Lara Hoke

Join us for the 22nd Annual UU Joint Summer Service (at UU Harvard this year)! Service starts at 10 a.m. Details: www.fculittle.org/events/uu-jo...

Busy, busy…

Usually July is a "study leave" month for UU ministers. This has been the busiest July in all my years as a parish minister! There's just so much going on. Luckily, I love my calling. Right now I am in Pennsylvania, visiting family. It is good to get a break. What a bizarre time we are…

@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy CBS must be a special kind of stupid that they can’t figure out how to make money from the #1 late night show…

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

ICE is the new Gestapo…

No, I didn't invent this concept that "ICE is the new Gestapo", but it sure rings true. One of the more outrageous local ICE arrests/abductions/kidnappings was of Marcelo Gomes da Silva, a high school honor student, athlete, and band member who was…

@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social why do you give air time to John Kennedy? Sorry I tried tuning back in.

New me, new you(SA)?

I've been thinking about these changes for a long time... I've been wanting to get my hair cut short. I've had it short a few times in my life, but it's been a while. And I've wanted to wear contact lenses again. Finally, I just did it. Here's "the new me". The "new" Rev. Lara…

Join us for #LGBTQ+ Pride Karaoke at Fay Park in Littleton, Massachusetts! FB event page: www.facebook.com/events/63731...

Immigrant Legal Defense Act: Ensuring Access to Equitable Representation in Immigration Proceedings Write your legislators now—our communities are watching, and they need to feel the urgency from the streets in Massachusetts. We’re facing an escalating crisis with ICE detentions tearing families apa...

actionnetwork.org/letters/immi...

ICE is evil. To me, they are the Gestapo.

Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump is ‘of Momentous Significance’ But a fight with the nation’s oldest, richest and most elite university is a battle that President Trump and his powerful aide, Stephen Miller, want to have.

Thank you, #Harvard! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...

lgbTqia+ Solidarity

The Unitarian Universalist Association recently put out a strong statement of solidarity with the trans and nonbinary community. It's almost unbelievable to me that the T**** Administration is trying to push the fiction that there are just two genders when there aren't even…

Hands Off Massachusetts! Rally/March · Hands Off ***RALLY AND MARCH*** MC: **Jean-Luc Pierite** | President | North American Indian Center of Boston **SCHEDULE:** 11:00 am: Meet at Parkman Bandstand 11:15 am: Kickoff speaker: - **Rev. Mariama W...

See you in #Boston! #HandsOff mobilize.us/s/bjNhGv

Transgender Day of Visibility picture of a heart in trans pride colors.

It's #TDOV ! I still use she/her pronouns, but I fall under the broad trans umbrella as a genderqueer person. I'm on the "she" side of "they". I recently heard the term "theydy" (they+lady), and that works. I also relate to "demi-woman". Nothing has really changed; I've always been this way.

Continuing to learn Español

I could continue to post about the horrors in the United States of 2025 under the Trump Administration. It's just never-ending. I'm happy and proud to say that parishioners of my congregation are doing a great job of defending democracy, which is a Unitarian…

Trump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museums The order says that "divisive narratives" must be purged from the US museums and research centres.

We are living a nightmare. This is Germany 1933. bbc.com/news/article...

Countries that have issued a travel advisory this year warning their citizens about visiting the United States:

Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Ireland
Netherlands
New Zealand
United Kingdom

Cornell men’s hockey beats Michigan State 4-3!! Woo hoo! @cornelluniversity.bsky.social

Whitewashing American history The Trump Presidency as a project of erasure

New, from me:

Trump is whitewashing American history, removing not just people, but also the stories, images, and values to anyone who does not conform to his impoverished vision of America.

Here is a partial inventory. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whitewashi...

WTF

Don't elect idiots. #TrumpIsTrash

Ten Democrats join Republicans to vote to censure Al Green over Trump speech House votes to censure Texas congressman for ‘breach of proper conduct’ for disrupting president’s address

10 Democrats voted to censure Rep. Al Green. Jerks. If any of them are your reps, make sure you reach out to them and give them a piece of your mind. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Mass. residents favor challenging Trump administration, poll finds A majority of Massachusetts residents favor pushing back on President Donald Trump's controversial orders, according to the findings of a new poll.

www.wcvb.com/article/umas... @massgov.bsky.social

#standwithukraine

How U.S. Citizens Can Protect the Immigrant Community From the Deportation Force. Now, more than ever, it is important for U.S. Citizen allies of immigrants to support the immigrant community by taking real actions if they witness a raid by Trump’s Deportation Force. But what can y...

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Clearly illegal This isn't about cutting the size of government. It's about further concentrating power in Trump's hands.

Trump's pause on tens of billions of dollars in federal spending is plainly illegal.

But his real goal isn't to shrink government. It's to get the Supreme Court to concentrate even more power in his hands.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

Feeling overwhelmed? You’re not alone.
The Rainbow Youth Project’s crisis hotline is here to support LGBTQIA+ youth in need. Reach out at 1-800-555-1234. Your voice matters. 💜 #LGBTQIA #Support #YouAreNotAlone

#resist #fightfascism

@govmaurahealey.bsky.social I am so disappointed and sad that you are cooperating with ICE. This puts Massachusetts on the wrong side of history. I'm beyond disappointed, actually.