Shel
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Though chaos seems to reign, We remain. Grounded. Resistant. Persistent. Seeking joy. Pursuing justice. Following Jesus. #embracingmystery
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The Justice Briefing
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November 15, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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What is the most reliable way to divert the American media’s attention from the Epstein files? You go to war. @aaronparnas.bsky.social
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NEWS: Hegseth Announces Major Military Operation as More Republicans in Congress Break from Trump
Ask yourselves a simple question: What is the most reliable way to divert the American media’s attention from the Epstein files? You go to war.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
What is the most reliable way to divert the American media’s attention from the Epstein files? You go to war. @aaronparnas.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Finally! Speaker Mike Johnson just swore Representative Adelita Grijalva.
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Finally! Speaker Mike Johnson just swore Representative Adelita Grijalva.
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Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Dems. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Replace Schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Replace Schumer.
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It is somehow both “this has been the longest year in recorded history” and also “how is it the middle of November already” right now
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It is somehow both “this has been the longest year in recorded history” and also “how is it the middle of November already” right now
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Jeffries: "These Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA more than 70 different times. They're not acting in good faith in dealing w/healthcare crisis they're visiting on the American people. This is the same group who just enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in history in their big ugly bill."
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Jeffries: "These Republicans have tried to repeal the ACA more than 70 different times. They're not acting in good faith in dealing w/healthcare crisis they're visiting on the American people. This is the same group who just enacted the largest cut to Medicaid in history in their big ugly bill."
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To be an elected official and still support Trump is to support a man who is spending money taxpayer money provided by your constituents to starve your constituents. If you still can't stand up, at least have the honesty to admit you are the problem. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
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November 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
To be an elected official and still support Trump is to support a man who is spending money taxpayer money provided by your constituents to starve your constituents. If you still can't stand up, at least have the honesty to admit you are the problem. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Fixed that for him
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Fixed that for him
Huge election results. Many are elated and relieved.
For those of us with MAGA or GOP family members, I keep thinking about how stunned and anxious they must be feeling. Mixed emotions which we can relate to and acknowledge.
For those of us with MAGA or GOP family members, I keep thinking about how stunned and anxious they must be feeling. Mixed emotions which we can relate to and acknowledge.
November 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Huge election results. Many are elated and relieved.
For those of us with MAGA or GOP family members, I keep thinking about how stunned and anxious they must be feeling. Mixed emotions which we can relate to and acknowledge.
For those of us with MAGA or GOP family members, I keep thinking about how stunned and anxious they must be feeling. Mixed emotions which we can relate to and acknowledge.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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If you’re turned away at the polls (in Virginia or anywhere in the U.S.), here’s what to do:
- Request a written explanation: If poll workers deny your regular ballot, ask them to put in writing why they refused it.
- Request a written explanation: If poll workers deny your regular ballot, ask them to put in writing why they refused it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you’re turned away at the polls (in Virginia or anywhere in the U.S.), here’s what to do:
- Request a written explanation: If poll workers deny your regular ballot, ask them to put in writing why they refused it.
- Request a written explanation: If poll workers deny your regular ballot, ask them to put in writing why they refused it.
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One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should somehow be more concerned about how a poor person uses the welfare system than we are about the ultra wealthy swaying the highest positions or power in our country to their favor.
November 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should somehow be more concerned about how a poor person uses the welfare system than we are about the ultra wealthy swaying the highest positions or power in our country to their favor.
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This is a turning point a shift toward biometric policing becoming a part of everyday American life. The same surveillance systems once confined to airports and borders are now appearing in neighborhoods, workplaces, and public demonstrations.
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is a turning point a shift toward biometric policing becoming a part of everyday American life. The same surveillance systems once confined to airports and borders are now appearing in neighborhoods, workplaces, and public demonstrations.
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The GOP is in a death spiral, locked in an embrace of Trump that they can’t escape from because they’ll get primaried and be threatened by crazed MAGAs. This could have huge consequences in the 2026 midterms unless they can successfully break with him in time.
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The GOP is in a death spiral, locked in an embrace of Trump that they can’t escape from because they’ll get primaried and be threatened by crazed MAGAs. This could have huge consequences in the 2026 midterms unless they can successfully break with him in time.
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This is yet another example of Trump’s DOJ targeting political opponents and activists while protecting his allies. What’s happening isn’t law enforcement, it’s political retaliation designed to silence dissent and criminalize those who stand up to his administration’s cruelty.
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This is yet another example of Trump’s DOJ targeting political opponents and activists while protecting his allies. What’s happening isn’t law enforcement, it’s political retaliation designed to silence dissent and criminalize those who stand up to his administration’s cruelty.
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An accurate comparison to what’s happening. Glad at least one GOP senator is calling this out. The others? Craven silence.
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
An accurate comparison to what’s happening. Glad at least one GOP senator is calling this out. The others? Craven silence.
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Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Hope is not a sentimental optimism that things will somehow work out; hope is the subversive conviction that injustice and death will not have the final word and acting on that belief. Hope is not passive waiting it’s active persistence. Hope prays, peacefully protests, weeps, and keeps showing up.