I'm afraid many are failing to recognize a resurgence of racial prejudice and injustice. As we're a visual/entertainment oriented society, I'm going to ask you to watch movies that depict the atmosphere of those times so you can recognize shades of the past in our present. 🧵

@nicollewallace.bsky.social showed this Homeland Security X post (photo 1) on her show, and it rang a bell for me. Sure enough, it's disturbingly similar to a flier distributed by the KKK (photo 2). A government agency in 2025 is resembling the KKK. Let that sink in.

The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.

We praise Thee, O God, for Thy Spirit of Light who has shown us our Savior and scattered our night. Revive us again; fill each heart with Thy love. May each soul be rekindled with fire from above. Hallelujah! Thine the glory! Revive us again. -William Mackay

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide; Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, Blessings all mine and ten thousand beside. All I have needed thy hand hast provided; Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me. -T. Chisholm

The US is overstepping big time. Troubling to say the least.

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all. He gave us eyes to see them, and lips that we might tell how great is God Almighty, who has made all things well. -Cecil Frances Alexander

See, the streams of living waters, springing from eternal love, well supply thy sons and daughters and all fear of want remove. Who can faint while such a river ever flows their thirst to assuage? Grace, which like the Lord, the Giver, never fails from age to age. -John Newton

I watched a segment about growth in young male church attendance in America. It turned out, unsurprisingly, to be in part due to an increase in right wing ideology. I fear many Christians will wrongly celebrate this b/c church attendance is all important to them...

All my heart to Him I give, Ever to Him I'll cling, In His blessed presence live, Ever His praises sing. Love so mighty and so true Merits my soul's best songs; Faithful, loving service, too, To Him belongs. When nothing else could help, Love lifted me. -James Rowe

Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give into fear. Never. Ever. 🇺🇸

“She’s not yours to pity. She’s mine to marvel at.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-...

Btw, quite a message to be sending to tourists thinking of visiting the U.S.: “there is no law that protects you here, we will do to you whatever we like.” No wonder arrivals are falling off a cliff.

Trump’s pick of Fox host Jeanine Pirro for U.S. Attorney in D.C. brings the number of Fox hires in his administration to 23. It’s not a government, it’s a casting call for state TV.

Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media. What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation. www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...

Let it sink in that a student with a legal visa was detained for six weeks just for writing an editorial. In America.

To serve the present age, my calling to fulfill, O may it all my pow'rs engage to do my Master's will! Help me to watch and pray, and still on Thee rely, O let me not my trust betray, but press to realms on high. -Charles Wesley

I'm angry today. Angry at the cruelty of this despicable administration. Angry at the lies, retribution, lawlessness, unbridled power, injustice, racism, threats, and indecency. I'm angry that people are being snatched off the street by masked men, that they're living in fear...

Be still my soul! your God does undertake To guide the future as he has the past Your hope, your confidence, let nothing shake all now mysterious shall be bright at last Be still my soul! the waves and winds still know His voice who ruled them while he lived below K. von Schlegel

Dear Shepherd! I hear, and will follow Thy call; I know the sweet sound of Thy voice; restore and defend me, for Thou art my All, And in Thee I will ever rejoice. -Joseph Swain

Every generation has its defining test. This is ours. Don’t burn out – pace yourself, live your life, and keep pushing. We’re the torchbearers now. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/keep-your-...

Ashley Babbit's family is poised to recieve 30 million dollars (from tax payers) thanks to the Dept of Justice... Mrs Sicknick just wanted a phone call and the people who assaulted her son Brian held accountable.

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways; re-clothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence praise. -John Greenleaf Whittier

I come to the garden alone While the dew is still on the roses; And the voice I hear falling on my ear, The Son of God discloses. And He walks with me, and He talks with me, And He tells me I am His own, And the joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known. -C. Miles

For the love of God is broader than the measure of our mind; and the heart of the Eternal is most wonderfully kind. If our love were but more simple, we would take Him at His word, and our lives would be illumined by the presence of our Lord. -Frederick Faber

There is a contingent of professing Christians who enjoy cruelty. We know that very clearly now as we have watched many revel in this administration's inhumanity. To seek justice and to seek harm are very different things. Sinners saved by grace ought to be humbly aware of that.

Come, thou Fount of every blessing tune my heart to sing thy grace streams of mercy, never ceasing call for songs of loudest praise Teach me some melodious sonnet sung by flaming tongues above praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it mount of God’s unchanging love -Robert Robinson

This felon; this mob boss; this morally vacant, retributive, lawless narcissist is firing people whose life's work is to uphold the law and protect us. That this nation facilitated the revenge tour of a man who himself should be in jail is an indelible stain on America.

This is patently un-American. And dangerous. Do your homework, folks. Study up on fascist regimes. Because whether you want to face it or not, this administration is doing its level best to be one. We cannot let them. Don't normalize this. Don't ignore it. Stand up. Speak out.

Soft as the voice of an angel, Breathing a lesson unheard, Hope with a gentle persuasion, Whispers her comforting word. Wait till the darkness is over, Wait till the tempest is done, Hope for the sunshine tomorrow, After the shower is gone. -Septimus Winner

Just as I am though tossed about with many a conflict, many a doubt fightings and fears within, without O Lamb of God, I come, I come Just as I am, thou wilt receive wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve because thy promise I believe O Lamb of God, I come, I come -C. Elliott

Who do we want to be? Look at this administration and ask yourself-is this who you want to be? Filled with rage, grievance, pettiness, strife, vengeance, arrogance, greed? We need to decide who we want to be, do the work to reach high ideals, and speak out against the ignorance.

This is my Father's world: The birds their carols raise, The morning light, the lily white, Declare their Maker's praise. This is my Father's world: He shines in all that's fair; In the rustling grass I hear Him pass, He speaks to me everywhere. -Maltbie D. Babcock

Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come? Why should my heart be lonely And long for heav’n and home, When Jesus is my portion? My constant Friend is He: His eye is on the sparrow, And I know He watches me. -Civilla Martin

May the mind of Christ, my Savior, live in me from day to day, by His love and pow'r controlling all I do and say. May I run the race before me, strong and brave to face the foe, looking only unto Jesus as I onward go. -Kate Wilkinson

Matthew 28:

Up from the grave he arose; with a mighty triumph o'er his foes; he arose a victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever, with his saints to reign. He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose! -Robert Lowry

Tell of the cross where they nailed him, writhing in anguish and pain; tell of the grave where they laid him; tell how he liveth again. Love in that story so tender, clearer than ever I see: stay, let me weep while you whisper, Love paid the ransom for me. -Fanny Crosby

Lord, Jesus, we remember The travail of Thy soul, When in Thy love’s deep pity The waves did o’er Thee roll. Baptised in death’s cold waters, For us Thy blood was shed, For us Thou, Lord of Glory, Wast numbered with the dead. -James Deck

O the love that drew salvation's plan! O the grace that brought it down to man! O the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary. Mercy there was great and grace was free, Pardon there was multiplied to me, There my burdened soul found liberty– At Calvary. -William R. Newell

Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sovereign die! Would he devote that sacred head for sinners such as I? Was it for crimes that I have done, he groaned upon the tree? Amazing pity! Grace unknown! And love beyond degree! -Isaac Watts

Jesus, my all in all Thou art; my rest in toil, my ease in pain, the healing of my broken heart, in war my peace, in loss my gain, my smile beneath the tyrant's frown, in shame my glory and my crown. -Charles Wesley

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When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand: all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand. -Edward Mote

Stand for truth, justice, and righteousness wherever you are. No light is too small. Every right act and every good word matters. Don't ever think it doesn't.

Imagine being a small business with debt, that you used to import products you had manufactured in china. In the time it took to make the products, tariffs were added, that more than doubled your cost. They are crushed Are there any states offering support for their businesses ?

While life’s dark maze I tread, and griefs around me spread, be Thou my Guide; bid darkness turn to day, wipe sorrow’s tears away, nor let me ever stray from Thee aside. -Ray Palmer

Christians who have willfully supported Trump: you need to understand that before God you are responsible for the harm he wreaks. Every person he disappears without due process, every person who goes hungry or without medical treatment, every person who unjustly lives in fear...