Summer is when denominations hold their annual conventions. Given how much harm they cause, it's worth asking what role if any religious institutions should play in our lives, and if they're capable of liberation instead. So today I interview Matt Tebbe. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hig…

yes the double standard is evidence that we live in a supremacy system where white conservatives/MAGA play by different rules than all others. So cops can shoot peaceful people with rubber bullets- no problem; but if a protestor spray paints a wall all hell breaks loose.

when you have juice to police women in the pulpit but no juice to police male sexual predators in the pulpit the god you serve is Patriarchy plan and simple.

No effective protest of the status quo is ever acceptable to the status quo. Protest of injustice is neutralized by being equated with the injustice itself. This is a long-standing tactic.

Boop.

This is illegal on so many levels. He’s declaring war on specific areas based entirely on their voter registration, which is a form of speech and protected political choice. It’s “vote Republican or I will punish you.” Incredible. Out in the open. Lawless.

Aaron Rupar Hi it’s me the school board member yes he called me that in public. He called me a child abuser as well. He had me removed from a DeSantis press conference & sent protesters to my home that evening. He had an investigator follow me & made a website claiming I was having an affair

If anyone would know it’s Tucker

The corruption is a feature of MAGA. it’s disaster capitalism writ large.

🔥 C-SPAN just aired the call of the decade; A voter called out Jake Tapper live on-air and torched the hypocrisy: “Right now, I really don’t like you… When are you going to examine what’s going on with Trump? This president has been pure chaos. There’s clearly something wrong

BREAKING: NYC Mayoral candidate Brad Lander was handcuffed and detained by ICE agents after requesting to see a warrant for individuals taken into custody following an immigration hearing. Lander’s press secretary Chloe Chik (Bristow) says he is still being held.

good question

bombing a hospital (or a school) is a violation of the Geneva Convention and is a war crime. an important difference to me b/w Israel and Iran war crimes: my tax dollars help fund Israel's war crimes.

this way of thinking is a primary reason why MAGA is in power. In fact I would argue it's a part of the political apparatus (propaganda, money, logic) that enables and sustains MAGA's power. i.e. The blaming of 'extreme on the left' as the cause of 'extreme on the right'.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was governor of California This is just racism at this point

'maybe you're not the good guys in the story'

This must be read to be believed. Israeli soldiers describe Gaza as "a place with its own set of rules. The loss of human life means nothing", "a killing field" for civilians where "[o]ur form of communication is gunfire" even though there isn't "a single instance of return fire.

This claim about the Amish deserves correction with actual data. 🧵

BREAKING: Bono just got Joe Rogan to agree that Trump’s cuts to USAID are devastating to America’s world standing and power. MAGA is already trying to hide this. Make sure everyone sees this.

“Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until Monday, more than 72 hours after the flooding began, multiple sources told CNN.” cnn.com/2025/07/09/pol…