Rev. Monica

Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at HR@opm.gov.

We don't need a general strike - just a strike of the entire federal workforce. Show them what they're going to miss, all at once.

I mean - no plan for defeating #project2025. None whatsoever. Just, be mad about it and hope voters respond.

Absolutely disgusted to hear @vanhollen.senate.gov on @the1a.org this morning making excuses for the Democratic party - all their hopes on the midterms, as if our democracy won't be a pile of splinters two years from now.

What's needed right now is a general strike of all federal workers, from the highest levels all the way down. A demonstration, all at once, of what will be lost. Could our communities come together to support striking workers?

That's great!

Real fun to be a regular plane passenger sitting in an airport today.

#50501 demonstration at Utah State Capitol

#50501Utah

Lost my CDC contract after a visit from DOGE. I feel like I’m in the dirt (or TBH eating a pint of ice cream on a couch crying). But here’s the thing: Pushing people down—especially those with heart, purpose, and love for public service—doesn’t mean they stay down. It’s literally against their DNA.

"A mass demonstration, as anyone who has ever organized any successful campaign will tell you, is the last step you take, not the first... the big rally isn't the spark that launches your movement. It's the victory lap." Srdja Popovic, Blueprint for Revolution

It's always just white supremacy.

As Dorothy Thompson famously noted in 1941,

“Those who haven’t anything in them to tell them what they like and what they don’t…go Nazi."

That’s one reason to shore up connection to your inner life. (If you’re not directly targeted by this admin.)

But it’s not the only one.

Ezra Klein this morning: "Trump is acting like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president. He is trying to substitute perception for reality. He is hoping that perception then becomes reality. That can only happen if we believe him."

In case it needs to be said: "woke" doesn't cause plane crashes.

Remember that overwhelm is their strategy rn. Pace yourself. Read long form. Take walks. Cook. Dip in and out when you need to.

A verse by adrienne maree brown against a background of blue, green, and purple wavy shapes

I went to the great lake
and asked the water
do you have anything to tell us about what's to come?
and she said
"come in waves -
it is not one big swell that changes the shore"

I love this so much!

At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions.

This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

Opinion | 62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year (Gift Article) An eclectic list of works that influenced, intrigued and entertained our guests.

Reading through "62 Books ‘The Ezra Klein Show’ Guests Recommended This Year" and noting all the ones I want to add to my TBR list makes me realize that shopping for books is a distinct hobby from reading them 😁

imagine a country so furious about drag performers that it voted for polio

Faith leaders express dismay amid report Trump will allow immigration raids at churches (RNS) — ‘I have 30 kids in a Sunday school class — I don’t know who is documented and undocumented,’ said one Latino pastor.

NEW via me and @yonat.bsky.social: Faith leaders are expressing dismay over new Trump will allow immigration raids at churches.

Trump's faith advisers defended the idea, but Rev. Gabe Salguero said news is “sending a deep chill down the spine" of Latino evangelicals religionnews.com/2024/12/12/f...

A decorated Christmas tree with a tree topper that looks like a scary feathered eye

Closeup of the scary eye tree topper

Return of the Biblically Accurate Angel ™️ tree topper!

BE NOT AFRAID 👁️‍🗨️👁️‍🗨️👁️‍🗨️

Busy reading this, will rejoin society in a few days (as per usual when reading @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social )

One of the pathologies you see in a lot of punditry/discourse is some implicit assumption that in a deep sense Democrats *should* win every election and when they don’t it shows how bad they are, or how annoying libs are of whatever. But America’s a pretty conservative place!

Blessed are you, beginning to have an inkling that what once grounded you is still there at the heart of things. - Kate Bowler #advent

Unstoppable Hope (Advent I) We must live lives of unstoppable hope.

We must live lives of unstoppable hope. - Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna #advent

Amazon workers in 20 countries to protest or strike on Black Friday Workers and their representatives to press US retailer to respect their rights and take action on the climate crisis

Two vital pieces of info b4 Black Friday:

1. Price trackers have proven that Amazon has been slowly hiking prices so they can pretend to slash them on Black Friday/Cyber Monday. There are no actual deals. Just the appearance of them.

2. Amazon workers are on strike

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.th...

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. - Meister Eckhart

May this day bless you with love, comfort, laughter, and gratitude.

It's SO expensive

Jimmy Kimmel just DESTROYED Donald Trump’s entire administration. 🤣

Well, there's that