the American Socialist Party knows what it has unleashed. Those that do are pouring gas on the fire because at a minimum it will cripple our national will/unity on any number of foreign policy issues. Combining the goals of the antifa anarchists with Black Lives Matter and big lefty money is producing a toxic sludge that will create an enormous backlash of traditional American anger. The violence will widen the divide much more and our way of life and Mans best hope for the future may be irreparably harmed.
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Carried boogie bags for years.
Now I live where I would have boogied to.
Me to, though we had to do a boogie bag wildfire evac about 6 months ago. I have been meaning to do an AAR on the Books thread but have been busy. Looks like I have Friday off, so will attempt one there. All input welcome.
Person I know said, "Bad things happen, I'm coming out to your area." I replied, "So, you are going to load up the kids and drive out of the middle of Kansas City to where we are on whatever gasoline you have in the vehicle at the time while driving around major urban areas? I hope you make it, but you might consider a parlay flag of some sorts in case you do; you may not be recognized."
[CNN] One of the country's most powerful labor union leaders became the latest person to walk away from President Trump over his remarks about white supremacists.
Richard Trumka, leader of the AFL-CIO, issued a statement on Tuesday saying "I cannot sit on a council for a President that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism." He said he was stepping down from Trump's manufacturing council "effective immediately."
His resignation came shortly after Trump told reporters on Tuesday that "both sides" were responsible for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In addition to Trumka, Thea Lea, an economist and former deputy chief of staff at the AFL-CIO, also resigned from the council.
Four corporate executives had already walked away from Trump's manufacturing council following the president's reaction to the protests in Charlottesville.
Scott Paul, head of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, quit Trump's manufacturing council earlier on Tuesday. He said on Twitter it was "the right thing for me to do."
He joined the CEOs of Merck, Under Armour and Intel, who all left the council Monday. The group, which Trump established in January with about two dozen members, is supposed to meet occasionally to offer the president advice on job growth.
Trump said on Twitter that he has other CEOs ready to step in and that "grandstanders" should not have joined the manufacturing council in the first place.
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If Trump said nothing they would criticize him for not speaking out. If he spoke out, it wouldn't be good enough or it was too late. Or they would say he didn't condemn enough.
Trump was right, there were two opposing groups with violent-prone people within both groups. You have a mayor and a governor who did little to prevent this situation. There's plenty of blame to go around.
There was little criticism of the left when Occupy Wallstreet, BLM and AntiFa were out in the streets destroying property, beating up people and killing cops. The neo-Nazi are a recent addition to the mix. They are few in number and a sad reminder of another time. Their numbers are made up of malcontents, misfits and mental problems. If you look at the background of 20-year old James Alex Fields or Dylan Roof, the Charleston church shooter, they fit in one or more of these categories. Fields and Roof are the types of people who the MSM hope they will find at the root of violence perpetrated during the orchestrated chaos; right wing, white male screwed up extremists. James T. Hodgkinson, the Republican ballgame shooter fits the description except he was a left-wing nut. The left-wing press was not so interested when they discovered he was one of them. No one blamed Bernie Sanders because Hodgkinson was a supporter. If people had not been killed at Charlottesville, today's neo-Nazis would be a joke (the same with the KKK).
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Burning the flag, panhandling and nude dancing have been declared free speech by the Supreme Court in past rulings. This looks like an act that can be construed as free speech also. A well crafted case needs to be sent to the court asking what speech is not to be considered 1st amendment protected. Like many 2nd amendment cases, the court will sidestep. Then Congress should pass a law that says, when the court sidesteps, it's a free fire zone. Of course, the court will strike that down and the cycle of insipid spinelessness can begin again.
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AFL-CIO? Go ahead and walk. You've done more to kill American jobs than just about anyone else.
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To all those so called CEOs and leaders that resigned and walked away from Trump's manufacturing council. What would you have done instead?
Instead you gave me the impression of toddlers having temper tantrums!
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Waving the Nazi flag means that you are supporting the world's most deadly terrorist organization.
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That there was such a council in the first place only indicates that the government has too much power and / or are oblivious to business in general. Cut taxes & regulations and get the hell out of the way - it's that simple.
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both the manufacturing and the strategy/policy council have, as I understand it, been abolished
good riddance - these councils are about 40% window dressing and about 50% a forum for cronyism - the other 10% help the executive branch recruit appointees in the Commerce, Treasury, etc. Departments
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Jobs and economic indicators are good from what I heard. These guys may not have been needed anylonger.
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