The Growing Threat of Homegrown Religious Extremism The alleged Minnesota assassin was known as a ‘deeply religious’ Christian man. That should be an alarm bell for all of us.

The alleged Minnesota assassin was known as a ‘deeply religious’ Christian man. That should be an alarm bell for all of us.

@monacharen.bsky.social on the rising threat of homegrown extremism: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-growin...

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

Have you made your five calls today? 5calls.org

Highly recommend @alokvmenon.bsky.social They gave me a dose of love and hope last night. Their show Hairy Situation is fun and forming. Thanks for coming to Louisville!

Still working on getting here regularly -- try, try again.

A president’s executive order cannot undo a law or a Supreme Court decision, let alone a provision of the Constitution. Forget that and you do have a dictatorship on day one.

(b) The Federal contracting process shall be streamlined to enhance speed and efficiency, reduce costs, and require Federal contractors and subcontractors to comply with our civil-rights laws. Accordingly: (1) Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965 (Equal Employment Opportunity), is hereby revoked. For 90 days from the date of this order, Federal contractors may continue to comply with the regulatory scheme in effect on January 20, 2025. (ii) The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs within the Department of Labor shall immediately cease: (A) Promoting "diversity"; (B) Holding Federal contractors and subcontractors responsible for taking "affirmative action"; and (C) Allowing or encouraging Federal contractors and subcontractors to engage in workforce balancing based on race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin.

(iii) In accordance with Executive Order 13279 of December 12, 2002 (Equal Protection of the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations), the employment, procurement, and contracting practices of Federal contractors and subcontractors shall not consider race, color, sex, sexual preference, religion, or national origin in ways that violate the Nation's civil rights laws. (iv) The head of each agency shall include in every contract or grant award: (A) A term requiring the contractual counterparty or grant recipient to agree that its compliance in all respects with all applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws is material to the government's payment decisions for purposes of section 3729(b) (4) of title 31, United States Code; and (B) A term requiring such counterparty or recipient to certify that it does not operate any programs promoting DEI that violate any applicable Federal anti-discrimination laws.

BREAKING: In a new executive order sent out by the White House, Donald Trump has revoked the federal contractor nondiscrimination executive order, EO 11246, that was signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 and has protected employees of businesses seeking federal contracts from discrimination ever since.

Excerpt: Indigenous Sacraments Oriol Ambrogio Gali is a research fellow at the University of Nottingham. His latest book Indigenous Sacraments: Christian Rituals and Local Responses at the Fringes of Spanish America, 1529–1800 w…

Excerpt: INDIGENOUS SACRAMENTS by Oriol Ambrogio Gali

INDIGENOUS SACRAMENTS provides the first study of Indigenous perceptions of the Christian sacraments at the fringes of colonial Spanish America. #bookexcerpt unpblog.com/2025/01/21/e...

Getting my feet under me in this new social media space -- considering a full divestment from the InternetBros and still yearning to maintain connections with the doers and the thinkers that fuel justice and sustain progressive movements. Hello BlueSky. I am hopeful for this space.