Yes, train to become a poll chaplain! And non-clergy, plenty of places still need election judges. It’s not hard (they put me in charge of my precinct on my second go) but it is super important. Contact your county clerk or sign up at vote411.org

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 7h ago

CLERGY BECOME A POLL CHAPLAIN HELP SUPPORT PEOPLE TRYING TO VOTE AND KEEP THINGS CALM AT VOTING LOCATIONS BE THE ADULT ON SITE IF PEOPLE SHOW UP TO MAKE TROUBLE YES THERE IS A TRAINING YES I'M SHOUTING COME ON TRAINING OCT 15th www.turnoutsunday.com/poll-chaplain

Not for nothing, but Abu Ghraib was a breaking point for a lot of conservative Christians who decided the answer to WWJD? was not “torture his enemies.” They left the church & the GOP. I’m sure a few live-streamed executions will bring them right back.

Of course Hegseth wants a public execution. That's something people in his denomination (Doug Wilson's Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches) have been pushing for, as I wrote about last year: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/literally-...

Literally Misreading the Bible

“Public executions are Biblical.

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The fact that Hegseth isn’t struck by lightning every time he preens about God and faith is really shaking my faith in the divine.

a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan

Really seems like Maine Dems could benefit from using a version of the 2008 message for voters who liked the maverick McCain: “She’s a decent person. It made sense for you to back her in the past. But it’s not good enough now. She enables Trump when it matters—and none of us can afford that.”

I grew up learning that God mourns every death but Christian Nationalists gonna Christian Nationalist

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2w ago

Oh, that kind of Christianity

This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."

Want something new to worry about? Happy to oblige. For some people, COVID reactivates the Epstein-Barr Virus, known for triggering such hits as MS, lupus & mono. So if you had mono as a kid & then got COVID decades later, you might end up w/ mono that lasts 4yrs & counting. Ask me how I know.

Just some light heresy for your Wednesday afternoon. Isaiah would never.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Hegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."

An incredible euphemism here for “the government is doing illegal discrimination”

Ordered a big batch of old TIME issues off eBay so I could read my own work again. The digital age is something. Everything lives forever on the internet but also :: Error—no records found ::

And for those who were Platner boosters until very recently, I would love to hear what you’ve learned and how it will change your approach to candidates in the future. Because until that shifts, it’s all just words.

Amy Sullivan@amysullivan.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There’s no shame in having backed Platner in the beginning. Or even waiting to hear his response to early allegations. But if you were still backing him a few days ago, you need more progressive women in your circle. He set off our ick meter a while ago. Oh, and we believe women.

There’s no shame in having backed Platner in the beginning. Or even waiting to hear his response to early allegations. But if you were still backing him a few days ago, you need more progressive women in your circle. He set off our ick meter a while ago. Oh, and we believe women.

This is ridiculous for many reasons, not least of which is the fact that I would be shocked if JD here could recite the Nicene Creed.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Vance: People hang out those hideous signs in their yard that say, "in this house we believe blah blah blah blah blah. You know, love is love, science is science, whatever. No person is illegal." That sign is such a disgusting butchering of the Nicene Creed

In his decision for SCOTUS published this morning, Justice Alito dismissed the idea that the Trump administration would halt all asylum seekers as a mere "hypothetical" not even worth considering.

Mike Walker@newnarrative.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Stephen Miller says ‘America’s doors are closed fully to asylum seekers’ after Supreme Court rulings www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Listening to so much coverage of negotiations with Iran and obviously it’s a very serious matter. But I cannot be the only one who thinks of this every single time I hear “unfrozen Iranian assets.”

Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer: I Don't Know!

ALT: Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer: I Don't Know!

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Every part of this headline horrifies me in a different way

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Therapy ferrets used to kill rats at UK’s largest children’s prison

Barack doesn’t need Keenan-Michael Key anymore. Michelle is the anger translator. I’m sorry she had to spend so many years biting her tongue.

Amy Sullivan@amysullivan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Going to make my children sit down with me and watch both Barack and Michelle Obama’s speeches. Hope is not the same thing as delusion. Rebuke is not whining. We’re in the midst of a long haul. Enjoy the palate cleansers when you can.

Going to make my children sit down with me and watch both Barack and Michelle Obama’s speeches. Hope is not the same thing as delusion. Rebuke is not whining. We’re in the midst of a long haul. Enjoy the palate cleansers when you can.

Absolutely no one does petty like the Irish. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

'Smallest statue in the world': Irish councillor proposes monument for mosquito that killed Cromwell | CBC Radio

A city councillor in Cork, Ireland is advocating to erect a public statue of a mosquito. It wouldn’t be a statue of just any mosquito , but the pest that some — at least in Cork–believe bit the Englis...

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Sure, I may be a no-good liberal Christian social justice warrior, but do *you* own a copy of BAPTIST DOCTRINES from 1884?

Yes, yes, the encyclical is fascinating and there’s much to discuss. But I’m still stuck on the part where the actual Pope reads his encyclical and he sounds like the guys scalping tickets outside Wrigley.

interestingly under callais the only black lawmakers who could escape constitutional scrutiny are those elected by white voters, which is a pretty clear statement of who gets to be a legitimate political actor

Now that he’s retired, Cardinal Dolan’s mask can come all the way off

Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Pete Hegseth will headline Trump’s Freedom 250 white Christian nationalist Rededicate 250 event Sunday, “under one flag and one God,” he posted. Corporate sponsors include Deloitte, Mastercard, SAP and United Airlines.

Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 5mo ago

When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.

As I told some people on the Hill recently, Trump is writing the Dems’ ads for them. He’s at -50 on handling prices, and 50% of persuadable voters say the economy/prices is their top issue, and they trust Dems by 10 on it (will likely increase with new data). This is a huge easy W for Dems

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Trump on Iran War: Reporter: What extent are Americans’ financial situation motivating you to make a deal? Trump: Not even a little bit. I don't think about Americans’ financial situation

Dems are still favored to win the House. But we can't ignore or downplay how Republicans essentially won 10 seats IN A WEEK through gerrymandering, lawsuits, and judicial rulings. This isn't the kind of democracy we should be comfortable with. newrepublic.com/article/2102...

The Week Where Republicans May Have Stolen the Midterms

In five days last week, Republicans gained maybe 10 seats in Congress. And not a single citizen voted.

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