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James Ernest
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Donald Trump intends to turn the United States of America into a Putin-style dictatorship. And he is well on his way to doing so.

Peter Wehner has just published the clearest, most concise warning I have seen you should read it. It is here:

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Upside-down US flag
November 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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It's time to hit the streets. See you tomorrow.
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Steady State, a group made up of more than 340 former U.S. intelligence officers from the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the State Department, and other intelligence agencies, [has] released a report assessing the state of American democracy. Applying the tools of their craft to the U.S., they assess that the nation is “on a trajectory toward competitive authoritarianism: a system in which elections, courts, and other democratic institutions persist in form but are systematically manipulated to entrench executive control.” https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-16-2025 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fWQLXXMOyFb_vRbRd7CWQLsoh5XQB019/view
October 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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I heard truth and courage from Garlin Gilchrist (@garlingilchrist.bsky.social) this evening in Grand Rapids. Only speaker who mentioned Gaza. I like truthtellers.
October 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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October 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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TEXT Trump is visibly and unapologetically targeting his political enemies for criminal prosecution. He’s unilaterally and capriciously raising import taxes (tariffs) that will cost Americans dearly. He’s threatening the media with more punishment should it continue to criticize him. IMAGE Upside down US flag in black & white.
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Israeli colonists attack an ambulance and Palestinian homes on Palestinian land in the West Bank. Again. With the Israeli army’s protection.
Israeli colonists attack ambulance in Ramallah, assault homes near Bethlehem Israeli colonists attack ambulance in Ramallah, assault homes near Bethlehem Archive photo RAMALLAH, September 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists carried out two new attacks on Saturday evening, targeting an ambulance in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, and Palestinian homes in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that colonists hurled stones at an ambulance belonging to the Sinjil Municipality while it was present south of the town. The attack shattered the vehicle’s windows and caused damage, but the ambulance crew escaped unharmed. The Sinjil Municipality confirmed this was the second such attack on its ambulance, describing it as part of an intensifying pattern of colonist aggression against the town’s residents, lands, and property. Meanwhile in the Bethlehem district, Israeli colonists assaulted homes on the outskirts of the village of Kisan using stones and clubs, according to Ahmad Ghazal, the secretary of Fatah in the village. Residents were able to confront the attackers and repel them. The village of Kisan has witnessed a sharp uptick in colonist violence in recent months, as colonists aim to drive out Palestinian residents and seize more land for settlement expansion. Israeli colonist attacks on Palestinian communities—often carried out under the protection of the Israeli military—have increased significantly across the occupied West Bank, particularly in rural areas, in an effort to force Palestinians away from strategic locations.
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Photographs depict the port of Gaza before and after the current war
September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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August 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Headline: No, ICE is not just like the gestapo. PHOTO 1: Gestapo member in dress uniform. PHOTO 2: Homeland Security agent in full tactical gear, including fatigues, helmet, mask, and machine gun. TEXT IN TABLE FORM: List of things they have in common: private army serving one man, purpose is to facilitate ethnic cleansing, dress in intimidating clothing, sent out to terrorize neighborhoods, randomly kidnap innocent people, often do not carry search warrants, do not allow their victims a fair trial, send their victims to concentration camps. ICE only: hide their faces behind masks. Gestapo only: The public is afraid to fight back.
July 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Warning: Do not try to say this prayer— The Prayer for Mission O God, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth, and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and to those who are near: Grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you; bring the nations into your fold; pour out your Spirit upon all flesh; and hasten the coming of your kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. - while bang a nationalist.
July 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Advance copies of six new Eerdmans books just landed on my desk at @eerdmansbooks.bsky.social !
July 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Six advances copies of new books just landed on my desk at Eerdmans Publishing(@eerdmansbooks.bsky.social).
July 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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July 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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July 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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July 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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4 vii 2025

the wisdom of the lectionary
Ecclesiasticus 10:1-8,12-18 NRSV A Reading from the Book of Ecclesiasticus. A wise magistrate educates his people, and the rule of an intelligent person is well ordered. As the people’s judge is, so are his officials; as the ruler of the city is, so are all its inhabitants. An undisciplined king ruins his people, but a city becomes fit to live in through the understanding of its rulers. The government of the earth is in the hand of the Lord, and over it he will raise up the right leader for the time. Human success is in the hand of the Lord, and it is he who confers honor upon the lawgiver. Do not get angry with your neighbor for every injury, and do not resort to acts of insolence. Arrogance is hateful to the Lord and to mortals, and injustice is outrageous to both. Sovereignty passes from nation to nation on account of injustice and insolence and wealth. The beginning of human pride is to forsake the Lord; the heart has withdrawn from its Maker. For the beginning of pride is sin, and the one who clings to it pours out abominations. Therefore the Lord brings upon them unheard-of calamities, and destroys them completely. The Lord overthrows the thrones of rulers, and enthrones the lowly in their place. The Lord plucks up the roots of the nations, and plants the humble in their place. The Lord lays waste the lands of the nations, and destroys them to the foundations of the earth. He removes some of them and destroys them, and erases the memory of them from the earth. Pride was not created for human beings, or violent anger for those born of women. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
July 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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July 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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July 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice. Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice. Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice. Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice. Trump and the GOP are choosing to do this. --Robert Reich
June 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Measles. It’s a wild story.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM