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Don't Tell Me It Can't Happen Here With his talk to "the Generals," Donald Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is nearly complete

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“DON’T TELL ME IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE: With his talk to ‘The Generals,’ Trump's consolidation of authoritarian power is nearly complete”

Noe one every accused Kristi Noem of caring about hypocrisy.

Graphic featuring the following text: Header: 2026 health care premiums would more than double under GOP budget Subhead: If ACA enhanced premium tax credits expire, your health care payments could double. Below is a graph with a bar set at $888 2025 and another bar set at $1,904 2026. Source: KFF

Republicans want to price you out of your health care

2026 insurance premiums are going up as much as 300%, thanks to Donald Trump and the Big Butt-Ugly Bill.

This is why Democrats declined to sign onto the CR (not because of illegal aliens)

The actual "enemy from within" Trump lays the groundwork for using the military on dissent.

The last person to use the term “The Enemy from Within” was Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Like McCarthy, Trump has “no decency or shame.”

I case you had any doubt, this is Trump prepping his generals to deploy armed troops in a war against US citizens on his orders

The only question is will they remember that their oath is to the Constitution, not some tin pot wannabe dictator.

The Long-Awaited Fall of the No-So-Moral Non-Majority – Part 5: Naming Names – Donald Trump Edition A series on widespread abuse in evangelical "Christian" and "Christian" nationalist churches

The 5th post in a 6-part series on widespread sexual abuse in evangelical and christian nationalist churches.
Next week we try to answer the questions:
“How?” and “Why?”

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EMPATHY is a VIRTUE, NOT A SIN (a sermon)
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I guess Donald Trump and Pam Bondi are in the Epstein files.
That’s why they’re invading Portland.

The Free Speech Crisis for Black Americans Is Worse Than You Think Don’t let Jimmy Kimmel’s return fool you: Black academics are more frightened of talking to the press than I’ve ever seen.

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, HBCUs received terroristic threats. Black students have been expelled or forced to withdraw. Black professors and teachers have been fired and placed on leave. A Black firefighter was placed on leave. A Black journalist was fired

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I mourn Charlie Kirk not because of what he believed, but because of what I believe as a follower of Jesus And I find his glorification and the demonization of his critics disturbing and dangerous.

Updated with new information and quotes from Charlie Kirk.

Not in my Name Israel says it is just rooting out Hamas. But Hamas does not explain why apartment buildings collapse on entire families, why bakeries and universities are bombed, why water plants are targeted.

Worthy read

British newspaper’s (The Mirror) take on Trump’s UN speech.

Bread, Circuses, and Extrajudicial Killings (Update) A special post regarding the recent "drug boat" strike

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An update on Trump’s extrajudicial killings.
A blatant violation of the law.

A Prayer for Protection from an Aspiring Autocrat Prayers for a Troubled People (a weekly series)

This week:
A Prayer for Protection from an Aspiring Autocrat

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The Trump Dept of “Justice” just deleted their report from their website. I guess it was just to inconvenient for their plans to crush domestic dissent.

The Russians Are Loving This Charlie Kirk’s assassination and political violence in America have Russian propagandists downright giddy. It’s all fodder for a war being waged on social media.

A worthy read:

How Russian propagandists are weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s murder to promote violence by the right against the left.

As if the right isn’t promoting that “effectively” on its own already. (See Andrew Tate and others advocating for “civil war”).

The Long-Awaited Fall of the No-So-Moral Non-Majority – Part 4: Names & Allegations (cont'd) A series on widespread abuse in evangelical "Christian" and "Christian" nationalist churches

Our latest post on the Reluctant Prophet blog:
Part 4 of a multipart series on widespread sexual abuse in evangelical christian and christian nationalist churches.

A Prayer Against Political Violence Prayers for a Troubled People (a weekly series)

A Prayer Against Political Violence and Its Exploitation
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A Prayer Against Political Violence Prayers for a Troubled People (a weekly series)

Special Today: A Prayer Against Political Violence

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