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Most of the justices appeared sympathetic to Ames’s argument and ready to strike down the background circumstances standard. “We are in radical agreement,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said at one point. Source 👉 apple.news/ATO1t6h76QK-...

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Walking to work

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The budget, which passed the House on Tuesday and will head to the Senate for approval, lays out targets for legislation that would extend tax cuts and increase the federal deficit. It would also almost certainly make major cuts to programs that serve the poor. NYT www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Damn, you couldn't have articulated my frustrations with much antiracism work in progressive churches more succinctly if you tried.

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Also reported on CNN — it was posted late yesterday. This is their utopia👇

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Yo — we’ve been told repeatedly NOT to bring up Hitler when talking about Trump

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“…however.”👇

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COMING SOON IN JSSR Now reviewing proofs of my Presidential Address for SSSR Preview 👇

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“…the thirst for power could be quenched only through destruction.” — Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism

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Another great point from Ryan Burge Non-denominationals were the true pioneers of religious distrust. They were out in front in the 1980s and 1990s, then everyone else began to catch up 👉 www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/is-distrus...

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“…the nations…were hardly aware that the recklessness that had prevailed in private life, and against which the public body always had to defend itself & it’s individual citizens, was about to be elevated to the one publicly honored political principal.” — Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism

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“When, in the era of imperialism, business men became politicians, and were acclaimed as statesman… private practices and devices were gradually transformed into rules and principles for the conduct of public affairs.” — Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism

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“… the resulting introduction of power as the only content of politics, and of expansion as its only aim, would hardly have met with such universal applause, nor would the resulting dissolution of the nations body politic have met with so little opposition 1/2

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“… all political parties appeared to be temporary obstacles when they’re seen as part of an eternal stream of growing power.” — Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism

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“…power left to itself can achieve nothing but more power, and violence administered for power’s (not for law’s) sake turns into a destructive principle that will not stop until there’s nothing left to violate.“ — Hannah Arendt, Origins of Totalitarianism

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Friends, I still post with gratitude, yet awaiting further confirmation of his condition.

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“Mr Trump’s disdain for constitutional niceties is not purely rhetorical: he did, after all, try to steal the election of 2020.“ The Economist apple.news/AU0bMFrL1Rpm...

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Common people carrying out uncommon violence podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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38 of the Trump administration’s biggest moves so far: ⚠️ Actions that appear to conflict with specific statutes or to violate the Constitution. 🚫 Actions that have been temporarily blocked by a judge, either partly or completely. 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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🚨 New article alert: Sam Erman and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal on the origins of birthright citizenship "Inventing Birthright: The Nineteenth-Century Fabrication of jus soli and jus sanguinis" Open access ✅ doi.org/10.1017/S073...

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I always shock my students a bit when I tell them that quantitative data is just qualitative data that has already been interpreted numerically.

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On Religion & Violence Increases in Catholic adherent rate and evangelical Protestant adherent rate are indirectly associated with increases in homicide, while increases in the mainline Protestant adherent rate are indirectly associated with decreases in homicide scholar.google.com/scholar_url?...

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"Good news! Congratulations on your promotion!" < pause > "Bad news is ..."

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Trump’s Black History Month remarks highlight a history we published in 2024 👇 “The last administration tried to reduce all of American history to a single year, 1619…we honor the indispensable role Black Americans…in the immortal cause of another date, 1776." NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/u...

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GRATEFUL Eerdmans giving a "Friends & Family" PREORDER DISCOUNT 🎉 40% Off 🎉 PreOrders matter in launching a new book, and this code allows you to receive it when it releases April 1st Enter Promo Code CHURCH40 www.eerdmans.com/978080287855...

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Jemar Tisby on new book by Katherine Stewart — inside the movement to destroy American democracy Money, Lies, and God 👉 open.substack.com/pub/jemartis...

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ChatGPT comments “the authenticity of the post should be verified, as it could be a parody, satire, or misinformation.” Had this been posted before the election, it would have been deeply criticized as biased & extreme. A month after inauguration, it’s promoted by the White House w/out a flinch.

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Looking forward to this webinar next week with @gerardomarti.bsky.social! Register here: tinyurl.com/nhkyp6m3

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EXCELLENT Book Review 👇 "It is true that Trump and Reagan are very different. But their contrast cannot be explained primarily in terms of character, and the gap between the two men reflects the broader transformation of American conservatism and American society in the years since the 1980s."

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NYT Headline 👇 Trump Media Group Sues Brazilian Judge Weighing Arrest of Jair Bolsonaro The lawsuit came hours after the justice received an indictment of Brazil’s former president, who is an ally of President Trump. Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/w...

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Yes, Jesus is Black & a Woman 👉 apple.news/AS1tNFZfJTYq...

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Full comic today 👉 social.tinyview.com/TQ06N50N5Qb

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Professor of Religion @ Baylor asked by Good Faith Media “to write up my thoughts on the latest dustup at Wheaton, which turned into a wider reflection about the vexed project of evangelical higher education.“ Short, punchy & resonates with many who work within 👉 goodfaithmedia.org/whats-going-...

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“To fully understand American Christianity, it’s essential to understand Robert Schuller.” PREORDER DISCOUNT 40% Off PreOrders matter in launching a new book, and this code allows you to receive it when it releases April 1st Promo Code CHURCH40 👉 www.eerdmans.com/978080287855...

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Anthony Romero, the A.C.L.U.’s executive director in The New Yorker Source 👉 We Might Have to “Shut Down the Country” www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...

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Joining workshop sponsored by local church on history of racism, and today’s presenter brilliantly revealed how redlining boosted home values of her white immigrant family. Redlining is sooo new to these folks. Reminds me how even our most basic American history remains largely unknown.

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Part of my reading today

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Excellent 👇

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is overaeen by DHS, whose leadership is appointed by the President 👇

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Acquire !!

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“Cost savings for me, not for thee” < so sorry >

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Trump May Pave Over Grass in Rose Garden NYT Gift Link www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/u...

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Extraordinary stream of stories coming from just days into this administration — challenge to keep up, but let’s try to highlight what we can 👇 The denial of legal immigrants is more than abandonment but a deliberate pushing of people into isolation, poverty, and death

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