Remember that time the biggest superstars in Christian music got destroyed by evangelicals bc their lead singer said, "Hey, maybe gay marriage should be legal?" I spent some time internet stalking Jars of Clay today to see what they're doing now. The answers surprised me.

she's just doing what she was hired to do

As 2025 draws to a close, the grief of this year, the opportunity cost, are hitting home. In particular, the way we have been denied time and space to do any grieving at all. What would it look like if we were able to grieve? How would we be changed by being able to process so much loss?

Dark $, foreign $ out of our politics. We the people have power in the primary to make that happen. These folks who are run by dark $ will never work for campaign finance reform. Their palms are greased, their pockets lined. We deserve representation in govt for the American people, not Israel.

I saw reporting out yesterday that Schumer and Durbin won't try for a shutdown in Jan bc they accomplished their goal of "raising awareness about healthcare costs" in the last on. Dem leadership are complicit or inept or both. We need to kick them to the curb. ASAP.

We should all be aware that this is the same tactic they may use in the midterms: claim the results are fake, evidence doesn't matter, they decide what is and isn't real (a birth certificate or an election result) and then try to do what they want. We must anticipate this shit and plan accordingly.

LOL - Senate (and House) Republicans are ending their "probe" into Hegseth's boat strikes after they got Schumer, Durbin and majority of the Senate Democratic Caucus to vote for a $900 billon defense authorization bill for Trump/Hegseth.

"Noecker has since moved back to her native Los Angeles" Aaaaand that tells you everything you need to know. Bye, Felicia. 0% sorry you didn't get to do your big capitalism and self-enrichment off my community. Go cry in your coconut water matcha Pilates California smoothie about it.

"We here at Bank of America remember a time when a woman couldn't get a credit card without her husband's approval. Wouldn't that be fun again?"

Can I just say 2 things: First, Matt fails to see how these two sentences are different: "Trump is weak on the economy and highlighting it is bad for him" "Trump is weak on the economy, so Democrats shouldn't talk about immigration" I think this says a lot about his ideological priors

This headline is misleading, purposefully, for clicks. Blanche announced that we are getting "several hundred thousand" docs today. No they will not meet the complete deadline. Yes that's illegal. But they are producing an enormous volume of material, and we will see what's in them.

Was just sitting down to film a video about how bad these cargo cult fascists are at doing bread and circuses when I saw this story:

Protest outside the Gresham Home Depot today. Bring your rain jacket!

This doesn't surprise me. Indivisible2026.org we must take back control of Congress

AOC: “President Trump ran on a promise to the American people that ICE would go after the worst of the worst — What we have seen is that ICE is not overwhelmingly going after criminals — In fact, over 70% of people currently detained in detention facilities do not have a criminal record”

Media scholar Mia Moody-Ramirez told Axios the shift Reid is making reflects a broader structural collapse in legacy media. She said Black journalists who were once pushed out of mainstream outlets are now thriving independently.

More please. More celebrities need to take a stand. Silence is violence. Silence is complicity. There is NO SAFETY you can secure for yourself by shrinking back and staying silent in the face of advancing authoritarianism.

"While I have been concerned about WWE‘s close relationship w/ Donald Trump... especially in light of his [regime's] ongoing cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrants... reading the President’s incredibly cruel comments in the wake of Rob Reiner’s death is the final straw for me."

Hey, a reminder that eugenics is the modus operandi of this regime. You wanna let your Senators know what you think of this. ASAP. 202-224-3121.

The former Justice Department special counsel told the House Judiciary Committee that his team developed "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" that Trump took part in a criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 election. n.pr/3N5wwln

here's a gift link to the whole Christopher Anderson interview, which is worth reading wapo.st/49ixYtq

The DOJ is supposed to follow the law, not politics Jack Smith offered to testify publicly about Trump—House Republicans are forcing it behind closed doors Transparency isn’t optional when the rule of law is at stake👇 - TN www.ms.now/opinion/jack...

I am doing more live streams on TikTok and I'm trying to talk more about Permaculture design there. I did an hour long one last night on the 12 principles of permaculture, and I am now uploading it to YouTube and it will publish in just a little bit.

This is an important thread. Pls read.

ICE deployed pepper balls while detaining someone near George Middle School in St. Johns last week. It was appalling - but not surprising. @mayorkwilson.bsky.social, @councilorepg.bsky.social @councilordanryan.bsky.social, and I issued this statement condemning ICE's poisoning of North Portlanders:

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WHAT?! Gavin “Let’s sanewash Charlie Kirk and also I hate homeless people” Newsom?? This is the guy they want us to believe is a radical leftist?!!! Governor #Neoliberalism4evahcorporationsarebaewealthcapsarebad ??? Bwahahahahahahahahahaha

Welp, I guess I'm doing Substack now. Like Patreon, I don't put anything behind a paywall. If folks want to subscribe to support me, that's really kind of you. But I don't want to exclude folks who can't afford it, so as long as Substack lets me, posts are all public for everyone.

Before joining the DOJ, Harmeet Dhillon was an outspoken advocate for state supremacy over elections. Now, in a complete 180, she’s leading the federal government’s unprecedented campaign forcing states to hand over millions of voters’ private information.

A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.

Tyson is shutting down its Lexington, Nebraska plant in January 2026. That’s 3,200 workers gone in one shot, the largest plant shutdown in company history. Blame Trump’s tariff chaos and the lowest cattle inventories in decades. Tariffs jack up costs. Supply shrinks. Plants close. Towns hollow out.

Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/w...

When I tell y'all that I have so much hope for the future because of the youth, this is what I'm talking about: my 21-year-old just got home on Break and we were talking about her Poli Sci 391 final paper. there is no way I could've articulated or even understood these concepts at that age.

"When liberalism is bedrock, good journalists can do great things when they get corporate-scale resources. And whatever marginal independence they lack might be worth the sacrifice. But in illiberal times, it’s a foolish, dangerous trade."

"We hold where we hold". Hello, America. There's a lesson for us here. Do not cede ground to tyrants. Do not comply with fascism. Do not hand over your rights. What matters now is not what the regime tries to do, BUT HOW WE RESPOND. WE HOLD THE LINE.

"How do you do, fellow kids?" Dear gawd, we have THE MOST EMBARRASSING dictator.

Just FYI, my main TikTok account was hacked and immediately got banned today. I'm having a devil of a time trying to get in contact with anybody from TikTok to see if I can get it restored. It was hacked by an account in Georgia (the country) and I am pretty devastated.

Posted the same day we hear that they have launched "The Irish Goodbye": ICE waiting to catch immigrants who are trying to leave this country, abducting them as they cross the border. Don't forget corporations are being paid $150k/yr tax $$$ to keep immigrants in detention centers. It's a grift.

This is why I am transparent about where I earned my living, who I donate to, etc. I get that for people who aren't transparent, they would oppose a conversation about disclosure and ethics. There's an awful lot of $$ sloshing around that big creators don't want you to know they're taking.

It's not sustainable to pay for every newsletter and Patreon you want to support. I subscribe to MANY and I am going to have to unsubscribe to some because it is costing me thousands of dollars a year (over $3000). More collectivist options need to be developed.

As long as we are talking about Dem Elites, AIPAC and dark $$ in politics, and the paternalism of powerful Dems...we can't ignore what HRC said the other day re: Gaza.

Absolutely. TPUSA wants to be America's Hitlerjugend. And they'll do it with tax-deductible nonprofit status.

Social media creators don't have a code of ethics. They can take undisclosed dark $$, aren't required to check their sources/ issue retractions, can be entirely fake personas. When social media and "media" overlap this much, what is our responsibility to our audience? What ethics should we have?

BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the government to restore Rümeysa Öztürk's SEVIS student record after it was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for exercising her freedom of speech. This allows her to fully engage with the opportunities of her PhD program.

I clocked this. Weeks ago. It's about indoctrinating HS students across the country. TPUSA is a 501(c)(3), btw.

“.. By my count, today's $12B farmer bailout is the FIFTH thing that Trump's tariffs were gonna pay for.” - @scottlincicome.bsky.social

1. I agree with this take 2. This is far more optimistic than I'm used to seeing from The Bulwark and I'm down with it.

By a vote of 52-44, the Senate invoked cloture of Robert Chamberlin to be a District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi. Party line vote with Senators Merkley, Rosen, Wyden, and Young not voting.

The attempts at gaslighting are painfully pathetically transparent. We have to pay our bills. We have to buy food and buy insurance and gas up our cars. We have to balance our checkbooks. How is MAGA not insulted by this BS?

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