David Hively

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"For theological reasons, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America #ELCA repudiates Christian nationalism as a distortion of the Christian faith that crosses the line into idolatry."
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No joke.

One of the things about JD Vance is that he is completely 100% aware that what he is doing is evil and has made a deliberate, conscious choice to do evil to get power. He’s not self-deluded or dumb. He hasn’t drunk Kool-Aid. He’s decided to do evil for power.

Crackdowns on civil liberties are always easier when a nation is at war.

Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement.

The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.

"I voted for lawless, anonymous, masked, and unchecked police" is one hell of a jump from "eggs cost too much."

Star Wars Intro Scroll Episode IV It Was All So Stupid Seriously, you would not believe how stupid it was. Every day, unrelentingly, just the dumbest stuff by the absolute worst people. And what made it worse was knowing that we’d brought this on ourselves.

People spend a lot of time wondering why the left is worse at using independent media to control the national narrative.

A useful exercise is to ask why the left is also worse at selling snake oil and pyramid schemes, because I think the reasons are basically exactly the same.

While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Imagine you're a Republican.

You control the House, Senate & White House.

You spent 9 weeks sucking up to Elon Musk and gutting vital programs. Your "mandate," you said.

You draft a budget alone, without Democrats. Everyone hates it. Your own party can't pass it.

And now it's Democrats' fault? 🤡

Picture of police guarding a Tesla dealership.

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.

This is going to kill people.

Dear angry Republican voters who've showed up at GOP Town Halls to complain about the spending cuts, firings and chaos: Speaker Mike Johnson just told CNN's @kaitlancollins.bsky.social that you were 'paid democrat protestors'. They don't care about you. Remember this for the 2026 midterms

Not condoning violence, but I am noticing what kind of violence we tolerate.

I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.

I keep thinking about how DC did a story arc where Lex Luthor was elected POTUS and he divested himself from all his private business interests when he took office because even a comic book supervillain had higher ethical standards than the current administration.

Yes. Let young, charismatic democrats stand up and talk about what would be different. Draw the contrast every day. Highlight the gift, cruelty, hypocracy, and ignorance of it all.

There is literally HIV being transmitted from mom to baby because of the illegal shutdown of US AID and now Trump’s State Department wants to spend 400 million dollars on Tesla cyber trucks. This is not about efficiency. It’s a smash and grab.

Your Own Personal Jesus The most popular image of Jesus Christ in the world—a white man with blue eyes, wavy brown hair, and a soft, peaceful gaze—comes from Head of Christ, a 1940 painting by Chicago artist Warner Sallman. It’s been reproduced over a billion times, shaping how millions imagine Jesus. Sallman started as a commercial illustrator, sketching ads for pianos and trucks before volunteering as art director for The Covenant Companion, a Christian youth magazine.

How did a simple painting transform into the world's most recognized depiction of Jesus?

Unclean lips a sermon on having faith in the time of tyrants

open.substack.com/pub/thecorne...

Tweet of the Night 🏆

To be fair, this is actually a good idea.

We are still a nation of laws. Let's keep acting like it.