From the Christmas Eve sermon at the end on what child Jesus would want in his Christmas stocking: "Loving kindness, warm hearts and the stretched out hand of tolerance. All the shining gifts that make peace on earth."

Happy Winter Solstice!

Uniter As many are sharing All in the Family clips, I must Repost one from @ladystargem.bsky.social and thank her & @classicactress It’s a beautiful moment between Jean Stapleton and Rob Reiner about losing a friend to LGBTQIA violence. #DemVoice1 #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited

So which Rob Reiner movie are we watching tonight?? Priorities ....

Reminders

So chemical agents are being used on toddlers now?

My family served their country in WWII. Legacy and responsibility. "We hear a lot these days about how American democracy is doomed and the radical right will win. Maybe. But the beauty of our system is that it gives us people like Doris Miller. Even better, it makes us people like Doris Miller."

No child, absolutely no child, should die, especially from senseless gun violence. It’s upsetting and tragic that this country hasn’t figured out how to stop this. My heart is with the city of Stockton right now because a parent shouldn’t have to come home without their child tonight.

Why didn’t Trump order flags to be flown at half staff for National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom like he did for Charlie Kirk? 🤔

Don't discount how pissed off we are across America. We've spoken up before and will continue to do so.

I always love seeing and trying to capture hummingbird moths every summer. Didn't see as many as normal this year but I thought this one was beautiful. #BlueSkyArtShow #Small #BlueSkyPhotography #BlueSkyPhotographer #NatureLovers

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged. Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

Students in Charlotte walked out of school to protest masked ICE raids & mass arrests. Their message? Loud, clear & fearless: “I’ll take my horchata warm cause ICE sucks,” demanding justice & solidarity with immigrant families Watch them lead with courage.

Terrific

"... that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."

Time to prove this: " ... a majority of people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth."

The truth will have its day. That day is now. Release all the Epstein files.

Protesters have gathered in Uptown Charlotte to speak out against Border Patrol earlier today.

“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

If a man said what Megyn Kelly said, you would assume he was a trafficker. This young lady is wise beyond her years, but she is still a “child”and she would like a word…

What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

AOC and Her Ideas About Income Inequality......❤️

While there are 42M on SNAP that we know of, but I believe the number of food insecure is much higher. Those who qualify, but are afraid of being stigmatized for using the help their tax dollars paid into. For decades, the GOP has pushed, that to be a ‘good American’ you have to suffer…YOU DON’T!!!

A wet black bear and a curious Red Wolf puppy. These photos were taken about 40 minutes apart, both living in the rich biodiversity of the Red Wolf recovery area in North Carolina, USA. #nature #wolf #redwolf #bear #photo #photography #wildlife #beautiful #endangered #usa #discover #wow #water

Page One. @theguardian.com #ICE

"while we cast our ballots alone, we chose hope together" - ZM

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury

emilythinksaloud Emily Miller

What part of the Bible does it say you get to talk down to people for being in their situation? I must have missed that part.

When this nightmare is over, we need to update our foundational principles. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all PEOPLE are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty & the pursuit of Happiness.

Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

“.. You’ve got to really hate Halloween ‒ and children ‒ to pull that kind of crap.” @usatoday.com @rexhuppke.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

Respect ... and absolute rage at why this is happening. news4sanantonio.com/news/local/h...

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Every time another country elects a woman to the highest office, I think about how I used to hear about how anti-woman that country was owing to tradition/culture/religion, and … y’all, I think the call is coming from inside the American house? Anyway congrats to Ireland’s newest president.

Thinking that's no longer applicable ... "When he moved into the house in 1800,Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail: “I Pray Heaven To Bestow The Best Of Blessings On This House And All that shall hereafter Inhabit it. May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof"

" ... this is the beauty of America.”

#NoKings in NC

#NoKings in NC