Chad Schobert, O.D.

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We are at the doorstep of a true dictatorship. Resist everything.

We’re so proud to honor you!

On average, especially compared to Evangelicals, Lutherans are a lot more progressive. This is targeted retaliation.

When your base is getting battered in a culture war, pretending the war isn’t happening is, in every conceivable way, a losing strategy.

But keep it up with those “kitchen table” issues, I guess, Dems. Heckuva job

YouTube video by CNBC How Companies Are Dodging Trump Tariffs On Canada, Mexico And China

Just watched a news story on huge warehouses in TX where Walmart, Columbia, etc have been stockpiling non-perishables since Trump was elected to soften tariff blow. Smaller businesses that rely on imports will be hit hardest as consumers gravitate further to big box stores.

youtu.be/h5P8WHBrQvo?...

The road to fascism is paved with the bodies of the marginalized people who were ignored after being told they were overreacting.

Oh, you had the nice Christian flag pledge. Most evangelical schools don’t do the namby-pamby “brotherhood” ending.

We did:

“… one Savior, crucified, risen, and coming again with life and liberty for all who believe.”

Note it’s not for all—it’s just for believers

What a Week It's Been And not in a good way

It’s been one hell of a week—by which I mean it’s been a week from hell.

Hug the trans folks and southern Californians in your life (if they want hugs), and consider giving some kind of mutual aid to support fire relief and trans people if you’re able

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Quitting Men Isn't a Political Strategy White women’s individualistic calls to disavow men — while invoking the 4B movement in South Korea — do nothing to achieve collective liberation from patriarchy.

It’s a bit funny that, as someone so insistent that fascist Christians ARE Christians, I’ve reflexively dismissed TERFs from “real”feminism.

As @nicolefroio.bsky.social compellingly argues for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social, feminism can also break good or bad

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In *2000,* the sociologists Michael Emerson & Christian Smith concluded that white evangelicals had a both a 'limited cultural toolkit' and a 'restricted moral vision' that de-emphasized structural/institutional issues. Little has changed, and if so, it's been for the worse.

Stephen Hawking was full of shit.

Maybe hope for a freak physics incident where one team spontaneously converts to anti matter and the two teams annihilate upon the first contact on the kickoff.

It’s actually insane how easy it is to solve homelessness.

Commute All Federal Death Sentences Text SIGN PONUOO to 50409 to send this to your officials.

Let's keep up the pressure on him for further pardons and commutations.

kinda feel like the Bsky team won't listen to trans users about this, so I'll say it as a Cis Person: I don't want Jesse Singal on here spreading his lying hateful "just asking questions" bullshit. he is not acting in good faith, he causes active harm, and he adds nothing worthwhile to this platform

It’s our job to never let MSM journalists forget their role in getting us here. They normalized a fascist. They held Biden and Harris to impossible standards while saying nothing about his crimes, his incompetence, and HIS cognitive decline.

They wanted this. They don’t get to clutch their pearls.

I know far more loving atheists than Christians, and I say this as someone who was raised evangelical

Because we live in the real world, one that isn't insulated by extreme wealth. And even though you came from a working class family and pride on being self made...were you when you didn't have sleep for dinner.

A world where those same people have said they want me dead for MY work, while

There you have it. Texas is the first state to officially offer up their state for the concentration camps

I am Michael Devitt. My wife and I wrote a book about raising our transgender teen in politically-repressive Idaho.

YouTube video by CBC News Republican spending on anti-trans ads is ‘dehumanizing,’ author says

Appreciate CBC seeking out a trans perspective on the American election and asking me to go on the air yesterday:

youtu.be/RKNAwY0-2xg?...

The lack of solidarity with trans people, given years of a Nazi-like attack on their existence, can dismay me. But hard to be too overwhelmed when trans people are generally so awesome and brave.

It won't stop once they deport all the brown people they dislike, next would be queers and eventually just white "progressives" defined as anyone an inch to the left of Barry Goldwater.

The Data is In: Anti-Trans Legislation is Hurting Kids New research shows a dramatic increase in suicide attempts among trans and non-binary youth in states with anti-transgender laws, proving the devastating impact of these harmful policies.

A groundbreaking study confirms that anti-trans laws aren’t just political theater—they’re actively endangering the lives of transgender and non-binary young people. www.readtpa.com/p/the-data-i...

UBI is proof that we do not actually care about evidence when it comes to policy, because I struggle to find a better example of something so consistently shown to be beneficial

and yet it’s never even brought up as a serious option outside of endless pilot programs that all tell us the same thing

Church Attendance is (Once Again) Correlated with Authoritarianism — So Why Do We Refuse to Acknowledge It? Since 2016, I have been arguing here at RD that former president Donald Trump’s politics, and his appeal to White evangelical Christians, are best explained through the lens of authoritarianism. Pundi...

All else being equal, frequent church attendance is a big indicator of authoritarian personality traits.

Being Republican and holding Christian nationalist beliefs are even bigger indicators, but Christianity is far from always or inherently benign

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Billionaire Larry Ellison says a vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure 'citizens will be on their best behavior' Billionaire Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison said he expects AI surveillance systems to reach a point where all citizens are under constant watch.

it’s funny that cyberlibertarians spent so much time worrying about government surveillance then private tech companies went ahead and build the most invasive and extensive surveillance apparatus we’ve ever known out of the thing the they promised would liberate us all

Church Attendance Correlated with Authoritarianism (Again) — So Why Do We Still Refuse to Acknowledge It? Since 2016, I have been arguing here at RD that former president Donald Trump’s politics, and his appeal to White evangelical Christians, are best explained through the lens of authoritarianism. Pundi...

The data are clear that frequent church attenders are far more likely to have authoritarian personalities than secular people.

Yet the legacy media keep pushing the myth that church is inherently moderating? 🤔

NEW by me for @religiondispatches.bsky.social

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The cult in action. After the 2016 debate, I was dumbfounded seeing friends and family crowing how DT eviscerated HRT in the debate. Emperor having no clothes understates the paradigm . . .