Jonny Rashid

If Platner and Collins had a baby, they’d give birth to John Fetterman.

Boring politics is not the answer to extreme nationalism It might be tempting to temper Trumpist Christian nationalism with moderation, but the moment calls for prophecy, not prosaicism.

It might be tempting to temper Trumpist Christian nationalism with moderation, but the moment calls for prophecy, not prosaicism. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/boring-pol...

The GOAT.

This is why I don’t make jokes around @goodkid-saadcity.bsky.social.

A ceasefire does not mean we should end our advocacy The genocide in Gaza drew the eyes of the world; a ceasefire should not cause us to avert them.

Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 87 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 311, while 432 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/a-ceasefir...

A ceasefire does not mean we should end our advocacy The genocide in Gaza drew the eyes of the world; a ceasefire should not cause us to avert them.

The genocide in Gaza drew the eyes of the world; a ceasefire should not cause us to avert them. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/a-ceasefir...

What role to Mennonites play in the fight against authoritarianism? I attended the Promise and Possibility of Anabaptist Organizing at EMU this week. Here's some of what I heard and the questions that my listening drew.

I attended the Promise and Possibility of Anabaptist Organizing at EMU this week. Here's some of what I heard and the questions that my listening drew. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/what-role-...

The ceasefire is good news. But Palestine won't be free until the ongoing Nakba and occupation end forever.

Baseball is a turn-based RPG.

Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.

Maybe the New York Times thinks that if it's nice to its oppressors, they'll be nice to it. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Ross Douthat is correct that Trump's biggest vulnerability for turning the U.S. completely into a fascist state is that he won't be in power for long enough and he isn't popular enough. The New York Times allowed Ross to make a case for three terms for Trump and to offer a blueprint for fascism.

Taylor Swift isn’t your friend Listen to her music, but please end the parasocial relationship you have with Taylor Swift.

Listen to her music, but please end the parasocial relationship you have with Taylor Swift. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/taylor-swi...

Taylor Swift (the human) is to Taylor Swift (the artist) as Jerry Seinfeld (the human) is to Seinfeld (the sitcom).

I am a queer and brown Mennonite. We exist. The narrative that queer issues are “white” is a deeply racist one to queer BIPOC.

The narrative that queer issues are “white” is a deeply racist one to queer BIPOC. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/i-am-a-que...

I'm not saying Hamas should be governing Gaza, but it's ridiculous to draft a ceasefire plan that requires them to be removed from governance. They are a negotiating party. No one would take that deal. The plan is just a way to further the genocide.

It’s past time to sound the alarm The Trump Administration is not being remotely subtle about its fascistic and authoritarian intentions; if you haven’t joined the outcry, now is the time.

The Trump Administration is not being remotely subtle about its fascistic and authoritarian intentions; if you haven’t joined the outcry, now is the time. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/its-past-t...

Shana Tovah! “May the old year and her curses come to an end, and the new year and her blessings begin.”

Liberals who lament the death of Charlie Kirk with the same words they do for lynchings are merely offering their shallow condolences. They lack any political or power analysis that might affect structural oppression because the status quo benefits them.

No, this society does not think every life is precious From police murdering Black people, to a genocide in Gaza, to school shootings, it’s clear America does not see every life as precious. How should Christians respond?

From police murdering Black people, to a genocide in Gaza, to school shootings, it’s clear America does not see every life as precious. How should Christians respond? jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/no-this-so...

Surprisingly, I appreciate Ross Douthat's exhortation, but he fails to see that the things that divide us are not merely political. We have moved into existential territory, which needs a genuine response, not just less intensity. People's lives are at stake.

I'm curious if the same people who condemned the assassination of Charlie Kirk in the name of the sanctity of life will denounce the death penalty for his killer.

If this week has taught us anything, it's that the mainstream press will tell us Donald Trump passionately and courageously governed in the right way when he dies.

Why is it that when police kill an unarmed Black person, the media tells us all about that person's rap sheet, but when Charlie Kirk dies, the same press sanitizes him? Answer: white supremacy.

Noah acting like cancel culture changed because no one is on Bluesky and everyone was on Twitter is dubious. It wasn't that powerful.

I wonder if the Evangelicals clutching their pearls for Charlie Kirk have a problem with Trump’s reaction to the assassination. (I don’t actually wonder.)

Whose deaths do we mourn? Charlie Kirk was a key influencer of the violence he was a victim of; he helped load the gun that killed him. Lamenting violence means lamenting his ideology.

Charlie Kirk was a key influencer of the violence he was a victim of; he helped load the gun that killed him. Lamenting violence means lamenting his ideology. jonnyrashid.substack.com/p/whose-deat...

Charlie Kirk helped load the gun that killed him.

More to be done on queer dignity | Anabaptist World Mennonite Church USA has made great progress on queer dignity, but there’s more work to be done I was ordained in MC USA in January and am proud to be among the few queer pastors of color who have bee...

Mennonite Church USA has made great progress on queer dignity, but there’s more work to be done. anabaptistworld.org/more-to-be-d...

Individual attacks do nothing for our collective struggle against oppression.

The author of this Times' op-ed should interrogate why protesting a genocide doesn't result in widespread unity in Hollywood or anywhere. And categorically, the reason is anti-Palestinian racism and Zionist propaganda.