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Christian, independent, born anew, blogger.
Flashes of Light
Personal insights from my Bible readings
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November 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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They didn’t disperse. Change is coming.
July 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
They didn’t disperse. Change is coming.
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THIS THIS THIS
A reminder that every small bit of good you do - whether it be putting art into the world, helping a friend or stranger, donating to a good cause, or just listening to someone who needs to vent - offsets all the evil in the world just a little bit. And sometimes that's just what the world needs.
April 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
THIS THIS THIS
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The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
April 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The President has chosen to intentionally crash the U.S. economy and financial system by doing things which have been ridiculed in every intro macroeconomics class for the past 80+ years. Those with the power to stop him refuse to do so because they hate minorities.
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China just announced 84% tariffs on the US.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
China just announced 84% tariffs on the US.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
There is no winner in a global trade war.
This isn’t a negotiation, it’s an economic pissing contest that is going to ruin the economies of several nations if people don’t get their shit together.
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Notice to all corporations: if you try to pass the cost of tariffs on to me I will "pass" on buying your product. As far as I'm concerned this is a "you problem"
April 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Notice to all corporations: if you try to pass the cost of tariffs on to me I will "pass" on buying your product. As far as I'm concerned this is a "you problem"
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This isn’t a trade war against China and the rest of the world.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
April 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This isn’t a trade war against China and the rest of the world.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
It’s an economic war against working class America.
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It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It’s a month since the administration detained and disappeared a green card holder, a lawful permanent resident.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
We cannot allow this to be normalized or forgotten.
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If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking
April 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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This headline from the Toronto Sun belongs in the Louvre
April 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This headline from the Toronto Sun belongs in the Louvre
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Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
April 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can we stop calling these atrocities "deportations." These people sold to El Salvadorian prisons were not deported. Deportation is a process that did not take place. They were rounded up and removed with no process. They were kidnapped, not deported.
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if we want to rebuild american institutions and earn back the world’s trust after this we cannot settle for half-measures. lots of people need to go prison. lots more need to be permanently stripped of wealth and power.
April 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
if we want to rebuild american institutions and earn back the world’s trust after this we cannot settle for half-measures. lots of people need to go prison. lots more need to be permanently stripped of wealth and power.
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A U.S. citizen was deported without due process—now the Supreme Court must decide if the rule of law still stands. Full story below.
A Test of the Rule of Law: The Case of Abrego Garcia
Behind The Headlines With Andrew Weissmann, Vol 4.1.a
open.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A U.S. citizen was deported without due process—now the Supreme Court must decide if the rule of law still stands. Full story below.
I wonder if the nuclear option will be the final straw to convince the other 47% to finally resist?
If you don’t think that at some point he’s going to show more interest in the 5,044 nuclear weapons he controls, you’re as deluded as the people who thought he’d never tank the stock market and the economy.
April 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I wonder if the nuclear option will be the final straw to convince the other 47% to finally resist?
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The world is now a victim in trump’s personal revenge wars. Research has found that narcissists (like trump) were particularly likely to endorse revenge after social rejection because they became angry over not receiving the respect that they felt they deserved. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Revenge: A Multilevel Review and Synthesis | Annual Reviews
Why do people take revenge? This question can be difficult to answer. Vengeance seems interpersonally destructive and antithetical to many of the most basic human instincts. However, an emerging body ...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The world is now a victim in trump’s personal revenge wars. Research has found that narcissists (like trump) were particularly likely to endorse revenge after social rejection because they became angry over not receiving the respect that they felt they deserved. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
April 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
—Victor Hugo
We’re entering the “worse” phase.
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says regular folks won't mind if one of their Social Security check doesn't show up.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire don't care about "day-to-day" market fluctuations.
These people are robber barons with no empathy for normal people.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire don't care about "day-to-day" market fluctuations.
These people are robber barons with no empathy for normal people.
April 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says regular folks won't mind if one of their Social Security check doesn't show up.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire don't care about "day-to-day" market fluctuations.
These people are robber barons with no empathy for normal people.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans ready to retire don't care about "day-to-day" market fluctuations.
These people are robber barons with no empathy for normal people.
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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
April 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
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The N. Carolina court of appeals has made a very faulty ruling; BUT, for those whose ballots are in question, YOU MUST CONTACT THE STATE TO AMEND YOUR BALLOT...WITHIN 13 DAYS, OR the anti-democratic, immoral GOP KKK white nationalists will steal yet another election; as they've so frequently done.
BOMBSHELL update on Republican effort to STEAL election
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
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April 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The N. Carolina court of appeals has made a very faulty ruling; BUT, for those whose ballots are in question, YOU MUST CONTACT THE STATE TO AMEND YOUR BALLOT...WITHIN 13 DAYS, OR the anti-democratic, immoral GOP KKK white nationalists will steal yet another election; as they've so frequently done.