Paul B.T.
@pennsylvanisch.bsky.social
Presbyterian.
Against Klansmen, neo-Nazis, and ICE.
Pritzker for President, I'm pretty sure.
Against Klansmen, neo-Nazis, and ICE.
Pritzker for President, I'm pretty sure.
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One predictable downside of making it "no this is only about ACA, our only demand" is that does get harder to defend as time goes on and the shutdown pain stacks up. The line for giving up on that, taking its loss as the lesser evil, is much lower than "we're not funding this fascist police state."
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
One predictable downside of making it "no this is only about ACA, our only demand" is that does get harder to defend as time goes on and the shutdown pain stacks up. The line for giving up on that, taking its loss as the lesser evil, is much lower than "we're not funding this fascist police state."
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To say this was Dems voting, e.g., to fund ICE paychecks isn't unfair or an exaggeration. It's literally true. That they'd already given up on even trying to do anything about that doesn't change it, it's still in there. This is what constitutional accountability for the power of the purse is for.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
To say this was Dems voting, e.g., to fund ICE paychecks isn't unfair or an exaggeration. It's literally true. That they'd already given up on even trying to do anything about that doesn't change it, it's still in there. This is what constitutional accountability for the power of the purse is for.
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I really want to go to the ICE facility here and pray and preach Matthew 25 again and again until everyone there has it memorized and knows they cant feign ignorance on the last day
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I really want to go to the ICE facility here and pray and preach Matthew 25 again and again until everyone there has it memorized and knows they cant feign ignorance on the last day
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the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the only time the filibuster has ever been used to protect a particular interest of a set of states is to kill anti-lynching and civil rights legislation. that's it.
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so my town has been hosting an emergency food drive for snap recipients. the town, high school clubs, the Y, the churches (Episcopal, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptists, Unitarians, and the Catholics) & the synagogue, are involved.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
so my town has been hosting an emergency food drive for snap recipients. the town, high school clubs, the Y, the churches (Episcopal, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Baptists, Unitarians, and the Catholics) & the synagogue, are involved.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
You know who isn't participating? the fucking evangelicals.
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TAKEN AT HER COURT HEARING. To all those Americans deceiving themselves that ICE is only going after rapists and murderers, another reminder that’s a lie. They are targeting folks doing the right thing, because it is easier and otherwise they don’t have enough people to arrest. Wake up now.
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
TAKEN AT HER COURT HEARING. To all those Americans deceiving themselves that ICE is only going after rapists and murderers, another reminder that’s a lie. They are targeting folks doing the right thing, because it is easier and otherwise they don’t have enough people to arrest. Wake up now.
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I hate this shit.
pursuing sex doesn't make you a better man or a better person. first of all, women aren't there for you to self actualize. and second, if someone doesn't have sex or want to have sex, that doesn't make them a bad person. 1
pursuing sex doesn't make you a better man or a better person. first of all, women aren't there for you to self actualize. and second, if someone doesn't have sex or want to have sex, that doesn't make them a bad person. 1
Scott Galloway: “Sex and the pursuit of it, turning you into a better man, we need to embrace that — not pathologize it.” Watch the Mingle Project Episode 7 https://youtu.be/yjF53GHitA8
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I hate this shit.
pursuing sex doesn't make you a better man or a better person. first of all, women aren't there for you to self actualize. and second, if someone doesn't have sex or want to have sex, that doesn't make them a bad person. 1
pursuing sex doesn't make you a better man or a better person. first of all, women aren't there for you to self actualize. and second, if someone doesn't have sex or want to have sex, that doesn't make them a bad person. 1
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Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
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I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I found this piece sad too, but mostly because it is part of a years-long effort by progressives to understand what "really" animates Trump voters.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
We already know! It is racism, misogyny and misinformation. I know that sounds condescending or whatever but it's simply what all evidence suggests.
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I know it's hard for people to get their heads around, but anti establishment/establishment is not actually a consistent moral policy division, and treating it as such takes you really bad places.
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I know it's hard for people to get their heads around, but anti establishment/establishment is not actually a consistent moral policy division, and treating it as such takes you really bad places.
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When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
It’s very telling that opening your publication to MAGA “thought” requires a massive downgrade in quality control.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”
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I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.
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Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
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It’s impossible to point to a single place in 1) Christian scripture or dogma or 2) the writings of the Founding Fathers where cultural homogeneity is mentioned at all, let alone as a positive good.
God’s *actual* commands re: our neighbor make no mention of their culture or language!
God’s *actual* commands re: our neighbor make no mention of their culture or language!
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It’s impossible to point to a single place in 1) Christian scripture or dogma or 2) the writings of the Founding Fathers where cultural homogeneity is mentioned at all, let alone as a positive good.
God’s *actual* commands re: our neighbor make no mention of their culture or language!
God’s *actual* commands re: our neighbor make no mention of their culture or language!
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Yeah man (((Those People))) really stabbed you in the back huh.
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienced within the Democratic Party.
www.threads.com/@thebriefing...
www.threads.com/@thebriefing...
The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@thebriefingwithpsaki) on Threads
"It's really interesting to have this whole power structure essentially turn on to try to drag my name through the mud." Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner describes the resistance he has experienc...
www.threads.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Yeah man (((Those People))) really stabbed you in the back huh.
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i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
i really resent the continued assertion that there’s so much anger on both sides, as if the causes of the anger are equally legitimate. we’re angry because masked maniacs are violently snatching our family and neighbors off the street, and they’re angry because we’re calling them out for it.
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People are like “Ganz is a true hater, you love to see it,” and like no I don’t actually? It sucks?
October 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
People are like “Ganz is a true hater, you love to see it,” and like no I don’t actually? It sucks?
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i am a maximalist el salvador hawk. i don't actually give a shit about what happens afterwards but we have to straight-up kill bukele.
October 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
i am a maximalist el salvador hawk. i don't actually give a shit about what happens afterwards but we have to straight-up kill bukele.
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The Presbyterians are at it again.
October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Presbyterians are at it again.
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Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
October 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Those with sharp eyes might detect a subtle difference in NYT play last month of an event in one city, w 100,000+ attendees, versus play this morning of some 2500+ events w many millions of attendees, in all 50 states.
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23
See if you can spot it! /s
Then you can find today's story on p A23