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Every public official associated with Trump’s defiance of the courts (including his vice president, JD Vance) should be impeached, convicted and barred forever from holding public office.
April 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Every public official associated with Trump’s defiance of the courts (including his vice president, JD Vance) should be impeached, convicted and barred forever from holding public office.
Free and return Abrego Garcia!
April 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Free and return Abrego Garcia!
Harvard Says It Will Not Comply
April 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Harvard Says It Will Not Comply
Trump and his regime are vicious, vindictive, and violent criminals.
April 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Trump and his regime are vicious, vindictive, and violent criminals.
On the morning of April 9, 1945 theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was hanged for his role in the resistance against Adolf Hitler, including plots to kill Hitler. He was only 39 years old.
April 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
On the morning of April 9, 1945 theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, was hanged for his role in the resistance against Adolf Hitler, including plots to kill Hitler. He was only 39 years old.
“The truth must be sought with all one’s soul…. Love is stronger than hate.”—Marc Sangnier (1873-1950)
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
“The truth must be sought with all one’s soul…. Love is stronger than hate.”—Marc Sangnier (1873-1950)
This is what a fascist revolution looks like.
April 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is what a fascist revolution looks like.
Your silence will not protect you.
- Audre Lorde, “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches” (1984)
- Audre Lorde, “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches” (1984)
March 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Your silence will not protect you.
- Audre Lorde, “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches” (1984)
- Audre Lorde, “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches” (1984)
Trump wants control over who votes. He wants to be a dictator.
March 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trump wants control over who votes. He wants to be a dictator.
Musk and Trump are criminals destroying Social Security without congressional approval.
March 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Musk and Trump are criminals destroying Social Security without congressional approval.
“A church that does not unite itself to the poor in order to denounce from the place of the poor the injustice committed against them is not truly the Church of Jesus Christ.”—Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated on this date, March 24, 1980
March 24, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“A church that does not unite itself to the poor in order to denounce from the place of the poor the injustice committed against them is not truly the Church of Jesus Christ.”—Archbishop Oscar Romero, assassinated on this date, March 24, 1980
In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, it is easy to identify with the older brother.
March 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, it is easy to identify with the older brother.
The shriveled soul lives in fear and lashes out in desperate anger. See Trump, Musk, and their sycophants.
March 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The shriveled soul lives in fear and lashes out in desperate anger. See Trump, Musk, and their sycophants.
God’s presence can be felt and heard in the call to stand up for justice and mercy among the marginalized in this and every society.
- J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
- J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
March 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
God’s presence can be felt and heard in the call to stand up for justice and mercy among the marginalized in this and every society.
- J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
- J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
Elon Musk and Donald Trump “are destroying the government that works for all Americans in favor of using the government to concentrate their own wealth and power.”—Heather Cox Richardson
March 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Elon Musk and Donald Trump “are destroying the government that works for all Americans in favor of using the government to concentrate their own wealth and power.”—Heather Cox Richardson
SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump: Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/georget...
SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump
Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks.
act.faithfulamerica.org
March 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
SIGN: Thank Georgetown for standing up to Trump: Dean Treaner of Georgetown Law School recently stood up to Trump's illegal DEI crusade. Let's show our support and thanks. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/georget...
Musk is a liar and here his racism is showing. www.yahoo.com/news/south-a...
South Africa rejects Musk claim Starlink can't operate there because he's not Black
South Africa on Friday rejected a claim by multibillionaire Elon Musk that his Starlink satellite company could not operate in the country because he is not Black, and its telecoms regulator said Star...
www.yahoo.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Musk is a liar and here his racism is showing. www.yahoo.com/news/south-a...
DOGE motto (via Stephen Colbert): “If it ain’t broke, let me try.”
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
DOGE motto (via Stephen Colbert): “If it ain’t broke, let me try.”
Efficiency is a false god.
March 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Efficiency is a false god.
The prophets in the Hebrew Bible spoke of God’s judgment. Are we in such a season where we are reaping what we have sown?
March 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The prophets in the Hebrew Bible spoke of God’s judgment. Are we in such a season where we are reaping what we have sown?