Jake Messersmith
@jmezz10.bsky.social
Christian, Independent, Go Big Red & Rock Chalk
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This is what it means to take the Lord's name in vain. So gross & yet this is what 81% of White evangelicals have lifted up.
If you give White House faith adviser Paula White $1,000 before Easter, she promises that you will receive "seven supernatural blessings.": "God will assign an angel to you ... He'll give you prosperity. He'll take sickness away from you. He will give you long life."
March 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This is what it means to take the Lord's name in vain. So gross & yet this is what 81% of White evangelicals have lifted up.
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When you demonize and harm the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized with oppressive laws, you don’t need to tell me about your religious beliefs.
You've already shown me what they are by how you're mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized.
You've already shown me what they are by how you're mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized.
March 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
When you demonize and harm the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized with oppressive laws, you don’t need to tell me about your religious beliefs.
You've already shown me what they are by how you're mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized.
You've already shown me what they are by how you're mistreating the immigrant, the poor, the sick, and the marginalized.
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As a pastor, I'm not concerned about those who question God or even doubt God. That’s just part of faith.
My concern are those who claim to know the mind of God better than anyone and therefore act as though they have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else.
My concern are those who claim to know the mind of God better than anyone and therefore act as though they have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else.
March 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
As a pastor, I'm not concerned about those who question God or even doubt God. That’s just part of faith.
My concern are those who claim to know the mind of God better than anyone and therefore act as though they have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else.
My concern are those who claim to know the mind of God better than anyone and therefore act as though they have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else.
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Bacon: "Why are we showing favoritism to the thug, to the dictator, to the murderer? It doesn't make sense to me."
March 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Bacon: "Why are we showing favoritism to the thug, to the dictator, to the murderer? It doesn't make sense to me."
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🇺🇦Supporters of Ukraine have unfurled the world’s largest Ukrainian flag on the White House ellipse, pushing for the U.S. to continue its aid against the Russian invasion: “Do not abandon Ukraine!”
March 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🇺🇦Supporters of Ukraine have unfurled the world’s largest Ukrainian flag on the White House ellipse, pushing for the U.S. to continue its aid against the Russian invasion: “Do not abandon Ukraine!”
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"America is back!"
Trade war raising prices
Measles
Destroying alliances
Killing aid to people who need food, clean water, and health care
Medical and scientific research hobbled
National parks closed
Inhumane deportations
Putin very very very happy
Trade war raising prices
Measles
Destroying alliances
Killing aid to people who need food, clean water, and health care
Medical and scientific research hobbled
National parks closed
Inhumane deportations
Putin very very very happy
March 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"America is back!"
Trade war raising prices
Measles
Destroying alliances
Killing aid to people who need food, clean water, and health care
Medical and scientific research hobbled
National parks closed
Inhumane deportations
Putin very very very happy
Trade war raising prices
Measles
Destroying alliances
Killing aid to people who need food, clean water, and health care
Medical and scientific research hobbled
National parks closed
Inhumane deportations
Putin very very very happy
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"In the minds of many Canadians, extreme measures are legitimate because 'this isn’t really a trade war—it’s a shakedown.' The same day Trump said tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods would go ahead, a story broke that he is seeking to ease sanctions on Russia." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-puti...
What Fresh Hell Do We Have Today?
Sure, we’ve abandoned Ukraine, launched a trade war with our neighbors, and insulted close allies. But at least we’re screwing over our veterans, too.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"In the minds of many Canadians, extreme measures are legitimate because 'this isn’t really a trade war—it’s a shakedown.' The same day Trump said tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods would go ahead, a story broke that he is seeking to ease sanctions on Russia." www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-puti...
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"The ability to spend money is one of our key advantages. And yet today’s 'America First' class thinks that spending money in order to shape the world is some kind of weakness."
‘America First’ Is a Lie
America has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely.
www.thebulwark.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"The ability to spend money is one of our key advantages. And yet today’s 'America First' class thinks that spending money in order to shape the world is some kind of weakness."
“I would rather go down to my political grave with a clear conscience than ride in the chariot of victory.” – George Norris, 1942.
Any chance there is a George Norris left in Republican leadership?
Any chance there is a George Norris left in Republican leadership?
March 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“I would rather go down to my political grave with a clear conscience than ride in the chariot of victory.” – George Norris, 1942.
Any chance there is a George Norris left in Republican leadership?
Any chance there is a George Norris left in Republican leadership?
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"When Vance tells the Europeans that the greatest danger facing democracy is 'the threat from within,' he’s right. But that threat isn’t coming from Europe. It’s coming from the United States." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-now-...
Trump Now Has His Election-Denial Dream Team
Patel, Bondi, and Vance have helped Trump lie about 2020 and still refuse to concede he lost. That makes them a threat in 2028.
www.thebulwark.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"When Vance tells the Europeans that the greatest danger facing democracy is 'the threat from within,' he’s right. But that threat isn’t coming from Europe. It’s coming from the United States." ICYMI @saletan.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-now-...
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Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against JD Vance.
Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin
WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."
Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin
WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."
Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board comes out swinging against JD Vance.
Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin
WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."
Indeed, key moment in downward spiral was Vance lashing out in response to Zelenskyy's point on diplomacy with Putin
WSJ: "It is bewildering to see Mr. Trump’s allies defending this debacle as some show of American strength."
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Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
February 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today.
He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.
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Anger. Righteous anger. We need more of it in this country.
February 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Anger. Righteous anger. We need more of it in this country.
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In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
February 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.
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“Trump just presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history. Tempers flared, voices were raised & protocol was shredded…As Trump got into a shouting match with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a horrified Europe watched the post-second world war order crumble before its eyes.”
Bullying, berating Trump shows his worst self in Zelenskyy ambush
The president said his horrific blowup would make ‘great television’ – the White House has rarely seen anything like this
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Trump just presided over one of the greatest diplomatic disasters in modern history. Tempers flared, voices were raised & protocol was shredded…As Trump got into a shouting match with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a horrified Europe watched the post-second world war order crumble before its eyes.”
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Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
More class in his pinky than Trump has shown his entire life.
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On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.
February 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
On behalf of many Americans, don’t thank us we THANK YOU Ukraine for your work.
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Story by Nasrin Nawa. AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon.
February 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Story by Nasrin Nawa. AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon.
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"When God gives us his Spirit, it's partly to equip us to be his agents in holding the world to account." @ntwright.bsky.social clarifies the church's vocation in the public sphere (🎙️Holy Post 644)
February 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"When God gives us his Spirit, it's partly to equip us to be his agents in holding the world to account." @ntwright.bsky.social clarifies the church's vocation in the public sphere (🎙️Holy Post 644)