@jilldrutherford.bsky.social
Keep free speech or give it up ...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Keep free speech or give it up ...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
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**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
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September 29, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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You may have this coming Palm Sunday on your mind – a ritual of scripture and community to remind us that Jesus was about our liberation. Our holy scriptures are full of histories of ordinary courage and extraordinary grace.
April 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You may have this coming Palm Sunday on your mind – a ritual of scripture and community to remind us that Jesus was about our liberation. Our holy scriptures are full of histories of ordinary courage and extraordinary grace.
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“If the government suggests that feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbor isn’t the practice of our faith, it’s time to stand up and remind people that Jesus calls us to this work and the Constitution protects our right to do so.”
Episcopal Diocese Defends Migrant Shelter, Citing ‘Jesus’ and ‘Constitution’
The Diocese of the Rio Grande responded to baseless insinuation from the Department of Homeland Security that their shelter may be engaged in human trafficking.
sojo.net
March 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
“If the government suggests that feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbor isn’t the practice of our faith, it’s time to stand up and remind people that Jesus calls us to this work and the Constitution protects our right to do so.”
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Trump is playing a dangerous game by threatening judges, and the Chief Justice was right to speak out. Now, the Supreme Court must uphold the law—not the wishes of a man who believes he’s king, and his billionaire court jester.
March 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Trump is playing a dangerous game by threatening judges, and the Chief Justice was right to speak out. Now, the Supreme Court must uphold the law—not the wishes of a man who believes he’s king, and his billionaire court jester.
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i am going to keep coming back to this piece i think. trump is fighting a retribution campaign against the entire american people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
Opinion | Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind.
It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
i am going to keep coming back to this piece i think. trump is fighting a retribution campaign against the entire american people. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/o...
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60,000+ comments have been submitted across all passport portals so far. Incredible! We have *hours* left until our submission process closes at 11:30pm.
If you’ve submitted then help spread the word! If not, join us in flooding the portals to protect trans rights! transequality.org/news/freedom...
If you’ve submitted then help spread the word! If not, join us in flooding the portals to protect trans rights! transequality.org/news/freedom...
FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE
The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
transequality.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
60,000+ comments have been submitted across all passport portals so far. Incredible! We have *hours* left until our submission process closes at 11:30pm.
If you’ve submitted then help spread the word! If not, join us in flooding the portals to protect trans rights! transequality.org/news/freedom...
If you’ve submitted then help spread the word! If not, join us in flooding the portals to protect trans rights! transequality.org/news/freedom...
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The fight for our democracy is not coming. It is here.
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
With Orders, Investigations and Innuendo, Trump and G.O.P. Aim to Cripple the Left
The president and his allies in Congress are targeting the financial, digital and legal machinery that powers the Democratic Party and much of the progressive political world.
www.nytimes.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The fight for our democracy is not coming. It is here.
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent.
1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/u...
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"God hears the cries of people longing for change. God attends to the many lost, lonely, and forgotten. God is moved by our collective grief and suffering. God meets us by the grave, in the sick room, in our home, on our lonely Emmaus road." (2020)
Solidarity Is the Soil of Lament
Easter Sunday is coming. But Saturday is here and it's dark.
sojo.net
March 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"God hears the cries of people longing for change. God attends to the many lost, lonely, and forgotten. God is moved by our collective grief and suffering. God meets us by the grave, in the sick room, in our home, on our lonely Emmaus road." (2020)
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@transrigo.bsky.social responds to Iowa's disgusting attempt to strip trans people of their rights with this statement: "By taking this action, lawmakers are harming the state’s workforce, economy, and reputation—all to curry favor with Trump, who will not restore the damage this unjust law causes."
February 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
@transrigo.bsky.social responds to Iowa's disgusting attempt to strip trans people of their rights with this statement: "By taking this action, lawmakers are harming the state’s workforce, economy, and reputation—all to curry favor with Trump, who will not restore the damage this unjust law causes."
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Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
March 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Governor Walz has it right. I miss hearing his plain, common sense talk.
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Lives are at stake. Peace is at stake. The future of the free world is before us. We must support Ukraine’s fight for democracy.
March 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Lives are at stake. Peace is at stake. The future of the free world is before us. We must support Ukraine’s fight for democracy.
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Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Measles outbreaks are back. Grocery and gas prices are up. Bird flu is spreading. All our allies hate us. Air travel is getting unsafe. The stock market is tanking. The government is about to shut down.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
And he’s only been President for six weeks. This is just the beginning.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes
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Trump and Vance are doing Putin’s dirty work.
Senate Democrats will never stop fighting for freedom and democracy.
Senate Democrats will never stop fighting for freedom and democracy.
February 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump and Vance are doing Putin’s dirty work.
Senate Democrats will never stop fighting for freedom and democracy.
Senate Democrats will never stop fighting for freedom and democracy.
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
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Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
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Thank you, Cynthia Astle of @um-insight.bsky.social, for this call to champion our United Methodist Social Principles. These are foundational values of our global body and a launch point for the strength and direction of prophetic witness.
baptistnews.com/article/soci...
baptistnews.com/article/soci...
Social Principles are basis of UMC opposition to Trump policies – Baptist News Global
They use the Social Principles to determine how to respond to a society undergoing radical, chaotic and often cruel changes.
baptistnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you, Cynthia Astle of @um-insight.bsky.social, for this call to champion our United Methodist Social Principles. These are foundational values of our global body and a launch point for the strength and direction of prophetic witness.
baptistnews.com/article/soci...
baptistnews.com/article/soci...
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DOGE actually lauded these cuts to Veterans Affairs as an example of cutting waste
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO TRUE
And now they've had to reverse themselves
They were cuts to funding for:
Chemotherapy
Veterans with disabilities
Helping veterans suffering from toxic exposure & burn pits
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO TRUE
And now they've had to reverse themselves
They were cuts to funding for:
Chemotherapy
Veterans with disabilities
Helping veterans suffering from toxic exposure & burn pits
February 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
DOGE actually lauded these cuts to Veterans Affairs as an example of cutting waste
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO TRUE
And now they've had to reverse themselves
They were cuts to funding for:
Chemotherapy
Veterans with disabilities
Helping veterans suffering from toxic exposure & burn pits
NOT EVEN CLOSE TO TRUE
And now they've had to reverse themselves
They were cuts to funding for:
Chemotherapy
Veterans with disabilities
Helping veterans suffering from toxic exposure & burn pits
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Totally unscientific observation: There are a LOT of Corgis (mostly Pembrokes) on Bluesky! Are we imagining this or...?
#CorgisOfBluesky
#CorgiSky
#CorgiGang
And where's the Cardigan Crew hanging out?
#CorgisOfBluesky
#CorgiSky
#CorgiGang
And where's the Cardigan Crew hanging out?
February 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Totally unscientific observation: There are a LOT of Corgis (mostly Pembrokes) on Bluesky! Are we imagining this or...?
#CorgisOfBluesky
#CorgiSky
#CorgiGang
And where's the Cardigan Crew hanging out?
#CorgisOfBluesky
#CorgiSky
#CorgiGang
And where's the Cardigan Crew hanging out?
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Chainsaw anyone? They’re on sale at Home Depot.
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Chainsaw anyone? They’re on sale at Home Depot.
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...