Norman Prather
@ntpagain.bsky.social
In reverse order: hospital chaplain, hospice chaplain, pastor, refugee relief, welder, teacher. I'm tired.
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Our family has been discussing this for years. (The extended family on either side is not happy with us.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
Opinion | Why Is Christianity So Hard to Find in the Trump Administration?
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Our family has been discussing this for years. (The extended family on either side is not happy with us.) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/o...
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Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
Trump Tirades at Media Darken as MAGA Bloodlust on Bombings Boils Over
As Trump and MAGA hit new levels of depravity on his boat bombings and anti-immigrant crackdown, the writer of a piece connecting these dots discusses the centrality of sadism to Trump-MAGA politics.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Sadism is central to Trump-MAGA politics, and it's getting worse:
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
*Hegseth tweets vile cartoon on bombings
*Megyn Kelly wants bombing victims to "bleed"
*Sick new WH video glorifies migrant suffering
On the pod, @paulwaldman.bsky.social and I go deep on sadism/MAGA:
newrepublic.com/article/2038...
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Funny thing is that it wasn’t any of my sociology courses that fully radicalized me but it was actually halfway through criminal psych when I was like
a close up of a man reading a book in a room .
Alt: Hank from breaking bad realizing Walt is Heisenburg, looking up slowly
media.tenor.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Funny thing is that it wasn’t any of my sociology courses that fully radicalized me but it was actually halfway through criminal psych when I was like
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
No Kings protests: Marches are underway around the country
This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
n.pr
October 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
UPDATE: This summer, organizers said more than 5 million people participated in No Kings protests against President Trump. Organizers say they expect an even bigger turnout this time around.
Mike Arnold brings shame to Christianity and to the US.
October 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Mike Arnold brings shame to Christianity and to the US.
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“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
There is no defense for many of the things Kirk said. There is no defense for his murder or for celebrating his murder.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We can mourn Charlie Kirk. We can send prayers to his friends and family,” writes our columnist Jamelle Bouie. “We can — and should — do all of this and more without pretending he was something, as a public figure, that he was not.”
“We can mourn Charlie Kirk. We can send prayers to his friends and family,” writes our columnist Jamelle Bouie. “We can — and should — do all of this and more without pretending he was something, as a public figure, that he was not.”
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
There is no defense for many of the things Kirk said. There is no defense for his murder or for celebrating his murder.
An example of human evil
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
Inside a ‘Hell on Earth’ in Oklahoma
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
An example of human evil
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/u...
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One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
August 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
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The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism.
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Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
European postal services suspend shipment of packages to US over import tariffs
Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Multiple postal services around Europe say they are suspending the shipment of many packages to the United States amid a lack of clarity over new import duties.
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Yes — that’s by design.
End Times Fascism thrives on manufactured scarcity:
Collapse the supply, stoke the panic, then sell the “salvation” at a price.
It’s not just about food rotting — it’s about engineering the conditions where desperation makes control easier.
#EndTimesFascism #Fascism
End Times Fascism thrives on manufactured scarcity:
Collapse the supply, stoke the panic, then sell the “salvation” at a price.
It’s not just about food rotting — it’s about engineering the conditions where desperation makes control easier.
#EndTimesFascism #Fascism
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Yes — that’s by design.
End Times Fascism thrives on manufactured scarcity:
Collapse the supply, stoke the panic, then sell the “salvation” at a price.
It’s not just about food rotting — it’s about engineering the conditions where desperation makes control easier.
#EndTimesFascism #Fascism
End Times Fascism thrives on manufactured scarcity:
Collapse the supply, stoke the panic, then sell the “salvation” at a price.
It’s not just about food rotting — it’s about engineering the conditions where desperation makes control easier.
#EndTimesFascism #Fascism
America’s 63 million family caregivers are mostly unpaid, stressed and begging for help - MarketWatch share.google/uH1479qjuBUW...
America’s 63 million family caregivers are mostly unpaid — and begging for help
The figure is a huge 45% jump from 10 years ago, according to a new AARP study.
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July 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
America’s 63 million family caregivers are mostly unpaid, stressed and begging for help - MarketWatch share.google/uH1479qjuBUW...
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I am troubled by Trump. But I’m even more troubled by the Christians who support him.
Follow Jesus. Not Trump.
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“If anyone has material possessions and sees someone in need but has no compassion on them, how can the love of God be in that person?” -1 John 3:17
Follow Jesus. Not Trump.
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“If anyone has material possessions and sees someone in need but has no compassion on them, how can the love of God be in that person?” -1 John 3:17
July 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I am troubled by Trump. But I’m even more troubled by the Christians who support him.
Follow Jesus. Not Trump.
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“If anyone has material possessions and sees someone in need but has no compassion on them, how can the love of God be in that person?” -1 John 3:17
Follow Jesus. Not Trump.
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“If anyone has material possessions and sees someone in need but has no compassion on them, how can the love of God be in that person?” -1 John 3:17
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NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp.
Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...
www.propublica.org
July 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.
“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.
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Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global
Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global
President’s opposition to offshore wind more than a decade ago now threatens a huge industry in the US and beyond
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Trump’s war on windmills started in Scotland. Now he’s taking it global
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Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
A narrow understanding of the term, as well as Israel’s history as a haven for genocide victims, explains the dissonance
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Why are we reluctant to recognize Israel’s genocide in Gaza? | Kenneth Roth
For some unknown reason, my newsfeed was filled with school districts behaving..questionable.
Penn-Trafford School District dismisses 2 students over residency concerns despite mom's objections - CBS Pittsburgh share.google/CJrp09eHAIkS...
Penn-Trafford School District dismisses 2 students over residency concerns despite mom's objections - CBS Pittsburgh share.google/CJrp09eHAIkS...
Penn-Trafford School District dismisses 2 students over residency concerns despite mom's objections
The mother said her kids were dismissed from school for the upcoming year because the district said they no longer live there.
share.google
July 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For some unknown reason, my newsfeed was filled with school districts behaving..questionable.
Penn-Trafford School District dismisses 2 students over residency concerns despite mom's objections - CBS Pittsburgh share.google/CJrp09eHAIkS...
Penn-Trafford School District dismisses 2 students over residency concerns despite mom's objections - CBS Pittsburgh share.google/CJrp09eHAIkS...
The drive toward ignorance continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Opinion | This Is Who’s Really Driving the Decline in Interest in Liberal Arts Education
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The drive toward ignorance continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...
Well, this could be fun./s
White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution share.google/S9bqcOoKlfya...
White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution share.google/S9bqcOoKlfya...
White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution
The question isn’t whether AI will displace workers, but which workers — and what happens when America’s comfortable laptop class finds itself on the wrong side of technological disruption for the …
share.google
July 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Well, this could be fun./s
White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution share.google/S9bqcOoKlfya...
White collar workers displaced by AI could spark a revolution share.google/S9bqcOoKlfya...
An interesting TED talk. Clearly we elected a Shackleton.
youtu.be/DU06c7f9fzc?...
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Why do we celebrate incompetent leaders? | Martin Gutmann | TEDxBerlin
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
An interesting TED talk. Clearly we elected a Shackleton.
youtu.be/DU06c7f9fzc?...
youtu.be/DU06c7f9fzc?...