Marty Gould
@martygould.bsky.social
Timbers and Thorns with a smattering of Blazers and politics and postEvangelical Christianity.
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God sees everything governments hide.
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
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December 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
God sees everything governments hide.
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NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NEW on CNN: In several old videos we found, Pete Hegseth blasted Trump in 2016 warning he could issue unlawful orders that troops should refuse, calling him an “armchair tough guy” with five draft deferments.
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
Now he’s attacking Democrats for saying same.
LINK: www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/p...
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A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
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It turns out that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It turns out that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
As always: Follow the money.
Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project
Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As always: Follow the money.
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One of the things prosecutors must show in a murder trial is the defendant's intent. Intent can be tricky to prove, so one day a lawyer or two will thank Pete Hegseth for proving it for them. He's smart that way.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One of the things prosecutors must show in a murder trial is the defendant's intent. Intent can be tricky to prove, so one day a lawyer or two will thank Pete Hegseth for proving it for them. He's smart that way.
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The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
November 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The president is a political cartoon of corruption come to life, a gaudy grifter who is selling off pardons and lining his pockets, building a golden ballroom and protecting his fellow sex predator elites, all the while regular Americans are suffering and struggling to make ends meet.
Run on *that*
Run on *that*
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November 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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"What we do know about Hegseth, the man who ordered defenseless men to be murdered, is that the Fox News host repeatedly failed efforts to vet him." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/29/m...
Murder - emptywheel
We don't know why Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly targeted two members of West Virginia's National Guard, just like we don't know the real reason Pete Hegseth keeps targeting boats for murder in the Ca...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"What we do know about Hegseth, the man who ordered defenseless men to be murdered, is that the Fox News host repeatedly failed efforts to vet him." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/29/m...
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
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I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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Hey MAGA pals-
How does it feel to suddenly love Zohran Mamdani & hate Marjorie Taylor Greene?
That's what you believe now!
Go forth in blind obedience, like you do.
How does it feel to suddenly love Zohran Mamdani & hate Marjorie Taylor Greene?
That's what you believe now!
Go forth in blind obedience, like you do.
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Hey MAGA pals-
How does it feel to suddenly love Zohran Mamdani & hate Marjorie Taylor Greene?
That's what you believe now!
Go forth in blind obedience, like you do.
How does it feel to suddenly love Zohran Mamdani & hate Marjorie Taylor Greene?
That's what you believe now!
Go forth in blind obedience, like you do.
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If your analysis of a situation leave you more confused and feeling hopeless and lost, maybe instead of resorting to vibes, you could talk to someone who has different perspectives and experiences? Maybe question your inputs and biases and reevaluate your goals?
November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If your analysis of a situation leave you more confused and feeling hopeless and lost, maybe instead of resorting to vibes, you could talk to someone who has different perspectives and experiences? Maybe question your inputs and biases and reevaluate your goals?
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If you're a devout follower of a religion, you will be conforming thoughts to fit a set of beliefs. It doesn't have to be anti-intellectualism, you can intentionally choose to be introspective and learn all you can and gather information and study, while also leaving room to explore the unknown.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
If you're a devout follower of a religion, you will be conforming thoughts to fit a set of beliefs. It doesn't have to be anti-intellectualism, you can intentionally choose to be introspective and learn all you can and gather information and study, while also leaving room to explore the unknown.
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After years in these circles, I believe the "leading of the Holy Spirit" is mostly the pastor's words and ideology repeated over and over again and reinforced in community groups and in the books they read. They learn to censor their own thoughts and emotions and call it "Holy Spirit."
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
After years in these circles, I believe the "leading of the Holy Spirit" is mostly the pastor's words and ideology repeated over and over again and reinforced in community groups and in the books they read. They learn to censor their own thoughts and emotions and call it "Holy Spirit."
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Anti-intellectualism is a common them with local NAR pastors. They despise universities so they create their own sketchy "ministry schools." They tell congregants to stop analyzing and stop being introspective but "listen and obey" the Holy Spirit.
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Anti-intellectualism is a common them with local NAR pastors. They despise universities so they create their own sketchy "ministry schools." They tell congregants to stop analyzing and stop being introspective but "listen and obey" the Holy Spirit.
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This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.
Matthew 5:37 applies. All of it.
“Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”
Matthew 5:37 NRSVUE
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“Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”
Matthew 5:37 NRSVUE
bible.com/bible/3523/m...
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Matthew 5:37 applies. All of it.
“Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”
Matthew 5:37 NRSVUE
bible.com/bible/3523/m...
“Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.”
Matthew 5:37 NRSVUE
bible.com/bible/3523/m...
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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I am currently in Newport, OR for a public hearing at city hall to listen to resident concerns on a potential ICE facility that officials are considering putting in town. The room is completely packed, the hallways are packed, there and tons of people protesting ICE outside and
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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50 years ago today! Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate! #ExplodingWhale #ExplodingWhaleDay #Oregon #OregonCoast #FlorenceOregon
Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who observe. #ExplodingWhale #ExplodingWhaleDay #Oregon #OregonCoast #FlorenceOregon
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
50 years ago today! Happy Exploding Whale Day for those who celebrate! #ExplodingWhale #ExplodingWhaleDay #Oregon #OregonCoast #FlorenceOregon
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Around the city and beyond people are looking for ways to help their neighbors who are losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
Here are four restaurants that are doing what they can feed people in the community.
Here are four restaurants that are doing what they can feed people in the community.
Here are 4 Portland-area coffee shops and restaurants that have pledged to feed people who lose SNAP benefits
Here are four restaurants that are doing what they can feed people in the community.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Around the city and beyond people are looking for ways to help their neighbors who are losing food benefits as the government shutdown continues.
Here are four restaurants that are doing what they can feed people in the community.
Here are four restaurants that are doing what they can feed people in the community.
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Heretic Coffee is a volunteer-run, nonprofit coffee shop that trains people to become baristas and coffee roasters.
The coffee shop has been soliciting donations for less than a week to pay for breakfast for people losing SNAP benefits from the federal government
www.oregonlive.com/food/2025/10...
The coffee shop has been soliciting donations for less than a week to pay for breakfast for people losing SNAP benefits from the federal government
www.oregonlive.com/food/2025/10...
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Heretic Coffee is a volunteer-run, nonprofit coffee shop that trains people to become baristas and coffee roasters.
The coffee shop has been soliciting donations for less than a week to pay for breakfast for people losing SNAP benefits from the federal government
www.oregonlive.com/food/2025/10...
The coffee shop has been soliciting donations for less than a week to pay for breakfast for people losing SNAP benefits from the federal government
www.oregonlive.com/food/2025/10...