waste, fraud and abuse

This.

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Insist on Love 2 YouTube video by NJSynodELCA

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Not Joining the Crowd Religion scholar Diana Butler Bass ponders the crowd’s outrage after Jesus’ first sermon in Nazareth (Luke 4:18–30)—and the courage required to resist

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Does Your Church Follow Jesus? If you would be perfect, go, and stop defending sexual predators, stop being complicit to sexual abuse.

A modern-day parable for Christians (2017):

Musk Says DOGE Is ‘Rapidly Shutting Down’ Treasury Payments Elon Musk said his “DOGE team” of government efficiency enforcers is shutting down payments to federal contractors, suggesting that the world’s richest man may have access to sensitive systems used at...

Bloomberg: Musk said DOGE was shutting down payments by the US Department of Health and Human Services to Lutheran Family Services, a faith-based charity that has been providing social services to refugees. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Musk saying he’s shutting down illegal money launderers and it’s Lutheran Social Services

Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down

Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?

Rev. Barbara Holzhauser - Sermon 1.26.2025 YouTube video by Barbara Holzhauser

I didn’t hold back yesterday at church.

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Important and helpful information in these background checks. 👇

Hot tip for the next two years: a Republican bill does the opposite of what it’s called.

A GOP bill defunding schools that mandate vaccines would be called the “Protect our Schools Act.”

A GOP bill raising the retirement age for social security would be called the “Retire With Dignity Act.”

Right-Wingers Are Blaming the L.A. Fires on Diversity Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and commentators across right-wing media are blaming the Los Angeles fires on diversity rather than climate change.

When children are slaughtered in their classrooms MAGA/GOP always say “this isn’t the time for politics”

But as 1,000s of 1st responders fight to save lives & 10’s of thousands are losing their homes & businesses, the MAGA Party is bringing political gasoline. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

The fact that Trump will pay absolutely NO price for inciting the Capitol insurrection makes me sick to my stomach.