Well if it isn't my friend, Mr. McGreg!
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Well if it isn't my friend, Mr. McGreg!
All this tough-guy stuff is a tell for cowardice and a shallow understanding of valor.
Sounds like the best cycle of hobbies.
Working on my sermon and just felt convicted to say that Christian Nationalism is an incomprehensible doctrine made from the simplest sort of unvarnished idolatry.
The the United States Department of Energy does not understand renewable energy or how batteries work.
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
In a marathon hearing on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, RFK Jr. faced a barrage of questions from senators who were outraged by his recent actions. In some cases, Kennedy appeared to promote flat-out lies.
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents. In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
While working families are struggling to keep up with rising costs, Trump and his family just got $5 billion richer.
Only someone who avoided the draft would want to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War.
Trump is the epitome of "all sizzle no steak."
Any stick is good enough to beat them with, it seems.
Just the most lawless, reckless government.
I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called “Drones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different. Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.
Such an odd thing to read in the newspaper www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
The 100 lowest-paying US corporations spent $644B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024. Buybacks artificially boost share prices and inflate CEO pay. The typical worker at these companies earned $35k last year. Meanwhile, the average CEO was paid $17.2M See the problem?
Google won’t be forced to sell its Chrome browser and can keep paying companies to keep its search engine as the default on smartphones, thanks to a federal ruling. In other words? Google gets to remain a monopoly and keep its harmful, anti-competitive practices. Shameful.
I was already pretty done with the news media but seeing clips yesterday from the Sunday shows where an anchor is like “but what if living in a Police State does reduce car jackings? Why would you be against that?” probably was the end
Making my first rack of ribs ever. Pray this doesn't turn into a terrible addiction that consumes my every waking moment.
Please don't show this to my wife.
I really hope this becomes the black eye it deserves to be www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This. This. This. This.
On one hand, reducing car use reduces urban pollution. But on the other, everyone likes it and cities become more livable
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!” Cities:
Omg I love fair food.
My grandfather also wants to pass along the message that RFK Jr. is destroying one of the prime achievements of American medicine. This is something he knows well, given the decades of his life he dedicated to medicine, to the scientific pursuits, and to helping research new treatments for diseases.
And, also, just look at the guy's mitochondria.
CDC leaders on why the left: “I resigned because I could not be part of the weaponization of public health and CDC… we should always be questioning - but you shouldn’t have a preconceived idea before you have the data.”
The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly barring states and organizations that receive government funds from helping undocumented immigrants. This will make it harder for the most vulnerable people to get help in the aftermath of disasters. It was always about cruelty.
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout. They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base. (🎥 AP)
Should be an area of broad agreement for both the faithful and the skeptic. Bad religion is bad. Isaiah 1:15 "When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood."
Are we really going to drown in six inches of water? The central far right claim - that our problems are caused not by those with power and wealth but by utterly powerless people (asylum seekers etc) - is obviously and pathetically wrong. Yet millions, once more, are floundering in that puddle.
I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.
FEMA employees were just placed on leave after criticizing the Trump regime in open letter. Their letter was meant to "sound the alarm" about inexperienced appointees and drastic cuts to agency programs. Like all tyrants in history, Trump wants to squelch dissent.
Me right now after our very cute and super-snuggly foster kittens have been declared healthy by the vet and are now ready to go to their new homes
It's a lot easier to get to bed on time when you're not staying up late out of resentment for how much of your day is dedicated to things you have little control over. Thoughts and prayers. Please sleep, tiny person.
My kid was just asking about when we can go to Disney again. We went when he was little, just before the pandemic. It's easy to feel like the whole world is getting further and further from our reach. I take nostalgia for granted, but once folks thought their kids would have it better than they did.
Seems right to me.
Psaki & others (like me) aren't saying don't pray but calling for action too. Leavitt may recall how faith without works is dead. Or words of Isaiah: "Even when you offer many prayers I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!" This isn't new call: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/thoughts-a...
To whom it may concern: If you need a work force to pick up trash and rake leaves in DC, then hire National Park Service employees. That's not what the National Guard is for. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Dr. Demetre, in his resignation from the CDC, said this: “I have never experienced such radical non-transparency, nor have I seen such unskilled manipulation of data to achieve a political end rather than the good of the American people”. It is an outrage that RFK Jr. remains as head of HHS.
Yeah. It’s happening here.
I don't care what their logo looks like. I only care that I can buy little wax bottles with juice in them and big league chew there.
I guess we're going to pretend that we don't like fresh biscuits, fried apples, and country fried steak no matter where they come from? My palate is not so refined that I don't enjoy Cracker Barrell or basically any food put in front of me.
I get a bad vibe from churches and religious people who only talk about how sinful people are and how they need Jesus, but, mercy, I wish we'd stop worshipping money and violence and give Jesus a chance.
Cash bail creates a two-tiered system of justice where the wealthy can buy their way out of jail. Cashless bail lets judges detain people based on flight risk and community threat, rather than financial means, and does not raise crime rates. Don't fall for Trump's lies.
“Trump’s pretense to ownership of public goods and public spaces isn’t some quirk to be ignored or waited out — “there goes our Donald!” — but a direct expression of his autocratic ambitions and despotic cast of mind.”
Your periodic reminder that people who blame “mental illness” for every mass shooting want to make it easier for people to get guns and harder for people to get mental healthcare.
The President of the United States sat in the Oval Office and said "a lot of people are saying maybe we'd like a dictator" and that is not even a top story.
Gun control by itself might not solve the whole problem, but I can't see any solution that doesn't involve gun control.
The military is not a police force, and should never be deployed in American communities against their will. That the President doesn't understand this (or simply doesn't care) shows just how grossly unfit for office he is.
this stuff is such a disgrace. a free citizen of a free country should be ashamed to engage in it.
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right. The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter. Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
Clergy showing up for people facing deportation. @jackjenkins.me of @rns.org reported on clergy in MD supporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia: religionnews.com/2025/08/25/o.... @jeremyfuzy.bsky.social of @wordandway.bsky.social reported on clergy in OH backing Ayman Soliman: wordandway.org/2025/08/25/r...
"The political appointment, first reported by Democracy Docket, shows how self-styled election investigators who have thrown themselves into election conspiracy theories since 2020 are now being celebrated by a presidential administration that indulges their false claims." apnews.com/article/heat...
Wow, the person who got moved to a minimum-security prison didn't have anything bad to say about the person who moved her there?
I'm not ashamed of the fact that my adult lunch was a beefy cheesy burrito and a Mountain Dew Baja Blast (Midnight!) Freeze. Passion fruit is the additional flavor that makes it Midnight.
Session 5 of the Delian Tomb tomorrow!
Honestly, I think it could potentially cause some problems.
It's so hard to convince these people that they really, desperately love money and all the evil that comes with that.
Every tyrant in history has sought to stifle criticism of himself and his regime. But America was founded on criticism. American democracy was built on dissent. Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s wanton tyranny invites more of it.
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Keep an eye on this. Bolton is an ass hat who has never seen a war he didn’t like, but this is 💯 because of his criticism of Trump. Dictators often turn the power of the state on former allies before trying the same on enemies. It’s revenge…but it’s also a test of what people will tolerate. #RFA
Hidden in Trump's Big, Beautiful Betrayal is a nasty provision that lets fossil fuel CEOs pay to have their environmental reviews fast-tracked and avoid judicial review. In Trump's America, polluters live above the law while public health and our environment suffer.
The GOP governors of South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee have all sent their states' National Guard troops to assist Trump's occupation of DC. All four of those states have cities with crime rates higher than DC. This was never about "fighting crime."
Oh look, Rubio’s State Department is lying again. It must be a day that ends in a y.
Hope you're able to get out sorted and start feeling better.
Pie
By devoting over 7 times more coverage to Sydney Sweeney than the Epstein scandal, Fox continues to lean into cultural rage bait to avoid covering stories detrimental to the Trump administration. Read more: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
So sorry for your loss.
We could have had cancer vaccines, and instead the United States will contribute nothing whatsoever to mRNA research, condemning millions of people worldwide to unnecessary illness and death
"They are not afraid of Law Enforcement because they know nothing ever happens to them" Pot...kettle...black.
Is there any digital way to get ahold of that presentation?
I remember when this happened.
Folks in my church are pretty cool, but sometimes I'm worried I'll be accused of being too political when I'm just preaching the lectionary texts. I think the real lesson is that you shouldn't run your political platform in a way that all the Gospel texts on greed seem like a personal call-out.
Great work folks! I've been playing this game for awhile as it has been in testing (playing tonight, even). Excited to see it in action.
Why is it acceptable for the president to use taxpayer money to fly overseas and cut a ribbon at his own golf course? Don’t normalize this abuse of office. It’s blatant corruption.
AI could be a tool that's used for good. Or it could be a tool that's used to pad corporate profits at the expense of workers. None of this is inevitable. The question is will we continue to allow a handful of people to decide the future for us?
As the Department of Homeland Security once again kidnaps a Bible verse to justify militarized hunting of immigrants in a social media video, I'm reminded that the Bible shows us that even Satan knows how to quote Scripture.
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
We need more tiny goat content in the world. You're doing the Lord's work here.
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
Brother visiting LA from Japan where he has lived for the last 7 years forgot how difficult everything in America was. Wish America would behave better so that he would move home.
Both the heroes and the villains in scripture are religious people, but it's still shocking that people who claim to follow Jesus have so warped their picture of him that they can't figure out which side of empathy and vulnerability Jesus would be on.
Both the heroes and the villains in scripture are religious people, but it's still shocking that people who claim to follow Jesus have so warped their picture of him that they can't figure out which side of empathy and vulnerability Jesus would be on.
"Stinson, who can recite the biblical text about the heifers by heart, detailed the search in his 2024 book...“ People can get mega detailed about their nonsense, especially if it distracts from doing the tough stuff the Gospel actually demands. Caring for vulnerable people in Gaza, for example.
thinking about the dems who said we can't abolish ICE as the Department of Education gets wiped off the map
Two days after the deadly Texas floods, FEMA struggled to answer calls from survivors to its disaster assistance line. Why? Because hundreds of employees who answered phones were fired after Kristi Noem didn't approve new contracts. "Efficiency."
Nancy Mace gets wrecked by a community note
As Trump slashes NOAA and the National Weather Service, several of his appointees — including Howard Lutnick — have close financial ties to companies that would profit from privatizing weather forecasting. Everything is for sale.
Cue the tax the churches arguments 1. All churches pay taxes 2. Teeny tiny churches that run soup kitchens, given community space for AA, counseling, charity etc at low/no cost and host daycare etc can’t afford it 3. POC, immigrants and Black churches would be hit the hardest
Now would be a good time for every elected Democrat to declare X an unsuitable platform for public office holders and shut down their account.
