Tom
@castaway5555.bsky.social
Retired Presbyterian (PCUSA) minister - still working ... liberal, progressive, blue, thoughtful, history buff ... fan of Bonhoeffer, Barth & Tillich ... fan of Heather Cox Richardson & Kristin Kobes DuMez.
Looks like the oil companies are smart enough to know that Trump's deal can't endure ...
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Looks like the oil companies are smart enough to know that Trump's deal can't endure ...
An earlier version of ICE
January 9, 2026 at 5:11 PM
An earlier version of ICE
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This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
This looks like 1,000 videos I've seen from authoritarian states
Hegseth, a little piece of sh*t, going after Sen. Mark Kelly ... we have a cabal of idiots running the show.
January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hegseth, a little piece of sh*t, going after Sen. Mark Kelly ... we have a cabal of idiots running the show.
January 4, 2026
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January 4, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the administration’s message about its strikes on Venezuela to the Sunday talk shows this morning.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:21 AM
January 4, 2026
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Would someone remind me of the difference between Putin invading Ukraine and Trump kidnapping Venezuela's President and his wife?
January 3, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Would someone remind me of the difference between Putin invading Ukraine and Trump kidnapping Venezuela's President and his wife?
January 3, 2026 at 11:55 AM
December 27, 2025 This made me sick.
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December 27, 2025
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
December 27, 2025 This made me sick.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
December 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
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That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
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CBS Pulled a “60 Minutes” Story Because the White House Refused to Comment — That’s a Veto on Journalism
Pulling a finished investigation because the administration refused to comment isn’t journalism. It’s submission.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If refusing to comment is enough to kill a story, then the government now has veto power over journalism.
That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
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That’s what CBS normalized last night — and it should scare everyone.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
December 21, 2025 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐉.𝐃. 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.
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December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
December 21, 2025 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐉.𝐃. 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.
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The Cost and the Gift of Hope at Christmas
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The Cost and the Gift of Hope at Christmas
Alongside Christian leaders everywhere, I’m thinking about what I will say on Christmas Eve at a time when we all yearn for a message of hope.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Cost and the Gift of Hope at Christmas
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#CBS bows the knee: www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/m...
CBS shelves ‘60 Minutes’ story on Trump deportees at the last minute: ‘People are threatening to quit,’ staffers say | CNN Business
“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#CBS bows the knee: www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/m...
Trump's version of Hitler's ambition: Austria (the Anschluss, March, 1938) and Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland (September, 1938) ...
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland
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December 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Trump's version of Hitler's ambition: Austria (the Anschluss, March, 1938) and Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland (September, 1938) ...
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Angering Denmark, Trump Appoints Special Envoy to Greenland www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
It's no longer The White House ... it's now his country club! Gold decor and nasty plaques beneath portraits of his predecessors.
December 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's no longer The White House ... it's now his country club! Gold decor and nasty plaques beneath portraits of his predecessors.
Live Laugh Lie
Up close and personal; the power of photography. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
Up close and personal; the power of photography. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
Live Laugh Lie
The ugly truth of things
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December 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Live Laugh Lie
Up close and personal; the power of photography. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...
Up close and personal; the power of photography. open.substack.com/pub/kristind...