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Queer Progressive Christian pastor, Resistance Theologian, Managing Editor of Impact Magazine, writer, and cat-dad. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ He/Him/His.

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15.11.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2798    πŸ” 1121    πŸ’¬ 146    πŸ“Œ 65

In other words, there is definitely evidence of Trump being with a 15-year old child.

13.11.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, Democrats have uncovered more damning Epstein + Maxwell correspondence on Trump.

β€œThe dog that hasn’t barked is Trump. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him...” β€” Epstein to Ghislaine

Trump was clearly implicated in Epstein's crimes.

Denying it is delusion.

12.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3613    πŸ” 1104    πŸ’¬ 165    πŸ“Œ 53
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New Emails Reveal Epstein Says Trump Spent Hours at His House, Knew of Conduct House Oversight Democrats released emails just as lawmakers return to Washington

🚨BREAKING: Democrats on the House Oversight Committee just released a small batch of emails purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 that claim Donald Trump had β€œspent hours at my house.” In the same email, Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump was the β€œdog that hasn’t barked.”

12.11.2025 14:32 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 13

Have you heard the good news?

Yesssssssss!

A Utah judge threw out their gerrymandered maps & protected our democracy.

11.11.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 108    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.

10.11.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 29031    πŸ” 7399    πŸ’¬ 2792    πŸ“Œ 745

BREAKING:

Trump has just issued pardons to dozens of conservatives who tried to overturn the 2020 election results, including: Mark Meadows, Kenneth Chesebro, Jeffrey Clark, Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Boris Epshteyn, and more β€” per pardon attorney Ed Martin.

10.11.2025 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1619    πŸ” 822    πŸ’¬ 224    πŸ“Œ 133

Yeah, the same was true for me when I first heard it back in the day.

10.11.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

To my trans friends: I see you. The regime cannot change who you are. You determine who you are. No Supreme Court ruling can change your identity. You are beautiful, beloved, and trans. No regime can take away the truth.

10.11.2025 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
60-40 C-SPAN vote screen

60-40 C-SPAN vote screen

Under Schumer's leadership, eight Democrats (Cortez Masto, Durbin, Fetterman, Hassan, Kaine, King, Rosen, & Shaheen) joined the Republicans in moving forward a bill to reopen the government without ACA subsidiesβ€”Dems' stated key aimβ€”or any other real concessions from the status before the shutdown.

10.11.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1126    πŸ” 400    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 82
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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.

10.11.2025 01:25 β€” πŸ‘ 16832    πŸ” 5532    πŸ’¬ 427    πŸ“Œ 295
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Dear Democratic Senators: if you vote for this selling out of the ACA it will be the end of your careers. Depend upon it. You are there to defend this country against Trump and the fascists, not collude with them. If you become Quislings, you will forever REMAIN Quislings

09.11.2025 20:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3090    πŸ” 1062    πŸ’¬ 192    πŸ“Œ 115
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Thank YOU!

09.11.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Take stock of everything that is failing us right now.

When the moment comes, don’t seek to restore + improve those institutions.

We should replace them.

09.11.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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It’s heartbreaking.

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08.11.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 9
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Chaos erupted in Little Village.

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08.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 930    πŸ” 485    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 100
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Lazarus and the Trump Regime

My article on Lazarus and the Trump Regime:

06.11.2025 07:53 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

The public-facing side of American conservative politics more or less amounts to crashing out constantly about a bunch of shit that either you or the weird liars you listen to uncritically have made up. The non-public part, from what we've seen of the chat logs and such, is somehow much worse.

03.11.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2049    πŸ” 413    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 5

Even if the Republican controlled federal government had allowed the $6 billion contingency reserve to be used to fund SNAP benefits it wouldn’t have been enough to completely fund SNAP

Let that sink in, The Trump administration made a conscious choice to starve millions of Americans.

27.10.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 980    πŸ” 469    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 9

I think that there may be a miscommunication. Precedent has shown that the regime is determined to circumvent the law. We want to plan for that eventuality productively. But by discouraging that communication by labeling it β€œfatalist,” it feels like shutting the conversation down.

25.10.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Given what Miller’s threat to arrest Pritzker for seditious conspiracy, I ask again:

25.10.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1939    πŸ” 619    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 28
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

21.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 17342    πŸ” 6372    πŸ’¬ 356    πŸ“Œ 312
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Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

After adding new data to our spreadsheet, our central estimate of turnout for the No Kings Day protests yesterday has risen to 5.5 million, with an upper bound of 8.7 www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

19.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2734    πŸ” 808    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 76

Just found out today that I’ve been accepted for ordination in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)!

15.10.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE agents surrounded, seized, and zip-tied a U.S. citizen who had just finished working a double shift because she didn’t β€œlook” American to them.

She had her U.S. passport on her when she was detained, yet she was interrogated for an hour. trib.al/hDC7Vgv

14.10.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 136    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 14
(between the No Kings logo and an image of a hand holding a sign that reads β€œREJECTING KINGS SINCE 1776”) Wear yellow.
Show up.
Show out.
Saturday, October 18th.
nokings.org

(between the No Kings logo and an image of a hand holding a sign that reads β€œREJECTING KINGS SINCE 1776”) Wear yellow. Show up. Show out. Saturday, October 18th. nokings.org

On Saturday, we wear yellow. βŒπŸ‘‘

13.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1566    πŸ” 677    πŸ’¬ 160    πŸ“Œ 106

a russ vought special

11.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6505    πŸ” 1997    πŸ’¬ 218    πŸ“Œ 66
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ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom breakβ€”never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week agoβ€”turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroomβ€”by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

11.10.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4149    πŸ” 2377    πŸ’¬ 221    πŸ“Œ 493

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