Viktor Orbán created the global blueprint for authoritarian populism and became a MAGA hero. Today, Hungarian voters sent him packing after 16 years in power.
There is nothing inevitable about these guys. Organize. Vote. Fight back. It works.
Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money
I literally just got an email from a cosmetic company I use saying they are raising their prices because ingredients are so expensive
Matthew 25 tells us that when Jesus returns and judges between the righteous and unrighteous, he doesn't judge them based on their orthodoxy, their patriotism, or their individual definitions of morality.
He judges them based on their compassion towards vulnerable people.
I know this family. My two youngest sons are also Karen and came to this country as refugees. Absolutely awful.
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
Jesus is my King & no other.
I’m no country’s patriot, because I belong to the Kingdom of God.
Patriots defend their county from its enemies.
The Kingdom of God needs no defense, but works on behalf of & for its enemies.
Just like the example of our King.
#NoKingsDayOct18th
WHATEVER YOU ALLOW YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO TO OTHERS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DO TO YOU
Trump during the campaign: I never even heard of Project 2025, don’t know anything about it, don’t know who is involved.
Trump today:
Our neighbours
will know that we are Christians
• not by our theology
• not by our “rightness”
• not by how we debate
• not by how we convince others of their sinfulness
But they will know we are Christians
by our love
I find myself perpetually stunned that so many Americans are not seeing these people for who they are. Awful
"In times of heightened fear, anxiety, suspicion, and anger, may we be followers of the Prince of Peace.
Jesus, help us to be peacemakers—being kind, gentle, patient, self-controlled, and loving to everyone made in the image of God."
~Stephen Mattson
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FCC Chair Carr’s post from 12/30/23: Free speech is the counterweight—it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.
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I'm not by any means a full time moderator even of my own timeline. But I do try to keep an eye on things the best I can.
Sharp disagreement is welcomed and expected.
Accounts promoting political violence, conspiracy, and hateful language will be blocked when I see them. Peace.
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕 🇺🇸
(From Paul Noth)
When our Christianity makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported and the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported, that is when we can be sure we are following someone other than Jesus.
"Justice demands that we stand with the vulnerable, not as detached observers, but as compassionate participants in their struggle for dignity."
— Henri Nouwen in The Road to Daybreak
More like ask yourself?
Don’t let someone’s refusal to soften their heart harden yours.
I paid $19 for 5 peaches and $200 more for patio umbrellas
