"Again, it’s worth repeating that these allegations followed Pressler for decades. Yet he retained his power. He retained his influence. For all too many Baptists, the ends justified the means."

The platform that Robert Jeffress uses to boost the rapist President Donald Trump was made possible by the rapist Judge Paul Pressler. Perhaps we should start calling him a theologian of rape culture.

Twelve Angry Men walked so that Coyote vs Acme could squeak on a pair of inline skates and then violently explode.

Exploration not exploitation.

We haven’t forgotten. Release the Epstein files.

Every Republican running as a Trump endorsed candidate needs to be asked if he or she stands with the President when he says he’s glad that a decorated Marine is dead.

“War is Hell. I’ve created Hell.” - Resident Antichrist to the White House and Commander in Chief Donald J. Trump

Much to the relief of Paul Pressler’s army of morally superior Southern Baptists.

George W. Bush has an opportunity to do the right and noble thing. Tell the American people his Forever Wars, despite the heroic efforts of men and women in uniform, were a stain on our history and a source of trauma for people around the globe.

This is an incredibly well-done and incredibly important documentary on one case of sexual abuse and its harrowing consequences. Please take an hour or so and listen. It is gut-wrenching. But it’s not isolated. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Kurt Vonnegut stop being so applicable to all time periods of American life, you can’t do that Kurt Vonnegut, your insights are too evergreen Kurt Vonnegut

I dunno, maybe it's just me but maybe we shouldn't be asking one of the biggest proponents of the heresy of white Christian nationalism how we should be studying the Bible. Mohler has completely lost the plot living in his self-made echo chamber.

Yeah this is alarming. Gift link > www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor. ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.

At what point does the UN send peacekeepers to the United States to protect Americans against ICE?

Fresh words from the prophet, Josh Ritter. music.apple.com/us/album/the...

It’s 2026 and yet we find ourselves in a place where we have to say, “In a world of Bull Connor’s be a Claudette Colvin.” Rest In Power, Ms. Colvin. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

Are you devastated by the footage from Minneapolis? Let’s not forget that on Saturday morning, this administration also delivered death to an estimated 80 people in Venezuela. As my friend @brent-thomas.bsky.social says, “ProLife is a scam.”

I’d like my tax dollars to fund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting rather than military escapades that are simultaneously a grab for the natural resources of other sovereign states and an attempt to bury the Epstein files stories. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/b...

Someone needs to get leadership or legal counsel from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency on a major news network to discuss Maduro facing charges from Trump’s DOJ in the SDNY.

CBS airing Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors after Bari Weiss canned a segment on 60 Minutes that examined the Administration’s deportation policies puts it right up there with Xinhua, CCTV, and China Daily.

If you have a favorite non-traditional Advent song, what is it? I'll go first. I love the Trumpet Child by Over the Rhine. 🕯️ youtu.be/riLLdVLJauA?...

At a time when fearmongers are asking us to embrace the Islamophobia of Samuel Huntington, please let this message prevail.

At least the Neocons attempted to shroud their power grabs for natural resources with talk of securing democracy for the betterment of others.

“It’s ’affordability,’ stupid.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

What if we paused gun sales.

Mandatory reading and mandatory mourning - we elected this vile man twice. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Talking points memo from the Republican Congressional leadership: - When the press or public asks just respond with “I haven’t read [fill in the blank].” To which the press and public should respond with “We know you don’t read. That’s part of the problem.”

1. We get it. All your advertisers are AI solution company startups. 2. No.

Donald Trump has “concepts of a plan” on health care like I have “concepts of a plan” for cold fusion after watching the 1997 movie “The Saint.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

It’s like the American voter watched 101 Dalmatians then said let’s vote for the candidate most likely to put Cruella de Vil in charge of a federal agency.

ICYMI: SBTS Professor David Sills was okay with grooming an unmarried woman and student of his to perform sex acts on him while his wife was in the house but not okay with her preaching because that would be against the teachings of the Bible.

The cult just got a little more culty. www.amazon.com/vdp/055f092f...

“[H]ow can you expect us to believe you’re on the precipice of creating groundbreaking superintelligence if you can’t manage to comply with a handful of state laws?” - Amy Klobuchar: State A.I. Laws Keep Us Safe. Trump’s Next Move Could Upend That. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Even the untrained eye can detect the sources and methods of a coward in this video interview of House Intel Chair Rick Crawford.

If anyone needs me I’ll be dying a thousand deaths because earlier today I expressed my proclivity for Times New Roman over Calibri during a contract negotiation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

Sit with this.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity

*bangs on table* JD Vance should go back to where he came from and fix it. On second thought, he should just go back to where he came from and stay on the couch (apologies to all the couches out there).

The reign of Mitch McConnell is over. The future of Kentucky is ours.

brb gonna apply for citizenship in Kirkland

If Trump embodies Christianity then I’m convinced Jesus of Nazareth hates Christianity too.

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People who give to the Southern Baptist Cooperative Program voted in overwhelming numbers for this:

There are Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan who still struggle with PTSD. There are Afghans and Iraqis who still struggle with PTSD. We need to focus on solutions for healing those who suffered the invisible wounds of war.

Super excited for all the freshly minted “Can’t be a war crime since we aren’t [well] actually at war” bros/experts.

A rare person of principle in the Republican party.

Federal court to Republican lawmakers in Texas: Don’t mess with Texas. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...

Why aren’t the Founders fellas talking about their own houses and the SBC first? Let’s see them make the case that women, including their spouses, shouldn’t serve as Messengers or vote in congregational meetings. Because apparently the answer to “By What Standard?” is straight up misogyny.

Who knew that they love xenophobia more than they love free markets? Answer: All of us or at least all of us who have know this stands in the tradition of Jim Crow laws and redlining.