A federal judge has just ordered DOJ to turnover five categories of items from the Epstein Files that it previously failed to disclose by July 2 in a lawsuit brought by Katie Phang. Read the details here: joycevance.substack.com/p/finally-a-...

#tankathursday #vss365 #Schwerin * the temple is on the mountain sky is on the mountain forgetting the mountain is all this *

Did you know that low-income Americans are forbidden from purchasing hot food items like rotisserie chicken at their local deli with SNAP benefits? It’s true. There are all sorts of arbitrary rules like this for public assistance programs.

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts Thursday blocked federal agencies from implementing President Donald Trump’s sweeping executive order attacking mail voting before the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

In Ps.60:11 today: 'O grant us help against the foe, for human help is worthless.' We can show up where God is helping: UMCOR for quake relief, making mission hygiene kits, or flood buckets. Multiply God's help by joining it. Neighborliness is a third way. Help is my work today.

In Ps.61:4 today: '...find refuge under the shelter of your wings.' This snapshot is not just for escape, but for refuge to recollect, assess, & become stronger. Refugia is a sign of hope. We can become stronger to emerge from this chaos for good. Refuge is my work today.

💰 @grahamformaine.bsky.social PLATNER: “Wall Street’s takeover of our economy wasn’t an accident... We are living in a system operating exactly as intended… policy choices made by establishment politicians in the service of people who donated the most money to them. And it needs to end.”

Warner: Pulte could claim, whether there’s a source of intelligence or not, that China is going to do X. He could claim that there might be a terrorist threat around polling stations. All of it could be used as an excuse to try to shut down the election.

In Ps.62:1 today: 'For God alone my soul waits in silence.' The older I get, the more silence holds for me. The more I need its healing peace. Sit with the silence while being awake, open, and aware. Be still and know God. Carry your peace to others. Silence is my work today.

When the Trump reign of terror comes to its ignominious end... and it will — the vastness of the corruption is going to shock the American people.

In Ps. 63:1 today: 'my whole being thirsts for you.' When a poem consoles, I hear from the Consoler, 'yes, this is the way.' When a rose stops me or email seeks honest good; the same. When I sicken from misinformation I feel, 'this is not the way.' This thirst is my prayer today.

How we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.

I'm so sick of gambling commercials (aka "prediction" markets). They are ruining sports

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social * for the crime of being seen jarring the firefly * #vss365 #Schwerin

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social * the old man never meant to grow a beard no he just let himself go among the sparrows * John Martone, Homelands, p.114

In Ps.64:10 today: 'Those who walk his good road will find joy in Grandfather' (FNV). The road will always take you. Accept you. Open you to new things. Yes, Father's Day is problematic for many. May grief find peace. Having more road is a grace. Road is my prayer today.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

In Ps. 65:9: 'You visit the earth & make it abundant.' God is present with abundance that heals. Such newness offers hope, grace to forgive, & vision for flourishing. Even the length of this day is a sign of providence. Let this abundance heal you. Abundant is my prayer today.

In Ps. 66:10 today: '...you've refined us like silver.' On this Juneteenth Day, let's pray and live toward refining the hope of freedom for all persons. We know racism is incompatible with Christian teaching. Remember the audacity of hope. This refining is my work today.

Talarico: I was required by law to report any indication there was abuse at home, and I would hope that the top law enforcement official in Texas would be held to the same standard as a middle school teacher. Ken Paxton had the opportunity to protect a child, but instead he protected a predator

Republicans are betting their mid-decade redistricting gamble will pay off Republicans’ House campaign arm is arguing in a new memo that the White House-hatched redistricting scheme can save the GOP’s House majority in November. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

#tankathursday ##vss365 #Schwerin * the stray without a tag another saint wants to be anonymous *

No lies detected.

In Ps.67:1 today: 'Let God grant us grace and bless us.' In a moment of division & profiling, let's try grace. Let's try upbuilding with compassion. We will not disappear people on the way to flourishing. Often the truth can be a grace. Seek newness. Grace is my prayer today.

In Ps. 68:9 today: 'When your inheritance grew weary, you restored it yourself.' This is the rhythm of life: exhale & inhale, weary & restored, death & resurrection. Those who wait on God have their strength renewed. Our hope never fails. We persevere. 'Renewed' is my work today.

In Ps.69:18 today: 'Draw near to me, redeem me, set me free because of my enemies.' Unequal treatment under the law does not create flourishing or freedom. God, free us of our capacity to be divided by fear. Our Exodus God is with us. To be free is my prayer and work today.

In Ps. 70:5 today: 'You are my help and my deliverer.' This verse contains a beautiful breath prayer. As you inhale, pray: 'You are.' Then, 'my help' as you exhale. When we are ragged or facing harm, a breath prayer can be a grace. You are/my help. Help is my prayer.

Honestly, this is just the beginning. As we get closer to the election stuff like this will ramp up. And on November 3rd, and the days following, it's going to be bad

The entire Epstein regime needs to rot in prison for their crimes.

Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation.

In Ps.71:14 today: 'But I will hope continually, and will praise you yet more and more.' I anchor in the One who reveals well-ordered good for all creation. I hold to the vision of lion and lamb dwelling together. Why choose a failure of vision? Hope is my work today.

In Ps. 72:2 today: 'May God judge your people with righteousness, & your poor with justice.' We've been divided by racism. They blame immigrants so we you won't blame billionaires. Love your neighbor. Resist misinformation. Teach & live compassion. Justice is my work today.

In Ps.73:26 today: 'But God is my heart's rock.' These are days to stay close to our foundations. Chaos and falsehood will not sustain us. Dig through the clutter. Live on rock. Prayer. Meditation. Compassion. Build an inner life on your heart's rock. Rock is my work today.

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED.......

Buttigieg: We didn't know it, but we've all been trusting our lives to the restraint of whoever the president might be. And now we have a president who is completely unrestrained. And so the only answer to that is a functioning Congress. It turns out we do not have a functioning Congress.

So it sounds like Turning Point funded domestic terrorism. 🤬. FFS

#tankathursday ##vss365 #Schwerin * tears of joy on the bishop's robe an O'Keefe of embracing women's ordination * Celebrating 70 years of women's ordination in the UMC...

In Ps.74:15 today: 'You split open springs and streams. God opens what is life giving and justice making. Division and oligarchy are not healing us. Hoarding will not save us. 'All flourishing is mutual,' says Robin Kimmerer. Seek the streams that heal. Open is my work today.

In Ps.75:1 today: 'Your name is near.' God is as near as our own breathing. God is not for chasing but for being with--mysterious, yes. Unclear, yes. Let the nearness be your breath. Notice the peace. Cultivate an inner life for these days. Near is my prayer today.

In Ps. 76:4: 'You are ablaze with light, mightier than the mountains that give food.' 'Mountains that give food' reminds me of the first faith statement I heard my grandmother say (often): 'the Lord provides.' Not contracts. Not sells. Provides. Give is my prayer & work today.

In Ps. 77:19 today: 'Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.' We are being led through chaos by Love. Chaos is visible, but the footsteps of Love are unseen until we look back on them. Unseen is my prayer today.

#smallpoemsunday @tomsnarsky.bsky.social * Yet how the wind loves these grasses. The grasses sing of nothing else. * The River Will Tell You: Poems Along the Keya Paha, by Tom Montag, p.40

In Ps.78:25 today: '...he sent them food in abundance.' This is our pilgrimage: discovery how God reveals enough for each day. Peace enough. Food enough. Hope enough. Enough for us to reject racism. Consider yesterday. Look for it today. Abundance is my work today.

In Ps.79:8 today: 'let your compassion come speedily to meet us.' What would change if we saw each other through the eyes of compassion? Our faith is world affirming--God seen--and seen with love. God is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. Compassion is my work today.

In Ps.80:7 today: '...let your face shine, that we may be saved.' There are consolations that surface the face of God: kindness, generosity, sacrifice--if we have eyes to see. Resist all the dividing afoot now. Seek the face of God and well-being. Face is my prayer today.

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.

We cannot allow the Epstein files narrative to just fade away. This reading room is brilliant and what they have done here ensures that. #BelieveTheSurvivors

Who thinks the current president of the United States of America is a national security threat?

ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE.