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Category Archives: 2) Politics
“Both Sides.” The New BS
This Covington Catholic/MAGA Teens video was such a perfect storm for Liberal Outrage. It had everything… Young men, privileged and white, wearing red “Make America Great Again” hats, in D.C. on a “field trip” to the “March For Life,” in … Continue reading
I Refuse To Let That Gillette Commercial Make Me Cry
No! Nope. No, goddammit. I mean, yes… Of COURSE I’m going to cry while watching it… That was a given. I have watched it three times so far, and I’m pretty sure I couldn’t TELL SOMEONE about that commercial a … Continue reading
Dear Evangelicals: Here’s Your “Christian” President
I’ve known the Apostle’s Creed by heart since I was about five years old. It’s one of the things that happens when you grow up in a conservative little Christian Reformed Church in small town Michigan. We said it every … Continue reading
The Morning After The Election: 3 Reasons To Be Hopeful
After the results of the 2016 election started coming in and it became clear that the country was electing an awful, awful man to lead our country, I felt way more than just “disappointment.” I experienced a sort of existential … Continue reading
Posted in 2) Politics, 5) Not Quite Sure
Tagged 2018 Election, Automatic Voter Registration, Beto O'Rourke, Blue Wave, Hope, Justice, Politics, Proposition 4, Reasons to be hopeful, The day after the election, The Moral Arc Of History, The Mourning After, Voting, Voting Rights, Women's Wave
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13 Tweets To Inspire You (AND OTHERS) To Vote
Alright, today is the day! If you are like me, you already voted during early voting… But even if you’ve already voted, your job is NOT DONE. It’s time to the remind the people around you that when we don’t … Continue reading
Regarding the Immigrant Caravan: Dear White Evangelical Hypocrites…
Listen… If you’re going to pass along the lie that America is anything resembling a “Christian Nation,” you should probably expect a few caravans of immigrants showing up at our borders, looking for help and asylum. You’re aware that Spanish-speaking … Continue reading
Posted in 1) Jesus, 2) Politics
Tagged Christian Missionaries, Christian Nation, Christian response to immigrants, City on a Hill, Hospitality, Hypocrisy, Immigrant Caravan, Nativity, No room in the inn, Sodomites, The least of these, What the bible says about immigrants, White Evangelical Hypocrites
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No. He’s Not Going To Repeal The 14th Amendment.
He can’t. But what he CAN do is he can distract us from the other festering awfulness he is working on. This is what he does. He says outrageous things which gets people to forget about the other outrageous things … Continue reading
The Rise of the Immoral Majority
You know what? Screw it… Maybe Donald Trump is the president America deserves. I was asleep. I was sound asleep tonight. I actually went to bed at a reasonable time. I thought to myself, “The world is a goddamn mess … Continue reading
When Someone Shows You Who They Are, Believe Them.
Ever since multiple women came forward detailing stories of sexual assault committed by Supreme Court appointee Brett Kavanaugh, there have been many people coming forward and testifying of personal understanding of his character. Like the stories from his college roommate … Continue reading
