Posts by Mara Richards Bim
My statement at the Texas Board of Education has gone viral š
Part 2: Personal reflection on Day 3 of CPAC. āLeftist commie Marxistā pastor tapping out. Anyone not on the alt-right needs to come together and find common ground against this insanity.
Day 3 of CPAC. āLeftist commie Marxistā pastor tapping out. Anyone not on the alt-right needs to come together and find common ground against this insanity.
Ex British Prime Minister Liz Truss just announced that CPAC is going to Great Britain. š¤¢
Iām just a ālefty, commieā pastor at CPAC documenting the insanity for @baptistnews.com Sitting in the panel: Canceling Satan with alt-right darling Jack Posobiec peddling a conspiracy theory about the woman in Spain who chose to die by euthanasia saying she was killed for her organs š«
Iām at the first full day of CPAC. Iām going to need a whole lot of self-care after this experience into the lionās den. #fascism #antifascist #antifa #heresy #christiannationalism
Iām covering the CPAC event in Texas for @baptistnews.com. I was just mistaken for a āvolunteer.ā I guess my attempts at going incognito are successful š
My latest for @baptistnews.com Hand it to your uncle Bob or aunt Karen the next time they defend the Administrationās gestapo immigration tactics. baptistnews.com/article/5-th...
I didnāt expect that the first thing I wrote for @baptistnews.com after returning from Minneapolis would be a reflection on the public execution of a U.S. citizen. ššš Lord, in your mercyā¦
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I was in Minneapolis last week. This is one of the articles I wrote for @baptistnews.com
I was on the ground in Minneapolis last week. This is my contribution to #eyesnotlies an effort by clergy to combat the governmentās disinformation campaign around the murder of Alex Pretti.
Iām on the ground in Minneapolis for @baptistnews.com and this is spot on. Iāve never seen anything like this.
Hereās the warehouse in Hutchins, TX that the administration is eyeing to warehouse 9,500 humans. @baptistnews.com
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Once again @hcrichardson.bsky.social helps us understand why things are moving so fast with the chaos-in-chief. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
For right-wingers who want to preserve any sort of public career in a post-Trump reality without being constantly haunted by their past disgrace, "Renee Good's murder is a bridge too far for me" is one of the easiest off-ramps in the world. I think we should take note of who declines to use it.
In case you missed the news, the administration is converting seven warehouses across the country to hold 80,000 people as human cargo. One of these warehouses is 30 miles from where I live. My latest for @baptistnews.com #immigration #immigrants #fascism
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Iām still having trouble finding words to adequately express what Iām feeling after watching the videos of a federal agent shooting a woman in the face and then driving away.
Today being the 5th anniversary of the January 6th insurrection, let's look back a 2025 report by @marabim.bsky.social on the concerning amount of Christian nationalist flags hung outside offices at the U.S. Capitol.
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that isn't just racial profiling -- this sounds a lot like ethnic cleansing.
Thank you @wordandway.bsky.social and @briankaylor.bsky.social for the opportunity to contribute to this weekās Advent reflections.
My latest with @baptistnews.com āThat these masked men ā and they are mostly men ā are allowed to operate as a nameless, faceless, clandestine police force in America epitomizes the surreal landscape we find ourselves in today.ā baptistnews.com/article/what...
#sblaar25 is halfway over and Iām just getting around to posting. Thereās so much to see and do! Friday night kicked off with a great workshop on producing public scholarship with @drleahpayne.bsky.social @swajdan.bsky.social and @bradleyonishi.bsky.social
Department of Homeland Security & Department of War keep posting videos with Bible verses to justify their imperial violence. But, sure, let's question if #ChristianNationalism is even a thing.
I spend lots of time in the ICE field office and immigration court. People are being kidnapped every day - people who are showing up for their immigration process ādoing it the right way.ā This video was captured a few months ago by Vecinos Unidos - one of the groups I work with. Watch to the end.
Make no mistake though, things are escalating in Dallas and beyond. The illusion that U.S. citizens are safe from these gestapo tactics is just that: an illusion.
Later, I received word that two court observers were being ātemporarily detainedā by US Marshals.
So I went back to the courthouse to stand with them until we figured out what was going on. They were released and were still unclear what the issue was. š§µ
I asked āis that a threat?ā He said, āno, Iām just letting you know.ā
Are these men ICE? CPB? Gang members? Paid thugs? Who knows. But I do consider his action a threat. š§µ
On Tuesday, I was at Immigration Court in my clergy collar. The plainclothes agent on the left got in my face with his phone and snapped a photo I said, āwould you like to know my name?ā He responded, āno weāve got facial recognition. Weāve got your name and address.ā š§µ