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johngriffinatil.bsky.social
Husband, Dad of a young adult & 3 pugs, founding Executive Director of IB Neighborhood Center (www.IBNeighbor.org), Pastor, Gay Man, Long-Term AIDS Survivor, Lay Zen Buddhist, Lay Cistercian & Writer-in-training.
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@topicprojectrunway.bsky.social I'm very troubled that the revival of Project Runway that will include Heidi will NOT include the fabulous Tim Gunn! Producers stated they did not want him. No Tim, you don't have me watching. period. Shameful.

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JASON IS THE BEST! I joined supporting Jason on Patreon hope you will do the same. we need voices like Jason's today perhaps more than ever before. go to www.patreon.com/jasonkravits www.youtube.com/shorts/BjheB...

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NEVER GIVE IN NEVER BE QUIET MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD

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WE ARE F**KED! this, coming from a friend whose band performed this song speaking clearly, loudly to what's happening. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd5x...

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Here's my hope: Those attending the #Superbowl will BOO Trump. He hides behind Executive Orders, but we all see the wannabe dictator he is. He must hear the level of disapproval we have for him. I will be shouting at my TV when his sorry ass face appears, that's for sure!

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A true full-fledged Dictator in America with TRUMP (baby) intending to be Chairman of the Kennedy Center. Shameful and Terrifying! FOLKS, THIS CANNOT STAND. #KennedyCenterHonors For the record, there aren't drag shows there. So, what if there were. They'd have more class than him.

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GOING VIRAL My friend's work - he wrote, animated and performed this informative insight to Project 2025 though for the election, it still reminds us what is happening and what's ahead for us . God help us all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvQh...

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I'll be fine, some "friends" say. Trump will lower costs and protect us from socialism. (though they depend on their monthly Social Security checks). To all my friends, yes, I am terrified, like never before. Some say don't worry. Some are quiet. Now I need friends to stand with me more than ever.

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youtu.be/AqVVeX74ikU?... Written and performed by my friend, Jason Kravits. It captures my mood.

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words fail

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Let's be clear: PEOPLE ARE SCARED. If you are not afraid, or don't know someone who is. My advice: WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING!

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NEVER TOO SOON.... to think of Valentine's Day.

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He's still up there.... hanging over my head in my cell at the Joseph and Mary Retreat Center. there with the Conference Board of Ordained Ministry discerning whether candidates for ministry are to be ordained. Crucified, some might feel or Resurrected to a new life as a pastor. I don't know.

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A resident at the Joseph and Mary Retreat Center where I spent this past Monday - Wednesday.

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JUST ME at Mary & Joseph Retreat Center. My first year (of twelve years) serving on the California-Pacific Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church's Board of Ordained Ministry. (hell of a title lol) We are given the task to interview candidates for Ordained Ministry.

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Challenging few days, hard work serving on the conference board of ordained ministry at Mary & Joseph Retreat Center. Rancho Palos Verdes

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BEST BENEFIT being on the conference Board of Ordained Ministry the friends who become family my friend/newest family member, Martha Ruiz

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Mitch McConnell: Tariffs "will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?"

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Our dear leader, Mr. Trump, might learn something if he watched this movie. Learn something, specifically about tariffs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_wH...

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The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tariffs tells you two things: 1. They know it is a terrible idea. 2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.

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Please repost to join this apt apology to our neighbors.

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NO SHIT We tried to tell them

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In the 20th century, they were known as "concentration camps." Now, they are simply called "housing." Doesn't that sound so much more humane? Voila, problem solved!

submitted 24 days ago • 1098 comments

It's easier to cause pain than to feel pain. - Brené Brown.

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this shall not stand. the pressure is building and the push back against Trump will be strong and powerful. He may feel like he won but he's not seen anything like what will happen.

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MAY WE NEVER FOGET some still live with this nightmare even though most of us have changed the channel. We talk about what Trump said this morning or how tired we are from work. But let us remember people lost everything and now hope to one day to rebuild. Do more than pray. Do something.

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A trio of us from IB Neighborhood Center traveled to Altadena. We helped a friend whose house burned. We sifted through ashes to find several treasured items. Their whole neighborhood destroyed. We've established a fund that goes directly to those who lost everything. www.IBNeighbor.org

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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

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Trump put a freeze on hiring air traffic controllers and, on Musk’s instruction, fired the FAA chief early without replacing him. This should be the only thing Dems are saying today. They should all be out on media saying this.

submitted 25 days ago • 432 comments

Go figure.... what could have gone wrong?

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We take one step forward then, today, two hundred years' worth of steps backwards.

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I ADORE MY FRIEND through the IB Neighborhood Center, I'm fortunate to meet exceptional individuals who become friends. I require friends with great senses of humor

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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

submitted 27 days ago • 3342 comments

THE SOUL OF THE USA under attack (it's no surprise) by Trump Administration we knew this was coming, and it is here. now what do we do, my friends?

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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"

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something was different this time.

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Today marks the beginning of a dark four years for our country, but we refuse to surrender. You shouldn't either.

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First time in my life, I did not watch an Inauguration. I can't stomach it as I fear for my own family, friends, our nation and the world. Lord, have mercy.

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My family is a loyal, some might even say addicted consumer of Coca Cola aka Coke, actually Coke Zero. But come January 20th, no more. There will not be any Coke in our household since Coca Cola embraced that orange monster.

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I've not followed this drama, tragedy of a killing and the focus on the killer but clearly, we, as a society, need to wake up and think about many serious things.

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Trump picks the best of the worst

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