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Richard D. Crane

@drdee23.bsky.social

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Theologian (Professor of Theology for 20 years) and Employee Rights Attorney; Ph.D, J.D. Author: God’s Apocalyptic Insurrection: A Postevangelical Theology of Salvation

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Richard D. Crane @drdee23.bsky.social · Nov 24

My book went to AAR/SBL in San Diego. I had to stay in Wisconsin for work. The book is sending selfies to taunt me.

Well, not exactly!

Major thanks to Dr. Melly Howard for sending me the pic from Wipf & Stock’s display booth!!

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Richard D. Crane @drdee23.bsky.social · 10m

Biden is an evil genius….his FBI put agents, time traveling to the past, into the J6 crowd!

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 45m

I don’t think Biden was president on J6.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 45m

I don’t think Biden was president on J6.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Donna Ladd said what she said. 😘 @donnerkay.bsky.social · 15h

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1d

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

An update from WGN on Debbie Brockman: "Earlier today, a WGN-TV creative services employee was detained by ICE. She has since been released, and no charges were filed against her. Out of respect for her privacy, we will have no further statements about this incident.”

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, masked Border Patrol agents violently pinned a longtime WGN-TV producer to the ground after detaining another unidentified male in Chicago, eventually arresting her and hauling her off in an unmarked silver van.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action

A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

www.independent.co.uk

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Richard D. Crane @drdee23.bsky.social · 1d

My hunch is that Thiel sees the Antichrist every day….in his mirror.

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Lisa Sharon Harper @lisasharper.bsky.social · 2d

It is time to prepare . open.substack.com/pub/lisashar...

Preparing for the Violence of Non-Violence

When the moment comes, we need you to be ready. We need you to be able to look violence in its dead eyes and sing to it.

open.substack.com

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, you probably privately agree on this much:

Trump and his lawyers—Bondi and Patel—are ACTING like the Epstein Files include smoking-gun evidence of Trump raping kids.

They are ACTING like a domestic military escalation is worth distracting us from the Files.

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 4d

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d

Not to put too fine a point on it, but unprecedented numbers of immigrants are dying under the second Trump administration. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-moral-...

The “Moral Monsters” Among Us

Immigrants are dying now. Will people of good conscience speak up?

www.thebulwark.com

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Peace @dogsmile.bsky.social · 8d

#ReleaseTheDamn
#TrumpEpstein
#PedoFILES

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digby @digby56.bsky.social · 8d

This ostentatious Christian with the big cross around her neck is really saying that people who cannot prove their citizenship in an emergency room should be left on the sidewalk to die. And that's what she believes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 8d

Even Grok knows the truth and is shouting it in ALL CAPS.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 8d

A chill spreads

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s85M...

Historian warns: 'A chill spreads' as Trump admin follows familiar authoritarian playbook

YouTube video by MSNBC

www.youtube.com

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 9d

So the US subsidizes Argentina to sell soybeans to China, which means China doesn’t have to buy US soybeans, which means the US is going to have a massive bailout of its own soybean farmers.
This might be the single worst policy in the history of policies.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Bessent: "It's unfortunate that Chinese leadership has decided to use American soybean farmers as a hostage or pawn in the trade negotiations. American farmers overwhelmingly voted for President Trump ... you should expect news on Tuesday on substantial support for our farmers."

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9d

“Fuck them kids.”

That’s literally what an ICE agent said when ICE, the FBI et al. raided an apartment in Chicago, including with a Blackhawk helicopter, separated children from their parents, and zip-tied them to each other.

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

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"They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. They looked very distraught. I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other," Watson said. "That's all I kept asking. What is the morality? Where's the human? One of them literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, 'f*** them kids.'"

Watson said trucks and military-style vans were used to separate parents from their children. Other neighbors said agents destroyed property to get in the building.

"They had a big, 15-inch chainsaw with round blade on it, cutting this fence down," said witness Darrell Ballard. "We're under siege. We're being invaded by our own military."

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 9d

BTW for maga, it was never about pedophiles. It was about hating fellow Americans and the pedophile charge was a convenient way to put a moral mask on that.

The second Trump failed to release the files, because he’s in them, they defended him.

Mask is off

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 9d

As I stand amid a dizzying swirl of destructive distractions, I'm reminded again of this simple fact: Whatever is in the Epstein files must be incomprehensibly bad. All of this - **waves arms wildly in all directions** - it in service to keeping those files hidden.

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NPR @npr.org · 10d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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Thomas Reese @thomasreesesj.bsky.social · 11d

What gospel was preached at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service? religionnews.com/2025/09/30/w...

What gospel was preached at Charlie Kirk’s memorial service?

(RNS) — Preaching the gospel anywhere can change lives and hearts, from false motives or true. But Kirk’s memorial didn’t happen in a vacuum.

religionnews.com

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Richard D. Crane @drdee23.bsky.social · 11d

Congratulations!

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 13d

Together we win shared this.

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Steve Middlebrook @stmdc.bsky.social · 13d

Old fart here who sometimes struggles with the young people’s language. So, does “as a Christian” now mean “as a non-Christian who wraps himself in the Bible for political gain?”

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 13d

as a christian, one thing i love about trump is that he explicitly rejects the teachings of jesus

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14d

Donald Trump is using federal agents to stoke fear and violate constitutional rights — all with the aims of expanding his control and sending military troops to our cities.

It’s unlawful and un-American. We must all stand up and speak out against fanning the flames of violence.

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