Margaret
@periwinkleinok.bsky.social
Count me among 19% of white Evangelicals who didn't vote to set US back. History is watching.
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Margaret
@periwinkleinok.bsky.social
· Nov 10
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/01/19/let-the-record-show/?fbclid=IwAR3bGQE8XT4CuO35oqBss-EUCqD7BWX3NgEFIq30szGJui7YwwiRTEK7wco
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This was my pinned post on the other site.
“Let it be remembered that my faith would not allow me to fall in line behind this man while so many professed religious people did that I saw nothing resembling Jesus in him . . ."
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“Let it be remembered that my faith would not allow me to fall in line behind this man while so many professed religious people did that I saw nothing resembling Jesus in him . . ."
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"...The problem here is that people like Sen. Cotton are part of a Republican Party that has decided that no matter what Donald Trump does, they have to approve what Donald Trump does, and that gets in the way of making reasonable judgements about things like war crimes." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"...The problem here is that people like Sen. Cotton are part of a Republican Party that has decided that no matter what Donald Trump does, they have to approve what Donald Trump does, and that gets in the way of making reasonable judgements about things like war crimes." - @radiofreetom.bsky.social
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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I mean, this is an execution
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I mean, this is an execution
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I used to have to teach the NSS: What's in it, what it means, how it was produced.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I used to have to teach the NSS: What's in it, what it means, how it was produced.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
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Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
December 4, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Hey America, if you were a Christian nation, you’d be feeding the poor, not yelling at them for using food stamps.
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Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Five members of Congress from both parties and both chambers are asking Pam Bondi for a briefing and status update — by the end of the week — on the legally mandated release of the Epstein files.
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
Bondi has 16 days until the release deadline. tinyurl.com/59m8rnyk
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I can't get over the fact that they scheduled a televised Cabinet meeting, hyped it as a major event, planned it all out to show how active and in control Trump is ... and then he dozed off in the middle of it. Repeatedly.
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Gupta: These are the most credentialed radiologists in the country. No one is aware of any type of screening guideline that says as you age you should get an MRI of the heart and abdomen.
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Gupta: These are the most credentialed radiologists in the country. No one is aware of any type of screening guideline that says as you age you should get an MRI of the heart and abdomen.
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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There are over 700,000 people in Tennessee's heavily Blue Davidson County. Today, only about 42,000 voters turned out to vote. If just a few more people had shown up and voted blue, the margin could have flipped in Behn's favor. Voting is important. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There are over 700,000 people in Tennessee's heavily Blue Davidson County. Today, only about 42,000 voters turned out to vote. If just a few more people had shown up and voted blue, the margin could have flipped in Behn's favor. Voting is important. Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.
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This is important. Define Donald Trump is scary, on a physical level, for members of Congress. Just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene.
I used to think Republicans fell in line because they feared Trump would attack them in a primary election. Now, I realize it's much worse. They are physically afraid of Trump's supporters and the risk of violence.
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is important. Define Donald Trump is scary, on a physical level, for members of Congress. Just ask Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Wow.
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
"It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime .... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
- Newsmax's Judge Napolitano
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Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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a) A while ago @radiofreetom.bsky.social wrote an article on how ubiquitous mushroom clouds were in 1980s music videos, and the fact that we've memory-holed that should serve as a reminder that nostalgia always looks back through rose-tinted glasses.
Yes, how can we go back to the carefree 1980s when no one worried about anything 🙃
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
a) A while ago @radiofreetom.bsky.social wrote an article on how ubiquitous mushroom clouds were in 1980s music videos, and the fact that we've memory-holed that should serve as a reminder that nostalgia always looks back through rose-tinted glasses.
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NEW: President Trump has never before been in such an echo chamber
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Trump Has Never Been More Isolated
Even Trump’s allies worry that he has become out of touch with what the public wants.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEW: President Trump has never before been in such an echo chamber
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
His domestic travel has basically stopped. He sees rich donors and MAGA media, not actual voters
Everyone around him is saying he is right. But polls show more Americans think he is wrong www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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Rep. Don Bacon says White House lacks 'moral clarity' on Ukraine
Rep. Don Bacon says White House lacks 'moral clarity' on Ukraine
The Republican accused the Trump administration of sending “mixed signals” on peace talks with Russia.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Rep. Don Bacon says White House lacks 'moral clarity' on Ukraine