Jonathan Hall
@schleviboy.bsky.social
organist at Zion Lutheran Church, Waynesboro, VA
composer, arranger, accompanist, trail runner
composer, arranger, accompanist, trail runner
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Jonathan Hall
@schleviboy.bsky.social
· Oct 18
It was great to see so many people out protesting the regime! My protest sign today:
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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This is horrific.
@citizencohn.bsky.social talks to @agawande.bsky.social about the real consequences of Trump cutting USAID funding.
@citizencohn.bsky.social talks to @agawande.bsky.social about the real consequences of Trump cutting USAID funding.
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is horrific.
@citizencohn.bsky.social talks to @agawande.bsky.social about the real consequences of Trump cutting USAID funding.
@citizencohn.bsky.social talks to @agawande.bsky.social about the real consequences of Trump cutting USAID funding.
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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Human Rights Watch and Cristosal have released a comprehensive report on the maltreatment and torture of the Venezuelan men illegally sent to CECOT.
#justiceforCECOTprisoners #humanrights
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
#justiceforCECOTprisoners #humanrights
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
“You Have Arrived in Hell”
The 81-page report, “‘You Have Arrived in Hell’: Torture and Other Abuses Against Venezuelans in El Salvador’s Mega Prison,” provides a comprehensive account of the treatment of these people in El Sal...
www.hrw.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Human Rights Watch and Cristosal have released a comprehensive report on the maltreatment and torture of the Venezuelan men illegally sent to CECOT.
#justiceforCECOTprisoners #humanrights
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
#justiceforCECOTprisoners #humanrights
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Eviction Kings
One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Today's must-read by @thomasbirm.bsky.social: a major corporate landlord is fueling homelessness across the U.S. *and* the mass displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
The Israeli company owns tens of thousands of apartments in the South, filing evictions at nine times the national average.
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Baltimore & National Capital Region! This Wed, Nov 12 at 12PM I am giving a talk on my new book Freedom Train for the Sociology Colloquium @jhu.edu (Mergenthaler, Coleman Room 526). Learn how Black workers desegregated American unions! @ucpress.bsky.social Zoom link: zoom.us/j/9959542255...
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Baltimore & National Capital Region! This Wed, Nov 12 at 12PM I am giving a talk on my new book Freedom Train for the Sociology Colloquium @jhu.edu (Mergenthaler, Coleman Room 526). Learn how Black workers desegregated American unions! @ucpress.bsky.social Zoom link: zoom.us/j/9959542255...
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Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all.
Let's discuss.
Let's discuss.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all.
Let's discuss.
Let's discuss.
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This striking headline is a faithful reflection of the facts.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
Opinion | Trump Aid Cuts Kill More Christians Than Jihadists Do
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This striking headline is a faithful reflection of the facts.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
If the US President had an interest in saving Christians’ lives in Nigeria, he could do so en masse by simply reinstating the aid program we had in January.
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No Christian can support our current regime. Thank you to all who document the horrors.
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No Christian can support our current regime. Thank you to all who document the horrors.
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
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It was great to see so many people out protesting the regime! My protest sign today:
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It was great to see so many people out protesting the regime! My protest sign today:
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Former USAID official here.
The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.
It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.
The facts, below. 🧵
The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.
It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.
The facts, below. 🧵
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Former USAID official here.
The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.
It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.
The facts, below. 🧵
The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.
It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.
The facts, below. 🧵
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"Asked who is to blame for the loss of his [two-year old] son, Taher is direct: the United States.
“In the camps, we survive only on rations,” he says. “Without rations, we have nothing — no food, no medicine, no chance to live.”
#USAIDsaveslives
“In the camps, we survive only on rations,” he says. “Without rations, we have nothing — no food, no medicine, no chance to live.”
#USAIDsaveslives
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"Asked who is to blame for the loss of his [two-year old] son, Taher is direct: the United States.
“In the camps, we survive only on rations,” he says. “Without rations, we have nothing — no food, no medicine, no chance to live.”
#USAIDsaveslives
“In the camps, we survive only on rations,” he says. “Without rations, we have nothing — no food, no medicine, no chance to live.”
#USAIDsaveslives
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Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like
Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.
classroom.ricksteves.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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Rubio’s legacy.
September 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Rubio’s legacy.
Even in 1945, a racist, anticommunist US Army could figure this out: our current regime is led by fascists. Dated, but absolutely worth a read!
In March of 1945, the US Army issued this "fact sheet" to guide conversations with soldiers on the topic of fascism, paying particular attention to the ongoing threat that domestic fascist movements posed to the US. Their analysis of what a homegrown US fascism would look like is interesting.
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ORIENTATION
FACT SHEET
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WAR DEPARTMENT-WASHINGTON 25, D. C. • 24 March 1945 FASCISM!
Note For This Week's Discussion:
Fascism is not the easiest thing to identify and analyze; nor, once in power, is it easy to destroy. It is important for our future and that of the world that as many of us as possible understand the causes and practices of fascism, in order to combat it. Points to stress are: (1) Fascism is more apt to come to power at a time of economic crisis;
(2) fascism inevitably leads to war; (3) it can come to any country; (4) we can best combat it by making our democracy work.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miczfsfixolk42l7343z3bpd/bafkreigaks7wgy4rvmszhobeed7hlaqap4mynkhqketipzolmesislssci@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Even in 1945, a racist, anticommunist US Army could figure this out: our current regime is led by fascists. Dated, but absolutely worth a read!
I’ve discovered what links all of the shooters in this country: guns.
September 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I’ve discovered what links all of the shooters in this country: guns.
“The shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost taxpayers $6.4 billion over two years.” We’re paying to let millions of people die. Thanks, Musk and Rubio. #RestoreUSAid
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“The shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development will cost taxpayers $6.4 billion over two years.” We’re paying to let millions of people die. Thanks, Musk and Rubio. #RestoreUSAid
The man most responsible for destroying the American government is well-known to every federal employee, but should be condemned by all who believe in democracy: Russell Vought, the architect of American Fascism.
As America nears a tipping point, Russell Vought desires a radical rightwing “counter-revolution.”
For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.
Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):
For @zeit.de, I wrote a profile of one of Trumpism’s key figures – and one of Trump’s most dangerous henchmen.
Some thoughts from the piece (since it is in German):
Russell Vought: Das ist Trumps gefährlichster Stratege
Er organisiert vom Weißen Haus aus den Umbau der USA. Russell Vought ist Spitzenjurist, christlicher Nationalist – und die subtile Kampfmaschine im Auftrag von Trump.
www.zeit.de
September 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The man most responsible for destroying the American government is well-known to every federal employee, but should be condemned by all who believe in democracy: Russell Vought, the architect of American Fascism.
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I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
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A worthwhile Christian response to political violence:
"While oppressors, fascists, and capitalists wield instruments of destruction to enforce cycles of violence, we are called to pursue a different, more radical path."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Charlie Kirk Deserved the Life He Callously Denied Others
Kirk’s death reminds us of our urgent task to ensure that no one else meets the same fate under this regime of guns.
sojo.net
September 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A worthwhile Christian response to political violence:
I also reject all forms of political violence, including blowing up boats, assaulting and arresting people based on how they look, ending USAID, and attacking the capitol.
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I also reject all forms of political violence, including blowing up boats, assaulting and arresting people based on how they look, ending USAID, and attacking the capitol.