Attending a rally headlined by Gingrich in the late 90s was when I first started questioning the Republican ideology I'd been raised on. Even as an ultra-conservative back then, I couldn't stand him.

Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it Cable ads and bussed-in volunteers don’t cut it any more. If the party wants to win, it must engage voters in a collective push for change

This is fascinating, and helps explain some of the shock of the election result in a way I haven't seen before: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Here are the 28 transgender Americans lost to violence so far this year The epidemic of fatal violence against trans people in the U.S. continues.

On this Trans Day of Remembrance, now more than ever, we need to honour & remember those that came before us who we’ve lost to anti-trans hatred & violence.

Here’s a list of people just from the US this year alone, though likely incomplete.

Their losses will not be in vain!

Hate will not win!

On Trans Day of Remembrance, I'm reminded that Jesus (in Matthew 19:12), the apostles (in Acts 8:26-40) and the prophets (in Isaiah 56:3-5) all welcomed "eunuchs," which are the closest biblical parallel to trans people. So why are so many in the church today trying to exclude them?

A lot of talk lately about how BlueSky will make any money, but if Wikipedia can survive with an open-source, ad-free model, I don’t know why BlueSky can’t. We just have to be willing to support it. If you want democratic institutions and media, you have to contribute to them!

I've run out of adjectives for how insane and abhorrent Trump's cabinet picks are, but I have the growing suspicion that Gaetz will be the sacrificial lamb--the Republican Senate will (hopefully) reject him, but only to use him as cover to let in all the others.

Failing Jesus’ Temptations — Immanuel Spokane According to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, the first thing Jesus did after his baptism was to go into the wilderness to fast and pray. There he was tempted by the devil, in three ways: to mak...

Something I wrote last week on the church in the face of fascism, with a bit of Dostoevsky and Bonhoeffer: www.immanuelspokane.org/new-blog/202...

Can social media be a force for good again, or at least a respite from chaos? I have no idea, but let's give it a try.