Phil Strickland
@drpdstrickland.bsky.social
Christ follower, husband, dad, recovering Southerner, baseball fan, coffee addict, music lover, Biblical Studies Prof, Dean.
(opinions expressed are solely mine; reposts ≠ endorsements)
(opinions expressed are solely mine; reposts ≠ endorsements)
Pinned
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Yes, Fox makes people dumber, but I think many of you underestimate how many Trump supporters go to Fox because they already know he’s terrible and they don’t want to hear about it
For my own edification, I started watching Fox News. Their audience has no clue about any of Trump's failings. Any thing negative will not be reported, or if it is, it'll be cast as a false accusation made by evil Dems.
I know several Ivy League graduates who fell for the narrative. It's nuts.
I know several Ivy League graduates who fell for the narrative. It's nuts.
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yes, Fox makes people dumber, but I think many of you underestimate how many Trump supporters go to Fox because they already know he’s terrible and they don’t want to hear about it
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
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FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
FBI Leader Crumbles During Basic Questions About Threat of “Antifa”
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
Well, this sure sounds like a confession that antifa’s designation as a domestic terror group was based on nothing.
newrepublic.com/post/204308/...
“We have to be unified. Nazi Germany unified because they have one vote—that’s the Führer. Hitler says ‘do it’ and that’s the end of that. We have a different system.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (probably)
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“We have to be unified. Nazi Germany unified because they have one vote—that’s the Führer. Hitler says ‘do it’ and that’s the end of that. We have a different system.” - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (probably)
A gift to the tech oligarchs
December 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A gift to the tech oligarchs
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Everything Trump touches is transactional.
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Everything Trump touches is transactional.
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there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
there are not enough hotdog gifs in the world
Delusional stupidity + political power = recipe for disaster
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Delusional stupidity + political power = recipe for disaster
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UPDATE: Trump’s Paramount allies the Ellisons are trying to block the Netflix-WB deal and take over Warner Bros (which includes CNN) with a hostile bid.
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UPDATE: Trump’s Paramount allies the Ellisons are trying to block the Netflix-WB deal and take over Warner Bros (which includes CNN) with a hostile bid.
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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Fuuuuuucccckkkkk
In Ireland airspace! Russia is at war with Europe
In Ireland airspace! Russia is at war with Europe
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Fuuuuuucccckkkkk
In Ireland airspace! Russia is at war with Europe
In Ireland airspace! Russia is at war with Europe
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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Rabid, deranged racism.
But also projection.
But also projection.
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Rabid, deranged racism.
But also projection.
But also projection.
Christians long for the day when heaven will come to earth, injustice and suffering will end, and all will be set to rights. This song, by Andrew Peterson, our church in Ontario performed the first Easter during the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope you find encouragement in it as I do.
Virtual Easter Choir: Is He Worthy
YouTube video by Philpott Church
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Christians long for the day when heaven will come to earth, injustice and suffering will end, and all will be set to rights. This song, by Andrew Peterson, our church in Ontario performed the first Easter during the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope you find encouragement in it as I do.
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There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.
It’s sad to see how so many people who’ve benefited from the blessings of immigration are so quick to want to pull up the ladder from others who would come after them.
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
It’s sad to see how so many people who’ve benefited from the blessings of immigration are so quick to want to pull up the ladder from others who would come after them.
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“Does anyone care about the rules anymore?”
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“Does anyone care about the rules anymore?”
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
“INDIANA REPUBLICAN Sen. Greg Walker turned down an invitation to the Oval Office, accuses the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Republicans to redraw IN’s congressional districts…” dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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Probably time to loudly repeat that members of the military must not follow illegal orders. The US is not at war with Venezuela and has no right to threaten aircraft in its airspace, let alone shoot anything down.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Probably time to loudly repeat that members of the military must not follow illegal orders. The US is not at war with Venezuela and has no right to threaten aircraft in its airspace, let alone shoot anything down.
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
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If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
If the president can just raise taxes and spend money without Congressional approval, the constitution is null and void.
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Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming. n.pr/4pi5rJH
Disaster and insurance costs are rising. The middle class is struggling to hang on
Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Middle-class families are struggling to afford insurance in southwest Florida. Realtors say a wave of foreclosures could be coming. n.pr/4pi5rJH