687: Electric Monk Edition

In this week’s episode, the DOJ enters the 1st Amendment’s SPAM folder, Florida golfers who encounter a golden idol of Donald Trump will play it as it lies, and Ross Douthat will finally make it through a chapter without shoehorning an obscure Latin or French phrase into the text.
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Headlines:
DOJ email promotes Chrisitan Nationalist revival atheists.org/news/federal-policy/american-athe…
A field competition for Army chaplains tests spiritual mettle: taskandpurpose.com/news/eighth-army-exercise-c…
Greg Abbott shuts down legal Muslim event for being Muslim: friendlyatheist.com/p/a-private-muslim-event-a…
I, Robe-ot — the android monk working to reboot the faith of South Korea's buddhists: theguardian.com/world/2026/may/08/jogyesa-temp…
nytimes.com/2026/05/06/technology/robot-monk-b…
Pastor Defends Golden Trump Statue From Biblical Backlash: newsweek.com/pastor-defends-golden-trump-statu…