scjacques.bsky.social
@scjacques.bsky.social
This is so helpful.

He is acting like a king because he can't govern like a president.

He is laying the groundwork for his own failure, as long as we don't believe him. Our system works. Hang on and trust and do what is yours to do! And watch this. It'll make you feel better.
@nytopinion columnist Ezra Klein argues that if you look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term, you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see. #nytopinion
TikTok video by New York Times Opinion
www.tiktok.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have to believe that the majority of Americans know that these are not very minor incidents.
January 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ."

Rev. Benjamin Cremer

@Brcremer
January 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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January 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
For the record, this is the state of the US right now. It's pretty good--in fact it's very good, in spite of what has been said by certain politicians. The US is not failing and it's not in bad shape and it does not need to be brought back. It's already great.
January 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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“We are living in anticipatory grief and we are going to have to find some way to dig deep in this moment, not just burdened by fear, but dig deep with each other and into the words we have been given to find a way through what we have to face.” - @stewartdantec.bsky.social, Session 3
January 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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"If we understand our connection with one another, then we will feel stronger & less alone, and will be less likely to submit. We’ll be more likely to think of positive, alternative visions of both faith & democracy." - Diana Butler Bass, Session 1
January 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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A real milestone--more than 3/4 of UK universities have now divested from fossil fuels! Great organizing by many, led by @peopleandplanet.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
More than three-quarters of UK universities join fossil fuel pledge, say activists
Move to exclude fossil fuel firms from investment portfolios follows years of campaigning by staff and students
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Today I deleted my Twitter/X account, started an account here. It is ethically wrong for someone who is being given major power in the Administrative Branch of the US Government to have ownership and use of a giant social media platform. I'm looking forward to learning more about Blue Sky
December 5, 2024 at 11:59 AM