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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · 13d

from @mikemadrid.bsky.social

"The golf fans this weekend were performing a very American ritual: conflating volume with validity, aggression with strength, dominance with excellence...

They’ve learned from their leader that grace is weakness."

Mike Madrid @mikemadrid.bsky.social · 13d

It’s time to stop declaring “This is not who we are!”

This is exactly what America is
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The Mirror We Deserve: What the Ryder Cup Revealed About America

The Ugly American isn't just something the world has to deal with abroad anymore

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · 19d

from @jemartisby.bsky.social

"For Erika Kirk to stand in front of tens of thousands of people and offer forgiveness to her husband's killer is an incredible act of grace.
Erika’s forgiveness deserves respect. But respect does not mean silence about the broader stage on which it was spoken."

Forgiveness in the Shadow of Retribution

How Erika Kirk’s words clashed with calls for vengeance at Charlie Kirk’s memorial

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Aug 26

"It is wild to see Republicans cheering on a president who publicly threatened a CEO and stated openly that he shook the man down for a major share in his company."

I'm sorry, but what's the difference between U.S. and China now?

August 23, 2025

“It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future,” President Donald Trump wr...

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 19

If you want to put back statues and memorials and names of Confederate traitors while tearing down museum exhibitions on slavery because they don't show the greatness of the nation... the nation whose history you're celebrating is whiteness. The kind of nationalist you are is a white nationalist.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Aug 19

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“Fear is Trumps currency. Without it he’s broke.”

Mike Madrid (@madridmike)

In a moment of great national crisis a leader rose to remind us that courage is as contagious as fear.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Aug 19

christian voters have clung to the republican party for decades because of abortion. but we must understand that so many of the policies pursued and enacted by republicans nationwide are NOT pro-life.

Two Texas moms were forced to wait for urgent care after pregnancy loss. They died — The Dallas Morning News

At the outset of Texas’ abortion ban, medical experts worried pregnant women would die from delays in care. The Dallas Morning News examined two such cases.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 21

As usual, @designmom.bsky.social brings wonderful, charitable clarity to a muddled situation.

"The war must end

The attacks must end.
All hostages need to be released.
Genocide is unacceptable.
Aid needs to be allowed into Gaza immediately."

I’ve Unintentionally Hurt Some of My Jewish Friends

And what the war in Gaza looks like to me.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 10

this government recruitment video, with its use of an incomplete and wildly out of context bible verse, is terrifying

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jul 9

the vibes: they're not great chat

wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 10

uh…

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 9

people who watch fox news believe only violent and dangerous criminals are being targeted. that is NOT the case.

'A kid with no record': 20-year-old Iowa man detained by ICE, deported to Guatemala

An Iowa man was deported to Guatemala over the Fourth of July weekend, leaving the community who rallied behind him stunned, distraught and devastated.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 9

completely agree - this is NOT the way

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 9

Very troubling incidents. I implore people not to resort to violence like this. It is going to cause them to escalate and does not help immigrants.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Jul 9

10 people were involved in an ambush shooting of ICE officers. They wore body armor and used assault rifles to shoot at ICE detention officers. They had a flag that said "Resist fascism, fight oligarchy."

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 5

el cerrito!!

Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · Jul 5

San Jose -> El Cerrito -> Antioch

Happy Fourth, California!

wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 2

"we christians are called to do more than charity. we are called to challenge the systems that make charity necessary."
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · Jul 1

Senate Republicans just sold out the sick and the hungry to cut taxes for the rich and the powerful.

What would Jesus do about this “Big Beautiful Bill”?

I think he would flip over the tables of injustice and call on us to do the same.

wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 2

if planned parenthood joked about killing fetuses, every church i know would speak up.

here is the president joking about alligators killing adults, people made in the image of God.

i hope those same churches will be outraged, but i'm not holding my breath. they are complicit.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 1

Doocy: With Alliagator Alcatraz, is the idea that if some illegal immigrant escapes, they just get eaten by an alligator?

Trump: I guess that’s the concept. Snakes are fast but alligators— we’re going to teach them how to run away from an alligator. Don’t run in a straight line,

wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 2

“If your theology makes you silent about injustice, it's time to get a new theology.”
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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 2

"This tactic of spreading grotesque, unverifiable stories to dehumanize a targeted group has a dark historical precedent. The Nazis made effective use of "blood libel" accusations, false claims that Jews ritually murdered Christian children for their blood"

wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 2

from @mikemadrid.bsky.social:

"This isn't about practical immigration policy. This is about spectacle, terror, and the systematic degradation of human dignity."

When Cruelty Becomes Our National Character

"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities" - Voltaire

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jul 2

God, be merciful.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jun 30

conservative christians - this is what you voted for; what you are ok with. but you can change your minds. please stand up for what is right.

“Seeing this masked man on the floor, with this woman, I got triggered… I said, ‘Where I am, in the street of Tehran or the street of Los Angeles?’”

Julie Roys @julieroys.bsky.social · Jun 29

Two Iranian Christian asylum-seekers were arrested by masked federal agents in Los Angeles Tuesday, as part of a broader ICE sweep amid U.S.-Iran tensions.
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Pastor Films as Masked Federal Agents Arrest Iranian Christian Asylum-Seekers in LA | The Roys Report

The arrests sparked angst in the community and have concerned advocates of Iranian Christians who’ve fled persecution.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jun 29

do we understand yet? this is a business.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 28

If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Jun 28

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Eddy Ekmekji @eddyekmekji.bsky.social · Jun 27

“Do not mistreat the foreigner among you”

ICE Goes After Church Leaders and Christians Fleeing Persecution - Christianity Today

On Tuesday, Iranian asylum-seekers were detained in Los Angeles, adding to the count of church members taken despite lawful status.

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jun 23

“back then we had dumb presidents”

what kind of a person says that? what kind of american?

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jun 22

Vance: I empathize with Americans who are exhausted after 25 years of foreign entanglements in the Middle East. I understand the concern, but the difference is that back then we had dumb presidents

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jun 23

appalling

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · Jun 23

KTLA - Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all US Marines, pepper-sprayed and punched in the face by alleged federal immigration officers while he was working as a landscaper at an IHOP. He was then forced into the back of an unmarked car in Santa Ana.

Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests take Santa Ana father after repeatedly hitting him

In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen violently detaining a Santa Ana father before forcing him into…

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wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jun 22

so many problems with the ice actions but the intentional anonymity of federal agents is one of the biggest

penboyasgod.bsky.social @penboyasgod.bsky.social · Jun 22

wentsing @wentsing.bsky.social · Jun 21

after “accidentally” calling Sen. Alex Padilla “Jose Padilla” — Vance’s camp doubles down.

what hurts me the most are the christians who happily cheer on this behavior.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 21

What a despicable comment from his press secretary. Jose Padilla is a convicted terrorist.

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"He must have mixed up two people who have broken the law," responds @VPPressSec.
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JD Vance served with Alex Padilla in the United
States Senate.
Calling him "Jose Padilla" is not an accident.

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