They're so transparent they're removing photos of Donald Trump. And now I'm getting an "access denied" message when I go back to look.

Christmas Sermon Inspiration: "He does penance in sackcloth and ashes for our arrogance and the lazy smoke and smell of sins, and to purify us from the slime and mud, the muck and manure of sins, so that we should not in the end smell of the sulphurus smoke of hell and the odor of the devil's dung."

As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson. Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa! [BIG ASS THREAD]

This sort of anti monopoly concern should always be there, not when your partisan shill loses his bid to buy the company. It would have been just as bad, or worse, to let Larry Ellison control Netflix in addition to Paramount and tiktok

President Trump has signed an executive order that would block states from enforcing laws they pass to regulate A.I., or artificial intelligence. The directive marks a big win for tech giants but will likely be challenged in the courts. https://to.pbs.org/4oQVpOW

No president in American history has profited off the presidency like this Not close Foreign money Crypto schemes Access for sale And a net worth up billions This week on @contrariannews.org we discuss Trump's top 10 profiteering scandals - TN contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-and-...

Every year this makes me laugh. Truly one of the masterpieces of posting.

The most "former watcher of professional wrestling" trait I have is that every time I pack my son's lunch for preschool that I know he's going to go wild over, I say to myself "this one will pop the boys."

Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty. www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...

1. The current FIFA brouhaha is a blip compared to everything else that FIFA has done over the last 35 years. The Olympics at their worst barely compete with FIFA for corruption. 2. Your reminder that the FIFI Wild Cup can come back with enough support. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFI_Wi... #FIFAethics

the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all

Asylum is a human right.

At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump. The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.

ReGenesis forever.

40th birthday vibes.

A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.

She was a true believer and the Epstein cover-up shattered her entire world lmao

The only way to for the public to see complete Epstein files is to leak it. Do it. Now. Anything else is complicit.

Yep. He'll sign it, and tell the DOJ not to release the files because there's an open and ongoing investigation. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

When we proclaim that Jesus sets us free from sin, death and hell, are the proverbial gates broken from the outside in, or from the inside out? Why? #christtheking #lutheran #theology

Martin Luther, a #Lutheran, says a Christian must serve the undeserving, evil-doers, enemies, and ungrateful, like God does (Mt 6:32-4). Today, simply ungratefulness is reason to cut one off. How can you let your liberality serve underserving and evil-doers? #christian

A reminder that the Epstein files aren't a distraction from the oligarchy. They're an integral part of it.

turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT

It’s all of them, every last one of them

I'm begging you all in the media. Please read the emails for more than 2 seconds. They don't just say Trump "knew" about underage girls. THE EMAILS SAY HE PERSONALLY PARTICIPATED.

it's a real shame there wasn't just a Democratic president with control of federal law enforcement for 4 years, otherwise it would be pretty fuckin outrageous that he didn't find this

✅ he was extremely close friends with Epstein ✅ Epstein had like 11 ways to contact Trump ✅ Epstein sourced teens from maralago ✅ Epstein introduced Melania to Trump ✅ the DoJ combed evidence looking only for Trump and did a u-turn on releasing files ✅ Trump has been found guilty of sex crimes

It’s not that [Africana Studies] don’t matter: they absolutely goddamn do, and will keep on mattering... It’s just that they never mattered much to the Times and they [the Times] are, to appearances, mattering less and less by the day. I should remember that, and so should you.

Religion note: among those listed in Trump’s pardon list here is Rev. Stephen Cliffgard Lee, a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor who was charged with attempting to influence witnesses and conspiring to solicit false statements and writings in Georgia. religionnews.com/2023/08/15/p...

I'm convinced now that whatever we imagined Trump's involvement was, it was 10 times worse

Hope that they also name everyone who knowingly aided and abetted Trump in the cover-up.

DOJ Admits to Republicans That Epstein Files are reportedly even more damning for Donald Trump than previously indicated—and it was already bad. newrepublic.com/post/202813/...

Sailors' Wisdom

The young woman calling church is asking about baby formula is setting them up for Internet trashing. The audio is edited. What's often missing is the redirect to local services because most churches don't have formula in their pantry. It's a stunt and a shakedown. @histoftech.bsky.social

This is a very generous, Christian letter.

"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.” Gov. Andy Beshear

If at least 26 billionaires can waste at least $27 million trying to defeat Zohran Mamdani, then those same billionaires can afford to pay an extra 2% on their income over $1 million to make New York a better, thriving city for everyone — including themselves.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

"The Republican Party has created an entirely avoidable mess for itself. By taking a resolute stand in favor of making healthcare unobtainable for many Americans, and now threatening to starve children to achieve that perverse goal, they have made performative cruelty their political calling card."

This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

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