Benjamin Raber
@benjaminraber.bsky.social
Here to learn. Following Jesus. Advocate: Youth Justice Compassion Education Health Arts Design Liberation. People Music Photography + Travel make my heart come alive. 💡🏀🎹📚🌮✌🏼🚲🗺🎸📷 #reimagine ED: NETwork Ministries in PA
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.
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I’m pretty sure none of the eight who flipped are up for reelection next year. Which is why I think a lot more than eight were ready for the shutdown to end – and the eight who could afford to stepped out.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I’m pretty sure none of the eight who flipped are up for reelection next year. Which is why I think a lot more than eight were ready for the shutdown to end – and the eight who could afford to stepped out.
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What the Senate Democratic defectors did is like the Montgomery bus boycotters calling it quits after 40 days because city leaders promised to “review” bus seating policies.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What the Senate Democratic defectors did is like the Montgomery bus boycotters calling it quits after 40 days because city leaders promised to “review” bus seating policies.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
History teaches us the status quo doesn’t change because of vague promises, it changes because people persist in resisting.
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democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
democratic voters wanted their party to shut down the government for myriad reasons — troops in american cities, masked thugs ripping families apart — but dem leaders insisted the wise thing to do politically was to stay hyper-fxated on this one thing, ACA tax credits. and then they just… gave up
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Caving now will teach Trump and Republicans that they can win any fight simply by threatening to cause terrible harm to regular people. no possible way that could have future adverse consequences
If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice.
If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees.
If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.
- Ricardo Tavárez #ccda #weareccda
If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees.
If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.
- Ricardo Tavárez #ccda #weareccda
November 7, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice.
If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees.
If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.
- Ricardo Tavárez #ccda #weareccda
If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees.
If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.
- Ricardo Tavárez #ccda #weareccda
Tax the Rich!
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
November 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Tax the Rich!
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The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670
Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem
If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?
You’re doing their dirty work.
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My day yesterday:
10 am: teach election law class about the shameful history of legislative districts drawn to dilute/suppress urban voters
10 pm: see the new proposed Ohio map, and what the Ohio GOP wants to do to Cincinnati
10 am: teach election law class about the shameful history of legislative districts drawn to dilute/suppress urban voters
10 pm: see the new proposed Ohio map, and what the Ohio GOP wants to do to Cincinnati
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My day yesterday:
10 am: teach election law class about the shameful history of legislative districts drawn to dilute/suppress urban voters
10 pm: see the new proposed Ohio map, and what the Ohio GOP wants to do to Cincinnati
10 am: teach election law class about the shameful history of legislative districts drawn to dilute/suppress urban voters
10 pm: see the new proposed Ohio map, and what the Ohio GOP wants to do to Cincinnati
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Michael Jordan is criticizing current NBA players for load management. I agree with some of his critiques, but it's a bit ironic given that Jordan took a 17 month break to play baseball (and grieve), had a 1/2 year break due to a lockout, and stepped away from basketball a 2nd time for 32 months.
Jordan: Load management never should happen
Michael Jordan didn't hold back on load management in the NBA, saying on NBC: "It shouldn't be needed, first and foremost."
www.espn.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Michael Jordan is criticizing current NBA players for load management. I agree with some of his critiques, but it's a bit ironic given that Jordan took a 17 month break to play baseball (and grieve), had a 1/2 year break due to a lockout, and stepped away from basketball a 2nd time for 32 months.
"Today, the question has simply changed form:
“Are they here legally?” is the new “Who is my neighbor?”"
- Jonathan Haskell, Knoxville,TN #ccda
“Are they here legally?” is the new “Who is my neighbor?”"
- Jonathan Haskell, Knoxville,TN #ccda
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"Today, the question has simply changed form:
“Are they here legally?” is the new “Who is my neighbor?”"
- Jonathan Haskell, Knoxville,TN #ccda
“Are they here legally?” is the new “Who is my neighbor?”"
- Jonathan Haskell, Knoxville,TN #ccda
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It’s estimated that 8 out of 10 immigrants at risk of deportation in this country are Christians. So why are so many Evangelicals cheering as ICE agents brutally round them up, pull them away from jobs and family, throw them in unmarked vans and send them off to be deported? Jesus wept.
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
It’s estimated that 8 out of 10 immigrants at risk of deportation in this country are Christians. So why are so many Evangelicals cheering as ICE agents brutally round them up, pull them away from jobs and family, throw them in unmarked vans and send them off to be deported? Jesus wept.
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7. The system usually allows the wealthy to decide what to do about the poor. Interestingly enough, the Bible has a few things to say about that, as well.
If you've never been poor, you don't understand just how expensive it is to be poor, especially in America.
P.S. Read "Poverty, By America."
If you've never been poor, you don't understand just how expensive it is to be poor, especially in America.
P.S. Read "Poverty, By America."
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
7. The system usually allows the wealthy to decide what to do about the poor. Interestingly enough, the Bible has a few things to say about that, as well.
If you've never been poor, you don't understand just how expensive it is to be poor, especially in America.
P.S. Read "Poverty, By America."
If you've never been poor, you don't understand just how expensive it is to be poor, especially in America.
P.S. Read "Poverty, By America."
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6. Corporations (Walmart, oil companies, defense contractors) get tax subsidies every year. So do certain families. Somehow this gets a pass. Tax subsidies are, in fact, "government handouts."
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
6. Corporations (Walmart, oil companies, defense contractors) get tax subsidies every year. So do certain families. Somehow this gets a pass. Tax subsidies are, in fact, "government handouts."
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🚨THOUGHTS on Christians and SNAP🚨:
1. If you want the government to pass "biblical" laws on things like abortion, then why not on feeding the hungry?
2. The Bible is filled with laws about taking care of the poor. (2,000 verses or so.)
1. If you want the government to pass "biblical" laws on things like abortion, then why not on feeding the hungry?
2. The Bible is filled with laws about taking care of the poor. (2,000 verses or so.)
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨THOUGHTS on Christians and SNAP🚨:
1. If you want the government to pass "biblical" laws on things like abortion, then why not on feeding the hungry?
2. The Bible is filled with laws about taking care of the poor. (2,000 verses or so.)
1. If you want the government to pass "biblical" laws on things like abortion, then why not on feeding the hungry?
2. The Bible is filled with laws about taking care of the poor. (2,000 verses or so.)
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A significant component of modern iterations of ableism is a capitalist market logic and neoliberal value system defining the economic productivity of individuals as a moral and social good, and foundational to the social and moral “health” of societies.
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A significant component of modern iterations of ableism is a capitalist market logic and neoliberal value system defining the economic productivity of individuals as a moral and social good, and foundational to the social and moral “health” of societies.
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They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor... -Tupac Shakur
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. -Dr. King
Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me. -Jesus
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. -Dr. King
Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me. -Jesus
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor... -Tupac Shakur
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. -Dr. King
Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me. -Jesus
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. -Dr. King
Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me. -Jesus
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DENOMINATIONS BY MEMBERS' INCOME LEVEL
I always thought it was protestant mainline = the richest, holiness pentecostal = lowest income. I was close. From
@ryanburge.bsky.social Check out his page.
I always thought it was protestant mainline = the richest, holiness pentecostal = lowest income. I was close. From
@ryanburge.bsky.social Check out his page.
October 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
DENOMINATIONS BY MEMBERS' INCOME LEVEL
I always thought it was protestant mainline = the richest, holiness pentecostal = lowest income. I was close. From
@ryanburge.bsky.social Check out his page.
I always thought it was protestant mainline = the richest, holiness pentecostal = lowest income. I was close. From
@ryanburge.bsky.social Check out his page.
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They Tell Us To Fear Muslims While The US Empire Terrorizes The World
The empire we live under is everything we’re trained to fear. Our own rulers are the murderers. Our own rulers are the terrorists. Our own rulers are the tyrants. Our rulers are the problem.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tell-...
The empire we live under is everything we’re trained to fear. Our own rulers are the murderers. Our own rulers are the terrorists. Our own rulers are the tyrants. Our rulers are the problem.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tell-...
They Tell Us To Fear Muslims While The US Empire Terrorizes The World
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
October 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
They Tell Us To Fear Muslims While The US Empire Terrorizes The World
The empire we live under is everything we’re trained to fear. Our own rulers are the murderers. Our own rulers are the terrorists. Our own rulers are the tyrants. Our rulers are the problem.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tell-...
The empire we live under is everything we’re trained to fear. Our own rulers are the murderers. Our own rulers are the terrorists. Our own rulers are the tyrants. Our rulers are the problem.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/they-tell-...
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Jesus’ strongest words were for those religious leaders who used the words of God to crush and destroy humanity.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jesus’ strongest words were for those religious leaders who used the words of God to crush and destroy humanity.