Mark Silk (@directorsilk) — Bluesky Profile

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Which James speaks for you: Carville or Talarico? Both Democrats oppose Trump, but the political consultant and the U.S. Senate candidate take different rhetorical lines.

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1 week ago

Are Jeffrey Epstein's friends just guilty of bad judgment? No.

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1 week ago

Operation Epic Fuck-up.

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1 week ago

The question that very easily blows up all this double-talk is: “Would it be an act of war if another country did this to us?” Because OF COURSE it would.

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2 weeks ago

The quiet American? Pope Leo XIV enables Catholic resistance to Trump. Pope Leo XIV may be less inclined to stick his thumb in the eye of the conservative resistance, but he's no less committed to Pope Francis' agenda.

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3 weeks ago

The US right’s antisemitism reckoning The strange case of Yoram Hazony.

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3 weeks ago

The US right’s antisemitism reckoning The strange case of Yoram Hazony.

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1 month ago

Mike Johnson versus the Bible (RNS) — Asked about the Gospel of Matthew, Johnson answered with the Book of Leviticus. There's a reason for that.

bit.ly/45XqXMO @rns.org

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1 month ago

Why faith leaders have shown little support for ICE in Minneapolis (RNS) — In 1850, many Christian preachers publicly supported the Fugitive Slave Act against widespread protests. What’s different today?

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1 month ago

Why faith leaders have shown little support for ICE in Minneapolis (RNS) — In 1850, many Christian preachers publicly supported the Fugitive Slave Act against widespread protests. What’s different today?

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1 month ago

A passport and a whistle become daily accessories in Minneapolis (RNS) — A former colleague and Minneapolis native reports on life at ground zero of the immigration enforcement crackdown.

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1 month ago

Religion, History & America’s Culture Wars with Mark Silk | Created In The Image of God 214 YouTube video by SOOPmedia

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1 month ago

Christians will (and do) oppose civil authorities no matter what Romans 13 says (RNS) — Whether you follow the Apostle Paul’s injunction or not, there’s a long-standing tradition to back you up.

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1 month ago

Texas A&M cracks down on gender ideology (RNS) — A contemporary dialogue.

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2 months ago

'Marty Supreme' is a classic American Jewish dark comedy (RNS) — The main character may not be upright, but he's an archetype in the mythos of the American Dream.

Of course Mauser is an amoral jerk: bit.ly/49lEtdN @rns.org

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2 months ago

The non-Christian purpose of Trump's Christmas present to the Nigerians (RNS) — The United States goes to war with Christian identity as cover.

Religious identity politics: bit.ly/45jExJO @rns.org

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2 months ago

JD Vance, playing unifier, declares the US 'a Christian nation' (RNS) — Call it inclusion, Christian nationalist style.

The VP's Christian American creed. bit.ly/3MXURtn @rns.org

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2 months ago

A friend recovers from Trump Enchantment Syndrome (RNS) — It’s the opposite of Trump Derangement Syndrome, only worse.

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3 months ago

Was a University of Oklahoma student unjustly flunked because of anti-Christian bias? (RNS) — Samantha Fulnecky could have posed a serious, Bible-based challenge to a question about gender in her psych class paper. But she didn't.

That University of Oklahoma student deserved her zero: bit.ly/4prLeBR @rns.org

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3 months ago

Ohio's Charlie Kirk education bill has a great preamble. It goes downhill after that. (RNS) — When we teach the influence of 'Judeo-Christian values,' we need to teach how that influence actually worked.

Why not teach about the impact of religion on American history? bit.ly/4pDT9vw
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3 months ago

On the right, Judeo-Christian values are out and Christian nationalism is in (RNS) — As someone who has been studying the use of ‘Judeo-Christian’ in American public discourse for over 40 years, I can say with confidence its usage has come full circle.

Christian nationalism nixes the Judeo-Christian tradition: bit.ly/4ibodQG @rns.org

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4 months ago

President Trump's saintly message (RNS) — On All Saints' Day, the nominally nondenominational president went full Roman Catholic.

Trump goes full Catholic: bit.ly/3WRsb7c @rns.org

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4 months ago

The greater worry: Mamdani or the Heritage Foundation? (RNS) — Jews have a choice.

American Jewish anxiety, to the left and to the right: bit.ly/3WIdtzq @rns.org

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4 months ago

Scary demons? Only if you harbor a little evil yourself. (RNS) — Possession wasn't as spooky in the Middle Ages as it is in 'The Exorcist.'

Demonic possession from The Exorcist back to the Middle Ages...Happy Halloween! bit.ly/4nB68fU @rns.org

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4 months ago

In Walters' wake, Oklahoma pushes back against Christian nationalism (RNS) — No Bibles in public school classrooms for now.

Oklahoma's Christian nationalist culture war: bit.ly/3JvnCfB @rns.org

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4 months ago

Give Vivek Ramaswamy an A- on his church-state quiz (RNS) — Answering a Turning Point USA questioner, the erstwhile GOP presidential candidate deftly fended them off by citing the US Constitution.

Ramaswamy's Hinduism v. TPUSA: bit.ly/47Bg03x. @rns.org

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5 months ago

Prophet Jonah was bent on destruction. Does he have a lesson for Gaza's combatants? (RNS) — A tale of two Ninevehs.

A cautionary note from the Bible's least attractive prophet: bit.ly/47gHkVs @rns.org

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5 months ago

Kirk's memorial was caught between the Sermon on the Mount and spiritual warfare (RNS) — Will Donald Trump's or Erika Kirk's Christianity win out?

Love v. Hate at the Kirk memorial service: bit.ly/4pNOKHi @rns.org

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5 months ago

When liberals decry thoughts and prayers (RNS) — In the Bible, even God was known to say that prayer and repentance aren’t enough.

When the right pushes back against the left's criticism of "thoughts and prayers": bit.ly/3IDGAAl @rns.org

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5 months ago

Charlie Kirk is fast becoming an emblem of Trump's political religion (RNS) — Past leaders have used shocking events to bring us together. Trump is making Kirk a martyr to drive Americans apart.

MAGA has found its Horst Wessel: bit.ly/3KqAjbF @rns.org

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