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Greg Jarrell

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Organizer, The Redress Movement Author, Our Trespasses: White Churches and the Taking of American N'hoods. https://bit.ly/3vacJsG I study the political theologies of US urban renewal and organize for repair. He/him. CLT

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · Aug 25

These crowder peas👀👀👀

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 8h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 10h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 2h

Bass, drums, piano

Evangeline Warren @evangelinewarren.com · 1d

assistant professor, associate professor, grad student

the coach of the KC Chiefs, Travis Kelce, and Patrick Mahomes. From left to right they are wearing (1) a very normal grey suit with red tie, (2) a newsboy cap in brown with a shirt that looks like a bad motel wallpaper, and (3) a barbie-esque italian table cloth vest

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Patrick Radden Keefe @praddenkeefe.bsky.social · 12h

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 13h

I know that's right

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Academic Anarchy🏴 @johnbrownbread.bsky.social · 16h

The nazis themselves were not some clever masterminds where everything they did went perfect. They were also comical idiots who did ridiculous things, like invading Russia in the winter.

They gained power because the opposition couldn’t understand that the fascists were not rational agents.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 14h

Can we get a seminarian needing supervised ministry placement?

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 19h

Thank you for the kindness and for the brilliant lecture this morning. I was inspired and provoked, and also awed by how perfectly it was put together for that particular room.
"Infrastructure for well-being" and "responsibility mobility" were especially noted.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 21h

I was admiring someone’s book in the green room. Took a pic. I ordered the book a week ago! Yay me.

Come to find out the book is for me! And author Greg Jarrell popped over for my keynote today. Thanks Greg. This one is a family read and we are very excited for it.

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 19h

I heard an amazing keynote about creating "a culture of social well-being" from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social this morning, then had a chance to say hello.
I have multiple pages of notes that will make it into writing, thinking, and practice.

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 20h

I'm just saying that if you're gonna play games, you may as well enjoy a Holy Hole game.

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herenowandthere.bsky.social @herenowandthere.bsky.social · 2d

Talking heads who complain about our post-truth politics almost never reference how almost every level of law enforcement is a lie factory

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Boorke Gutslinger @bleaktheology.bsky.social · 1d

This is David W. Swanson, pastor of New Community Covenant Church in Chicago. He says Bovino was "repeatedly laying hands on him and threatening to arrest him despite his compliance with orders."

Fascism will always seek out the church. No one is safe.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

You know how dire this shit is for the LAT to be like "we should write honest on this one maybe"

Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 1d

Stephen Miller leads GOP charge equating Democrats to 'domestic terrorists'

Trump advisors amp up extreme rhetoric against Democrats during government shutdown, immigration raids

Miller's rhetoric comes amid a federal crackdown on Portland, Ore., where he says the president has unchecked authority to protect federal lives and property.

www.latimes.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

This will not happen unless the mayor directs CPD to arrest ICE in violation. At this point, he will discover why it is a problem that the CPD does not answer to the mayor. If only some well-organized movement in 2020 had pointed this out.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

thetriibe.com

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Julie J @j1j2.bsky.social · 2d

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 1d

Everything that comes from the Trump regime is a lie.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 1d

Cue @solomonmissouri.bsky.social thread:
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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 1d

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 1d

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Greg Jarrell @gregjarrell.com · 2d

Fash army backing down from a giant frog🤣🤣

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 2d

Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 2d

Palestinian historian & former mayor of E Jerusalem, Aref Al-Aref, wrote in 1943:

Gaza City was "not built in a certain century, nor is it a result of a certain period, but rather of all the generations that have passed, from the day when the first pages of history were written to the present day."

The destruction of Gaza City is a crime against history

Centuries-old mosques, churches, and ancient artifacts all face obliteration as the Israeli military systematically flattens what remains of the city.

www.972mag.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 2d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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