As I posted above, it's the "joke" name that they give Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek. Infantile humor.

That's the "joke" name that they give Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek. They are all 12 yr olds. No, wait, that's unfair to 12 yr olds.

2/ Term limits won't stop bad politicians from serving. It just means we cycle through them regularly, and we lose representatives who are doing great things. We don't want to lose these good people because of term limits.

1/ First thing: overturn Citizens United, get big money out of politics.
Second thing: get rid of political gerrymandering and have districts drawn up by non-partisan committees.
Third thing: write legislation to make insider trading and crap like this illegal, punishable by jail time.

Fan-frickin'-tastic!

3/I'm a Christian but I am NOT his kind of Christian. Wait, let me correct that. I am not his kind of christian. I actually follow Jesus' teachings, especially Matthew 25:35-45. If more of them followed that scripture's lesson, the US would be a kinder, better place.

2/ The percentage of Christians in the US is much higher: "A Gallup survey from 2023 indicates that of the entire U.S. population (332 million) about 67% is Christian (224 million).[1]" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christi...

1/Something's wrong with your link. Here's the one I think you meant to include, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangel...

From the Demographics section: "In 2021, Pew Research Center reported that "24% of U.S. adults describe themselves as born-again or evangelical Protestants."

This is pretty danged awesome.

"...both special elections should be a loud, raucous clarion call to the political consulting class that Democratic voters want their party’s leaders to stand and fight for what they believe in."

This.

My guess is pruning around power lines. There's a lot of this going on right now just a few blocks from my house.

What the "f" is going on here?

Thanks for the link to BLOP! I've passed it on to others.

I just checked. They are sold out! I'm taking that as a very positive sign.

So true. I witnessed this in January when my doctor sent me to the ER. The families in front and behind me stated that their reason for visiting was for illness, bad cough for about 2 weeks. Without healthcare, their only option was to go to the ER, not to Urgent Care or a doctor's office.

Powerful song!

Thanks! I'm def a details person. I do deep research to understand the big picture, and concisely tell a story. Before I started, I was unaware of the faith evolution of the church but I was relieved to discover that the original Evangelical faith isn't what we see now.

I'm writing a book on my ancestor's Evangelical Church founded in 1858 in WI. One key difference between Evangelical then and Evangelical now is that they were staunch supporters of pub ed. No parochial school if it competed with pub school. Today's Evangelicals want school vouchers. 2/2.

Cliff notes version: Evangelical faith founded in early 1800s in PA for German immigrants. Merged with Brethren faith, became Evangelical United Brethren. Next change, United Methodist. Today's Evangelical Church broke with UMC in 1960s, UMC too liberal. Same name, not the same beliefs. 1/2