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NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
For the Rev. David Black, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition
(RNS) — ‘I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,’ the Rev. David Black said.
religionnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
NEW: For Rev. David Black, the pastor seen shot in the head w/pepper balls by DHS agents in a viral clip, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition.
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
“I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,” he says. religionnews.com/2025/11/19/f...
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Reverend David Black has a Bible open and is preaching to the police now, inviting them to join him in standing with the persecuted inside the detention center.
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
"Which side do you think Jesus wanted his followers to be on?"
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So, the religious left (broadly speaking) got a lot of attention this week.
If you’re curious to know more about the modern religious left — the iterations that have emerged in the last 10-20 years — I, uh, wrote a book about it. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062...
If you’re curious to know more about the modern religious left — the iterations that have emerged in the last 10-20 years — I, uh, wrote a book about it. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062...
American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country
Amazon.com: American Prophets: The Religious Roots of Progressive Politics and the Ongoing Fight for the Soul of the Country: 9780062935991: Jenkins, Jack: Libros
www.amazon.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
So, the religious left (broadly speaking) got a lot of attention this week.
If you’re curious to know more about the modern religious left — the iterations that have emerged in the last 10-20 years — I, uh, wrote a book about it. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062...
If you’re curious to know more about the modern religious left — the iterations that have emerged in the last 10-20 years — I, uh, wrote a book about it. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0062...
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Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?
I talked to him yesterday.
He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
I talked to him yesterday.
He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
October 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wanna learn more about the pastor in this photo?
I talked to him yesterday.
He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
I talked to him yesterday.
He's currently part of a lawsuit against DHS, in part due to this exact moment: religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...
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The Catholic Church in Rome has been insisting on calling attention to the suffering in Gaza, even if you don't hear much about it stateside. Seven hours of names: 16 Israeli children and 12,211 Palestinian children.
Cardinal Zuppi leads seven-hour prayer, naming every child killed in Holy Land war
The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages of the 16 Israeli children and the 12,211 Palestinian children who have be...
www.ncronline.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The Catholic Church in Rome has been insisting on calling attention to the suffering in Gaza, even if you don't hear much about it stateside. Seven hours of names: 16 Israeli children and 12,211 Palestinian children.
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He helped the families of dying children. Spent all night with them even once the child was taken to the morgue. A former colleague tells us on the record that Ayman Soliman is the reason certain poor families who lost their babies at the hospital didn’t have…
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
July 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
He helped the families of dying children. Spent all night with them even once the child was taken to the morgue. A former colleague tells us on the record that Ayman Soliman is the reason certain poor families who lost their babies at the hospital didn’t have…
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Manchester United have signed a decent squad player. He's not bad, but they overpaid by about £20m.
You don't even know who I'm talking about because that's just every Manchester United player.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/i-m-sick-o...
You don't even know who I'm talking about because that's just every Manchester United player.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/i-m-sick-o...
I'm sick of saying the same thing about every Manchester United transfer
Bryan Mbeumo is very good, but not £70m good, and not a big ceiling-raiser.
www.thetransferflow.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Manchester United have signed a decent squad player. He's not bad, but they overpaid by about £20m.
You don't even know who I'm talking about because that's just every Manchester United player.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/i-m-sick-o...
You don't even know who I'm talking about because that's just every Manchester United player.
www.thetransferflow.com/p/i-m-sick-o...
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But for the arbitrary nature of birth and circumstance, any of us could be living in poverty, dependent upon assistance to put food on the table, to take our children to the doctor, and to pull ourselves out of debt. The lack of empathy, the pure callousness on display in this bill, is infuriating.
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
But for the arbitrary nature of birth and circumstance, any of us could be living in poverty, dependent upon assistance to put food on the table, to take our children to the doctor, and to pull ourselves out of debt. The lack of empathy, the pure callousness on display in this bill, is infuriating.
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In Feb. on Velshi I said Trump won due to racial anxiety not economic anxiety, as evidence by his policies. The bill Republicans passed is the proof. Months of stoking racial fears through anti-DEI mandates, ICE raids, to push through a bill that takes food and healthcare from struggling Americans.
July 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In Feb. on Velshi I said Trump won due to racial anxiety not economic anxiety, as evidence by his policies. The bill Republicans passed is the proof. Months of stoking racial fears through anti-DEI mandates, ICE raids, to push through a bill that takes food and healthcare from struggling Americans.
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Also on this day: In 1963, Medgar Evers, WWII veteran and civil rights activist, was fatally shot by an avowed white supremacist in the driveway of his Mississippi home. He was 37 www.mec.cuny.edu/about/histor...
June 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Also on this day: In 1963, Medgar Evers, WWII veteran and civil rights activist, was fatally shot by an avowed white supremacist in the driveway of his Mississippi home. He was 37 www.mec.cuny.edu/about/histor...
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and too many of us are wedded to a theater of love that makes us feel good but does not compel us towards goodness
May 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
and too many of us are wedded to a theater of love that makes us feel good but does not compel us towards goodness
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NEW from me:
As frustrated liberals pressure Democrats to counter the Trump administration more directly, lawmakers appear to be taking their cues from the group that has challenged Trump over and over since day 1: progressive religious activists. religionnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
As frustrated liberals pressure Democrats to counter the Trump administration more directly, lawmakers appear to be taking their cues from the group that has challenged Trump over and over since day 1: progressive religious activists. religionnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
To put pressure on Trump, Democrats turn to religion — and religious activists
(RNS) — ‘Faith leaders have been at the forefront of every progressive movement in our nation’s history … so I’m glad to see faith leaders speaking out and getting into good trouble in opposition to t...
religionnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEW from me:
As frustrated liberals pressure Democrats to counter the Trump administration more directly, lawmakers appear to be taking their cues from the group that has challenged Trump over and over since day 1: progressive religious activists. religionnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
As frustrated liberals pressure Democrats to counter the Trump administration more directly, lawmakers appear to be taking their cues from the group that has challenged Trump over and over since day 1: progressive religious activists. religionnews.com/2025/05/07/t...
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Dr. Toni Morrison on white women - a whole damn read:
April 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Dr. Toni Morrison on white women - a whole damn read:
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I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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Untitled, by Hilma af Klint, 1941, 📸 by @jenkchu.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Untitled, by Hilma af Klint, 1941, 📸 by @jenkchu.bsky.social
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Good morning, beloved.
Lies have a way of holding us captive.
But the truth will set us free.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Lies have a way of holding us captive.
But the truth will set us free.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
April 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Lies have a way of holding us captive.
But the truth will set us free.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Lies have a way of holding us captive.
But the truth will set us free.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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A tragic detail: Among the plaintiffs was Rev. Eva Steege, an ELCA minister. Terminally ill, she hoped CFPB could help her navigate student loan forgiveness before she died so as to not burden her family with debt.
The work stoppage prevented that.
Steege died on March 15, her loans unresolved.
The work stoppage prevented that.
Steege died on March 15, her loans unresolved.
![Finally, plaintiff Pastor Eva Steege has already suffered irreparable harm: she died on
March 15 without resolving her student loans. See Suggestion of Death [Dkt. # 83]; Steege Decl.
19 ("If I do not receive public service loan forgiveness and the large refund that I am owed before
my death, my family could be forced to pursue a death discharge that will not provide them with
the refund that they are counting on so that they can use the money for basic needs after I pass.").
The defense argument that Steege faces no irreparable harm "from allegedly not being able to immediately meet with CFPB staff," Defs. Opp. at 38, ignored both her terminal illness and her statement that she had "attempted to submit the necessary forms and provide the required documentation multiple times but .. encountered issues with miscommunication, conflicting](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wyylw3fkelfztdgh3c3u3svw/bafkreia32u3oead7hseamv7ole3cafanyjzf57arkjgwrm6ah6ectjugqy@jpeg)
March 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A tragic detail: Among the plaintiffs was Rev. Eva Steege, an ELCA minister. Terminally ill, she hoped CFPB could help her navigate student loan forgiveness before she died so as to not burden her family with debt.
The work stoppage prevented that.
Steege died on March 15, her loans unresolved.
The work stoppage prevented that.
Steege died on March 15, her loans unresolved.
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SCOOP: Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk's DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.
Inside DOGE's Plan to Invade the Treasury—and Throttle USAID
Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk's DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.
wrd.cm
March 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
SCOOP: Court filings show that from the earliest days of the second Trump administration, Elon Musk's DOGE had a plan to infiltrate US Treasury payment systems—and turn them against USAID.
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Read this declaration. A professional soccer player has been imprisoned in El Salvador and forced into hard labor on the basis of soccer-related tattoos and a single, innocent hand gesture.
This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
March 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Read this declaration. A professional soccer player has been imprisoned in El Salvador and forced into hard labor on the basis of soccer-related tattoos and a single, innocent hand gesture.
This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
This is why the administration is withholding due process. It knows its targets could prove their innocence.
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Good morning, beloved.
Sometimes, we need to try new things.
But you are not a thing.
So, don’t let anyone try you.
Encourage them to try the library instead.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Sometimes, we need to try new things.
But you are not a thing.
So, don’t let anyone try you.
Encourage them to try the library instead.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
March 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Good morning, beloved.
Sometimes, we need to try new things.
But you are not a thing.
So, don’t let anyone try you.
Encourage them to try the library instead.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
Sometimes, we need to try new things.
But you are not a thing.
So, don’t let anyone try you.
Encourage them to try the library instead.
Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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That 81% of White evangelical support has been consistent since the 2016 election. They are unrepentant.
Trump approval rating among religious groups (approve/disalprove)
White evangelicals: 81%-18%
White mainline Protestants: 63%-37%
White Catholic: 63%-36%
Black Protestant: 15%-84%
Hispanic Catholic: 32%-68%
No religion: 29%-70%
Source: Washington Post/Ipsos (Feb. 13-18, 2025)
White evangelicals: 81%-18%
White mainline Protestants: 63%-37%
White Catholic: 63%-36%
Black Protestant: 15%-84%
Hispanic Catholic: 32%-68%
No religion: 29%-70%
Source: Washington Post/Ipsos (Feb. 13-18, 2025)
February 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
That 81% of White evangelical support has been consistent since the 2016 election. They are unrepentant.