Jeffrey Zalatoris
@jjzalatoris.bsky.social
United Methodist Pastor, Former Biochemist and Biomedical Research Program Analyst
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BREAKING: It’s official. The Trump regime will deploy the National Guard in D.C.
Let’s be clear about what this is.
This is NOT about homelessness or crime.
This is an authoritarian regime using the US military to seize a Democratic city, terrorize its residents, and lock up Black & Brown people.
Let’s be clear about what this is.
This is NOT about homelessness or crime.
This is an authoritarian regime using the US military to seize a Democratic city, terrorize its residents, and lock up Black & Brown people.
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Deploy National Guard in Washington, D.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
BREAKING: It’s official. The Trump regime will deploy the National Guard in D.C.
Let’s be clear about what this is.
This is NOT about homelessness or crime.
This is an authoritarian regime using the US military to seize a Democratic city, terrorize its residents, and lock up Black & Brown people.
Let’s be clear about what this is.
This is NOT about homelessness or crime.
This is an authoritarian regime using the US military to seize a Democratic city, terrorize its residents, and lock up Black & Brown people.
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NO KINGS Cumberland-Lavale Maryland · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Not sure I’ve ever seen this many visible clergy participate in a single protest outside the Capitol.
June 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Not sure I’ve ever seen this many visible clergy participate in a single protest outside the Capitol.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Cumberland-Lavale Maryland” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Cumberland-Lavale Maryland · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
May 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.
The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.
I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I've been in El Salvador all day fighting for the return of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.
The Trump Administration can lie all they want, but the Court said they failed to show he was part of MS-13. This is about bringing home a man they ADMIT should never have been abducted. I won't rest until then.
Tell the Senate: Christians say vote NO on the SAVE Act: Christian nationalists are on the verge of silencing millions of women. Tell your senators to oppose the SAVE Act now. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/senate_...
Tell the Senate: Christians say vote NO on the SAVE Act
Christian nationalists are on the verge of silencing millions of women. Tell your senators to oppose the SAVE Act now.
act.faithfulamerica.org
April 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Tell the Senate: Christians say vote NO on the SAVE Act: Christian nationalists are on the verge of silencing millions of women. Tell your senators to oppose the SAVE Act now. act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/senate_...
Signalgate! This fits as high crimes and misdemeanors, i.e. an impeachable offense. And there is precedent that Congresses have impeached heads of Cabinet level departments.
March 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Signalgate! This fits as high crimes and misdemeanors, i.e. an impeachable offense. And there is precedent that Congresses have impeached heads of Cabinet level departments.
The opening lines from The Call's deeply faith-infused power anthem I Still Believe felt very real, even literal, this morning. (And while the biblical number 40 is an indicator of symbolic time, not literal time, the arrival of this song in my head this morning felt like a literal kairos moment).
March 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The opening lines from The Call's deeply faith-infused power anthem I Still Believe felt very real, even literal, this morning. (And while the biblical number 40 is an indicator of symbolic time, not literal time, the arrival of this song in my head this morning felt like a literal kairos moment).
Icicle Appreciation
February 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Icicle Appreciation
My 20th century music listening preferences seem so relevant to the present as I listened to XTC's Here Comes President Kill Again.
Excerpt:
Here comes President Kill again; from pure White House to Number 10; taking lives with smoking pen; President Kill wants killing again.
Excerpt:
Here comes President Kill again; from pure White House to Number 10; taking lives with smoking pen; President Kill wants killing again.
February 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My 20th century music listening preferences seem so relevant to the present as I listened to XTC's Here Comes President Kill Again.
Excerpt:
Here comes President Kill again; from pure White House to Number 10; taking lives with smoking pen; President Kill wants killing again.
Excerpt:
Here comes President Kill again; from pure White House to Number 10; taking lives with smoking pen; President Kill wants killing again.
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This week on The State of Belief: Black History Month in the time of Trump with @revdrjacquilewis.bsky.social, senior minister at @middlechurch.bsky.social in New York City
February 15, 2025 – Black History Month In the Time of Trump: Rev. Jacqui Lewis
This week, activist and theologian Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss the celebration and reflection of Black history, and the intersection of faith and activ...
stateofbelief.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This week on The State of Belief: Black History Month in the time of Trump with @revdrjacquilewis.bsky.social, senior minister at @middlechurch.bsky.social in New York City
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“To defend religious freedom from the Trump Administration, we need to fight book bans,” writes our President & CEO, @raushenbush.bsky.social, in @bookriot.bsky.social.
To Defend Religious Freedom from the Trump Administration, We Need to Fight Book Bans: Book Censorship News, February 14, 2025
Book bans are not only real, they're a threat to religious freedom. That, plus this week's roundup of book censorship news.
bookriot.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“To defend religious freedom from the Trump Administration, we need to fight book bans,” writes our President & CEO, @raushenbush.bsky.social, in @bookriot.bsky.social.
I had to look at the calendar, again, this week to confirm that this is 2025, not 1984!
January 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I had to look at the calendar, again, this week to confirm that this is 2025, not 1984!
A visual meditation for this January...
January 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A visual meditation for this January...
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Diseases and health risks don’t take breaks during presidential transitions. Preventing health agencies from communicating with the public is flat out dangerous.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Diseases and health risks don’t take breaks during presidential transitions. Preventing health agencies from communicating with the public is flat out dangerous.
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"It may cost us wealth, comfort, time, energy, and even our sense of well-being, but this is what following Jesus means: to love our neighbors as ourselves, to love refugees." (2015)
Rejecting Refugees, Rejecting Christ
If you’re a follower of Christ passionate about social justice, of if you attend a church that claims to be enthusiastic about global missions, or if you’re part of a Christian organization that…
sojo.net
January 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"It may cost us wealth, comfort, time, energy, and even our sense of well-being, but this is what following Jesus means: to love our neighbors as ourselves, to love refugees." (2015)
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NEW: Immigration officials can raid churches and schools to arrest undocumented immigrants after the Trump administration scrapped a policy that protected sensitive spaces.
ICE can raid churches and schools to arrest immigrants under new policy
The directive signals Homeland Security will consider operations at sites previously deemed off-limits.
www.axios.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
NEW: Immigration officials can raid churches and schools to arrest undocumented immigrants after the Trump administration scrapped a policy that protected sensitive spaces.
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Surprise surprise: one of Trump's first moves was to roll back important efforts to lower prescription drug costs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid.
So the guy who ran on "lowering prices" is doing the opposite as he does the bidding of Big Pharma and mega corporations.
So the guy who ran on "lowering prices" is doing the opposite as he does the bidding of Big Pharma and mega corporations.
Trump rolls back Biden directive to study methods of lowering prescription costs
Among the dozens of Biden-era executive orders he rescinded on day one, President Trump nixed one that aimed to explore new health care payment models that would lower prescription costs for Medica…
thehill.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Surprise surprise: one of Trump's first moves was to roll back important efforts to lower prescription drug costs for Americans on Medicare and Medicaid.
So the guy who ran on "lowering prices" is doing the opposite as he does the bidding of Big Pharma and mega corporations.
So the guy who ran on "lowering prices" is doing the opposite as he does the bidding of Big Pharma and mega corporations.
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The January 6th rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol and tried to overthrow our democracy.
They assaulted and bloodied police officers.
To pardon them shows contempt for law enforcement, for the rule of law, and for our justice system and Constitution.
They assaulted and bloodied police officers.
To pardon them shows contempt for law enforcement, for the rule of law, and for our justice system and Constitution.
January 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The January 6th rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol and tried to overthrow our democracy.
They assaulted and bloodied police officers.
To pardon them shows contempt for law enforcement, for the rule of law, and for our justice system and Constitution.
They assaulted and bloodied police officers.
To pardon them shows contempt for law enforcement, for the rule of law, and for our justice system and Constitution.
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"Our country’s strength lies in its commitment to justice, accountability, and the preservation of democratic values. We must continue working to ensure treasonous acts of violence are never normalized or repeated," said SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang." bit.ly/42owKtM
January 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Our country’s strength lies in its commitment to justice, accountability, and the preservation of democratic values. We must continue working to ensure treasonous acts of violence are never normalized or repeated," said SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang." bit.ly/42owKtM
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Admiral Fagan has served our country with distinction and played a pivotal role in our response to the Key Bridge collapse.
This politically motivated firing is outrageous and sends all the wrong signals to our men and women in uniform.
This politically motivated firing is outrageous and sends all the wrong signals to our men and women in uniform.
Trump fires four-star Coast Guard chief
Adm. Linda Fagan is the first top military officer to be terminated under the new administration.
www.politico.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Admiral Fagan has served our country with distinction and played a pivotal role in our response to the Key Bridge collapse.
This politically motivated firing is outrageous and sends all the wrong signals to our men and women in uniform.
This politically motivated firing is outrageous and sends all the wrong signals to our men and women in uniform.
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As people of faith, we have a responsibility to speak up.
Our response to just some of the initial actions taken by President Trump on his first day in office: interfaithalliance.org/interfaith-a...
@raushenbush.bsky.social
Our response to just some of the initial actions taken by President Trump on his first day in office: interfaithalliance.org/interfaith-a...
@raushenbush.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
As people of faith, we have a responsibility to speak up.
Our response to just some of the initial actions taken by President Trump on his first day in office: interfaithalliance.org/interfaith-a...
@raushenbush.bsky.social
Our response to just some of the initial actions taken by President Trump on his first day in office: interfaithalliance.org/interfaith-a...
@raushenbush.bsky.social