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Happily married pastor/teacher and semi-retired public school teacher. Hiker, cook, reader, and working to make the world a better place.
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Throughout my 26 years of teaching (and even more years in Ministry) I have ALWAYS called people by nicknames (Johnny instead of Jonathan, Rick instead of Ricardo, etc.) or, on occasion, middle names instead of first names. This is no different. chng.it/XYKkJkRSsJ

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Elon Musk got $38 BILLION from the US Government. That's the equivalent to $112 for every adult & child in the United States. The USDA has a budget of $500 for emergency food relief. That's less than $2 for every American. But, sure, we can afford Musk's toys but not to keep Americans alive.

submitted 93 days ago • 62 comments

2022: "The Supreme Court would NEVER overturn Roe v. Wade!" 2025: "The administration would NEVER take away Social Security!"

submitted 94 days ago • 581 comments

One more time for the people in the back.

submitted 111 days ago • 425 comments

So, actually, it always was Russia.

submitted 114 days ago • 1394 comments

This was written about in project 2025

submitted 114 days ago • 158 comments

Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine

submitted 115 days ago • 1186 comments

Donald Trump has disgraced the United States of America in countless ways since he first entered political life ten years ago. But he had never disgraced the nation as badly as he did today. He has brought shame on this country to an extent I had never thought possible. And he has only just begun.

submitted 115 days ago • 2216 comments

Generations of American patriots, from our revolution onward, have fought for the principles Zelenskyy is risking his life to defend. But today, Donald Trump and JD Vance attacked Zelenskyy and pressured him to surrender the freedom of his people to the KGB war criminal who invaded Ukraine.

submitted 115 days ago • 954 comments

Today there will be a critical meeting in the White House with the leader of the free world. Donald Trump will also be there.

submitted 115 days ago • 309 comments

Fire management, trail maintenance, backcountry sanitation, etc.: Who can take on these responsibilities, contractors, volunteers? One now-unemployed Forest Service staffer says, no, “There is absolutely no way, with my position being eliminated, for somebody else to step into that role.”

submitted 115 days ago • 5 comments

I am participating in the Economic Blackout today, February 28th. In addition to not buying anything, I will also refrain from using any Meta or Google products for the day.

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

I am quickly discovering that "Cutting waste, fraud, and abuse" is actually code for "I am randomly cutting programs and funding for things I don't actually understand and have no idea what will happen when I do. How bad could it get?" The answer is uniformly bad. VERY BAD

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

This is absolutely insane. Musk’s DOGE crew just straight up *took* $80 million from an NYC bank account!

submitted 131 days ago • 1704 comments

👇 In addition to never wanting to hear Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins being called "moderates" ever again, I never want to hear a single word about national security or foreign policy from Tom Cotton taken seriously by major media outlets or supposedly serious journalists ever again:

submitted 131 days ago • 44 comments

1. Trump's immigration crackdown is premised on the idea that the US is experiencing a massive surge in violent crime According to Trump the crime wave is especially severe in cities THIS IS A LIE New data shows crime is LOWER than when Trump left office in 2020, and below pre-pandemic levels

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“For the German establishment, the situation was very clear. “A Hitler salute is a Hitler salute is a Hitler salute,” the prominent German weekly Die Zeit wrote in an editorial. “There is no need to make this unnecessarily complicated,” the editorial said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/w...

submitted 149 days ago • 58 comments

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina trial court DENIES Republican Party motion to throw out 60,000 votes cast in the November 2024. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...

submitted 161 days ago • 772 comments

"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."

submitted 163 days ago • 897 comments

This is irrefutably true. Let’s see how long it lasts.

submitted 163 days ago • 1419 comments

Top-notch photography is often about choosing the right angle and perspective.

submitted 164 days ago • 1319 comments

Jimmy Carter was one of my personal heroes. An intelligent, compassionate, kind man who possessed enormous integrity and grace. He is the best man to have ever held the office of president and without a doubt the finest example of any former president once he left the office. His loss lessens us all

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