MAGA is just a KKK rebrand.

Sad news:

John MacArthur may not be with us through today or tomorrow. He is hospitalized with pneumonia.

MAGA represents the opposite of every one of these qualities.

Because (and I really need you to understand this) there is NO ONE who can enforce the court order.

The executive branch enforces the law!!

When the executive branch is corrupt, there's NO ONE to make Trump comply!

So here’s the thing about AI: unregulated, its use is like having a monopoly on social regulation and control. This is why it’s a very big deal that Elon just quietly deployed it in an authoritative way within our government system.

The unregulated use of AI could create a situation where… 1/4

What would happen if Christians stopped associating with people calling themselves Christian that didn’t embody these?

Doing Christianity while trying to avoid all politics is a political decision.

It aids the status quo — those systems and power currently in power.

(As if religion and politics can be separated.)

🧵**If fascists were to take over the government from within, but people were so ignorant they didn’t understand the political actions taking place: consolidating power, firing people, installing loyalists, at what point do you think people would realize they were living in an authoritarian system?**

Nightmare Trump Sides with Putin, Abandons the Atlantic Alliance, Sells Out Ukraine

Don’t know why it’s so hard for so many to face the facts about Trump being a Russian asset. Everybody in NYC and NJ has known about his money laundering for Russians forever.

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Honestly, I'd love to see other House Dems devote some of their floor time just to calling Musk a dick, over and over and over again.

It'll highlight the Trump effort to crack down on protected speech, emasculate Ed Martin and completely enrage Elon Musk.

You never imagine the descent into despotism being quite this embarrassing, you know? You expect liberal democracy to fall to a Palpatine, not Biff Tannen.

The biggest danger to fascism and authoritarianism is love and empathy.

Planes are crashing because Trump and Musk wanted to cut their own taxes even more.

Say it over and over and over again until it sinks into people's brains and they correctly associate every crash with two billionaires who never fly commercial.

To clarify — my tweet is my opinion inspired by your comments. 😉

It turns out that MLK’s arc bending toward justice actually bends toward whiteness.

Where do people hear god saying his church could baptize injustice and cruelty? The most prevalent command old or new is to Love others as your self. Jesus says Love your enemies.

A church that defends hierarchies and capitalism, and moralizes cruelty to doctrinalize it as correct. +

Religion is used by the powerful to get millions to ignore their own consciences and to harm, hate and fear others.

What’s the best way to spread virulent white supremacy and Nazi ideology?

…Talk continually about censorship and free speech while banning books, policies and speech around discrimination and hate.

Ha, you see how the 20th century worked.

Of curse! -> not only are they being told they don't have to feel guilty about their hatred, they're learning that their hatred has God's sanction, and they're learning to revel in it.

Why is the Nazi playbook being used right now?

It works. Especially with white Christians.

There is already lots of hate for immigrants, minorities, women, queer folks in America, but man do people get excited when they think that God told them to hate via the church.

It’s amazing to watch Christians who obsess about absolute truth fall for leaders who continually lie on purpose.

Black & white photo of older rock building with large vines from bottom to top.

When love is like a vine…

'If you want to grow a substantial vine, give it something safe to lean on.' - Old House Online

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Complacency of the privileged makes God go silent.

It’s remarkable how God is answering all the prayers of arrogant white men right now.

Why is God not answering the prayers of black women or queer folks?

“people always swallow the biggest lies easiest”

Is It Legal? Deferring to power and authority leads inevitably to autocracy.

There's a lot of discussion around whether or not liquidating public resources in a fascist bureaucratic coup is "legal." I think that asks the wrong question. My latest:

If racial segregation made a comeback, would white evangelicals make a sound?

Oppressing and exploiting people via religion is the life mission for many rich and powerful people throughout human history.

It’s extremely easy to get caught up in their schemes and believe that it gets us access to God and heaven.