In the end I will be with Dostoyevsky, saying of Mohler and all the other religious leaders who got us here: Your worst sin is that you've destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing

To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M

Twitter now displays where accounts are from and it has confirmed that too many of the political accounts are out of country bots. Why are folks still there? To argue with bots? A waste of precious time while enriching the richest man on Earth. Delete your account.

The amount someone earns after completing a professional degree does not accurately portray its total value in our society. If it was a true reflection of social worth then educators, nurses, and librarians would be paid high six figures.

It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends. We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over. We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.

🧵1/5 The consolidation of industries integral to a functional democracy must be attended to— an example is the death of local print news. If we invest capital into ensuring the maintenance of a healthy ecosystem of independent journalism we invest in information literacy.

There is a generation that allowed our current political mess to come to fruition. Choosing comfort led to compromise ushering in boundless corruption. There is another generation rising up to say no more. Choosing courage will strengthen integrity and cultivate flourishing.

Taking hold of the fact that, for all the indictments of human stupidity and depravity, the story of Scripture is *always* that restoration is coming. Hope is woven in and through it all. Hope that will not disappoint.

It’s a lot harder to walk back having coddled up to hate-spewing people than it is to avoid making such associations in the first place.

A society addicted to frivolity, entertainment, and unceasing stimulation, regards boredom, reflection, and quiet as abominations.

epstein in dozens of pieces of written documentation: the presidential candidate my best friend loves coming over to my house for the young girls i rent reporters: we are getting closer to busting this thing wide open

“You will hear everlastingly, in all discussions about newspapers, companies, aristocracies, or party politics, this argument that the rich man cannot be bribed. The fact is, of course, that the rich man is bribed; he has been bribed already. That is why he is a rich man…” —G.K. Chesterton

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UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

We grew up poor. I don't know how we would've managed without government assistance. My parents both worked hard but struggled to make ends meet without help. Please see the shared humanity & imago Dei in people needing assistance. Don't let your hearts be hardened toward your neighbors.💛

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system. Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Is there a section of Bluesky where clergy hang out? Another week trying to counsel and encourage others through things like suicidal ideation, chronic illness, and poverty. I remember on Twitter there used to be a lot of community among clergy.

Started my classes today by asking students to take out a sheet of paper and anonymously complete the following: "One of the greatest difficulties I have with reading is ____________ because ___________." Grateful for their honest responses. Genuinely saddened by many of them.

Most of us shouldn't be writing for the "average reader." Make that guy suffer, make him pick up a dictionary.

When you don't punish an attempt to overthrow an election, you lose the ability to hold people accountable for a really long time.

George was just trying to get to work. ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process. This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

#MorningPrayer Keep our focus on you, Lord, that we may place our trust in your faithful love, rather than in things that are passing and temporal, however solid and secure they may seem to us. Guide us to those things which help us to encounter, reveal, and embrace your kingdom.

Speak up for those who have no voice, for the justice of all who are dispossessed. Speak up, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy. —Proverbs 31:8-9

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Christian nonviolence is not a strategy to rid the world of violence, but rather the way Christians must live in a world of violence... faithful followers of Christ in a world of war cannot imagine being anything else than nonviolent. ~Stanley Hauerwas

Things to consider: Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed You are a witness. Expose it.

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

Christian nationalism bases many of its theological and ethical ideals on the Torah, not the Gospels. But even there they get it wrong. The Torah points toward a society in which the poor are cared for and immigrants are treated as neighbours.

“I’m increasingly convinced that most people should delete their social media and the ones that stay must adopt a more active posture toward it and not allow themselves to become a passive user that is subject to the whims of the algorithm.” @ianharber.bsky.social mereorthodoxy.com/monk-or-miss...

In Jesus there is hope. In Jesus there is healing. In Jesus there is comfort. In Jesus there is freedom. In Jesus there is peace.

It’s the duty of all theologically trained clergy to expose error and denounce heresy. Christian Nationalism is syncretism. It is error. When it is embraced willfully, it becomes heresy. Clergy, let’s do our job. This is on us.

As followers of Jesus, we are called to love. Not tolerantly. Not in spite of. Not with secret bitterness. But to love. Following Jesus means loving everyone.

They do not have enough popular support. So they are trying to outlaw / silence opposition. And that’s where we are. Pushing back has never mattered more.

Never forget!!

“The president should be removed from office because he is plainly insane.” I mean, there is no war in Portland. There just isn’t. You can’t & won’t avoid reporting this story. But you’ll still find a way to try to report it in a way that gives him the benefit of the doubt. And that’s wrong.

Amid an ongoing wave of conspiracy theories and bogus claims about Jan 6, I’ll note this from our reporting: Rioters made all kinds of claims and defenses in court … and jurors convicted 100% of the defendants who went to trial 100%

"She (Arendt) argued instead that evil is committed by people who don’t think critically or consider the moral implications of their actions." terikanefield.com/heres-why/

There will always be neighbours here in the Empire who are servants, apologists, disciples, & prophets beholden to the Empire’s evil. They will always see disagreement with their idolatry as heresy. But there are enough neighbours who see how we live & love—they know the truth.

“I want to say to you that nobody who is fighting the battle in our own generation can float by on a Beautyrest mattress. If you love God and love men and have compassion for them, you will pay a real price psychologically.” -Francis Schaeffer

“Charlie Kirk's murder and other recent acts of violence should warn us as parents that we need to opt out for our kids. But we don't have to despair. It is possible to choose a smartphone-free life for our kids. And the time is now.” -Clare Morell open.substack.com/pub/claremor...

The Empire way of the world is a powerful political force for evil. Standing up against it will always be seen as political & divisive. And responding Jesus’s call to turn away from the Empire & follow His narrow way will always be decried as heresy by the Empire Church.

If we choose the language of war, we will get a war. If we choose the language of civil disagreement, we will get a society. The choice is always and forever ours.

The killing of Charlie Kirk was sheer wickedness as is any glee in response to it.

The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it. Contemptible & pathetic.

The Christian religion in America looks more like American values (guns, flags, freedom, prosperity) than like Christ’s values. The Empire faith that has often called itself Christianity throughout history is still alive & well—& still nothing like the narrow way of Jesus.

If it’s true that GOP reps are scared for their lives if they oppose the president on any vote, maybe veterans could volunteer to protect their families? Just spitballing now. Odd times call for odd measures.

Today would be a great day to never swear allegiance to the Empire ever again: Let’s follow Jesus—and Jesus alone—and never embrace the idolatry of pledging allegiance to any flag or nation.

Breaking News: President Trump’s deployment of thousands of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles was illegal, a federal judge ruled.

Empathy is only a sin to those who reject Jesus and embrace evil.