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Josiah Hawthorne

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I'm not Young, Restless, or Reformed -- I'm Old, Exhausted, and (Ana)baptist. Half Took, Half Baggins. #ADHD. He/him.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · Jan 9

On Twitter, JeremyWingert79 asked how we stay sane through the next few years. Here's my answer -- a 🧵:

--Focus on the local, things within your sphere of influence, and your ability to impact.

--Cultivate unplugged times. Awareness is important, but this is a marathon, not a sprint.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 6d

DOJ has sued 8 states for refusing to turn over their full, unreacted voter files.

My team has now filed motions to defend voters in 7 of those cases in ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, OR and PA.

I suggest that DOJ monitor the docket in the remaining one in CA.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15h

The ease with which a handful of MAGA influencers can get another loyal MAGA person in the doghouse is one of those funny/scary things. www.thebulwark.com/p/maga-turns...

MAGA Turns on Trump’s Top Lawyer

Todd Blanche discovers that your place is never totally secure in the modern conservative movement.

www.thebulwark.com

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 16h

"We separate people from their kids. Tackle as many of them as possible. Zip-tie their toddlers and grandparents. And stand around looking tough. We look so tough. Increasingly, we also really need to take dumps."

Please Let Our Warfighters Use Your Restroom

By now, you’ve noticed our brave patriots—ICE, the National Guard, police officers, select local mall cops, rando bodyguards, weird little incels, ...

buff.ly

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16h

Ah.

In that case,

…I’ll see Noem’s prayer for safety, and raise her one prayer for safety and repentance, AND raise one MORE prayer for repentance for pepper balling that guy in the face.

Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16h

I’ll see your prayer for safety and raise you one prayer for safety *and repentance*

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 20h

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is in Portland meeting with ICE, Border Patrol and DHS officials; Nick Sortor posted video of Noem saying a prayer for the safety of their officers at the start of the meeting.

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Marissa Franks Burt @mburtwrites.bsky.social · Mar 5

Pre-orders are open now wherever books are sold!
@kkramermcginnis.bsky.social
and I are so excited for this book to be in your hands.

Release date: October 14, 2025

@brazospress.bsky.social
40% off preorders right now! bakerbookhouse.com/products/637...

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16h

Thank YOU!

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Ian is the Priest-King of the Sacred Grove at Nemi @poetinbabylon.bsky.social · 18h

y’all this goes so hard

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18h

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 18h

Exodus 8 describes the 2nd of the 10 plagues: ותעל הצפרדע ותכס את ארץ מצרים. "The frog [singular] came up and covered the land of Egypt."

Using singular to describe a group is apparently not uncommon in biblical Hebrew, but some rabbis debated if the plague was actually a plague of One Big Frog.

nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 3d

Portland Frog vs Fascist ICE.

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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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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 20h

Hi everyone!

I understand that many of you think that your desire to argue requires a serious response from me, but I am a man of finite capacity/energy.

However, I am also a man of the people. If you want to argue, you may find my rates reasonable. Please let me know where to send the invoice.

DID YOU KNOW?
Pricing Guide for Arguing with Pastor Trey
$75/reply
$800 flat rate argument

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 19h

Starting in on this one next…

@mburtwrites.bsky.social

The
MYTH
GOOD
CHRISTIAN PARENTING
Adventurie
out there
HOW FALSE PROMISES
BETRAYED A GENERATION OF
EVANGELICAL FAMILIES
MARISSA FRANKS BURT and
KELSEY KRAMER McGINNIS

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Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield @agdanrayfield.bsky.social · 1d

It doesn’t matter whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat — you should be worried when you hear the president say a judge should “work for him”. No judge should ever serve any politician. That’s not how the balance of powers works.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21h

The CIA’s deputy director has “abruptly demoted” the CIA’s acting general counsel & installed himself in that role, thus taking “control of making legal judgments for the agency while continuing to help lead it…” (This follows Hegseth’s termination of top military legal officials in Feb.) 10/6/25 1/

C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

www.nytimes.com

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Harry Jarin for Congress @harrymd5.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly blackpilling to see so many 'libertarians' I knew in college go down the fascism pipeline. Turned out they did not regard freedom and liberty as universal values for all mankind, they were just anti-establishment children who wanted to own the libs and use slurs without consequences.

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Halo-Halloween, MLS 🇵🇭🇺🇲ℹ️👻 @infoandhalohalo.bsky.social · 23h

Accurate and the story of the earliest part of work today...

Social media post from Ash (@ajemtettoo):
The neurodivergent urge to overexplain myself during misunderstandings to try to avoid further misunderstandings but then confusing people in the process which, does in fact cause, you guessed it, more misunderstandings.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks, New Yorker

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d

Heaven have mercy on us all—Presbyterians and Pagans alike—for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 1d

You can be a Christian who wants to dominate your opposition using an authoritarian playbook.

But you cannot follow Jesus & do that.

You can be a Christian who uses “sheep” as an insult.

But you cannot follow Jesus & do that. 4/6

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Trey Ferguson @pastortrey05.com · 1d

We have over 16 centuries worth of historical data on Christians building/aligning with empires and doing awful things to each other and others.

Stop insisting that bad actors are not “real” Christians.

Humbly sit with the fact that many real Christians do not follow Jesus. 1/6

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 23h

I would have run screaming out of the exam room. My god.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 23h

Is Pam Bondi really really REALLY bad at her job?

Or is she conflicted about whether she wants to cover for her boss on this one?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip?

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 1d

The kind of guy who calls for England to abolish the Human Rights Act so it can deport people faster?