BREAKING: James Talarico wins the Democratic Senate primary in Texas. Talarico ran on fighting corruption in DC, and winning back power for working people. In an era of vast inequality Talarico told voters that “billionaires are waging class warfare against the rest of us.”

Wow: In the early vote, it's a blow-out *so far*. Rodney Sadler, the progessive pastor and activist, leads state Representative Carla Cunningham 75% to 18%. (Stay tuned as we see how the Election Day vote compares, but that's an ominous start for the incumbent.) Context:

I expect early returns from this race imminently, and it's one I have my eyes glued on. Stay tuned.

The most absurd sentence is the following one: "This isn't a war. We haven't declared war." Something isn't happening if you don't say it out loud.

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Trump has ZERO AUTHORITY under the Constitution to take over federal elections, even if he claims there's a national security threat. Check out this new @americanprogress.bsky.social report, which I co-authored, explaining why. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

Wow! Adam Hamilton, pastor of the largest United Methodist congregation in the country, is considering independent campaign to unseat GOP Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas. www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

Talk about mainline Protestantism waking up!

This is the sort of pre-emptive attacks we need to see more of. Telling those who pander to Trump NOW that their gains will be reversed THEN. Which makes the expected gains lower NOW, and thus lowers the incentives NOW to do the bad things. See also: ICE/CBP employment.

“The majority of people being detained by ICE are law-abiding folks who are in the immigration process,” says Shara Smith, CEO of the Interfaith Alliance of Colorado. “...We can respect our laws without sacrificing our own humanity in the process.” // Story by @lizzy-hernandez.bsky.social

“Politics is about identity, and if people keep seeing the Republican Party as the Christian one and the Democratic Party as the non-religious one, Democrats are giving up on a path to persuade a lot of people who might be open to their arguments.“ open.substack.com/pub/paulwald...

All Dems should unite in condemning messages like this. Separation of church and state is certainly no reason to keep religious people out of politics. Messaging like this will continue to doom Democrats of all faiths and nonreligious Dems alike.

Beshear is interesting in that he has every reason to go full Blue Dog Dem for political reasons yet he actually has progressive principles and sticks to them

This sentiment (not uncommon the Left, sadly) radically misunderstands the U.S. religious landscape. For example, Talarico and Beshear are both mainline Protestants and not “evangelicals.” Also, faith-based advocacy is a vital part of progressive movement.

Don't confuse all Christians with evangelicals. It's true Dems shouldn't bother with evangelicals but they should address mainline Protestants (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/the-christ...). Beshear & Talarico are mainliners & can speak to swing group that reads Bible differently than evangelicals.

James Talarico talks about his faith so much that it's news when he DOESN'T in one ad -- what a change for Democrats! www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Over 21K people on this #NoKings Eyes on ICE call. Check it out. www.youtube.com/live/4xBUa67...

John Cornyn embraces progressive Christianity!

I can’t tell you how much I love that @raushenbush.bsky.social was on CSPAN counter-programming Trump, who was on CSPAN 2 with his tired blasphemy at the National (Make a Mockery of) Prayer Breakfast. Watch here: www.c-span.org/program/wash...

This is one of the best reflections on religion in politics I've ever seen written by a politician. Revives my longstanding anger that Hillary's presidential campaigns didn't make this kind of messaging and political analysis part central to their strategy: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Repent!

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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

Cannot see the end of it.

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

I find it hard to believe how any national religion reporter isn’t focused on the massive faith organizing against ICE cruelty. If this was right-wing religion activism, every national news outlet would have their religion reporters assigned.

I know the Christian Nationalists take up a lot of oxygen in the religion/politics sphere but I've never seen anything like the faith group mobilization going on in Minneapolis. Houses of worship have decades of infrastructure and they're organizing to protect immigrants in the Twin Cities.

Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch. The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over. This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.

"One of the great American traditions is religious leadership showing up and helping America to see a way forward" -- @raushenbush.bsky.social @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2054...

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social thinks and talks about Christianity with as much clarity and grace as any American political figure since Dr. King. A victory for him in Texas would be a chance to reset the national political debate in remarkable ways www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

@guthriegf.bsky.social of @interfaithalliance.org writes about how the new film “The Testament of Ann Lee” feels like a necessary interruption to the triumphal narrative as America prepares to celebrate 250 years.

Our fresh news roundup features insights from @angeladenker.bsky.social, @guthriegf.bsky.social, @sarahposner.bsky.social, @jackjenkins.me, @bmietana.bsky.social, @bjconthehill.bsky.social, @jtgrosso.bsky.social, and more.

Excellent, clarifying piece on the (real) legal pathway that Minnesota has to prosecute the ICE agent who shot and killed a woman today. No, federal agents do not have absolute immunity from start charges, no matter what the Trump administration claims.

Noem is a liar. The whole regime are liars. They are murdering people inside this country and outside of it, citizens and non-citizens, with guns and missiles. They are law breakers, criminals, power hungry and corrupt, causing chaos and death. Trump's own Chief of Staff named it: "fascist."

NEW from me: At least two clergy were among those shoved, shot at with pepper rounds and exposed to pepper spray while protesting the actions of in Minnesota after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman who had been observing them. religionnews.com/2026/01/07/m...

Choose Love Not ICE. (Grateful to our friends at Interfaith Alliance for making this video) Truly He taught us to love one another. His law is love. And His Gospel is peace. LoveNotICE.org

If your house of worship is silent about the cruelty and the attacks on your neighbors by ICE, you’re at the wrong church, mosque, synagogue, temple, or gurdwara. Powerful ad by Interfaith Alliance — a plea for humanity.

It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

And Sharyn Alfonsi has proved herself a case study in journalism ethics and courage!

So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.

“Many Americans feel that the promise of the nation is slipping beyond reach, while others feel unseen, unheard, or expendable. This is not merely a political crisis. It is a spiritual one.” By @raushenbush.bsky.social @ianbassin.bsky.social for @thebulwark.com open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

“When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not oppress them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” (Leviticus 19:33-34) #LoveNotICE

Please sign the petition at LoveNotIce.org

Powerful.

Wow. (Be sure to share with any “good Christians” celebrating the lawlessness of Trump’s masked goon squad.)

Note: there are religious groups — including entire Christian denominations — that hold deeply held religious views that could be classified as some of these “agendas”.