James Ernest
jdernest.bsky.social
James Ernest
@jdernest.bsky.social
human being, publisher, theologian
verbasparsa.org
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“But it's also clear that there is likely something in the files that further incriminates him.” This is what I think, too. Horrible as the facts at hand are, there must be something else, something verging on the unimaginable.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/feminism-ver...
Feminism Versus Trump and Epstein
We already knew that Jeffrey Epstein had sexually assaulted and exploited dozens of girls and young women, that he had done so openly, that his dehumanization of the vulnerable had not prevented a who...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Munther Isaac: God is near; God is love.

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December 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We all saw what the Israelis did to Gaza. Here’s what they are doing to the other part of the Palestinian Territories: the West Bank. Gift link to a well documented and illustrated report from the NYT:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Land Grab: Inside Israel’s Escalating Campaign for Control of the West Bank (Gift Article)
Israeli seizure of Palestinian lands in the West Bank, often brutally, has accelerated, raising doubts about the prospects of a peaceful solution to the conflict.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“His defenders insist he’s a . . . self-promoter and showman, and that it’s a mistake to pay too much attention to his words. In fact, it’s a mistake to ignore them. Trump’s malignant narcissism is the most essential thing to understand about him.”

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump’s Inferno of Hate Is Intensifying
When a man with the president’s personality feels besieged and abandoned, he becomes more desperate and more dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Yes, there is such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome. Definition: the psychological and social set of pathologies accompanying the dysfunctional decision to ignore or excuse the derangement and dementia of Donald Trump.

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The True Catastrophe of Trump, as seen from north of the border
A view from our neighbor
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A Frank assessment of what the Trump regime has done to American credibility on the international stage.

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Matt Gurney: 'We will never fucking trust you again'
Some blunt talk for our American neighbours at the Halifax International Security Forum.
substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
open.substack.com/pub/kristind...

And the Stasi didn’t have Palantir.
A bleak December
It was a rough week on the democracy front
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
THE TATE-TRUMP RAPE-CULTURE ALLIANCE

A major investigative report by the New York Times.
Gift links.

The quick summary:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/b...

The full report:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
December 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Pearl Harbor Day.

A good day for remembering that anti-fascism is a core American value and wondering why we are currently tolerating a fascist regime in DC.

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/december-6...
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
BEST CHRISTIAN OP-ED ON A CURRENT PUBLIC ISSUE
Seriously.
You’ve heard of taking a gun to a knife fight?
Phil Klay brings St. Augustine to a gladiator show in Trump Colosseum.
Must read.
Gift link.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 PM
MORE TRUMP-REGIME CORRUPTION EXPOSED
“Why does Witkoff appear to have so heavily favored Russia during the negotiations? The answer may be buried in Witkoff’s 33-page financial disclosure form, quietly posted to the White House website in September.”
open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Top Trump negotiator retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire
Steve Witkoff coached a top Putin aide on managing Trump and created a peace plan that mirrored Russian demands
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Another revelation from the DC branch of the Putin administration
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I happened across this short entry this while looking for something else in the Congressional Record:
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Donald Trump intends to turn the United States of America into a Putin-style dictatorship. And he is well on his way to doing so.

Peter Wehner has just published the clearest, most concise warning I have seen you should read it. It is here:

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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More Insta snaps from the let them eat cake ball at Mar a Lago
November 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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"Charlie Kirk wasn't the saint you're all making him out to be and if you just listen to some of the things he said--"

*red dot appears on my chest*

*another on my forehead*
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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"I haven't seen the tweet."
"That's not my lane."
"We blame Joe Biden."
Moral collapse while clutching his Bible.
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children

MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
It's time to hit the streets. See you tomorrow.
www.nokings.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM