Eric
@ericthurman.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Religious Studies. Sewanee: The University of the South.
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
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October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
Our Religious Studies department is looking for a sabbatical replacement VAP for academic year 2025-2026. Teaching load is 3/3. We'd we'd like someone to teach courses that complement our current offerings, listed here: e-catalog.sewanee.edu/arts-science... DM for more details!
Religious Studies < Sewanee | University of the South
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April 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Our Religious Studies department is looking for a sabbatical replacement VAP for academic year 2025-2026. Teaching load is 3/3. We'd we'd like someone to teach courses that complement our current offerings, listed here: e-catalog.sewanee.edu/arts-science... DM for more details!
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I'm here at a protest at Stonewall. A speaker let the huge crowd and press know that park service employees were not responsible for the erasure.
February 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm here at a protest at Stonewall. A speaker let the huge crowd and press know that park service employees were not responsible for the erasure.
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We all need to start using the word "coup." They're well past the point where Hitler starts dictates his Enabling Act. I talk to Very Serious People who actually believe courts telling Trump that they he is breaking the law will stop this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
Vance Says ‘Judges Aren’t Allowed to Control’ Trump’s ‘Legitimate Power’
The declaration by the vice president came as court orders have temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s agenda.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
We all need to start using the word "coup." They're well past the point where Hitler starts dictates his Enabling Act. I talk to Very Serious People who actually believe courts telling Trump that they he is breaking the law will stop this. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/u...
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BREAKING: Nearly everyone at USAID was just placed on leave. (This is the only thing you see when you go to usaid.gov, which was taken down on Saturday.)
February 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
BREAKING: Nearly everyone at USAID was just placed on leave. (This is the only thing you see when you go to usaid.gov, which was taken down on Saturday.)
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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The Wall Street Journal described the EO on sex definition as creating “headaches” for trans people: “individuals could end up with conflicting government identification documents that use different gender markers, a headache when completing tasks such as opening a new bank account.” 1/
February 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Wall Street Journal described the EO on sex definition as creating “headaches” for trans people: “individuals could end up with conflicting government identification documents that use different gender markers, a headache when completing tasks such as opening a new bank account.” 1/
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EXCLUSIVE: The Social Security Administration has stopped allowing people to make changes to their sex identification with the federal agency, an “emergency” change that was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
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February 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The Social Security Administration has stopped allowing people to make changes to their sex identification with the federal agency, an “emergency” change that was issued on Friday and went into effect “immediately.”
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I might be wrong, but I think @jamellebouie.net is Episcopalian, or grew up attending an Episcopal church? Kinda curious to know what he thinks about Bishop Mariann Budde's sermon and the right-wing freak-out over it.
January 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I might be wrong, but I think @jamellebouie.net is Episcopalian, or grew up attending an Episcopal church? Kinda curious to know what he thinks about Bishop Mariann Budde's sermon and the right-wing freak-out over it.
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NEWS
The King family has released this statement in response to President Trump’s decision to declassify and disclose the files related to the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The King family has released this statement in response to President Trump’s decision to declassify and disclose the files related to the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
January 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
NEWS
The King family has released this statement in response to President Trump’s decision to declassify and disclose the files related to the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The King family has released this statement in response to President Trump’s decision to declassify and disclose the files related to the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
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We saw it coming but it's still terrifying: if I understood correctly, he just declared right to use military domestically against gangs. And then pivoted to "drill baby drill." War at home, war on the earth, the rapist dreams of domination.
January 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We saw it coming but it's still terrifying: if I understood correctly, he just declared right to use military domestically against gangs. And then pivoted to "drill baby drill." War at home, war on the earth, the rapist dreams of domination.
Sly, taking it easy for all us sinners this Christmas.
December 9, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Sly, taking it easy for all us sinners this Christmas.
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I gathered up my reading notes on the deeply fascist new book by Trump's Defense Secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, on my substack, Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I think I may rev that thing up again, too. Please consider subscribing. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-pentag...
The Pentagon Papers of Pete Hegseth
Trump's New Secretary of Civil War Meets the Press
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November 13, 2024 at 12:12 PM
I gathered up my reading notes on the deeply fascist new book by Trump's Defense Secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, on my substack, Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I think I may rev that thing up again, too. Please consider subscribing. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-pentag...