Ephrem Hugh Bensusan
@ephremb.bsky.social
Hebrew Melkite-Catholic Process Liberationist. Exodox. Anti-Fascist. Anti-GOP. Anti-Conservative. Anti-Capitalist. Social Justice Advocate. Early Music Lover. Highly Inappropriate.
What happened and why it matters. You should read this daily.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 93
April 22, 2025
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What happened and why it matters. You should read this daily.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 92
April 21, 2024
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What happened and why it matters. You should read this every time.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 89-91
April 18-20, 2024
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An awesome reflection. Do yourself a favor and click through to read Pope Francis’ final homily.
Pope Francis
The Pope’s final sermon began with the words, “Mary Magdalene.”
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What happened and why it matters. You should read this daily.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 88
April 17, 2024
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Do yourself a favor – keep up with this virtually comprehensive resource.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 86
April 15, 2024
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«Welcome to today’s Trump Tyranny Tracker, where I’m breaking down the key news from the day alongside ongoing developments as Trump and his regime move swiftly to consolidate power, undermine democracy, and dismantle civil rights and freedoms.»
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 85
April 14, 2024
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So much winning. «Immigrant women say they were held "like animals" in ICE detention and subjected to conditions so extreme they feared for their lives.»
Immigrant women describe 'hell on earth' in ICE detention
No shower for days, cameras trained on the toilet, women crammed into cells 'like sardines,' among the allegations.
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«In defending Trump, in celebrating him, in excusing his cruelty, his greed, his dishonesty, and his contempt for the vulnerable — you have traded something far more valuable than a few political victories. You have traded your witness.»
The Gospel According to Trump: 100 Ways He Betrayed Jesus' Teachings
A Comprehensive, Scripture-Based Examination of Trump's Words, Actions, and Values — and Why Evangelicals Must Reckon with the Truth
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«I feel that anger spreading across what we once used to call the free world. From Canada to Europe to Japan to Australia – from sea to shining sea.»
Opinion: America the Horrible
Our response? Incredulity. Disgust. Anger. Determination.
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Real history, and real assessment of the situation of the authoritarian tyranny we are undergoing now.
March 5, 2025
In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946, former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose to deliver a speech.
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«A month into Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s much-hyped efforts to root out fraudulent and wasteful spending by government agencies, not a single instance of fraud or waste has been discovered.»
Despite the hype, DOGE hasn't found a shred of fraud
All they've really got is "spending that Elon Musk doesn't like."
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As the sociologist Stuart Hall once wrote, “Those who produce the discourse also have the power to make it true.” Journalists, charged with reporting on and translating what is happening for the masses, must not become entrapped by this use of DEI as interchangeable with civil rights and/or Black.
Just saying. «Between the Christianity of this land, and the Christianity of Christ, I recognize the widest possible difference—so wide, that to receive the one as good, pure, and holy, is of necessity to reject the other as bad, corrupt, and wicked.» – Frederick Douglass
President Musk and his Nazi salute. Also, www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
«We are a resilient people. We will get through this scourge.»
Tomorrow will be a shameful day
But some reasons for reassurance
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