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🌈Rev. Pat Raube
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She/ her. PCUSA Pastor, singer, mother, adoptee, member of the family, sharing photos and opinions about politics, books, LGBTQ+, and, of course, religion.
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demguardrails.bsky.social
🧵 1/2 Charlotte is saying NO!Not my city!

Learning from L.A., Chicago & Siembra North Carolina, they’re ready to melt ICE!
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
dianamonkey.bsky.social Erin Kane @dianamonkey.bsky.social · 1d
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
patraube.bsky.social
Let my prayer be counted as incense before you and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.
~Psalm 141:2
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
A bedside table: a small (sample-sized) lit candle in a metal holder (Dark Hedges by Mythologie); the lid of said candleholder behind and to the right, with the match that lit the candle resting in it; a small blue pottery-made star to the left, with the word “grace” on it (thank you, Consecrate!); behind these, the bottom of a clear glass with a bit of water left in it. Behind these glass, blurry, unrecognizable books in a pile.
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
patraube.bsky.social
I call upon you, O Lord; come quickly to me; give ear to my voice when I call to you.
~Psalm 141:1
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
Storm-clouds with a break showing bright-blue sky; the corner roof of a grey-shingled house on the right.
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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sallyny.bsky.social
In my observation people can and do grow and change. Of course we can be wary of the signs at first. Rebuilding trust is a rightfully long process. But I love the little pleasant surprises along the way since they can be proof of the potential of redemption
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.

MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
patraube.bsky.social
O sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.
~Psalm 98:1a
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove🧡
An old-fashioned street lamp against a sky streaked with pinkish-orange clouds. A large pine tree to the left of the frame and a low hill in the distance, with evergreens and bare deciduous trees in front of the hill.
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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debbie156.bsky.social
Please watch my friend @brian-goldstone.bsky.social tomorrow morning on CBS Sunday Morning @ 9am.
This is a very important topic.
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 3d
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.

I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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revdaniel.bsky.social
If you were concerned about teachers “grooming” kids by acknowledging the existence of LGBTQ people, but you’re fine with the GOP hiding the Epstein Files and a president whose name is all over them, you’ve acknowledged what the rest of us have always known….

It was never about protecting. kids.
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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karaswisher.bsky.social
Hey Pam Bondi. This is John Mitchell. Gird your loins because you actually work for the people and not the president and you will eventually find out what that means.
November 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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warnock.senate.gov
So let me get this straight: The President’s plan to lower prices is to roll back some of his own tariffs?
November 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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realbillhicks.bsky.social
Horrifying
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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lisaloe.bsky.social
Hey Megyn Kelly,

14-year-old Eloise would like a word:

“If my voice makes you uncomfortable, good…
because the minute adults start defending predators by defending the age of a child, you’re not protecting the truth, you’re protecting the predator.”

Sound up! 🔥🔊

1/2
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
patraube.bsky.social
God will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
~Psalm 98:9b
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove🩷
Fluffy pink and purple clouds in a blue sky, seen through the silhouette of a bare-branched tree on the left, with branches hanging over the top of the frame; four power lines crisscrossing the image; more distant pine trees at the bottom of the frame.
November 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
patraube.bsky.social
Let the sea roar and all that fills it, the world and those who live in it. Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth.
~Psalm 98:7-9a
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💙
The Atlantic Ocean at golden hour, gold-tinged clouds in a blue sky on the horizon, sea foam as waves break.
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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schooley.bsky.social
The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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olbermann.bsky.social
So this is how ISIS talks
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Bovino: "We're ratcheting operations up in Chicago. That's a very corrupt system in Chicago. Whether it's those elected leaders like Pritzker or those out of control judges, Chicago needs some attention. You're gonna see some very dynamic operations."
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
patraube.bsky.social
Two of the most dangerous men in this nation.

#believescientists
#dangerouspoliticians
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
patraube.bsky.social
Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody.
~Psalm 98:5
#dailyverses
#ordinarytime
#protectimmigrants
#GodIsLove💚
Stained-glass window: a lyre, on a background of cream-colored glass, with an outer “frame” of green glass; closeups the sides of the frame are visible but not the top and bottom.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
@neguse.house.gov: "I think it is outrageous for these Republican senators to effectively guarantee themselves million-dollar paydays, a provision in this bill that very clearly applies to them. ... This is insanity to allow this provision to go forward"
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
patraube.bsky.social
Ah.

#senatedemscave
#theimmuneeight
#senatecowards
#senateshame
primaryschool.bsky.social Disgraziato @primaryschool.bsky.social · 8d
I am kind of sitting here mouth agape as I realize that the thing that really got eight Democrats to cave was a provision which provides backdoor criminal and civil immunity to them personally by making it functionally impossible to ever investigate the Senate
primaryschool.bsky.social Disgraziato @primaryschool.bsky.social · 8d
read the actual bill text and this is quite literally a provision designed solely to impede civil and criminal investigations into United States Senators and their staff. www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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theonion.com
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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katmabu.bsky.social
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.

Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.

This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM