J. Francis Druhan
@jfrancisdruhan.bsky.social
I’m a lifelong seeker, and stubborn believer—writing to reclaim the Gospel from empire, the Church from corruption, and faith from the wreckage. I tell the truth, stir the waters, and hold on to hope—in spite of it all.
When mercy becomes a weapon, justice dies.
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #RuleOfLaw
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #RuleOfLaw
“Pardon Me,” Part II — The Absolution of the Electors
A meditation on impunity, memory, and the death of accountability
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November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
When mercy becomes a weapon, justice dies.
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #RuleOfLaw
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #RuleOfLaw
“When mercy becomes currency, grace becomes corruption.”
Trump’s $1.3 billion pardon market wasn’t just politics—it was theology inverted.
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPower #PoliticalTheology #TrumpPardons #Corruption #AmericanEmpire #MoralEconomy #GospelOfMercy
Trump’s $1.3 billion pardon market wasn’t just politics—it was theology inverted.
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPower #PoliticalTheology #TrumpPardons #Corruption #AmericanEmpire #MoralEconomy #GospelOfMercy
"Pardon Me" — The Gospel of Transactional Mercy
A theological meditation on the monetization of forgiveness in the age of power
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November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“When mercy becomes currency, grace becomes corruption.”
Trump’s $1.3 billion pardon market wasn’t just politics—it was theology inverted.
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPower #PoliticalTheology #TrumpPardons #Corruption #AmericanEmpire #MoralEconomy #GospelOfMercy
Trump’s $1.3 billion pardon market wasn’t just politics—it was theology inverted.
#PardonMe #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPower #PoliticalTheology #TrumpPardons #Corruption #AmericanEmpire #MoralEconomy #GospelOfMercy
When faith becomes a brand and mercy a transaction, democracy becomes a marketplace of souls. Follow the Money: The Machinery of Enrichment exposes how power, profit, and piety have fused into one empire of self-worship.
#FaithAndPower #FollowTheMoney #TheAuthoritativeTakeover #PoliticalTheology
#FaithAndPower #FollowTheMoney #TheAuthoritativeTakeover #PoliticalTheology
Follow the Money: The Machinery of Enrichment
A theological meditation on power, profit, and the soul of a nation
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November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
When faith becomes a brand and mercy a transaction, democracy becomes a marketplace of souls. Follow the Money: The Machinery of Enrichment exposes how power, profit, and piety have fused into one empire of self-worship.
#FaithAndPower #FollowTheMoney #TheAuthoritativeTakeover #PoliticalTheology
#FaithAndPower #FollowTheMoney #TheAuthoritativeTakeover #PoliticalTheology
The Never-Lose Doctrine: Inside the procedural dismantling of democracy.
#AuthoritativeTakeover #Illiberalism #DemocracyCrisis
#AuthoritativeTakeover #Illiberalism #DemocracyCrisis
The Never-Lose Doctrine
How Trump Is Importing Orbán-Style Illiberalism—By Procedure, Not Tanks
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November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The Never-Lose Doctrine: Inside the procedural dismantling of democracy.
#AuthoritativeTakeover #Illiberalism #DemocracyCrisis
#AuthoritativeTakeover #Illiberalism #DemocracyCrisis
“When the powerful rewrite their own interviews, truth isn’t edited—it’s erased. What CBS cut tells the real story.”
✝️ The Gospel According to Power II: The Capture of the Press
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #Bonhoeffer #PropheticWitness
✝️ The Gospel According to Power II: The Capture of the Press
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #Bonhoeffer #PropheticWitness
✝️ The Gospel According to Power II
The Capture of the Press — Chronicle of the Authoritative Takeover
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November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“When the powerful rewrite their own interviews, truth isn’t edited—it’s erased. What CBS cut tells the real story.”
✝️ The Gospel According to Power II: The Capture of the Press
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #Bonhoeffer #PropheticWitness
✝️ The Gospel According to Power II: The Capture of the Press
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #Bonhoeffer #PropheticWitness
“When a president sues the press, settles for millions, then returns to preach unchecked power on the same network—without a single fact-check—what you’re watching isn’t journalism. It’s liturgy.”
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #PropheticWitness #Bonhoeffer
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #PropheticWitness #Bonhoeffer
✝️ The Gospel According to Power
When Journalism Becomes Liturgy, A Theological Reflection on Trump’s 60 Minutes Interview and the Capture of the American Press
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November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“When a president sues the press, settles for millions, then returns to preach unchecked power on the same network—without a single fact-check—what you’re watching isn’t journalism. It’s liturgy.”
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #PropheticWitness #Bonhoeffer
#AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #MediaCapture #PropheticWitness #Bonhoeffer
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
But the empire serves bombs instead.
The Bread and the Bombs — witness, warning, and wake-up call.
#TheBreadAndTheBombs #PropheticWitness #AuthoritativeTakeover #JusticeAndMercy
But the empire serves bombs instead.
The Bread and the Bombs — witness, warning, and wake-up call.
#TheBreadAndTheBombs #PropheticWitness #AuthoritativeTakeover #JusticeAndMercy
✝️ The Bread and the Bombs
Chronicle of the Authoritative Takeover
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November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
But the empire serves bombs instead.
The Bread and the Bombs — witness, warning, and wake-up call.
#TheBreadAndTheBombs #PropheticWitness #AuthoritativeTakeover #JusticeAndMercy
But the empire serves bombs instead.
The Bread and the Bombs — witness, warning, and wake-up call.
#TheBreadAndTheBombs #PropheticWitness #AuthoritativeTakeover #JusticeAndMercy
Ballrooms built on rubble. Food lines growing. Troops in our streets. A nuclear test ordered like a ribbon-cutting. This is the gospel of power—and its idols are showing.
#TheyHaveSownTheWind #FaithAndPolitics #AfterTheFall
#TheyHaveSownTheWind #FaithAndPolitics #AfterTheFall
✝️ They Have Sown the Wind
The False Glory of Power and the Inverted Tower of Babel
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October 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Ballrooms built on rubble. Food lines growing. Troops in our streets. A nuclear test ordered like a ribbon-cutting. This is the gospel of power—and its idols are showing.
#TheyHaveSownTheWind #FaithAndPolitics #AfterTheFall
#TheyHaveSownTheWind #FaithAndPolitics #AfterTheFall
When billionaires pay the troops but the hungry go unfed, faith steps in where government fails. ✝️🍞 “Who Needs Congress?” — a Sunday reflection on power, mercy, and moral resistance.
#InSpiteOfItAll #FaithResistance #PopeLeoXIV #SNAPCrisis #Authoritarianism #BreadForTheHungry #MoralEconomy
#InSpiteOfItAll #FaithResistance #PopeLeoXIV #SNAPCrisis #Authoritarianism #BreadForTheHungry #MoralEconomy
“Who Needs Congress? — Bread for the Hungry, Power for the Few”
A Sunday Reflection on Faith, Power, and the Politics of Retribution
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October 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When billionaires pay the troops but the hungry go unfed, faith steps in where government fails. ✝️🍞 “Who Needs Congress?” — a Sunday reflection on power, mercy, and moral resistance.
#InSpiteOfItAll #FaithResistance #PopeLeoXIV #SNAPCrisis #Authoritarianism #BreadForTheHungry #MoralEconomy
#InSpiteOfItAll #FaithResistance #PopeLeoXIV #SNAPCrisis #Authoritarianism #BreadForTheHungry #MoralEconomy
Wall Street cheers while the nation starves. Breadlines rise as bombs fall, and faith is traded for profit. This is The Illusion of Prosperity.
#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #MoralEconomy #AuthoritativeTakeover
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#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #MoralEconomy #AuthoritativeTakeover
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✝️ The Illusion of Prosperity
A Theological Reflection Following “The Idol of the Transaction”
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October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Wall Street cheers while the nation starves. Breadlines rise as bombs fall, and faith is traded for profit. This is The Illusion of Prosperity.
#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #MoralEconomy #AuthoritativeTakeover
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#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #MoralEconomy #AuthoritativeTakeover
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When mercy becomes a transaction and truth a commodity, the soul of a nation is at risk.
“The Idol of the Transaction” asks what happens when faith forgets its first love—and power becomes its god.
#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #ReclaimingJesus #Micah68 #MoralCourage
“The Idol of the Transaction” asks what happens when faith forgets its first love—and power becomes its god.
#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #ReclaimingJesus #Micah68 #MoralCourage
✝️ The Idol of the Transaction
A Theological Reflection on Power, Patronage, and the Erosion of Conscience
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October 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When mercy becomes a transaction and truth a commodity, the soul of a nation is at risk.
“The Idol of the Transaction” asks what happens when faith forgets its first love—and power becomes its god.
#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #ReclaimingJesus #Micah68 #MoralCourage
“The Idol of the Transaction” asks what happens when faith forgets its first love—and power becomes its god.
#NoKings #FaithAndDemocracy #ReclaimingJesus #Micah68 #MoralCourage
“You will know them by their fruits.”
The fruit of this movement is rot—
cruelty parading as strength,
arrogance dressed as conviction,
indecency mistaken for boldness.
The fruit of this movement is rot—
cruelty parading as strength,
arrogance dressed as conviction,
indecency mistaken for boldness.
✝️ When the Fruits Rot on the Tree: The Moral Collapse of Christian Witness
A Reflection within the “Authoritative Takeover” Series By J. Francis Druhan | October 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“You will know them by their fruits.”
The fruit of this movement is rot—
cruelty parading as strength,
arrogance dressed as conviction,
indecency mistaken for boldness.
The fruit of this movement is rot—
cruelty parading as strength,
arrogance dressed as conviction,
indecency mistaken for boldness.
When a nation decides who counts, democracy begins to die. From Falmouth to Jim Crow to today, the pattern is the same: exclusion first, oppression next. Faith must break the cycle.
#NoKings #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #Democracy #ChristianNationalism #MoralCourage
#NoKings #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #Democracy #ChristianNationalism #MoralCourage
J. Francis Druhan (@jfrancisdruhan)
When a nation decides who counts, democracy begins to die. From Falmouth to Jim Crow to today, the pattern is the same: exclusion first, oppression next. Faith must break the cycle—by conscience, by c...
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October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When a nation decides who counts, democracy begins to die. From Falmouth to Jim Crow to today, the pattern is the same: exclusion first, oppression next. Faith must break the cycle.
#NoKings #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #Democracy #ChristianNationalism #MoralCourage
#NoKings #AuthoritativeTakeover #FaithAndPolitics #Democracy #ChristianNationalism #MoralCourage
When the British burned Falmouth in 1775, the people saw what happens when power becomes an idol.
The Revolution began not in politics, but in repentance.
No Kings but Christ.
#FaithAndFreedom #NoKings #ChristAlone #ReclaimTheGospel
The Revolution began not in politics, but in repentance.
No Kings but Christ.
#FaithAndFreedom #NoKings #ChristAlone #ReclaimTheGospel
📖 History Before No Kings
The Burning of Falmouth, 1775
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October 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When the British burned Falmouth in 1775, the people saw what happens when power becomes an idol.
The Revolution began not in politics, but in repentance.
No Kings but Christ.
#FaithAndFreedom #NoKings #ChristAlone #ReclaimTheGospel
The Revolution began not in politics, but in repentance.
No Kings but Christ.
#FaithAndFreedom #NoKings #ChristAlone #ReclaimTheGospel
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NO KINGS in Washington, D.C. · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Columbus didn’t bring Christ to a new world—he carried empire to a living one. Today, truth matters more than myth. Repentance is not erasure; it’s freedom. ✝️ #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ColumbusDay #TruthShallSetYouFree #FaithNotEmpire #InSpiteOfItAll
✝️ “The Truth Shall Set You Free”
Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Gospel That Won’t Bow to Empire
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October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Columbus didn’t bring Christ to a new world—he carried empire to a living one. Today, truth matters more than myth. Repentance is not erasure; it’s freedom. ✝️ #IndigenousPeoplesDay #ColumbusDay #TruthShallSetYouFree #FaithNotEmpire #InSpiteOfItAll
They call the left wing a disaster. Wrong. This left wing is a record-breaking, goal-scoring machine. Absolutely incredible.
September 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
They call the left wing a disaster. Wrong. This left wing is a record-breaking, goal-scoring machine. Absolutely incredible.
📺 After the Benediction drops today — a 10-part exposé of how Caesar claims the altar, raids sanctuaries, and bends worship to bless violence. The counter-liturgy of Jesus still resists. The binge is ready.
#AfterTheBenediction #FaithAndEmpire #PropheticResistance
#AfterTheBenediction #FaithAndEmpire #PropheticResistance
After the Benediction: The Counter-Liturgy of Jesus
“We must obey God rather than men.” — Acts 5:29
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September 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
📺 After the Benediction drops today — a 10-part exposé of how Caesar claims the altar, raids sanctuaries, and bends worship to bless violence. The counter-liturgy of Jesus still resists. The binge is ready.
#AfterTheBenediction #FaithAndEmpire #PropheticResistance
#AfterTheBenediction #FaithAndEmpire #PropheticResistance
💔 Twenty years ago today, I lost my mom.
But she was never just “my mom.” She was a peacemaker, a Franciscan, a quiet revolutionary who lived the Beatitudes as if they were a roadmap.
Her story isn’t only about how she died — it’s about how she lived: faithfully, fiercely, fully.
But she was never just “my mom.” She was a peacemaker, a Franciscan, a quiet revolutionary who lived the Beatitudes as if they were a roadmap.
Her story isn’t only about how she died — it’s about how she lived: faithfully, fiercely, fully.
J. Francis Druhan (@jfrancisdruhan)
💔 Twenty years ago today, I lost my mom.
But she was never just “my mom.” She was a peacemaker, a Franciscan, a quiet revolutionary who lived the Beatitudes as if they were a roadmap.
Her story isn’...
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September 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
💔 Twenty years ago today, I lost my mom.
But she was never just “my mom.” She was a peacemaker, a Franciscan, a quiet revolutionary who lived the Beatitudes as if they were a roadmap.
Her story isn’t only about how she died — it’s about how she lived: faithfully, fiercely, fully.
But she was never just “my mom.” She was a peacemaker, a Franciscan, a quiet revolutionary who lived the Beatitudes as if they were a roadmap.
Her story isn’t only about how she died — it’s about how she lived: faithfully, fiercely, fully.
What happened in the Cabinet Room on August 26, 2025 wasn’t chaos. It was ritual. A liturgy of power disguised as prayer. This 6-part series exposes the moment faith was bent to serve empire.
#TheLiturgyOfPower #FaithAndPolitics #ChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism
#TheLiturgyOfPower #FaithAndPolitics #ChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism
September 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What happened in the Cabinet Room on August 26, 2025 wasn’t chaos. It was ritual. A liturgy of power disguised as prayer. This 6-part series exposes the moment faith was bent to serve empire.
#TheLiturgyOfPower #FaithAndPolitics #ChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism
#TheLiturgyOfPower #FaithAndPolitics #ChristianNationalism #Authoritarianism
On August 26, 2025, the world was told it was “just a Cabinet meeting.” Reporters called it “chaotic,” “rambling,” “confusing.” But beneath the noise was something far more deliberate: a liturgy of power.
#FaithAndPolitics #Authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
#FaithAndPolitics #Authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
The Liturgy of Power: The Golden Calf at the Resolute Desk
A Six-Part Investigative–Theological Series
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September 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
On August 26, 2025, the world was told it was “just a Cabinet meeting.” Reporters called it “chaotic,” “rambling,” “confusing.” But beneath the noise was something far more deliberate: a liturgy of power.
#FaithAndPolitics #Authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
#FaithAndPolitics #Authoritarianism #ChristianNationalism
A child refugee became a bishop—and now he stands at immigration courts as families are torn apart.
Bishop Michael Pham’s quiet presence is a gospel of dignity.
Faith belongs on the front lines.
#BishopPham #FaithInAction #ImmigrationJustice #Catholic #Refugees #InSpiteOfItAll
Bishop Michael Pham’s quiet presence is a gospel of dignity.
Faith belongs on the front lines.
#BishopPham #FaithInAction #ImmigrationJustice #Catholic #Refugees #InSpiteOfItAll
From Refugee to Bishop: A Beacon of Dignity at the Immigration Court
Faith on the Front Lines of Immigration
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August 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A child refugee became a bishop—and now he stands at immigration courts as families are torn apart.
Bishop Michael Pham’s quiet presence is a gospel of dignity.
Faith belongs on the front lines.
#BishopPham #FaithInAction #ImmigrationJustice #Catholic #Refugees #InSpiteOfItAll
Bishop Michael Pham’s quiet presence is a gospel of dignity.
Faith belongs on the front lines.
#BishopPham #FaithInAction #ImmigrationJustice #Catholic #Refugees #InSpiteOfItAll
They can Sharpie the maps.
They can bury the numbers.
They can erase the records.
But truth doesn’t bend — and discipleship demands we stand when power rewrites reality.
#TruthMatters #FaithAndPolitics #Discipleship #ChristianResistance #GospelAndJustice #Authoritarianism #FaithOverFear #Democracy
They can bury the numbers.
They can erase the records.
But truth doesn’t bend — and discipleship demands we stand when power rewrites reality.
#TruthMatters #FaithAndPolitics #Discipleship #ChristianResistance #GospelAndJustice #Authoritarianism #FaithOverFear #Democracy
When Truth Is Fudged: Why Discipleship Demands Honest Numbers
A war on statistics is a war on reality — and faithfulness refuses to live by lies.
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August 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
They can Sharpie the maps.
They can bury the numbers.
They can erase the records.
But truth doesn’t bend — and discipleship demands we stand when power rewrites reality.
#TruthMatters #FaithAndPolitics #Discipleship #ChristianResistance #GospelAndJustice #Authoritarianism #FaithOverFear #Democracy
They can bury the numbers.
They can erase the records.
But truth doesn’t bend — and discipleship demands we stand when power rewrites reality.
#TruthMatters #FaithAndPolitics #Discipleship #ChristianResistance #GospelAndJustice #Authoritarianism #FaithOverFear #Democracy
Chicago said no.
Pritzker stood on the riverfront and told Trump: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”
This isn’t just politics. It’s power without mercy. It’s the Gospel versus empire — and the Church cannot stay silent.
#Authoritarianism #Chicago #Trump #NationalGuard #Pritzker
Pritzker stood on the riverfront and told Trump: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”
This isn’t just politics. It’s power without mercy. It’s the Gospel versus empire — and the Church cannot stay silent.
#Authoritarianism #Chicago #Trump #NationalGuard #Pritzker
An Unholy Escalation
When Power Forgets Mercy: Why the Gospel Demands We Resist the March Toward Authoritarianism
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August 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Chicago said no.
Pritzker stood on the riverfront and told Trump: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”
This isn’t just politics. It’s power without mercy. It’s the Gospel versus empire — and the Church cannot stay silent.
#Authoritarianism #Chicago #Trump #NationalGuard #Pritzker
Pritzker stood on the riverfront and told Trump: “Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.”
This isn’t just politics. It’s power without mercy. It’s the Gospel versus empire — and the Church cannot stay silent.
#Authoritarianism #Chicago #Trump #NationalGuard #Pritzker