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Spursy-est thing ever 😂 #COYG apple.news/ATO7oiqpeQEa...

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Last week I was part of a meeting with State Dept and faith leaders. Peter Marocco gave his word that funds were coming back online for life saving programs. I shared reassurances with folks concerned. $$ still stuck. We need to get this back online now. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/h...

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Here is my Federal Employment Termination story:

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Today’s holy word of the day: “There is nothing woke about medicine or food.“ Must read read piece by @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/o...

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"The Imam’s comments predicted many of today’s most alarming challenges, including the loneliness crisis, toxic polarization, tribalism, and a populism feeding autocracy." Grateful for this word by my friend Eboo on the Aga Khan @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social www.philanthropy.com/commons/aga-...

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The first Trump Administration led on faith-based partnerships - let’s get it back on track. Now in the second, the lives of so many children are at stake. Franklin Graham, Matt Soerens and I all share more in @washingtonpost.com @apnews.com www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Here’s the thing: I’m truly perplexed at the second Trump Administration’s defunding USAID. I served in the Biden Administration & we carried forward and expanded much of what the first administration did re AID because that’s what American leadership typically does religionnews.com/2025/02/06/u...

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In these days of high conflict and confusion, I am trying my best to root down in the foundations of my faith while also defending and promoting the first freedoms of our country. I share more here (and would love your thoughts as well): www.interfaithamerica.org/article/ever...

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Samantha Power on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social breaks down the terrible cost of losing USAID and why the work truly matters for all of us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIHJ...

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USAID represents the best of America. Its mission represents the best of humanity. THIS is #USAID #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID vimeo.com/1052680025

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I’ve been thinking about an old story from the neighborhood about a dad named Yarrow who lived out his faith and his freedoms for the common good. Mahmoud Yarrow is an American hero. His is an inspiring #BlackHistoryMonth story that I hope you can share. www.interfaithamerica.org/article/ever...

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from nick cave’s newsletter yesterday:

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Pretty troubling developments - thinking of friends and neighbors in far off places tonight. “All the organizations are having emergency meetings to figure out how they manage the little cash they have left,” said Evelyn Farkas of the McCain Institute…

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My mom did it right and rose me on @MTV Forever haunted by these puppets but even more haunted to live out this 1986 Genesis banger: This is the world we live in And these are the hands we’re given Use them and let’s start trying To make it a place we’re living in youtu.be/Yq7FKO5DlV0?...

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Three points for The Arsenal ❤️ #Arsenal

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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist” James Baldwin

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Very concerning that PEPFAR is paused and coming under attack. A plan to combat global AIDS started by President George W Bush and carried forth by Presidents Obama and Biden, supported by Marco Rubio, Franklin Graham, Bishop Budde’s Episcopal Church, Rev. Al Sharpton 🧵

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I suppose there is no more counterintuitive spiritual idea than the possibility that God might actually use and find necessary what we fear, avoid, deny, and deem unworthy. This is what I mean by the “integration of the negative.” —Richard Rohr

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All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

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I’m convinced that if we want democracy as we understand it to survive… we must remain committed to #pluralism. - President Barack Obama at the 3rd Obama Foundation Democracy Forum

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Interfaith America is proud to be at the Obama Foundation Democracy Forum today. Eboo Patel will speak on Pluralism and our team will lead a break out on interfaith cooperation across major differences. Plus, President Obama and other friends will be here. Tune in: www.obama.org/2024-democra...

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200 years ago today, America’s first Reform Jewish congregation was established in Charleston, SC. Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim is the second oldest synagogue building in the US and the oldest in continual use. #interfaithamerica

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Perhaps because our culture and politics have gone so off course, with values so contrary to those of Jesus, more and more people intuitively recognize that His vision … a new world of compassion, justice, integrity and peace- is the Good News they've been searching and waiting for. - Tony Campolo

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"...that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." 161 years ago in a field in Pennsylvania, America's greatest President delivered one of the nation's most important speeches. 🧵

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Texas education board backs curriculum with lessons drawn from the Bible. The K-5 curriculum would be optional, but school districts get a financial incentive if they adopt it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...

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Wrigley Field is Scarlet & Gray @ohiostatefb.bsky.social

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Democratic presidential candidate vote totals (w almost all counted but not final): 2016 Clinton: 65,844,954 2020 Biden: 81,282,916 2024 Harris: 73,122,138 votes (48.2% of all votes)

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“Life is a hard battle anyway. If we laugh and sing a little as we fight the good fight of freedom, it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me.” - Sojourner Truth

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Reflecting on the election results I’m fairly resolved to do two things: lean in and organize around my particular beliefs and values while also leaning in to be a bridge builder with others. I share more in my first ever piece for @deseret.com.web.brid.gy www.deseret.com/opinion/2024...

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Hello hello

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