Eric the Red 🌹✝️
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Eric the Red 🌹✝️
@eric13red.bsky.social
· Mar 25
“In the course of human events, it becomes necessary to reiterate the historical reality that empires rise and empires fall.”
Today’s essay is by Eric Sommers.
earthandaltarmag.com/posts/the-ea...
Today’s essay is by Eric Sommers.
earthandaltarmag.com/posts/the-ea...
THE EARTHLY CITY ON A HILL — Earth and Altar
In the course of human events, it becomes necessary to reiterate the historical reality that empires rise and empires fall. All great nations go through the entropy of history. We are not immune to th...
earthandaltarmag.com
My latest on reflecting like Augustine on our current Imperial collapse, discussing Christian nationalism, bad theology, and our Lenten journey towards making and building a better world on Earth as it is in Heaven.
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
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I’m starting to think it is the time to shine for people who really understand the Roman Empire’s politics around hierarchy and how that related to household and community injustices.
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I’m starting to think it is the time to shine for people who really understand the Roman Empire’s politics around hierarchy and how that related to household and community injustices.
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Republicans have for years liked to pretend that there was some "war on Christianity," but they are the ones unleashing state terror on churches and congregations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Federal immigration officers begin sweep in Charlotte, North Carolina
Local reports say targets include church parishioners doing yard work and workers hanging Christmas lights
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Republicans have for years liked to pretend that there was some "war on Christianity," but they are the ones unleashing state terror on churches and congregations.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Man, today's Gospel reading hits hard today given the protest arrests outside the Broadview ICE facility
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Man, today's Gospel reading hits hard today given the protest arrests outside the Broadview ICE facility
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Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
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5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”
“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”
“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”
“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”
“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”
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Thinking out loud: There's a lot of really heroic indy media documenting how inhumane Stephen Miller's dragnet is.
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thinking out loud: There's a lot of really heroic indy media documenting how inhumane Stephen Miller's dragnet is.
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
We need a campaign noting that if you want to fix the housing market you need to fire Stephen Miller.
www.nahb.org/advocacy/ind...
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Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest
(RNS) — 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.
religionnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Organizers told me that at least 7 faith leaders were among those arrested on Friday.
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
In a statement posted on X, DHS referred to demonstrators as "imbeciles" who need to "get a job."
One pastor told me "this is our job," adding, "to advocate for the oppressed. religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
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I love that every foreign country knows all you have to do is tell Trump he's the best President ever and give him a gold bar. Like we can be bought for nothing now. No need for ambassadors or advisors anymore. Just bring Trump some gold and he'll let us drill in the middle of Yellowstone Park
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I love that every foreign country knows all you have to do is tell Trump he's the best President ever and give him a gold bar. Like we can be bought for nothing now. No need for ambassadors or advisors anymore. Just bring Trump some gold and he'll let us drill in the middle of Yellowstone Park
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"He encouraged the crowd to take a 'Cabrini pledge,' or a commitment to immigrants the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops endorses..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
In honor of a patron saint, Catholic groups pray, protest outside Miami immigration court
An interfaith vigil at the Miami immigration court read names of detainees, promoted the Cabrini pledge and urged volunteers to support immigrants through Miramar Circle of Protection.
www.miamiherald.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"He encouraged the crowd to take a 'Cabrini pledge,' or a commitment to immigrants the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops endorses..."
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Open bribery by a foreign leader. The exact scenario that the Founders feared.
"no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State"
"no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State"
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Open bribery by a foreign leader. The exact scenario that the Founders feared.
"no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State"
"no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State"
Trump definitely now has his willing MAGA Brownshirts
"'Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia,' he said
Rhodes added that he’d like to see Trump 'order us all to come together in our counties under his command'...”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Rhodes added that he’d like to see Trump 'order us all to come together in our counties under his command'...”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
With a Trump pardon in hand, Stewart Rhodes says he’s ‘rebuilding’ the Oath Keepers
After vowing to bring back his group, Rhodes added that he’d like to see the president “order us all to come together ... under his command.”
www.ms.now
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Trump definitely now has his willing MAGA Brownshirts
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It's been a political masterclass from Pope Leo, frankly. I think he was tired of Trump and MAGA co-opting Christianity and said let's get in there and make it an us vs them situation. Make the administration be versus the church. It's smart.
lolol these fucks. you're catholic! the pope is infallible! you don't like that, go be an evangelical, which is what you really want to be.
Trump’s border czar rebukes US bishops over immigration stance
Tom Homan, a self-described 'lifelong Catholic', has launched a sharp attack on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops after they issued a collective statement raising concerns over the Trump administr...
thecatholicherald.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's been a political masterclass from Pope Leo, frankly. I think he was tired of Trump and MAGA co-opting Christianity and said let's get in there and make it an us vs them situation. Make the administration be versus the church. It's smart.
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Well, this is the foundation of the MAGA movement. Without political pastors’ help, there is never a President Trump.
November 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Well, this is the foundation of the MAGA movement. Without political pastors’ help, there is never a President Trump.
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The Church must ex-communicate ALL Trump Regime officials, Border Patrol agents, and ICE agents. Including JD Vance.
US Bishops have responded to attacks by Border Czar Tom Homan: “The bishops of the United States have spoken together and in unity with Pope Leo XIV.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Church must ex-communicate ALL Trump Regime officials, Border Patrol agents, and ICE agents. Including JD Vance.
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The unity and clarity of (many) Christian denominations right now is kind of astounding. To be in alignment with all Catholic Bishops, as a female clergywoman, is Holy Spirit work. And that's not even mentioning the interfaith solidarity. People of faith are united against a clear and present evil.
US Bishops have responded to attacks by Border Czar Tom Homan: “The bishops of the United States have spoken together and in unity with Pope Leo XIV.”
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
The unity and clarity of (many) Christian denominations right now is kind of astounding. To be in alignment with all Catholic Bishops, as a female clergywoman, is Holy Spirit work. And that's not even mentioning the interfaith solidarity. People of faith are united against a clear and present evil.
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The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
ICE looks to WA tribes to house detained immigrants
The Nisqually Indian Tribe says it is turning down a request from ICE to house detained immigrants on tribal land.
www.seattletimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The definition of audacity: ICE asking WA tribes to host detention centers.
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
They got a very polite “fuck off.”
“The Nisqually people are not in favor of, nor will the tribal council allow, the detention of individuals by ICE on our reservation or in our facilities.” - Tribal Chair E.K. Choke
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
We used to be a proper country....we actually had obscure and awesome names for military operations
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We used to be a proper country....we actually had obscure and awesome names for military operations
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What other operation names will they think of? Wrong answers only.
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
What other operation names will they think of? Wrong answers only.
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Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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A deep irony that so-called “Bible-believing” churches are proving themselves to be anything but because, like, the Beatitudes are too woke.
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A deep irony that so-called “Bible-believing” churches are proving themselves to be anything but because, like, the Beatitudes are too woke.
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Really feels like we’re quickly moving to an American Christianity defined by MAGA Churches vs the rest of us across previously-drawn Roman Catholic vs Protestant, conservative vs progressive, etc. lines.
November 16, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Really feels like we’re quickly moving to an American Christianity defined by MAGA Churches vs the rest of us across previously-drawn Roman Catholic vs Protestant, conservative vs progressive, etc. lines.
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How. Does. This. Story. Keep. Getting. Worse.
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
How. Does. This. Story. Keep. Getting. Worse.
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
Also ANYONE can report this to the Harvard Title IX office
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‘There’s a new Star Trek movie in the works.’
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
‘There’s a new Star Trek movie in the works.’