The failure of the Republican Party to eject Max Miller from the race tells you that there is no longer any pretense of following a Christian morality; it's been replaced by a Trumpian morality. "If Trump can do it, so can I" instead of "What would Jesus do?"

Here's some good news, maybe. If we can get through November with our Republic intact, and toss out enough fascists, the people are pissed off enough about what's happening to our nation that maybe we'll finally make some serious changes to the things that enabled Project 2025: /1

After sorting thru well over a hundred neckties from my dad’s estate, I’m convinced that if not another single tie was manufactured in the course of human affairs, we would still be bequeathing boxes of them a million years from now. And they’d still be paisley and boring stripes.

Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.

Yet another embarassing setback for the Justice Department, as they drop the Reflecting Pool vandalism case. "Evidence prosecutors had recently received refuted the idea that vandals were to blame." Of course, literally everyone outside MAGAville knew this already that he was totally innocent.

America's response to COVID was a symptom of evangelicalism. For decades, if not longer, that branch of Christianity pushed distrust of the government and martyrdom and victimhood and dominionism and nationalism and xenophobia and anti-science and personal prosperity. /1

Apparently someone in the administration decided that COVID denialism would be the next distraction from the Epstein files and Trump's horrible choices in Iran diplomacy. Keep your eye on the goal, folks.

Remember decades of Republicans screaming about George Soros? Betcha we hear nothing but crickets about this.

Republicans Against Trumpism@rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 6d ago

NYT: Elon Musk has authorized his super PAC to spend $100–120 million on a new ground operation across 8 states to help elect Republicans in November. The group will initially focus on Senate races in Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and Ohio, with discussions underway about expanding to NC, GA & TX

I guarantee you that if an Imam wearing his kufi stood up on that same airplane and started talking about his religion, it would have lasted about six seconds before he was tackled to the floor and charged with terroristic activities. This is religious superiority masquerading as witnessing.

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Because of course there's no conflict of interest or pay-for-play going on between Musk's SpaceX and Trump, right? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

I predict he'll have a change of heart once he realizes how loving and joyful it can be.

Sunday Taquitos #30: Flock This! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

My hot take on Odyssey: If you're gonna muse about Matthew 25:44-46 and Ezekiel 16:49-50 in the context of Greek mythology, this is the way to do it. What a GREAT movie.

Mom is preparing to sell her house. As we remove belongings and furniture and draperies, we're finding a lot of things that need to be repaired. The structural problems were obscured by all the stuff crammed into the house. This anecdote is not about Mom's house; it's about institutional religion.

To anyone considering helping President Trump interfere with our election or our count: You will be prosecuted. That’s why I’m moving forward with new legislation that would make it a FELONY to seize ballots before the vote has been certified by state and county officials.

I saw this first image, and it occurred to me that when you see God like the second image, the evangelical church's strong support for ICE makes a lot more sense. In my evangelical upbringing, this is "tough love." It's how they see God. Naturally it extends to law enforcement and the military.

Too long to repost here, but here are my thoughts on the reckless and dangerous Blue Angels beach flyover. www.threads.com/@crucible_of...

In a sane administration, not only would the pilot be instantly fired, so would the Secretary of Defense. It's his fault that this culture exists; he has now effectively pardoned three blatant showboating violations of military aviation regulations. Mark my words, it WILL lead to a mishap.

Facts, plain and straightforward 💯🎯

Did YOUR Threads (and Instagram) account get suspended randomly tonight like mine did? I suspect Meta had a security breach and needed to scramble to nuke a bunch of passwords and didn't want to admit it.

Please, y'all. THOSE ARE NOT TIRE TRACKS. They're lines of algae from incremental draining of the pool. Yes, Trump's still lying. But don't give MAGA any excuse to point out some gullibility on our part.

Trump is just the symptom.

Apropos of Graham and McConnell, y’all should read “Speaker for the Dead,” the sequel to Ender’s Game. It tells the story of Ender living his repentance for genocide, traveling the planets telling the honest truth about the recently deceased, no matter how painful. There is catharsis in truth.

Unless it’s God that opposes him. Maybe now he’ll care.

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · 4w ago

Funniest possible breaking news banner on this amazing headline from a few months ago

A GOP senator died. No, not that one. Also a state party will have to replace Graham as its candidate. No, not that one.

My regret with the passing of people like Lindsay Graham and Mitch McConnell is that they won’t live to see the absolute devastation that was caused by their complicity.

As a former US civil servant flight test engineer, I've been around military aviation a long time, especially big heavy commercial-derivative jets with top-notch defensive systems installed. There's no way in hell that this Qatar-gifted 747 was properly fitted with defensive systems ... (/1 of many)

Tolkien wrote a YA novel where the villain was Smaug, an evil dragon that hoarded wealth & polluted the earth. Everyone working in tech who loves that book & that author has missed its point. These are also the same people who assert that thinking about literature is a waste of time. 🤬🤬

Losing my belief in the Bible's "perfection" is exactly what let me love it again. Like a photo-mosaic, it only reveals its face when you step back and let the details blur. An engineer's confession about faith, doubt, and finally seeing the big picture. crucibleofthought.com/blurring-into-detail/

Blurring Into Detail

An engineer's confession: how stepping back from biblical inerrancy - letting the details blur - revealed a bigger, more loving God than precision ever could.

crucibleofthought.com

If all the right wing influencers and politicians who CLAIM to have spoken with Sen. Mitch McConnell in the last 24 hours actually did, then we've discovered how to time travel, because the total time of adding up all those 20 minute conversations vastly exceeds 24 hours.