The Political Pastor

If trump did nothing “concerning” while spending time with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein - as Ghislaine Maxwell says - then there shouldn’t be a problem releasing the Epstein files in their entirety (with survivors’ names and PII redacted.)

Prize goes to @gypsiesioux3 for my favorite TikTok question today.👇

A gentle reminder that the VA getting rid of 30,000 people instead of 80,000 people isn’t a win.

We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.

Touché.

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

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He is corrupt. It’s happening right before our eyes.

Same. My congregation is very supportive of me and seems to love having me as their pastor but … I could work at the mall when they suddenly change their minds and give me the boot. I’m good at retail.

While I appreciate the "lock him up" and "impeach him" sentiments (and I'm with you), if Mueller, Garland, and impeachment taught us anything, its that 1) SCOTUS is corrupt and 2) We have to do this ourselves. As I've been saying for nearly 8 years: it's up to us. Always has been.

Crockett: Right now, it seems like you don’t care about the constitution unless it’s the second amendment and that’s misinterpreted as well. There’s other amendments.. And we don’t get to just change it because our fearless leader says that he doesn’t like it

Not quite. Habeas Corpus is not just for American citizens or people who are here legally, @slotkin.senate.gov. It would be helpful to remind everyone that the Constitution protects ANY person that's in the United States. Not just citizens.

If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!

Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has not given any press briefings in the briefing room but has used the room as a backdrop for TV hits with Fox News.

No. We’re not going to fire federal workers one day and build a makeup area the next. Hegseth can put his makeup on at the red lights on his way to work like the rest of us.

This is without a doubt the best thread on the internet right now

Honestly, not caring if my socks match has been the best thing to happen to my mornings since the coffee maker was invented.

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship.

Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

It never ceases to amaze me that the people who insist the Ten Commandments should be on every wall of every building also go hard against LGBQ and trans people (which is not in the commandments) but will double down on sharing posts that are proven lies - which is.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Gov. JB Pritzker

Gov. Tim Walz

these are our party leaders now, ignore all other opinions

We have each other. We are the Resistance now. All of us.

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Since Congress’s allotted funds have already been improperly unallocated, U.S. citizens are questioning whether they are legally required to continue paying federal taxes.

I’m telling you @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, please watch this. This is the energy. Not egg prices and book tours and strongly worded letters. It’s time to take the gloves off.

What president musty is doing by tearing apart whole departments is like finding a nail in your tire so you rip all four of them off and throw the spare in the dumpster. Sure, the leak is gone, but now you can’t drive your car and you look like a fool for proudly proclaiming you’ve stopped the leak.

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If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

If you voted to put a convicted felon in the White House I don’t want to hear you shrieking about how undocumented immigrants should have come here through legal channels.

Do I have this right? Elon Musk - the guy in charge of preventing wasteful spending - dropped $40M on a Super Bowl ad?

We could permanently house 800 homeless veterans for $40M. Or provide five million meals to the hungry. Or replace lead pipes in 8,500 homes.