"Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are under so much pressure to meet a daily quota of 3,000 arrests that they break the law to enforce the law." #immigration www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

End of Advent. Incarnation. Merry Christmas. #cofchrist www.mattfrizzell.org/post/christm...

After buying it for $18.8 billion, Walgreens' new private equity owner has eliminated paid holidays for all hourly workers on Christmas and New Year's. Last year, Walgreens had a CEO-to-Worker pay gap of 410 to 1. Corporate greed that would make even Scrooge blush.

Sadness seems the best observance of Christmas.

#democracy #equality #biblicalfaith

“Christian nationalism” is a deceptive irony. 1. Immigrants are more American than nationalism can be. A nation of diverse strangers, aliens stolen, and refugees built on genocidal betrayal of indigenous persons & racist capitalism. 2. Jesus Christ was not a citizen of Rome. He was crucified by it.

Merry Christmas from Gus. If you do t celebrate Christmas, simply may the transcendent spirit of life’s generosity and grace of human communion find you. #advent #newf

Public transit teaches the basic values of democracy. All can ride & deserve access. All pay, all benefit. No first class & economy. Don’t be a fool; respect those around you. Democracy will take you where you need to go together. “We the people” isn’t a metaphor the train/bus/roadway. #democracy

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

This is what a judicial warrant looks like. If a federal agent shows up at your door with a warrant that doesn’t have the judge’s signature, you don’t have to let them in. Contact PIRC at 1-888-622-1510 if a federal agent shows up at your residence or workplace. #KnowYourRights

Propaganda builds the case. Organized violence against “Others” defines them as different, unequal and inferior. “We are not the same” is the essential logic of otherness to justify violence through use of laws, police and military, vigilante groups, and individual acts of violence.

More premeditated domestic terrorism chicago.suntimes.com/nation-world...

Those who oppose MAGa and fascism a la Trump might reconsider Harry G Frankfurt’s clear distinction between lying and bullshit. #onbullshit #harryfrankfurt youtube.com/watch?v=o0MF...

With a long list to blame, they’ve convinced us that US citizens have no rights to healthcare, education, or welfare but the privileged need more control & tax cuts. #refusefascism

This is horrifying. Stop the genocide. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

Human rights are human rights regardless of identity. Equality before the law is equality before the law regardless of identity. #equalrights #stopthehate

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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Thousands of transgender troops who have served our nation honorably will soon be purged from the military because of their identity. It is shameful that the Supreme Court’s majority won’t even explain why it greenlit this mass act of unconstitutional discrimination. slate.com/news-and-pol...

The odd position that the US needs less government instead of equal legal protections and fair taxation of wealth, takes a media industry to sustain. #propagandanotpropaganda #corporatewelfare

The MAGA/GOP approach to immigrants is morally reprehensible. It’s evil from the perspective of human equality and basic rights based in the imago dei. The US has become even more unsafe for anyone not white. Based on Matthew 25, this country is anti-Christ. #americanevil #refusefascism

Tyrannical Capitalism In democratic capitalism, the government’s role is regulation, governing markets, maintaining rights and competition by busting monopolies. In tyrannical capitalism, the role of government is to ensure domination of property, rights of capital to rule, & protect the rich.

Don’t ever forget that authoritarianism and pleaure at the appearence of power flow from weakness, helplessness, and fear. Weak men love power because their experience with it limited. #refusefascism #resist Continued…

Dear Community of Christ, This move by the US State department contradicts and opposes World Conference Resolutions 1087, 1184, and 1228. Call and write your representatives as peacemakers and disciples of Jesus. #cofchrist #humanrights #RefuseFascism www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...

AKA bullshit

I don’t have words I feel about the US government, it’s apparent abuses of freedom and human rights, and the sense of threat that I’m next because I oppose this abuse of power and idolatrous nationalism. I think America died for me September 12, 2001. We have become what we hate. #refusefascism

Passion Week, we remember the God of Love and Justice seen in Jesus Christ …not the god of empire …not the idol of nationalism …not the god of worldly “greatness” …not the idol of self & self-obsession …not the god of wrath & death …but the opportunity to see God in the cross & new life. #cofchrist

This regime and its leader don't care about you or your children. Pharoah's regime is so sure climate change is harmless, they will stop monitoring it. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Chicago protest. #handsoff #chicago

Community of Christ statement on equal rights of all persons regardless of sex and gender differences. #cofchrist #lgbtqia #feminist cofchrist.org/news/human-r...

And that’s on that 😌

We live in an immoral country where the idea of universal healthcare, education, and social security are "extreme" and "impractical," while wealth buys elections and coopts the outrage of its victims.

In wealthy nations, political ideologies that substitute churches and charity for democratic social policies and legal protections for the poor, vulnerable, and at-risk are a naked defense of empire and disposable people.

For pregnant girls and women in the United States who don’t want to have a baby or can’t afford to raise a child and don’t have access to a safe abortion, hear our prayer #WomensRightToChoose #WomensRightsAreHumanRights

Love it. gripped.com/news/huge-u-...

Good morning, Chicago, South Side.

The Washington Post pulled an ad that was set to run in some editions on Tuesday calling for Elon Musk to be fired from his role in government, a group that ordered the ad said. It would have covered the front and back pages of editions delivered to the White House, the Pentagon and Congress.

“Like all brands, dictators are desperate for market share and exposure.” - Srdja Popovic, “Blueprint for Revolution”

The biggest government taxes citizens to consolidate power, pay law enforcement & military to force peace by violence & control instead of democracy & social contract, and moves beyond your bedroom to living in your head through anxiety, fear, and intimidation. #biggestgovernmentofall #biggovernment

“From 1964 to 2019, the share of Americans who trust those in Washington to do ‘what is right’ tumbles from 77 percent to 17 percent….those who would view ‘army rule’ as a good thing has risen, from just 7 percent in 1995 to 18 percent today.”- Barbara F Walter, “How Civil Wars Start”

An Open Letter to Community of Christ USA RE: Community of Christ’s Voice in Current Politics #cofchrist #PeaceAndJustice #speakout #PropheticPeople www.mattfrizzell.org/post/open-le...

Imperialism is evil. I’m deeply concerned about the overt imperialism of the Chairman’s rhetoric. Bush’s imperialism into Iraq was evil because it was based on a lie. Russia’s imperialism into Ukraine is evil. Israel’s imperial movement into Gaza is evil. I call it out. #imperialism #evil

Not long ago I stood with a small group of my faith community after spending a weekend discussing how to grow our littlests in faith. I took communion. Standing with those who gathered out of love, honoring Christ and the community he inspires (Acts 2) it felt like resistance. Let us resist.

Me and Gus. Dogs are good. #newf #newfy