Nancy Jo Kemper
@njkemper.bsky.social
Mom, grandmom, clergy, social justice advocate, ecumenist, 2016 Dem. candidate for KY6, dog lover, neighbor, crone, Transylvania U. '64, Yale Div School '67, recipient of W.S. Coffin award from Yale Div for peace and justice work. aboutme/njkemper
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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Typical bully behavior by FOTUS with Zelensky. Could we please make America NOT so embarrassing. The behavior from our president was out of line and pathetic.
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Typical bully behavior by FOTUS with Zelensky. Could we please make America NOT so embarrassing. The behavior from our president was out of line and pathetic.
There are 10 bills about religion active in the KY state legislature. Is the Ky Council of Churches still doing legislative advocacy? Is there no one to speak against these bills?
February 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
There are 10 bills about religion active in the KY state legislature. Is the Ky Council of Churches still doing legislative advocacy? Is there no one to speak against these bills?
I hope all the middle and lower income people who voted for tRump will be pleased that they will be paying more income tax, and billionaires will be paying less, according to the US House budget resolution bill. I am not pleased.
February 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I hope all the middle and lower income people who voted for tRump will be pleased that they will be paying more income tax, and billionaires will be paying less, according to the US House budget resolution bill. I am not pleased.
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Is the legacy media going to do anything? Or is this it?
A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
February 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Is the legacy media going to do anything? Or is this it?
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The ministers, mostly from Grand Rapids, are no longer willing to abide the denomination’s increasingly rigid stance on sexuality.
33 Christian Reformed ministers take oath to a rival denomination as church split deepens
(RNS) — The ministers, mostly from Grand Rapids, are no longer willing to abide the denomination’s increasingly rigid stance on sexuality.
religionnews.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The ministers, mostly from Grand Rapids, are no longer willing to abide the denomination’s increasingly rigid stance on sexuality.
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I hope all military personnel, all attorneys and all government employees--especially the FBI and the CIA--remember that they took an oath to defend the Constitution, from enemies foreign and domestic, and that they should examine the orders they receive from Trump appointees.
February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I hope all military personnel, all attorneys and all government employees--especially the FBI and the CIA--remember that they took an oath to defend the Constitution, from enemies foreign and domestic, and that they should examine the orders they receive from Trump appointees.
Kentuckians: Please contact your State Senator to vote NO on SB 89 which would allow pollution of our state's water.
February 14, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Kentuckians: Please contact your State Senator to vote NO on SB 89 which would allow pollution of our state's water.
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MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments
Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...
www.bloomberg.com
February 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Indivisible is urging people to visit their senators' local offices between now and Thursday to demand that they use every tool—including denying a quorum and blocking unanimous consent—to fight the confirmation of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought for head of OMB docs.google.com/document/d/1...
At least, Lisa Murkowski has a spine. She has announced she will vote against confirming Hegseth for Defense Secretary. Let's hope some other Rs gain a backbone in coming days.
January 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
At least, Lisa Murkowski has a spine. She has announced she will vote against confirming Hegseth for Defense Secretary. Let's hope some other Rs gain a backbone in coming days.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
January 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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On Sunday, Pope Francis called Trump’s mass deportation plan for migrants “a disgrace, because it would make poor wretches who have nothing, pay for the price of the (world’s) inequality.”
https://religionnews.com/2025/01/20/in-inauguration-day-message-pope-francis-urges-trump-to-avoid-discriminati…
https://religionnews.com/2025/01/20/in-inauguration-day-message-pope-francis-urges-trump-to-avoid-discriminati…
In Inauguration Day message, Pope Francis urges Trump to avoid 'discrimination or exclusion'
(RNS) — Francis' prayer for the 47th president followed a Sunday interview with Italian media in which he called Trump's proposed immigration policy 'a disgrace.'
religionnews.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
On Sunday, Pope Francis called Trump’s mass deportation plan for migrants “a disgrace, because it would make poor wretches who have nothing, pay for the price of the (world’s) inequality.”
https://religionnews.com/2025/01/20/in-inauguration-day-message-pope-francis-urges-trump-to-avoid-discriminati…
https://religionnews.com/2025/01/20/in-inauguration-day-message-pope-francis-urges-trump-to-avoid-discriminati…
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"What can we expect from the far-right actors eager to show their loyalty to the new regime and empowered by pardons and Musk’s symbolic permission to go ahead?" @vetanthropology.bsky.social on Musk's Nazi salute: ow.ly/TJCw50UL4RE
While Global Media Are Clear on Musk's Nazi Salute US Media Engage in 'Nazi-Washing'
At President Trump's post-inaugural festivities, Elon Musk rose to the podium emblazoned with the Seal of the President of the United States to make a speech. It was a privilege earned through the $27...
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January 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"What can we expect from the far-right actors eager to show their loyalty to the new regime and empowered by pardons and Musk’s symbolic permission to go ahead?" @vetanthropology.bsky.social on Musk's Nazi salute: ow.ly/TJCw50UL4RE
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How Tyranny Begins www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World
Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How Tyranny Begins www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
If you liked Bishop Budde's sermon yesterday morning, read her book, *How We Learn To Be Brave*, 2023.
January 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If you liked Bishop Budde's sermon yesterday morning, read her book, *How We Learn To Be Brave*, 2023.
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trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting
BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.
January 22, 2025 at 4:41 AM
trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting