"I could spend my entire time here listing the many times that American religion has failed the moral test of the moment. I want to remind us that that is not the only story." Watch Rev @raushenbush.bsky.social's full lecture at the Washington Theological Consortium: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIeH...

God I admire this woman www.instagram.com/reel/DQvTSp9...

"So many Christians feel like their identity has just been stolen away from them by Christian Nationalism, by this absolute corruption of the Christian faith that's going on by MAGA and the whole of Trump world." - @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social

Pope Leo XIV called for “deep reflection” in the United States about the treatment of migrants held in detention, saying that “many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now.” https://to.pbs.org/3Ln2cSB

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Pine-Richland Schools (PA), which have dealt with nonstop book and curriculum censorship, just saw its board flip over to progressive representation. People Don't Want Bigots Overseeing Education. community.triblive.com/news/3913768

These numbers in VA and NJ are just wild - the spread is so much more than anticipated. A HUGE repudiation of Trump and the candidates that hitched their wagons to his cruel administration.

Anti Muslim and anti Trans attacks are not winners and should be relegated to the dustbins of history.

Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.

Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.

NBC calls NJ

When the winner insists that her followers give a round of applause for the service of her opponent. It is good to see, and a way forward - even when the other side is not prone to such largess.

Oh — the situation has escalated. Pope Leo has spoken out: says "spiritual rights" of detainees should be respected and calls on the "authorities" to allow "pastoral workers" in. "Jesus says very clearly … we're going to be asked, how did you receive the foreigner?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=taCi...

This is still a democracy. I'll be damned if we're gonna just give these pathetic fascists power they don't have.

BREAKING: NBC News projects: Abigail Spanberger (D) wins Virginia Governor. Democrat Gain.

A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.

Statement from the FBI Agents Association after Director Kash Patel fired, unfired then re-fired several agents who had worked on cases targeting Trump and allies. Complete shambles.

It's paperback publication day for my biography of the Jefferson Bible! Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social. Sharing below a few of the excellent essays the book inspired. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Today’s issue of A Public Witness explores the story of @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social, an American Baptist/Alliance of Baptists pastor who became the latest clergy to experience violent state tactics being used against peaceful protesters.

CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage

Join us Wednesday @ 4pm ET / 1pm PT! We're teaming up with @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's @uabookbans.bsky.social to discuss how faith communities and librarians can come together to advocate for the right to read. Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/how-faith-...

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

Much more of this please

“‘I see myself, and my family, and my community in them, and it's just unfair that they had to die in those circumstances,’ said Norma Aceves, the owner of Venice Bakery and creator of the altar.” abc7.com/post/venice-... #DíaDeLosMuertos

Obama: As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving over the rose garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes and gold plating the Oval Office and building a ballroom… If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry. He will save you a dance.

Breaking on MSNBC: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.

Very helpful to have these resources against antisemitism in one place!

Now WaPo - was that good or bad?

This!

FYI: it’s, uh, *not nothing* that the head of an entire Christian denomination — here Rev. Karen Georgia A. Thompson of the United Church of Christ — issued a statement decrying DHS agents for shooting one of her pastors in the face with a pepper round, adding, “No one is safe from tyranny."

"We’re [...] just recognizing how important faith leaders and moral commitments have played in every moment when the country has needed to push back against authoritarianism or targeting of marginalized communities,” @raushenbush.bsky.social said. “This is a moment for religious folks to show up.”

Good frame

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

Whoa

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

"[The No Kings movement] should continue to build unprecedented levels of civic engagement, including by training thousands of people of faith in the spiritual discipline of nonviolence." -Reverend @raushenbush.bsky.social

Duh

"Americans chose the “dictator” option by a strong margin, 56%-41%."

Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!

You go @jeffmerkley.bsky.social! The senator has been speaking on the floor since 6:24 last night denouncing Trump's authoritarian attacks on democracy Let's be loud--the American people are listening. Trump is down to historically Low 37% approval in recent polls www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...

BREAKING: We @democracydefendersfund.org have filed a complaint against WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for a possible Hatch Act violation She used her official role to attack NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani This demands investigation Read here 👇

FYI

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

Happy Diwali to all those who are celebrating! As @hfhr.bsky.social's Sunita Viswanath reminds us: may we be the light that prevails.

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

She can’t work if you WON’T SWEAR HER IN, MIKE

NYC 7th ave. Umm, doesn't look "hate America" rally