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Pastor Jim (he /him) @pastorjim.bsky.social · 6h

Stepping Up

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 6h

Halloween is the perfect time to think more deeply about the role fear plays in our lives, Boris Kachka writes in this week’s Books Briefing:

The Powerful, Unpredictable Nature of Fear

Halloween is the perfect time to think more deeply about the role it plays in our lives.

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Pastor Jim (he /him) @pastorjim.bsky.social · 17h

“…. I don’t want masked men in body armor with automatic weapons seizing people off our streets.

If Mamdani is elected, we might well see that and that would be a crisis for those of us who understand how damaging that would be to the fabric of our city’s life. www.hartman.org.il/the-jewish-p...

The Jewish Paradoxes of Zohran Mamdani

What happens to the credibility and power of scholarship when practitioners abandon careful methodology in favor of rhetorical certainty? In this special episode of Identity/Crisis, Yehuda Kurtzer exp...

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Kepano Kolohe @alala55.bsky.social · 1d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is trying to normalize authoritarianism. We cannot let that happen. We cannot take the bait that normalizes things that are fundamentally wrong.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

California, we have the power to stop election rigging, right now!

Did you get your ballot in? I did and so did my entire family. Remind everyone you know. 👊🏽
#Prop50VoteYes

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 1d

The largest war ship in the world has been moved to the Caribbean, along with other ships, bombers, amphibious vehicles and more.

That’s a lot of firepower to stop small vessels carrying drugs.

It looks a lot more like preparation for war.

Congress needs to get involved before it’s too late.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice against his political opponents. This is just the latest example. Everyone who cares about democracy and the rule of law needs to speak out loudly and clearly that this is wrong. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

DOJ Indicts Congressional Candidate Amid Threats to Arrest Dems Over ICE Accountability Efforts

Read more here.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

To this day I’m haunted by what could have been. This clip describes a missed opportunity, but I couldn’t do it alone. Be sure to get The Last Republican on demand now!

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Pastor Jim (he /him) @pastorjim.bsky.social · 1d

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Have Halloween Decorations Become Too Scary?

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Pastor Jim (he /him) @pastorjim.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA Cult

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Ireland elects a leftist who campaigned on economic justice, Gaza

Catherine Connolly, an independent endorsed by Sinn Fein, campaigned on calls for urgent domestic reform with an unflinching critique of Israel’s war in Gaza.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 5d

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$130M Pentagon Donor Has Ties to Jeffrey Epstein

That's right. All roads lead to Epstein. Timothy Mellon is the heir to the Bank of New York Mellon, which was just sued by an Epstein survivor for funding Epstein's sex trafficking ring for years.

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sher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 5d

GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
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GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy

The GOP is anti-democracy party

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Good Faith Media @goodfaithmedia.bsky.social · 4d

Starlette Thomas: "Before #ICERaids terrorized American neighborhoods, there was stop-and-frisk. In marginalized communities, where its members’ civil liberties have been historically threatened by violence, the country behaving like a police state is unsurprising."

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Before Ice Raids, There Was Stop and Frisk

Before ICE raids terrorized American neighborhoods, there was stop-and-frisk. In marginalized communities, where its members’ civil liberties have been historically threatened by organized violence, t...

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Ljmojc @ljmojc.bsky.social · 5d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

This is amazing. And it’s truly the stuff of nightmares.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Enten: "Americans have moved more against tariffs than any other major Trump policy that he's been pushing during this second term ... 60% of Americans are opposed to Trump's tariffs."

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 7d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7d

Very concerning, if true.

billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 8d

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Pastor Jim (he /him) @pastorjim.bsky.social · 7d

The White House has made no legal argument explaining its bald claim that the president has wartime power to summarily kill people suspected of smuggling drugs. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

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Pastor Jim (he /him) @pastorjim.bsky.social · 8d

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The Abdication of Congress

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April Ajoy @aprilajoy.bsky.social · 13d

No Kings in Lexington, KY with my mom. Two former Republicans who once believed the lie that the GOP is the Christian party. Indoctrination is a helluva drug but so glad we woke up. Now we stand against Christian nationalism & MAGA because it's the opposite of Jesus' teachings.

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