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Critics say Trump's religion agenda will benefit conservative Christians the most President Donald Trump's establishment of a White House Faith Office, a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias and a Religious Liberty Commission has raised cheers from his base of conservative C...

"White House Faith Office. A Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias. A Religious Liberty Commission. ....
“We’re bringing back religion in our country,” Trump said at a recent Rose Garden event, ....when he announced the creation of the Religious Liberty Commission."

apnews.com/article/trum...

How Trump Will Use “Anti-Christian Bias” to Entrench His Power The administration plans to boost the political agenda of Christian nationalists while rolling back the civil liberties of everyone else.

My latest on Trump’s misnamed “anti-Christian bias” task force for @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/1948...

David wrote a great opinion piece in today's Orlando Sentinel! ✍️

Here's a link to read : drive.google.com/file/d/1FfCa...

Video: Opinion | What Is the Defining Image of Trump’s First 100 Days? Opinion columnists share the piece of media that most defines the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term.

Where I am at mentally.

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Community without religion!

Thank you to Recovery From Religion for sharing this video from FREEFLO.

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Book cover of the graphic adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary

Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation is a powerful, accessible, and essential retelling of one of history’s most important stories.

Banning this book is banning history. Anne’s voice is a reminder of why we must never forget the dangers of intolerance and censorship.

#FreedomToRead

Trump administration disbands two expert panels on economic data U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has disbanded two expert committees that worked with the government to produce economic statistics, potentially affecting the quality of data.

I suspect it's the quiet things happening that will trigger the most pain. Losing these committees hides the changes happening.

www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

SO incredibly F**Ked up! Not allowing people to friggin' vote as they want? Isn't that the purpose of voting our representatives in?!!

Essentially- the Florida Senate wants to give the Governor the power to suspend any local elected official who votes for a resolution condemning racism.

Clay recently disclosed that one person is responsible for 94% of all objections and appeals.

He does not qualify as a parent or legal guardian, but after HB 1285 was supposed to limit him to one objection per month, he found a parent willing to submit his “book reports” to get around the limit.

Let's say their names:

* General CQ Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: FIRED FOR BEING BLACK

* Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Chief of Naval Operations: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE

* Admiral Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Commandant: FIRED FOR BEING FEMALE

All replaced by less qualified white guys.

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Alabama schools could lose funding if they don't mandate daily Christian prayers A proposed law would allow officials to withhold 25% of state funding from school districts if they don't enforce daily "Judeo-Christian" prayers

Alabama Republicans have proposed a constitutional amendment that would pressure school districts to say Christian prayers every morning.

If they don't comply, they could lose 25% of their state funding.

(That's nearly $40 million in Birmingham alone.)

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/alabama-sc...

Brevard school board OKs Bible-based curriculum; doesn't address principal, teacher arrests The school board approved Dave Ramsey's financial curriculum, disputing the idea that it was 'Christian curriculum.'

Welcome to Florida. I think in the honor of renaming things- we are now the "Peni* State" - Where are the *icks come from. Also honoring the shape of the state.

Seriously though, "biblical principles" are part of this required finance course.

www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2...

What the actual F***! I didn't want to believe .... that this was actually a real thing. So we just change the names of things on a whim??!!

Apple Maps are still showing the Gulf of Mexico.

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Happy Sunday :) M

Opinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes? There can be no appeasement. None.

Article published today in NYT by Katherine Stewart- who is going to speaking at FREEFLO on March 15th.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/o...

For those in Tallahassee this week (like me!) the rally against Project 2025 and Trump’s extreme agenda is scheduled for tomorrow at 12-3:00pm. You can also find other rallies here: buildtheresistance.org/50501

I have back-to-back committee meetings tomorrow but will do my best to be there too 💪

Last year, DeSantis said he cut the arts funding over “sexual" festivals and said the Legislature needed to reevaluate how arts projects were funded. "I thought it was too much into the DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion), into the woke stuff," DeSantis said. This year his proposal suggests coupling the $27 million in arts funding with a new law to "ensure funding is provided only to activities and programs that are appropriate for all age groups." A proposed bill coupled with that funding would give the secretary of state more influence over what gets funded and what arts programs could lose funding.

The “war on woke” in FL is in stage 2. We’re at the part where only the (redefined) “appropriate” art is allowed in public spaces.

It started with books in schools, but they are forcing the culture back to a time when it was “great” for some, not all.

www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

Commentary: Trump will bulldoze church-state separation Americans who treasure a secular Constitution that keeps religion out of our laws and social policies must speak up to safeguard democracy.

FRRF's own Annie Laurie Gaylor wrote, "Trump, who appears to have never read the First Amendment with its promise that the government must not favor any particular religion, has vowed that one of his first actions will be to root out "anti-Christian bias" and protect "pro-God context and content."

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Forever Fresh How hidden hormones, oracular visions, and nuclear submarine tech keeps our food fresh.

What an interesting listen! The science is pretty amazing to learn about

"We eat apples in the summer and enjoy bananas in the winter. When we do this, we go against the natural order of life which is towards death and decay. What gives? ..."

radiolab.org/podcast/fore...

Pentagon swaps desk for New York Times reporters for New York Post Other swaps due to new ‘rotation’ include NPR for Breitbart, NBC for One America News and Politico for HuffPost

Let's not call this a "rotation." Okay? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.

Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

A proposed Texas law would let teachers "encourage" prayer during school activities The change is hidden inside a different bill meant to create space for students to pray and read the Bible

Texas Republicans are pushing a bill to create designated prayer and Bible time in public schools.

Tucked away in the bill is an even more damning change that would let teachers "encourage" prayer during school activities.

www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-proposed...

YouTube video by Vienna Vienna Vienna Vienna - God Save The Queens (Official Music Video)

Good song :)

Full video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGFN...

Commentary: Florida is the ‘education state’ that’s defunding schools Instead of supporting teachers and students, state leaders are defunding public education — one book, policy, and budget cut at a time.

“Make no mistake — this isn’t about parents or safety; it’s about privatization and political control. Instead of supporting teachers and students, state leaders are defunding public education — one book, policy, and budget cut at a time.” Anne Watts Tressler

www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/30/c...

Florida judge rules against book ban-opposed parents alleging censorship, discrimination Parents of public school students sued, arguing to U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor that the inconsistency violated the First Amendment.

"This decision, as well as the US DOE's announcement that they will no longer investigate complaints of discriminatory censorship, are very troubling as a select few are given the privilege to redefine what materials are 'appropriate' for all our children.”

www.tallahassee.com/story/news/p...

NFL teams are being told to not use BlueSky. Just so frigging weird- this current version of our world.

I don't care about the NFL - but to tell them they can't be here, but they can be on X....

*UGH*

How Trump is Spearheading the American Christian Nationalist Movement The Christian nationalist ideology sits at the core of Trump's plans for America. From cutting DEI programs to stripping away reproductive freedoms, Trump is privileging one, specific group.

Christian nationalist ideology sits at the core of Trump's plans for America. My first piece for the Contrarian contrarian.substack.com/p/how-trump-...