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submitted 2 days ago • 711 comments

The Trump tax plan only works by cutting public services. This incredible visualization combines the potential tax cuts (which mostly go to the rich) and loss of services (mostly borne by the poor). It is a giant wealth transfer from the poorest to the richest. budgetlab.yale.edu/news/250319/...

submitted 2 days ago • 52 comments

NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline? Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s What should we make of this? www.ft.com/content/a801...

submitted 7 days ago • 306 comments

“He has a green card,” an agent apparently said on the phone, confused by the matter. But then after a moment, the agent claimed that the State Department had “revoked that too.”

submitted 12 days ago • 32 comments

There was a lot of #AcademicFreedom, good scholarship, and independent thought in German universities before Hitler. After Hitler had risen to power, many academics fled the country. Some resisted the Nazi regime and were persecuted. Most adapted to a new situation. Here are some examples. 1/n

submitted 61 days ago • 52 comments

Went to a big women's event put on by @jenwilkin.bsky.social and Lifeway tonight. One surprise: We sang hymns from printed songbooks. Last year, CT reported on how hymnals are making a comeback: www.christianitytoday.com/2024/10/retu...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

There are so many terrible 'statistics' in the Christian world and this is a prime example. A 'Christian tither' is twice as likely to be debt-free compared to a 'Christian non-tither' Just think one for second why that could possibly be the case.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Protections resulting in deportations being removed from 240,000 Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, more than 70,000 Afghans escaping the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, and significant numbers originating from other countries too.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

This is not a debate. I share this to remind parents and children, and to protect them from suffering.

submitted 17 days ago • 8 comments

I’m at St. Andrew’s Church in Manitou Springs. The church is closing, and as part of that process they are opening a time capsule that was placed in the wall (behind the X) in 1905.

submitted 18 days ago • 4 comments

Bonhoeffer for today.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Don’t forget that Mark Wahlberg’s 40 day challenge starts Wednesday

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

Almost half of Republican men now believe that women should return to their traditional roles in society (up from 28 percent in 2022) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/o...

submitted 21 days ago • 237 comments

Harsh findings on Trump’s aid freeze kept secret by USAID watchdog: Two reports showing dire impacts on Africa and Gaza have not been released for 2 weeks in fear of Trump’s wrath, official says www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 22 days ago • 22 comments

Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:

submitted 22 days ago • 87 comments

Behold the champion of meritocracy. Even the cabinet members look ashamed (except Peter Navarro, who really thinks he IS the best). For all you folks who got snookered by talk of “merit,” how much more apparent can the truth be? They wanted a return to affirmative action for mediocre white guys

submitted 23 days ago • 183 comments

A massive new study from Pew gives us perhaps the most comprehensive look at the religious landscape in America right now. The findings: America is spiritual but not religious. My report for @christianitytoday.com: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/pew-...

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

Toni Morrison would have been 94 today and would have had a whole of a lot to say about what we're living through. Still her voice bellows down the hallway of time with what she did say 20 years ago, so hauntingly timely now:

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve often made the point that generative AI is an amazing tech much like asbestos is an amazing material: they have qualities that feel like genuine miracles but at a human cost so high that broad adoption is only possible if human life is devalued beyond what has been acceptable up until now

submitted 42 days ago • 3 comments

"This isn't ultimately about eradicating anti-Christian bias. It's a symbolic move to reinforce Christian supremacy." - Hemant Mehta #ChristianNationalism

submitted 42 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: • King Soopers workers to go on 14-day strike starting Thursday • After union members approved a strike, UFCW Local 7 said a two-week walkout will “allow everyone to understand our concerns.” coloradosun.com/2025/02/03/k...

submitted 46 days ago • 4 comments

Musk is calling USAID “evil” and saying it must die. Trump is suddenly interested in cutting off funding to South Africa. For those wondering why the sudden focus on this, might we suggest digging into the role USAID played in ending apartheid? —> adst.org/2021/06/amer...

submitted 47 days ago • 146 comments

I am absolutely speechless. Stop and think about this. The United States is cutting aid to South Africa because the people of SA ended apartheid.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

NEW — OMB temporarily pauses all agency grants and loans programs. Per copy of memo: "The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve."

submitted 53 days ago • 645 comments

Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

submitted 55 days ago • 1264 comments

When Democrats don't go to church, a huge chunk of them say that religion is "not important at all" About 70% in 2022. But among Republicans who never attend: Only 40% say religion is not at all important. Pretty good evidence for Cultural Christianity.

submitted 63 days ago • 2 comments

The Air Force is stripping Tuskegee Airmen lessons from basic training curriculum because of our White supremacist government. Put that in a headline. www.expressnews.com/news/article...

submitted 55 days ago • 199 comments

what would you do differently if you were trying to legalize discrimination?

submitted 56 days ago • 305 comments

Nobody should have imposter syndrome in 2025 btw. NOBODY. LOOK AROUND.

submitted 57 days ago • 6 comments

Incredible stuff. Evangelical leader Franklin Graham spent yesterday blasting Rev. Budde and claiming the cathedral had been “taken over by gay activists” — unaware that Trump had frozen a refugee program that Graham supports, and was one of the things Budde was referencing in her sermon.

submitted 58 days ago • 140 comments

It may be a good time to recall that almost 100 yrs ago wealthy businessmen hatched a scheme to weaken progressive Christianity because the social gospel wasn’t conducive to corporate profits. They poured $$$ into Chr orgs that preached a different tune: the gospel of free market capitalism.

submitted 58 days ago • 19 comments

New UnitedHealthCare CEO Andrew Witty - “The environment we find ourselves in is a complex one, not one that was ever designed by anybody.” The company expects record high revenues this year, even after the killing of CEO Brian Thompson. These systems are so complex no one is responsible.

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Among 18-35 year olds. In 1991: 87% were Christians. 8% were non-religious. In 1998: 73% were Christians. 20% were non-religious. Christians dropped 14 points and the nones rose by 12 points in just seven years.

submitted 80 days ago • 6 comments

This is so true. In my experience, people are often less likely to ask, "What is the policy?" than they are to ask, "Whose policy is it?" and then adjust their feelings based on the source. That's what negative polarization does. The focus is on animosity far more than policy.

submitted 99 days ago • 12 comments

Good evening I am at tonight’s D11 Board of Education meeting. They are voting on the master agreement with the teachers union. Folks in red are with the union.

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

I remember the first impression of this survey was, "Gen Z is so out of touch." But I think we've all learned that the world changes quickly - and we're all on the treadmill of feeling like we need more, more, more just to keep up. Gen Z feels that most sharply. digg.com/finance/link...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

This adds a whole new resonance to Inigo Montoya’s “You killed my father. Prepare to die” speech

submitted 108 days ago • 24 comments

It's super hard to bear responsibility for the country and responsibility as a parent. Every decision is hard -- and there will be a cost on one front or another.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments