‘2026 Is the Battlefield’
with @garrykasparov.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/arc...

"To eliminate ​t​hese institution​s turns our backs on those around the world who have counted on us​. It was about America’s integrity.​ There will be celebrations in the autocratic halls of power this weekend in Moscow, Minsk, Beijing, Pyongyang and Tehran." www.steveherman.press/p/requiem-fo...

Here we go: the rewriting of history has formally begun

"Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’"

www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

If the Biden administration had done this, it would be deemed proof of the Democrats' hostility to religion. But Trump is doing it, so his Christian allies turn against Christian ministries and gut their ability to serve the poorest of the poor. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Stalin blamed the kulaks for their own starvation. Anyone who blames Zelensky for Trump's decision to cut arms and intelligence has succumbed to the same logic.

A question for Lent....
www.whitetoolong.net/p/reflection...

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

In light of the disgraceful behavior by the president and vice president, every elected official, Republicans and Democrats alike, should step up to speak for freedom and the truth. If you're elected by the American people, you have some standing to try to save what can be saved of America's honor.

Donald J. Trump just posted this on X:
He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.

We're getting into real Führerprinzip territory here.

Christians are turning on the programs and groups that they helped create. That won’t solve our budget crisis. It won’t end the culture war. It will, however, harm the people Scripture commands us to care for.

There is nothing woke about medicine or food. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

There isn't a plan. There's no nine-dimensional chess. He's not a mastermind. He's an angry man drunk on his own power, picking stupid fights for no reason, all to demonstrate "strength." There's no defense for this.

Bad news and good news. Bad things are happening, but we can clearly see that now. The veil has been lifted, which gives us an opportunity to make informed choices. We can educate ourselves, act, create, PLAN, and love our neighbors. (No need to waste energy arguing with others.) We can do this.