Kristin is gold and so much of her stuff has helped me understand the world around us right now. And also this post is on point and the video is extraordinary. I hope others will watch and grimace and laugh like I did.

Cartoon of kid at a whiteboard with a wrong addition equation. Teacher with speech bubble stands behind him, saying “No, Jacob, we don’t have to ‘agree to disagree.’”

How I feel when someone tells me we’ll have to agree to disagree on some big New Testament question, after they’ve only “read the Bible” on the subject

A helpful sum-up of what progress has been made.
Nothing is ideal. But our ideals can point us toward things that are better

These both made me laugh. What book? Sounds timely

*Keep. Of course

So so happy for freedom loving Hungarians! For Europe.
Let’s go, demise-of-right-wing-authoritarianism! Keel on rolling

The world is rough.
And I lost my mom two weeks ago.
Sometimes, I just need to stare at my dog being cute and breathe.
Keep breathing today, my friends
#dogsofbluesky

Faith Leaders, Groups File Motion to Block so called “Religious Liberty Commission” New York – A coalition of diverse faith leaders and organizations is asking a federal court to pause the publication of a report to be issued by the

BREAKING: Faith leaders, Americans United, and Democracy Forward File Motion to Block Administration’s So-Called “Religious Liberty Commission”
www.au.org/the-latest/p...

This is an important retraction

This is like Social Security, which also works, but which had its savings looted to deal with other government deficits (caused by those tax cuts that were supposed to boost the economy and mythically “pay for themselves”). Vital services need to be protected for citizens’ good, not profitized

As Predicted, ICE Reports Another Detention Death While Congress Does Nothing: 2nd This Week, 13th This Year, 42nd Under Trump Detention deaths occurring about once every four days. Call Rep. Scott Franklin and Glades County Sheriff's Office until we get answers, contact information available below.

As Predicted, ICE Reports Another Detention Death While Congress Does Nothing: 2nd This Week, 13th This Year, 42nd Under Trump

austinkocher.substack.com/p/as-predict...

Yep

We PCUSA folks do trace some of our theology to Calvin, but not his theocratic experimentation. And one of our ideals is “reformed and always reforming,” so nothing is fixed on the ideas of 16th century thinkers

Plenty of us, and Corpus residents, don’t vote for this. It will affect us anyway

Oh wow. Just the tags on that little “article” are telling

It looks like Hegseth buys off the rack but doesn’t really know how to!

A line chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "How Americans rate the state of the U.S. economy." The chart has the sub-headline: "How would you describe the current state of the American economy? (% of U.S. adult citizens)." The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "don't know" are not shown."

Economist/YouGov Feb 27-Mar 2
% of U.S. adult citizens who would describe the current state of the American economy as...
Poor 42% — highest level since Sep 2024
Fair 28%
Good 23%
Excellent 4%
yougov.com/en-us/articl...

Evil!

Ughhhhhhhh

I don’t think I ever watched this version, but now I think I will! Just to laugh at this

Two dogs lying on a couch and blanket, lying in parallel, both in curved positions

Dogs as quotation marks
#dogsofbluesky

And Che Ahn running for CA gov! I hadn’t caught that one before this 😳

Facts seem like they would be useful right about now

Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich.

Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else.

The state of Trump's union. [@itep.org]

Records: Texan killed by ICE months before Minneapolis woman The involvement of federal immigration agents in the fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez on South Padre Island in March had not been disclosed in initial reports.

I’m not a NYT subscriber, so I waited to read the details until the story about Ruben Ray Martinez was here, in the Texas Trib:

www.texastribune.org/2026/02/20/t...

For the calendar!

Good! Any small measure of solidarity is progress

I love it 😆

Alumni: Tell University Presidents to Reject ICE Agreements As Americans reel from the shocking news out of Minneapolis, college and university presidents are deciding whether and how their institutions will collaborate with ICE. For alumni, it is a stark remi...

Petition to sign:
College+university presidents are deciding whether institutions may collaborate with ICE. Stand for Campus Freedom has this petition from alumni to reject ICE coop agreements & defend campus freedom. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/re...

Racial identity continues to shape how differently US Christians see and experience this presidency.
Those of us in the white bucket should be listening to our siblings