John Pauls
@jphawk.bsky.social
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This is one of our favorites!
December 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is one of our favorites!
I feel less secure every time he does something.
I hope it's clear to everyone by now that Trump's play over and over again is to yell "National Security!" and pretend as though that gives him the right to act like a dictator
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I feel less secure every time he does something.
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social understands that to oppress others in the name of your God or religion is to refuse the command of imitatio Christi. He also understands that to engage in true imitatio Christi is to antagonize those who patrol the boundaries to keep heretics out.
Funny how that works.
Funny how that works.
Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@davidfrenchjag.bsky.social understands that to oppress others in the name of your God or religion is to refuse the command of imitatio Christi. He also understands that to engage in true imitatio Christi is to antagonize those who patrol the boundaries to keep heretics out.
Funny how that works.
Funny how that works.
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This. A thousand times this.
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
Choose Love Not ICE
YouTube video by Interfaith Alliance
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This. A thousand times this.
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
"His law is love and His gospel is peace."
From my friends @interfaithalliance.org. #LovenotICE
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eALK...
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Donald Trump can name as many national buildings after himself as he wants to, but it won’t make him a great president.
December 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Donald Trump can name as many national buildings after himself as he wants to, but it won’t make him a great president.
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It’s ironic that the same people who applauded DOJ for indicting Jim Comey & Tish James are complaining there was a lack of evidence to search Mar-a-Lago.
December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It’s ironic that the same people who applauded DOJ for indicting Jim Comey & Tish James are complaining there was a lack of evidence to search Mar-a-Lago.
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Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was “God & Country,” a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewart’s book.
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Rob Reiner's 'God & Country' explores the politicization of Christianity
The new documentary looks at the rise of Christian Nationalism as a political movement through the eyes of theologians and conservative thinkers.
www.wbur.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Rob Reiner religion note: One of his last film projects was “God & Country,” a documentary released last year based on Katherine Stewart’s book.
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The film turned a critical lens toward Christian nationalism.
Disclosure: I know this, because I’m in it. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform.
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The GOP’s War on Civil Service: A Rejection of Its Own History
A look at how Garfield’s murder and Arthur’s unexpected courage created modern civil service protections—and why today’s GOP is trying to dismantle them.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
James Garfield was murdered by a man who thought he deserved a government job. Chester Arthur—once a machine politician—responded by helping create civil service reform.
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Today’s GOP wants to undo that progress and return to patronage politics.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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Getting a Peace prize from FIFA is like getting an Emmy from Jehovah’s Witnesses.
…which will probably be next.
…which will probably be next.
December 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Getting a Peace prize from FIFA is like getting an Emmy from Jehovah’s Witnesses.
…which will probably be next.
…which will probably be next.
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The rare presidential administration whose character, efficacy and dignity would automatically increase if everyone in it was replaced with a ten year old.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The rare presidential administration whose character, efficacy and dignity would automatically increase if everyone in it was replaced with a ten year old.
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Pete Hegseth, being informed that - contrary to what he was told - a max PT score does not give you immunity for war crimes:
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pete Hegseth, being informed that - contrary to what he was told - a max PT score does not give you immunity for war crimes:
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Boom.
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Boom.
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Praying for the two soldiers attacked yesterday in DC and for calm and compassion toward the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees making this country better each day.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Praying for the two soldiers attacked yesterday in DC and for calm and compassion toward the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees making this country better each day.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
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When Gratitude Eludes Us - Choose it Anyway open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
When Gratitude Eludes Us
Choose it anyway
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
When Gratitude Eludes Us - Choose it Anyway open.substack.com/pub/dianabut...
When was the last time he was "back" in church praying?
Most people I know have come back to church because they are praying he’ll lose power fast.
Trump: "We have more people praying. The churches are coming back. I don't know if you've been reading that story but religion is coming back to America."
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
When was the last time he was "back" in church praying?
A. His policies suck too!
B. These are the same people that made a big deal of being called deplorables. They didn't say, "Nobody is perfect" then
B. These are the same people that made a big deal of being called deplorables. They didn't say, "Nobody is perfect" then
GOP Rep. Salazar won't criticize Trump calling a woman reporter "piggy" -- "President Trump is a very different type of politician. But I always say I look at his policies and not his personality. Nobody is perfect."
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A. His policies suck too!
B. These are the same people that made a big deal of being called deplorables. They didn't say, "Nobody is perfect" then
B. These are the same people that made a big deal of being called deplorables. They didn't say, "Nobody is perfect" then
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The power of Fox News isn’t that they push conservative ideas, it’s that they are willing to set any kind of ideological consideration aside at the drop of a hat to boost Republicans regardless of what they do at any given moment.
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The power of Fox News isn’t that they push conservative ideas, it’s that they are willing to set any kind of ideological consideration aside at the drop of a hat to boost Republicans regardless of what they do at any given moment.
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Bonesaw MAGA
Funny, how MAGA is *outraged* over someone who is simply a Muslim in the New York City mayor's mansion, but has no comment about a Muslim who is an actual murderer in the White House.
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Bonesaw MAGA
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Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn...
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.