Greg Jarrell
@gregjarrell.com
Organizer, The Redress Movement
Author, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American N'hoods. https://bit.ly/3vacJsG
I study the political theologies of US urban renewal and organize for repair.
He/him. CLT
Author, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American N'hoods. https://bit.ly/3vacJsG
I study the political theologies of US urban renewal and organize for repair.
He/him. CLT
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Greg Jarrell
@gregjarrell.com
· Aug 30
Thoughts (derogatory) and prayers (imprecatory)
Spent my 40s so far doing a lot of running after avoiding it for years, and it has been one of the best things to happen to me mentally and physically.
not gonna evangelize about it but tbh coming to understand the value of cardio is one of the biggest positive changes I've made of any kind to my adult life, for whatever that's worth
Fitness gurus are always knocking cardio. Well, the elliptical is super effectively for weight loss. It’s low impact so you can do it for long time periods, every day. I can burn 800-1000 calories in an hour. I can do it daily. I lost 100 lbs once doing nothing but that damned boring elliptical.
December 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Spent my 40s so far doing a lot of running after avoiding it for years, and it has been one of the best things to happen to me mentally and physically.
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Artists must hold true to the most important principle of all: performing for anyone who gives them money
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Artists must hold true to the most important principle of all: performing for anyone who gives them money
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Here’s the Ric Grenell letter to Chuck Redd. Because Grenell can’t help himself, he insists that Redd’s withdrawal was “very costly” to the Kennedy Center while also alleging “dismal ticket sales” and “the public’s lack of interest in your show.”
December 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Here’s the Ric Grenell letter to Chuck Redd. Because Grenell can’t help himself, he insists that Redd’s withdrawal was “very costly” to the Kennedy Center while also alleging “dismal ticket sales” and “the public’s lack of interest in your show.”
Abundance!
December 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Abundance!
"The basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people" is something they obviously have thought too deeply about.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people" is something they obviously have thought too deeply about.
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Important reporting. All of these impossible registry requirements do nothing to help victims and only make us less safe.
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Important reporting. All of these impossible registry requirements do nothing to help victims and only make us less safe.
In my neighborhood, non-voters have often told me they don't vote because "they don't do anything for me anyway."
There are a lot of people who sit out elections bc they have never personally experienced improvements in their lives they can readily link to election outcomes. Mutual aid could be a good on-ramp for some of them.
December 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In my neighborhood, non-voters have often told me they don't vote because "they don't do anything for me anyway."
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We got a Housing for All Pope!
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
We got a Housing for All Pope!
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Trump, after bombing Nigeria on Christmas: “MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists [sic].”
These are the words of an evil man whom Christ does not know.
These are the words of an evil man whom Christ does not know.
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Trump, after bombing Nigeria on Christmas: “MERRY CHRISTMAS to all, including the dead Terrorists [sic].”
These are the words of an evil man whom Christ does not know.
These are the words of an evil man whom Christ does not know.
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thank you, Mr. President
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
thank you, Mr. President
My beloved put Lysol in the teenagers' stockings🤣🤣
December 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
My beloved put Lysol in the teenagers' stockings🤣🤣
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Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For @reuters.com:
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For @reuters.com:
Blessings on all y'all putting together bicycles and basketball goals right now.
December 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Blessings on all y'all putting together bicycles and basketball goals right now.
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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If the Romans had simply deported woke baby Jesus to South Sudan, a lot of trouble could have been avoided
December 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If the Romans had simply deported woke baby Jesus to South Sudan, a lot of trouble could have been avoided
My pie crusts😭😭
a man in a suit and tie is pointing his finger
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is pointing his finger
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My pie crusts😭😭
Lilly sending drug money to study the ethics of the hallucination machines.
$50M to Notre Dame for . . . “faith-based” approaches to AI news.nd.edu/news/notre-d...
Notre Dame receives $50 million grant from Lilly Endowment for the DELTA Network, a faith-based approach to AI ethics
The University of Notre Dame has been awarded a $50.8 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to support the DELTA Network: Faith-Based Ethical Formatio...
news.nd.edu
December 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Lilly sending drug money to study the ethics of the hallucination machines.
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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"The defining characteristic of any concentration camp is one that detains civilians en masse without due process on the basis of race, ethnicity, or supposed affiliation, rather than for any crime an individual has committed. Governments use them for political ends, to gather and keep power."
I wrote for New York magazine about deportations to CECOT in El Salvador, which are bound up with a tradition of US extrajudicial actions in the Americas and further the long arc of concentration camps.
Trump and Bukele’s Concentration Camp
CECOT is no regular prison. It is also a warning.
nymag.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The defining characteristic of any concentration camp is one that detains civilians en masse without due process on the basis of race, ethnicity, or supposed affiliation, rather than for any crime an individual has committed. Governments use them for political ends, to gather and keep power."
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Thinking about watching #WakeUpDeadMan, but that thing is 2.5 hours long.
Y'all can watch movies like that?
Y'all can watch movies like that?
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Thinking about watching #WakeUpDeadMan, but that thing is 2.5 hours long.
Y'all can watch movies like that?
Y'all can watch movies like that?
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bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
Added bonus: A dear friend keeps me subscribed to two magazines. Every time they arrive, I have occasion to think of him and to remember our friendship across distance.
I’ve wanted to brag about my Christmas gift last year and here’s my chance.
I got the whole family matching magazine subs! Adults got Southern Cultures, OA, Bitter Southerner, The Sun, & New Yorker. Kid got Lux, Oyla, and later we added The Onion.
We always have stuff to talk about!
I got the whole family matching magazine subs! Adults got Southern Cultures, OA, Bitter Southerner, The Sun, & New Yorker. Kid got Lux, Oyla, and later we added The Onion.
We always have stuff to talk about!
I got out of the habit of reading magazines bc of the social pressure of writers reading what's trendy/popular or frankly expected of you.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Added bonus: A dear friend keeps me subscribed to two magazines. Every time they arrive, I have occasion to think of him and to remember our friendship across distance.