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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 2d
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A Thing You Can Do Right Now To Help Protect The Right To Vote
The U.S.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 5d
I heard truth and courage from Garlin Gilchrist (@garlingilchrist.bsky.social) this evening in Grand Rapids. Only speaker who mentioned Gaza. I like truthtellers.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 6d
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Black Hawks Over American Streets
Helicopters in the night, children stripped from their beds, citizens detained without charge; Trump’s police state has arrived, and what happened in Chicago will soon be happening everywhere.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 6d
“That’s how authoritarianism works; you start with the vulnerable, and once the machine is built, it never stops grinding.

“This is a warning. A flashing red siren. We are no longer at the stage of ‘it can’t happen here.’ It is happening here.”
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 6d
“So the question is: how long before Americans stop pretending this is someone else’s problem? How long before people realize that when Trump comes for the immigrant, he sets the precedent for coming for the journalist, the activist, the protester, the political opponent?”
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 6d
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 6d
Excellent!
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 7d
Yes, I read it! Then published it. :-)
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 9d
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Palestinians Say Israeli Policies Have Driven Sharp Decline in Christian Presence
Bethlehem (PNN) – September 28, 2025 The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine accused Isra
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 12d
My guess: he accepted a settlement and signed an NDA.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 12d
Jeff Prosperie is still listed as an active-duty member of the U.S. Army and serves with the West Point Band. He holds the position of Principal Drummer with the Hellcats, which is a historic field music ensemble at the United States Military Academy.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 12d
“There’s no public record of a settlement, dismissal, or court ruling. It’s possible the case was quietly settled or remains unresolved in the court system without further media coverage.” —Copilot
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 12d
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 12d
Trump’s own blatant and comprehensive personal corruption would triggered universal rejection if he had not succeeded in corrupting the Republican Party, US Christianity, the Congress, and the Supreme Court.

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Trump is flaunting his corruption. Is it changing what the US thinks of scandal? — Guardian US
President has shouted from rooftops what his predecessors would have tried to cover up for fear of ending their careers
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 13d
TEXT Trump is visibly and unapologetically targeting his political enemies for criminal prosecution. He’s unilaterally and capriciously raising import taxes (tariffs) that will cost Americans dearly. He’s threatening the media with more punishment should it continue to criticize him. IMAGE Upside down US flag in black & white.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 17d
More Trump lies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/u...
Fact-Checking Trump’s U.N. Speech
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 18d
“Everyone in America ought to be scared when the justice system is being used to target the president’s political opponents. If Republicans do not step up and criticize Trump’s actions, then he truly will have become a king.”

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A Most Profound Transgression
In demanding that the attorney general go after his enemies, Donald Trump is upending fundamental norms of fairness and neutrality in the American legal system.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 18d
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Trump Might Be Losing His Race Against Time
The president is gambling that he can consolidate authority before the public turns too sharply against him.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 18d
Israeli colonists attack an ambulance and Palestinian homes on Palestinian land in the West Bank. Again. With the Israeli army’s protection.
Israeli colonists attack ambulance in Ramallah, assault homes near Bethlehem Israeli colonists attack ambulance in Ramallah, assault homes near Bethlehem Archive photo RAMALLAH, September 20, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists carried out two new attacks on Saturday evening, targeting an ambulance in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, and Palestinian homes in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem. Local sources reported that colonists hurled stones at an ambulance belonging to the Sinjil Municipality while it was present south of the town. The attack shattered the vehicle’s windows and caused damage, but the ambulance crew escaped unharmed. The Sinjil Municipality confirmed this was the second such attack on its ambulance, describing it as part of an intensifying pattern of colonist aggression against the town’s residents, lands, and property. Meanwhile in the Bethlehem district, Israeli colonists assaulted homes on the outskirts of the village of Kisan using stones and clubs, according to Ahmad Ghazal, the secretary of Fatah in the village. Residents were able to confront the attackers and repel them. The village of Kisan has witnessed a sharp uptick in colonist violence in recent months, as colonists aim to drive out Palestinian residents and seize more land for settlement expansion. Israeli colonist attacks on Palestinian communities—often carried out under the protection of the Israeli military—have increased significantly across the occupied West Bank, particularly in rural areas, in an effort to force Palestinians away from strategic locations.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 18d
Photographs depict the port of Gaza before and after the current war
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 19d
A letter from hundreds of Jewish doctors, nurses, etc.

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EXCLUSIVE: Hundreds of Jewish Health Professionals Say 'End the Genocide' in Gaza
"To be silent is to be complicit," the healthcare workers write in an open letter.
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 20d
“It’s hard to imagine that Trump cares much whether or not his promises work out for the people who believed them, to say nothing of the nation at large. He already has what he wants: freedom from accountability for a lifetime of lawbreaking and an easy way to line his pockets.”
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · 20d
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/o...
Opinion | The Trump Fantasy Is Unraveling
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James Ernest @jdernest.bsky.social · Aug 22
The boundless, shameless criminality of Donald Trump

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