Thomas Newby
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At least be honest and call it what it is. Alcatraz was for the most hardened violent criminals. This is Alligator Auschwitz. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
What is 'Alligator Alcatraz'? Migrant detention center approved in Florida
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said the detention site is expected to open in July in the Everglades. Here's what else we know.
www.usatoday.com
June 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
At least be honest and call it what it is. Alcatraz was for the most hardened violent criminals. This is Alligator Auschwitz. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Has the UMC Council of Bishops considered this? www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...
'The President is a dangerous threat to religious liberty': Lutheran bishops take a stand
Who gets to decide what is Christian? What does religious liberty look like today? With so much unsettling and destabilizing news coming from the new administration in Washington, DC, it’s hard to kee...
www.alternet.org
March 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Has the UMC Council of Bishops considered this? www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...
I admit that this could be AI-generated; I don't know. Still pretty neat. Let me know if you can't read it, or see Luke 19:40.
March 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I admit that this could be AI-generated; I don't know. Still pretty neat. Let me know if you can't read it, or see Luke 19:40.
A huge shout-out to 60 Minutes, all the veteran musicians, and everyone else involved in making this happen. History will note why it happened this way. One of the many ways we can #resist.
youtu.be/E48GgDX2NCA?...
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Equity Arc Wind Symphony: The full concert
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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March 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
A huge shout-out to 60 Minutes, all the veteran musicians, and everyone else involved in making this happen. History will note why it happened this way. One of the many ways we can #resist.
youtu.be/E48GgDX2NCA?...
youtu.be/E48GgDX2NCA?...
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Come on down to the White House Tesla Auto Mall!
March 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Come on down to the White House Tesla Auto Mall!
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The work of finding actual murderers, rapists, and drug dealers is slow, secretive, and dangerous. Churches and schools should not be used as a backdrop to make easy, high volume arrests that generate publicity but do little to get real criminals off our streets. www.umnews.org/en/news/unit...
United Methodists join suit against Trump policy | UMNews.org
United Methodists are among the Christian and Jewish bodies suing to prevent ICE agents from intruding on their ministry with immigrants and their worship.
www.umnews.org
February 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The work of finding actual murderers, rapists, and drug dealers is slow, secretive, and dangerous. Churches and schools should not be used as a backdrop to make easy, high volume arrests that generate publicity but do little to get real criminals off our streets. www.umnews.org/en/news/unit...
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We join with the Council of Bishops in urging President Trump to "consider the moral imperative to assist those in need and the significant contributions programs supported by U.S. foreign aid make to humanitarian relief and peace."
www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/l...
#BeUMC
www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/l...
#BeUMC
February 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
We join with the Council of Bishops in urging President Trump to "consider the moral imperative to assist those in need and the significant contributions programs supported by U.S. foreign aid make to humanitarian relief and peace."
www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/l...
#BeUMC
www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/l...
#BeUMC
Credit to Jerome Steuart jeromestueart.com/my-art
January 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Credit to Jerome Steuart jeromestueart.com/my-art
With Equal Opportunity programs being cancelled left and right, it should be noted that the natural opposite of Equal Opportunity is not "Merit Based". It is "Unequal Opportunity".
January 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
With Equal Opportunity programs being cancelled left and right, it should be noted that the natural opposite of Equal Opportunity is not "Merit Based". It is "Unequal Opportunity".
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The church would be well-advised to remember that Trump has never had any loyalty to it other than as a means to an end – his election. Now that he is in power and is installing his loyalists in other positions, he also has no more need of the church. #speaktruthtopower
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
When N.J.-born bishop preaches mercy at Trump, Georgia Rep. responds: Deport her!
Free speech and religious persecution ... and it's only Day 2 of the Trump Administration
www.nj.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The church would be well-advised to remember that Trump has never had any loyalty to it other than as a means to an end – his election. Now that he is in power and is installing his loyalists in other positions, he also has no more need of the church. #speaktruthtopower
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
New Year's Eve lunch from the ship at Grand Turk (Turks and Caicos Islands).
January 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
New Year's Eve lunch from the ship at Grand Turk (Turks and Caicos Islands).