Just a random Chicago sports fan who also happens to be a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. I usually go by he/him but won't be offended if you just call me "that idiot over there."
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I'm pretty sure Stephen Miller is on Amazon right now looking for the right size chest freezer to stuff the Don's body into so that he can pretend Donnie's still alive and keep controlling behind the scenes. Ain't no way MAGA is going to follow J.D. the way they worship their false god.
This is a game that begs for a remake.
Why are so many bending the knee like this?
We are very far off the cliff here folks. đşđ¸
I wish we had the black lady with the funny laugh instead...
Can we have Medicare for all? Republicans: No Democrats: No #blacklivesmatter #PRIDE
I'm a basic white dude and I might still cover MY drink reading that.
I have a feeling Steichen is hoping to sell ownership on a complete tank job this year.
Amegadjie with a nice block coming off the double team to give Wheeler just enough of a gap.
Important.
The only peaceful transfer of power that Trump will ever initiate.
So are we allowed to call this the thing? Or is that too "divisive"?
That sub has done more to fight fascism in 2025 than Congress.
War crimes upon war crimes instigated by Netanyahu. And nothing will ever be done.
Such an important point: âProgressive policiesâŚare very popular in this countryâŚbut you have a segment of the Democratic Party that keeps trying to convince progressives weâre losing elections because their policies need to be more moderate.â Matt Dowd I wish more understood this. A confession⌠đ§ľ
The only thing that can make these recent Bulls watchable! I love how the current players look so thrilled to be in their Bulls unis in that pic in article.
Important paragraph in here: faith groups have been vocally critical of Israel's recent actions in Gaza since it began, but the ELCA has joined a growing number of Christian denominations that are specifically describing it as a genocide. Earlier this week, a global group of Quakers did the same.
BRB off to get my superpowers.
This hits hard.
Guaranteed no major news outlets outside Minnesota will bother to even mention this update, let alone acknowledge that the vast majority of political violence on this country for a generation has been instigated by right wing elements (and tacitly cheered on by our current administration).
i don't think this man recognizes the incredible privilege of being able to quibble over language when palestinians are literally being starved to death
It was definitely a financial decision. Shari Redstone wanted to get her bag.
WaitâŚI thought tariffs were taxes other countries paid. Weird.
If we survive Trump as a republic, the list of people who will have a lot to answer for and need to spend a lot of time in prison will be a very long list. I don't like the thought, but democracy will need a scorched earth approach to eliminate the rot.
When the lights go dark at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, so does my subscription to Paramount Plus.
This was the order of events: 1. Paramount acceded to Trumpâs extortion by paying a bribe. 2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that. 3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump. 4. Proving Trumpâs bribe worked.
Noem lays down a marker: 'the best we've seen out of FEMA.' Mainstream media ought to take up the challenge and do some serious compare/ contrast about FEMA responses. Here's a good place to start: The Biden admin pre-positioning of resources BEFORE Hurricane Helene hit vs Noem's Texas efforts.
đşđ¸ A Different Kind of Outrage đ˛ Everone at Foggy Bottom knows Dink. The joke is that he joined right after Benjamin Franklin. Most recently, after almost 4 decades of service, he was elected to head AFSA (the union for U.S. diplomats). He was fired yesterday. The disrespect is intentional.
He so wants to be Tony Stark and he isn't even Justin Hammer.
The Trump admin said the Everglades detention camp would be for the âworst of the worst.â Four men sent there so far have nothing on their record other than recent arrests for diving without a license, and were likely only arrested due to racial profiling, as Adamâs excerpt shows.
It's becoming more and more apparent that the NYT is more than happy to sacrifice accurate reporting and informing the public of national concerns in a timely fashion for their desire for access. How many awful things have been done by the Trump administration that were buried or watered down there?
I was pretty neutral on this until I saw his picture. Now I'm enraged.
America: where a reality TV show contestant is held to a higher standard than the sitting president.
Maybe fund FEMA properly to respond? Maybe that's something congress could have done? Or maybe stop nationalizing the national guard so that governors feel empowered to use them for local aid? Just a couple thoughts.
Sermon thought for this morning's gospel (Luke 10:1-11, 16-20): We are both the disciple on the road who seeks hospitality and the person in the village who receives the vulnerable disciple.
Needed this reminder today.
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
unsurprisingly, im seeing an uptick in antisemitic rhetoric on the left, a totally predictable reaction to the hideous cowardice of this tactic
*snrk*
My grandmother was a young pregnant Jewish woman alone on a train in Poland during WWII when a German soldier told her to get off at the next stop because there wouldn't be any soldiers waiting at the station. She survived because, in that moment, a soldier chose the right thing over obeying orders.
The Key to Chicago Politics is that anyone who is associated with either Rahm Emanuel or Paul Vallas should never EVER get your vote.
You're a Bunch of Cowards! www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/youre-a-bu...
Why bother telling the truth to congress when nobody ever suffers consequences for their lying?
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs. âYou feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. Youâre on the wrong side of history.â âJohn Lewis said make good trouble⌠that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.â
Provided we have elections in 2026, how are you going to prioritize the list of indictments for the Trump administration in 2027?
itâs like weâre being governed by an email that starts with FW: FW: FW: FW:
My favorite part is the look on the page's face as Hawley references the chart and during Professor Shaw's retort.
Every time they say the Democrats have gone âtoo far leftâ they are referring to trans people just existing. Every. Time.
Democratic voters issued a massive rebuke of their own party last year by just refusing to show up on election day & instead of a major shakeup its leaders are spending big on consultants to find a Youtube salesman that can help a small group of septuagenarians no one likes cling to power.
As the parent of a second grader, I want to point out that that is offensive to compare this to the work my kid can put in. My 2nd grader is more careful with fact checking than this incompetent Kakistocracy.
What I want to see now is when the Packers play the Eagles, the Eagles do nothing but the tush push for an entire series and bully the hell out of them.
In the GOP budget plan, 18.3 million kids could lose access to free school meals to give tax cuts to billionaires. We don't suffer from scarcity. We suffer from greed.
Lots of hearings happening on Capital Hill today, and the only thing that I can think of is whether we can just lop the "Honorable" honorific off the name placards? Because "honorable" seems ill placed with these buffoons.
Injured DC police officer Dan Hodges on Justice Dept settlement with estate of Ashli Babbitt: ââŚTrump wants to pay the insurrectionists so that he'll have them on retainer for the next time he wants to influence the course of history with mass violence.â
This is a helluva lot of smoke.
Rep. Jason Smith: "And then you can look at Medicaid cuts -- Medicaid reforms, I should say." Oops.
Not a chance in hell.
They're trying to kill your kids
I bet they don't even wear a suit when they say thank you, too...
Somehow, Trump has declared that weâre under numerous national emergencies from the Southern Border Emergency to the Energy Emergency, Trade Emergency, Public Lands Emergency, and Immigration Enforcement Emergency. Yet these crises seem so âurgentâ that he finds time to golf every weekend. Odd.
so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.
This isnât just about Pete Hegseth. đ´ Trump nominated him. đ´ Republicans backed him. đ´ JD Vance broke the tie to confirm him. Heâs not an outlierâheâs exactly what you get with this corruption-coddling, chaos-driven administration.
Every week some story is like "Oh no a fashy trashcan has leaked access to the ever present death machine" and the story is never about the existence of the ever present death machine.
trumpâs reaction (or lack thereof) to the attempt on the lives of gov. shapiro and his family ON PASSOVER is why itâs journalism malpractice to credulously report ANYTHING he does as being in service of fighting antisemitism. jews are pawns in his nazi game and donât ever get it twisted.
Hard not to refer to Tom Homan as a fucking monster.
In the interest of balance #news
we are maybe two weeks from jesse watters declaring that itâs gay for men to have sex with women
It's the racism. apnews.com/article/rubi...
Attorney General Seeks Death Penalty For All UnitedHealthcare Customers
Not a bug.
some helpful reminders: -not all jews support israel -criticizing israel is not the same as being antisemitic -being pro-palestine does not equal being pro-hamas -arresting someone for being pro-palestine is a violation of the first amendment -violating someoneâs first amendment rights is bad
the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized.
Hello NFL bluesky! Trying something different tomorrowâtaking over the @espn.com account on here to post throughout the Super Bowl Follow @espn.com đ
Big national media outlet still failing. Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID. *Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves. *Not conveying illegality. *Not communicating constitutional crisis.
At a late evening little league practice with the oldest. The coyotes have started to howl. The kids are howling back.
I recently reposted a former congressional staffer who said that when an issue got 20-30 calls it would get representatives freaked out and ready to do something. It takes less than youâd think, because so few people actually take that kind of action
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I remember when the Onion was satire.
A Pastoral Message from Bishop Hagmaier medium.com/@Rjorg/a-pas...
The thin skin of the authoritarian regime that has entered power tells me all I need to know - they are weak, they know they are weak, and they are afraid of the truth. So keep telling the truth. Keep advocating for the least and lowly. The truth indeed sets us free, in this world or the next. 3/3
What I've come to realize is their collective over the top outrage to Bishop Budde's entreaties proves just how fragile the Lunatic in Chief's hold on power truly is. Someone secure in their authority does not attack someone like the bishop. They ignore them, because the news moves on quickly. 2/3
I've been thinking a lot about the words of Bishop Mariann Budde during the inaugural prayer service earlier this week, and the response of our current president and his supporters. 1/3
When members of the press and political leaders in either party treat Trumpâs imperialist talk as âbonkersâ âcrazyâ or âjust talkâ you deny that real people live in these places Trump is threatening. Panama has been invaded by the U.S. before. None of this is a joke. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/w...
My wife has been forcing me to watch Hallmark Christmas movies every night for 3 weeks. Send help.
And people wonder why there has been a general lack of sympathy toward health insurance CEOs...
Getting her out of the country isn't the worst idea he's had...