Jay The Baptist
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My name is Jay. I love geeky stuff - weather, computers - and not so geeky stuff, like #Jesus & football. Rom. 4:5-8, Col. 1:12-14, Rev. 19:7. 🧵/ Twitter
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Jay The Baptist
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Trying to help get the word out
September 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Trying to help get the word out
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So even as we condemn political violence, we need to be clear of the legacy of Turning Point USA. Those who are whitewashing its work as a “free speech and debate” organization are willfully obscuring the truth. 8/
September 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So even as we condemn political violence, we need to be clear of the legacy of Turning Point USA. Those who are whitewashing its work as a “free speech and debate” organization are willfully obscuring the truth. 8/
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Self-described Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson is part of an ascendent group of Christian religious leaders finding influence among MAGA conservatives. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is Wilson’s most prominent and public follower in the Trump admin.
Aug 8, 2025 (7 min) 🍿🔊
Aug 8, 2025 (7 min) 🍿🔊
August 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Self-described Christian nationalist pastor Douglas Wilson is part of an ascendent group of Christian religious leaders finding influence among MAGA conservatives. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is Wilson’s most prominent and public follower in the Trump admin.
Aug 8, 2025 (7 min) 🍿🔊
Aug 8, 2025 (7 min) 🍿🔊
Anyone else getting these weird messages from Twitter about strongarming people into subscribing? I didn’t get an email or any other alert about it.
August 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Anyone else getting these weird messages from Twitter about strongarming people into subscribing? I didn’t get an email or any other alert about it.
This is part of the long term endgame for the political marriage of Republican politicians and “Conservative” Evangelicals, going all the way back to the old school Moral Majority.
👀 The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has just published an article by A3P Sr. Counsel Josh Hammer, Timon Cline, & Yoram Hazony. It calls on SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states & requires a separation of church & state. 1/
July 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is part of the long term endgame for the political marriage of Republican politicians and “Conservative” Evangelicals, going all the way back to the old school Moral Majority.
Two thoughts:
1. Baptists & Catholics together under the idea of “Christianity” betrays both Baptist AND Catholic doctrine. We have divergent views on critical doctrines.
2. Enforcing this kind of watered down “christian” theology by the State can be undone by the next POTUS.
1. Baptists & Catholics together under the idea of “Christianity” betrays both Baptist AND Catholic doctrine. We have divergent views on critical doctrines.
2. Enforcing this kind of watered down “christian” theology by the State can be undone by the next POTUS.
“Now That Trump Is President, He Can Remind America That Christ Is King”. By Heritage Foundation president Kevin Roberts & William Wolfe (co-editor of the “Statement on Christian Nationalism” manifesto & former fellow of Russ Vought’s organization). 4/14/25 1/ www.dailysignal.com/2025/04/14/n...
Now That Trump Is President, He Can Remind America That Christ Is King
America's leaders should use the tools of statecraft to support and defend Christian communities facing persecution at home and abroad.
www.dailysignal.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Two thoughts:
1. Baptists & Catholics together under the idea of “Christianity” betrays both Baptist AND Catholic doctrine. We have divergent views on critical doctrines.
2. Enforcing this kind of watered down “christian” theology by the State can be undone by the next POTUS.
1. Baptists & Catholics together under the idea of “Christianity” betrays both Baptist AND Catholic doctrine. We have divergent views on critical doctrines.
2. Enforcing this kind of watered down “christian” theology by the State can be undone by the next POTUS.
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Bingo
it seems to me that certain law firms are emulating columbia, in that decisionmakers basically agree with trump and are using the threat of illegal White House retribution to implement changes that they want to see happen but could not otherwise implement because of internal politics
To anyone who has been saying "Oh, these deals are just symbolic"; "who is going to enforce these agreements anyway?" - here is Skadden going above and beyond to keep up its side of the deal.
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Bingo
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"Unpacking #MAGA with an Expert: Is it a #Cult or Strategy?"
The Gaze
5 Apr 2025 [0:56:50]
#QAnon
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/lq6sDr9i3kq0Ynm9_8c_TQ
The Gaze
5 Apr 2025 [0:56:50]
#QAnon
https://s.cultpodcasts.com/lq6sDr9i3kq0Ynm9_8c_TQ
Unpacking MAGA with an Expert: Is It a Cult or Strategy?
Join @Yewleea on Burning Questions as she dives into the heated debate: Is the MAGA movement a cult? Featuring cult expert Rick Allen Ross, founder of the Cult Education Institute, this episode explores the characteristics of destructive cults—charismatic leaders, thought reform, and exploitation—and examines if modern politics, including Trump’s MAGA and historical regimes like Nazi Germany or North Korea, fit the mold. A must-watch for insights on cults, politics, polarization, and disinformation in 2025 America.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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There is at least one follower who gave away everything he had accumulated four fold, though.
Not that we'll ever see that done by our theological overlords. They're too busy grabbing for $100 million dollars because they were "defamed" as the result of actions they took.
Not that we'll ever see that done by our theological overlords. They're too busy grabbing for $100 million dollars because they were "defamed" as the result of actions they took.
Nowhere in early Christianity is there someone considered a faithful Jesus-follower who accumulated wealth beyond their needs.
~Michael Pahl
@mwpahl.bsky.social
~Michael Pahl
@mwpahl.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
There is at least one follower who gave away everything he had accumulated four fold, though.
Not that we'll ever see that done by our theological overlords. They're too busy grabbing for $100 million dollars because they were "defamed" as the result of actions they took.
Not that we'll ever see that done by our theological overlords. They're too busy grabbing for $100 million dollars because they were "defamed" as the result of actions they took.
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160 years ago today, the traitor Jefferson Davis and his treasonous cabinet abandoned Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, spelling the beginning of the end of the Civil War. A day for all patriots to celebrate.
April 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
160 years ago today, the traitor Jefferson Davis and his treasonous cabinet abandoned Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, spelling the beginning of the end of the Civil War. A day for all patriots to celebrate.
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Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
Introducing ProPublica’s 527 Explorer
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending. ProPublica is releasing a new database that will allow journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these…
propub.li
April 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Nonprofits known as 527s can raise unlimited sums for political spending.
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
As a reminder, we've got a database that allows journalists, researchers and others to more easily search these organizations’ finances:
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Important to remember Mike Johnson can’t math
April 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Important to remember Mike Johnson can’t math
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JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore funds for programs that provides legal services to unaccompanied minors children in immigration proceedings.
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Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every time you see someone powerful acting like a craven coward in the face of this authoritarian menace, let it stiffen your own spine. We are all we've got.
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Military aid to Ukraine has always been a bargain for the U.S.
We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off.
Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.
We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off.
Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.
March 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Military aid to Ukraine has always been a bargain for the U.S.
We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off.
Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.
We degraded Russia’s armed forces and replaced our own stockpiles with brand new weapons, all while brave Ukrainians— not Americans—fought the Russians off.
Halting that aid is not only morally repulsive, it’s plain stupid.
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BREAKING: Trump, Vance meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over minerals deal devolves into heated argument — "You're gambling with World War III," Trump said.
"You're gambling with World War 3": Trump and Zelensky get heated in Oval Office
Zelensky is in town to sign a minerals deal, but the visit turned nasty fast.
trib.al
February 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
BREAKING: Trump, Vance meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over minerals deal devolves into heated argument — "You're gambling with World War III," Trump said.
Oh, it gets worse.
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Oh, it gets worse.
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TWO DAYS AGO, a government employee declared in a court filing that Elon Musk is actually not in charge of *or* an employee of DOGE.
MINUTES AGO, the President of the United States said: “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
MINUTES AGO, the President of the United States said: “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
February 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
TWO DAYS AGO, a government employee declared in a court filing that Elon Musk is actually not in charge of *or* an employee of DOGE.
MINUTES AGO, the President of the United States said: “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
MINUTES AGO, the President of the United States said: “I signed an order creating the Department of Government Efficiency and put a man named Elon Musk in charge.”
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“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.
Dear media:
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.
It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.
Focus on those.
February 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“I am a king and my will is law” isn’t a clever distraction from what he’s doing, it’s the central underlying justification for everything he’s doing.
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“Hitler systematically disabled and then dismantled his country’s democratic structures and processes in less than two months’ time—specifically, one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes,” Timothy W. Ryback writes in a step-by-step account:
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
www.theatlantic.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“Hitler systematically disabled and then dismantled his country’s democratic structures and processes in less than two months’ time—specifically, one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes,” Timothy W. Ryback writes in a step-by-step account:
I know that a lot of people are thinking about how to resist Trumpism and exercise our Constitutional rights to do so.
I have this feeling that eventually we are going to see Trump using force against American citizens to shut down dissent.
Be careful out there tomorrow if you plan to protest.
I have this feeling that eventually we are going to see Trump using force against American citizens to shut down dissent.
Be careful out there tomorrow if you plan to protest.
February 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I know that a lot of people are thinking about how to resist Trumpism and exercise our Constitutional rights to do so.
I have this feeling that eventually we are going to see Trump using force against American citizens to shut down dissent.
Be careful out there tomorrow if you plan to protest.
I have this feeling that eventually we are going to see Trump using force against American citizens to shut down dissent.
Be careful out there tomorrow if you plan to protest.
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A critical point.
February 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
A critical point.
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