Justin Fung
@justinbfung.bsky.social
Pastor at Christ City Church DC.
"Kicking at the darkness till it bleeds daylight."
"Kicking at the darkness till it bleeds daylight."
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What would you spend $1.65 million a day on?
A new report from Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finds that the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. is costing $1.65 million a day, and over seven months has hit $332 million. The report is here: hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
What would you spend $1.65 million a day on?
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The $1.65 million a day spent on the National Guard deployment is about $600 million annualized. For comparison, the approved FY26 budget for Economic Security Services, which includes TANF, is $305 million.
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The $1.65 million a day spent on the National Guard deployment is about $600 million annualized. For comparison, the approved FY26 budget for Economic Security Services, which includes TANF, is $305 million.
I first met Pádraig Ó Tuama almost thirty years ago, when we were both different and the same—and when the world was both different and the same.
February 3, 2026 at 3:54 AM
I first met Pádraig Ó Tuama almost thirty years ago, when we were both different and the same—and when the world was both different and the same.
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Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
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Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
January 19, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Quite a quote from Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair, who was asked about his STOP THE GENOCIDE eye black after today’s game
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
Grateful for this book in this time. If you’re in the #DMV area, come out THIS SATURDAY (1/17), 4-6pm, as we hear from Kat Armas, author of Abuelita Faith, Sacred Belonging, and Liturgies for Resisting Empire.
January 15, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Grateful for this book in this time. If you’re in the #DMV area, come out THIS SATURDAY (1/17), 4-6pm, as we hear from Kat Armas, author of Abuelita Faith, Sacred Belonging, and Liturgies for Resisting Empire.
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Awful: New report shows federal agents fired into civilian vehicles 13 times since July, with 8 people hit and two dead. These are heavily armed government militias gone rogue, not bound or accountable to law, unleashing violence on Americans with full White House sanction.
Our exchange on this:
Our exchange on this:
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Awful: New report shows federal agents fired into civilian vehicles 13 times since July, with 8 people hit and two dead. These are heavily armed government militias gone rogue, not bound or accountable to law, unleashing violence on Americans with full White House sanction.
Our exchange on this:
Our exchange on this:
Five years ago, I was taking a prayer morning at the Arboretum. It included walking through the columns that were part of the US Capitol until 1958. Afterwards, I got lunch on Capitol Hill, little aware of what was being fomented and what was about to take place in this city that has become my home.
January 7, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Five years ago, I was taking a prayer morning at the Arboretum. It included walking through the columns that were part of the US Capitol until 1958. Afterwards, I got lunch on Capitol Hill, little aware of what was being fomented and what was about to take place in this city that has become my home.
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Jack Smith accused Trump and allies of “exploiting” the confusion and violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 to further their “criminal scheme.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
In Hearing Transcript, Jack Smith Defends Decision to Indict Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Jack Smith accused Trump and allies of “exploiting” the confusion and violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6 to further their “criminal scheme.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/u...
Grateful to be able to get into good trouble with this crew: the staff and elders of Christ City Church (just missing Chellese and Ritu). Merry Christmas from all of us!
December 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Grateful to be able to get into good trouble with this crew: the staff and elders of Christ City Church (just missing Chellese and Ritu). Merry Christmas from all of us!
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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
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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.
Talked about #joy when we’re weary: "When we practice joy in the midst of injustice, we’re not ignoring the injustice. We’re prophesying its end.
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Talked about #joy when we’re weary: "When we practice joy in the midst of injustice, we’re not ignoring the injustice. We’re prophesying its end.
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Closed out our church's 15-month journey through Acts. This was one of my main takeaways:
The Spirit is never hindered by our wounds or our waiting or our anxieties or our uncertainties. If anything, the Spirit does some of the most astonishing work in places we think are the most constrained.
The Spirit is never hindered by our wounds or our waiting or our anxieties or our uncertainties. If anything, the Spirit does some of the most astonishing work in places we think are the most constrained.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Closed out our church's 15-month journey through Acts. This was one of my main takeaways:
The Spirit is never hindered by our wounds or our waiting or our anxieties or our uncertainties. If anything, the Spirit does some of the most astonishing work in places we think are the most constrained.
The Spirit is never hindered by our wounds or our waiting or our anxieties or our uncertainties. If anything, the Spirit does some of the most astonishing work in places we think are the most constrained.
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
43. Taking a moment to reflect.
It’s been quite a year. Grieving so much and also grateful for so much—and so many of you. And I’m still here, still going, and still committed to working for a world where all can flourish, by the grace of God.
It’s been quite a year. Grieving so much and also grateful for so much—and so many of you. And I’m still here, still going, and still committed to working for a world where all can flourish, by the grace of God.
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
43. Taking a moment to reflect.
It’s been quite a year. Grieving so much and also grateful for so much—and so many of you. And I’m still here, still going, and still committed to working for a world where all can flourish, by the grace of God.
It’s been quite a year. Grieving so much and also grateful for so much—and so many of you. And I’m still here, still going, and still committed to working for a world where all can flourish, by the grace of God.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin
Two weeks ago, I returned from ReStory US—a pilgrimage through the American South with the Telos Group and Christ City Church's Mosaic peacemaking cohort.
Two weeks ago, I returned from ReStory US—a pilgrimage through the American South with the Telos Group and Christ City Church's Mosaic peacemaking cohort.
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” — James Baldwin
Two weeks ago, I returned from ReStory US—a pilgrimage through the American South with the Telos Group and Christ City Church's Mosaic peacemaking cohort.
Two weeks ago, I returned from ReStory US—a pilgrimage through the American South with the Telos Group and Christ City Church's Mosaic peacemaking cohort.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Empires can raid our communities, but they cannot take our compassion, our convictions, or our courage. They can build monuments to greed and grift, but they cannot take our generosity. They can pollute the air, but they cannot choke out our hope. Because we belong to a different kingdom.
November 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Empires can raid our communities, but they cannot take our compassion, our convictions, or our courage. They can build monuments to greed and grift, but they cannot take our generosity. They can pollute the air, but they cannot choke out our hope. Because we belong to a different kingdom.
From Sunday at Christ City Church:
"God’s power doesn’t always run through the hallways of power that we often think of: presidents and legislators and judges, those with wealth or weapons. More often than not, God’s power moves through the margins.
"God’s power doesn’t always run through the hallways of power that we often think of: presidents and legislators and judges, those with wealth or weapons. More often than not, God’s power moves through the margins.
October 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
From Sunday at Christ City Church:
"God’s power doesn’t always run through the hallways of power that we often think of: presidents and legislators and judges, those with wealth or weapons. More often than not, God’s power moves through the margins.
"God’s power doesn’t always run through the hallways of power that we often think of: presidents and legislators and judges, those with wealth or weapons. More often than not, God’s power moves through the margins.
When I was a kid, there was a verse that worried me. Jesus says: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father.”
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fns4...)
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fns4...)
“By their fruit you will know them”
YouTube video by Christ City Church
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October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
When I was a kid, there was a verse that worried me. Jesus says: “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father.”
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fns4...)
(www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fns4...)
“Asian American history is American history.”
Got to meet and hear from @michaelluo.bsky.social about his book “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.”
Thanks to Michael Wear and the Center for Christianity & Public Life for hosting.
Got to meet and hear from @michaelluo.bsky.social about his book “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.”
Thanks to Michael Wear and the Center for Christianity & Public Life for hosting.
September 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
“Asian American history is American history.”
Got to meet and hear from @michaelluo.bsky.social about his book “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.”
Thanks to Michael Wear and the Center for Christianity & Public Life for hosting.
Got to meet and hear from @michaelluo.bsky.social about his book “Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America.”
Thanks to Michael Wear and the Center for Christianity & Public Life for hosting.
Praying for those, including friends and family, in HK and the surrounding region, hit hard by #Ragasa (Taiwan, China, the Philippines).
Super Typhoon Ragasa caused significant rises in sea levels and flooding along Hong Kong's eastern coastline in Heng Fa Chuen, as the city triggered its highest storm signal, T10.
Full coverage: buff.ly/zgA4pSI
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
Full coverage: buff.ly/zgA4pSI
Photos: Kyle Lam/HKFP.
September 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Praying for those, including friends and family, in HK and the surrounding region, hit hard by #Ragasa (Taiwan, China, the Philippines).
Rapture rainbow. 🌈 😉
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Rapture rainbow. 🌈 😉
I took a social media break for most of yesterday, so was late to the news about Charlie Kirk. And then I wanted to spend time processing before sharing. Here’s what I’ve got:
September 11, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I took a social media break for most of yesterday, so was late to the news about Charlie Kirk. And then I wanted to spend time processing before sharing. Here’s what I’ve got: