Patrick Scriven

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

A reasonable request amid unreasonable times.
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Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at the ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3.

A 55-year-old Cuban immigrant, Lunas Campos died following a struggle with detention staff, according to an eyewitness account and an internal ICE document reviewed by The Post.

First the Shooting. Then the Lies. The Trump administration has perfected the smear campaign.

“Taking [Renee Nicole] Good’s life wasn’t enough. The moment she died, it became imperative for the administration to also destroy her memory.”

YouTube video by Cory Booker The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See

Heinous, disgusting, and shameful. That is my description for the attempt to silence this reporting. What was reported is even worse.

Bishop Cedrick Bridgeforth invites us to respond with urgency and generosity to support disaster response efforts by giving online at pnwumc.org/floodresponse, and you can read his full appeal here - www.pnwumc.org/responding-t...

Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ vote and new national campaign to support migrants are the group’s first responses to the Trump administration’s crackdown.

I wonder how super Catholic JD “Just Dance” Vance will spin this?

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

The costs of MAGA are staggering.

Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore

How does this ‘Make America Great Again’ in any way?

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, social media timelines quickly filled with speculation, partisanship, and outrage. Here are my thoughts on how our digital habits distort our witness and lead to bad results. www.pnwumc.org/a-wicked-pro...

YouTube video by CNN The Christian nationalist pastor with ties to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Progressive? Independent? Libertarian? Person of faith (non-Christian) or reasonable Christian? All can find reasons to be disturbed by this.
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15 teens. 300 miles. One mighty ancestral river, running free. The removal of four dams finally made a descent of the Klamath possible. These Indigenous kayakers became the first to attempt it.

Good things still happen. Enjoy this gift article of one such thing. wapo.st/4m81PJf

60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names. Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

18,500 children, with bombs made in and policy supported by the U.S. wapo.st/3IRLZn6

Western Jurisdiction College of Bishops decry militarized presence targeting immigrants In the face of a glorified militarized presence and false narrative perpetuated about our immigrant siblings, specifically in the Los Angeles area, the five active…

A word from our Western Jurisdiction of The United Methodist Church College of Bishops. #LA #losangeles #peacefulprotests
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AI isn’t the only tool we rely on too much.
What if the problem isn’t the pastor—but the model?
It’s time to co-create again. #UMC #AI #discipleship
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Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

Just when you think we might have seen the bottom. Can you get lower than quickly deporting a 4-year-old with Stage 4 cancer without their medication or the ability to contact their doctors? It shouldn’t matter, but the child was also a U.S. citizen.

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Read more about their inspiring work: greaternw.org/news/wesley-...

Before creation care was cool, Wesley UMC in Yakima was leading the way. Starting with a single recycling box years ago, they now process over 883,000 pounds of recyclables a year, powers its ministry with solar, and brings people together—one can, one cup of compost, one connection at a time.

YouTube video by CBS News Watch: Vance drops Ohio State football's national championship trophy during White House visit

Oopsies!

American hell In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr.’s confidence in the politics of progressivism dimmed. Judgment became his...

An interesting consideration of the theological trajectory of MLK Jr.’s preaching over his final years.

How many people and small businesses need to go bankrupt before Trump‘s tariffs make us all richer?

Wisconsin supreme court race: liberal Susan Crawford beats Musk-backed candidate Liberal judge says victory is against ‘unprecedented attack on our democracy’ after defeating Brad Schimel in the most expensive judicial election in US history

Apparently, not everything is for sale. #goWI #goawayElon

Drawing on personal experience, scripture, and the powerful words of Martin Niemöller, Patrick Scriven reflects on the troubling case of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student detained under unclear circumstances, and the questions it raises about due process, free speech, & Christian witness.

There is a lot of terrible shit going on in the world. Don’t forget to stop and take in some of the good.

A.I. Saved His Life by Discovering New Uses for Old Drugs (Gift Article) Scientists are using machine learning to find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.

AI may kill us all ala Terminator, but it is also doing amazing things in some people's hands.

(2 of 2) There is zero evidence such posts do anything except driving people apart. Shame is not a constructive social lever. Many of us have allowed our emotions to get the best of us. Still others have decided to ride that rage to their own benefit. We can, and we should do better.

(1 of 2) The frustration, anger and sadness many feel about the USA right now is both reasonable and understandable. Posts like this are partly responsible for the situation we find ourselves in.

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World (Gift Article) Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The opposite of good is …

As Musk tears through Washington, some Tesla owners feel buyer’s remorse For many D.C.-area owners, the car has gone from progressive icon to badge of shame.

As a Tesla owner, I get this.