Barbara Clark
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Mother. Minister. Musician. Nature-lover. Anti-racist. She/her. Chattanooga native.
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Mother’s Day blessings to all who celebrate! 🌹
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We must resist ICE!
#endICEnow
#chattanooga
#helpthechildren
#lovewins
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Lovely day walking along the shore of Fort Loudoun Lake (TN, USA)… 🦆🐿️
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Congratulations, Maestra Frank! 👏
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Excitement at The Kentucky Derby! 👏🐎🏆🌹🇵🇷
#women
#DEI
#puertorico
#kentuckyderby
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Captain Mark Kelly
12 days ago
Science is how we’ve cured diseases and how we just sent four humans around the Moon. It’s a big reason why we’re the greatest country on Earth, but firing the National Science Board shows just how much Trump doesn’t understand that.
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Unacceptable! Such greed!
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Wildflower Walk, 4/24/26, University of TN Arboretum, Oak Ridge 🌸 Happy Arbor Day! 🌳
#wildflowers
#trees
#arborday
#creationcare
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Very sad…
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Celebrate Earth Day every day! 🌳
#earthday
#nature
#creationcare
#savetheplanet
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I enjoyed a lovely tour today of my friends’ beautiful garden! 🌷 Loudon County, TN
#gardens
#creationcare
#nature
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The New York Times
25 days ago
Bishop James Massa, chairman of U.S. Catholic bishops’ doctrine committee, pushed back against Vice President JD Vance’s suggestion that Pope Leo XIV be more “careful when he talks about matters of theology” following the pontiff’s criticism of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
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Bishops Defend Pope After Criticism From Vance
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Important. Save the planet. 🌎
#creationcare
#nature
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Hopeful news! 👏
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Congratulations to Rory McIlroy and all of the contenders! ⛳️ 🏆
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Atlanta Botanical Garden 🌷
#atlanta
#gardens
#chihuly
#nature
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Easter blessings continue…🦋
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The Carter Center, Atlanta 🌷
#thecartercenter
#atlanta
#springtime
#flowers
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PBS News
about 1 month ago
"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.
https://to.pbs.org/47KYafb
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WATCH: Pope Leo XIV calls Trump's Iran threat 'truly unacceptable'
"There are certainly issues of international law here, but even more so a moral issue for the good of the whole, entire population," the pope said in Italian to reporters outside his residence in Cast...
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-pope-leo-xiv-calls-trumps-iran-threat-truly-unacceptable
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Peace. 🌎🕊️
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Love everyone. Period. ❤️
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Palm Sunday 🌿🎺
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More signs of Spring…from East Tennessee… 🌷 The iris is our State flower.
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Good afternoon, from Trinity UMC-Lenoir City, TN! I love the budding trees and blossoming flowers!🌳 🌸
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This is important! 🗳️
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I needed a walk by the lakeshore after a very stressful week. Ah, nature—always a healing balm! Thanks be to God for the beauty of Creation! 🦆 [Fort Loudoun Lake, near Knoxville, TN]
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Denise Oliver-Velez
about 2 months ago
Reposting on Sister Rosetta Tharpe's Birthday: Ladies don't just sing the blues. They play them, too
www.dailykos.com/stories/2021...
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Ladies don't just sing the blues. They play them, too
We often hear the terms “bluesman” and “bluesmen” when referring to those Black gentlemen musicians who helped birth, make famous, and sustain a musical genre that has gone on to spawn and ...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/5/30/2032185/-Ladies-don-t-just-sing-the-blues-They-play-them-too
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This quotation seems timely. 🕯️
about 2 months ago
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The New York Times
about 2 months ago
Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, has used his perch in Congress to highlight sympathetic cases in his push to free detainees and call attention to the consequences of President Trump’s immigration agenda.
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Joaquin Castro Is on a Quest to Get Detained Immigrants Released
The Texas Democrat has used his perch in Congress to highlight sympathetic cases in his push to free detainees and call attention to the consequences of President Trump’s immigration agenda.
https://nyti.ms/4lqARNr
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Spring is on its way! 🌼 Frozen Head State Park Wartburg, TN (near Knoxville)
#naturesbeauty
#Godshandiwork
#TNStateParks
#wildflowers
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We have a new Blessing Box and a Little Free Library at our church. The prayers of dedication were offered yesterday after worship. We do not ban books. We believe in feeding, reading, and being good neighbors. 🥫🙏📚
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#loveyourneighbor
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Happy International Women’s Day! 💐
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Aaron Rupar
2 months ago
Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"
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Chattanooga Times Free Press
2 months ago
Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump's new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
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More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump's new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/mar/05/more-than-20-states-sue-over-new-global-tariffs-trump-imposed-tfp/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
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Robert Reich
2 months ago
How come “How are you going to pay for it?” is never asked about endless war?
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Democracy Now!
2 months ago
"I can't find any reason to celebrate the assassination of the Iranian supreme leader because I think it's part of a package ... It's also part of the killing of Iranian innocent people," says Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, a longtime critic of the Iranian government.
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Senator Bernie Sanders
2 months ago
The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.
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Democracy Now!
2 months ago
Testimony and evidence from 59 Palestinian journalists reveals “strikingly consistent” reports of beatings, sensory deprivation, sexual violence, starvation and medical neglect while detained.
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Beaten, Starved, Tortured: New CPJ Report on Abuse of Palestinian Journalists in Israeli Prisons
Testimony and evidence from 59 Palestinian journalists reveals “strikingly consistent” reports of beatings, sensory deprivation, sexual violence, starvation and medical neglect while detained, accordi...
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/26/cpj_palestinian_journalists_abused_israeli_detention
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Melton Hill, Lenoir City, 2/27/26
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Governor JB Pritzker
2 months ago
I'm begging my fellow politicians, Illinoisans, and Americans to realize that right now, we aren't fighting over policy or political party. We're fighting over whether we're going to be a country rooted in empathy and kindness — or one rooted in cruelty and rage.
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I hope the settlement is finally fair. Bless Miss Lacks’ soul. 🙏🕊️
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Lord, have mercy. 🙏 Bless this dear man’s soul—a man who should still be alive today.😢🕊️
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Rachel Maddow
2 months ago
“On the merits, its detentions are illegal,” the judge wrote. “[The government] knows this.”
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Judge Says U.S. Is Intentionally Violating the Law on Immigration
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/new-jersey-trump-immigration-federal-judge.html
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We must continue to fight for the rights of vulnerable and targeted individuals. 🙏 🗳️
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My church participated in the live-streamed worship service (2/25/26). We plan to march in the upcoming rally. *Resist!* Share love! ❤️
#UMC
#resist
#loveyourneighbor
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Lord, have mercy! We must help the children!
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Rachel Maddow
3 months ago
"More than 3,000 people attended the Mass and walked in the procession. "Families affected by immigration enforcement were among the first to receive ashes from Cupich, in a highly symbolic reversal of the marking and tracking many say defines their daily lives."
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'God does not need papers': Cardinals spend Ash Wednesday with ICE detainees, their families
Cardinal Blase Cupich led a Mass in Chicago, which was attended by relatives of those who have been detained or deported. Cardinal Joseph Tobin celebrated Masses inside an ICE detention center in Newa...
https://www.ncronline.org/news/god-does-not-need-papers-cardinals-spend-ash-wednesday-ice-detainees-their-families
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗
3 months ago
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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ACLU
3 months ago
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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