Grateful for opportunity offered by Department leadership & to follow in footsteps of my professor & colleague Dr. @julieingersoll.bsky.social. I was a student in the Department, when it still had only a Minor. Between Julie & Rev. Tim Simpson, I had a jump start in my religious studies vocation.

Today I walked by a marina pub with a big sign outside promoting their "Sinners in the hands of an angry God bloody Mary." Next time I'm around there I'm going to stop in and find out more

I don't understand why Todd Blanche doesn't just put in writing his statement that the so-called weaponization fund is dead. Not one of the cabinet appointments was approved without lies. Hell, several Supreme Court justices have lied. All under oath. How is this different?

This is going to be such a problem. If she can't even get a driver's license imagine what it will be like to try to register to vote. How many women will decide it's just not worth the trouble to vote? Source: YouTube share.google/jEcYISgOSetQ...

Florida DMV denies woman a driver's license over a name mismatch that began at just 18 months old

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Since #Maine is clearly going to be in the news between now and November could we please get reporters and pundits to pronounce #Bangor. "Banger" is like fingernails on a chalkboard

Please give our new Maine Senate Candidate a follow @troyjackson207.bsky.social He has less than 8k followers. We can at least get him to 10k tonight? @joncooper-us.bsky.social @teapainusa.bsky.social @thetnholler.bsky.social

Heads up if you're a young man or if you care about any young men: the Pentagon is thinking about the. And in case you think "surely they'd never do that," here's your reminder: there is *nothing* they won't do Selective Service System wants to wargame the draft share.google/bwdg7UBT2wrC...

Selective Service System wants to wargame the draft

The government is looking to run a simulation on its new process to automatically register eligible men for the US military draft before national rollout.

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Probably an ad made by AI

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you put “Meta uses Bowie’s ‘Five Years’ in an ad about AI” into a work of parody you’d be considered to be laying it on a little thick:

And earlier in the movement that Hegseth is now part of, there was a shift away from the traditional Christian understanding of God as beyond gender, to an assertion that God is literally male.

Andrew Whitehead@andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 3w ago

Empirical evidence: more traditional gender ideology is strongly associated with a masculine image of God. This masculine image of God is a signal of their gendered conception of reality itself. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

This is an excellent post thanks for sharing it. For those interested in these developments see the link below for how this ties into the 19th century movement known as Muscular Christianity. Sadly this isn't new share.google/4zifg8tP5lSV...

How ‘muscular Christianity’ strove to bring men back to religion – and what it can teach us today

With roots in English literature, muscular Christianity encouraged men to use their bodies to Christianise the world.

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Lance Ellisor@ellisor.net · 3w ago

covered here

Partly because no one took seriously his religious commitments before he was confirmed. Americans treat religion as a private matter. In Hegseth's world there's no public/private distinction. All of life is religious. Thus, their motto "All of Christ for all of life." share.google/yM2T75hOdU5y...

Why the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter

Hegseth’s Christian views have been shaped by a 20th-century movement, Christian Reconstruction, which seeks to make America a Christian nation built on biblical law, writes a religion scholar.

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Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears@maestraoogway.bsky.social · 3w ago

How is this freak in charge? I keep hoping I’ll wake up from this nightmare.

This will fly by with little notice but #Hegseth 's announcement of the new testosterone testing policy claimed maintaining high levels of T is a "sacred responsibility." This isn't just rhetoric. His corner of Christianity idolizes masculinity. It's so close to worship.

The headline is a little misleading. The point of the screening is to offer testosterone replacement. But they banned gender affirming care! Pentagon to screen troops over 30 for testosterone share.google/DPj6Qpncp4Zu...

Hegseth announces annual testosterone screenings for service members

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday announced a new effort to annually screen service members’ testosterone levels and offer testosterone replacement therapy (TRT), framing it as a way to k…

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I don't like the whitewashing of a legacy when someone dies. Lindsey Graham has been at the center of the destruction of American democracy. So I repost this video not to say good things about him just because he died but rather, so we can all remember how far we've fallen youtu.be/0USMRNP2N50?...

‘To Be Loved By Joe Lieberman Is An Experience You'll Never Forget’: Lindsey Graham Honors Late Sen

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@shennabellows.bsky.social Heard you this morning on MS Now. Great job but you slipped up describing the coalition that you want to build. You skipped over the increasing number of Trump voters who are seeing the light. They'll be important too. Good luck!

They're literally bunkering down. Trump won't leave peacefully or legally, folks. www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/p...

The White House is upgrading its front door to fortify the entrance | CNN Politics

The White House is making security-focused upgrades to its front door, an official told CNN, in a project that’s expected to take months.

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The way #Platner got out of the race weighs pretty heavily in support of the claims made by the women. He hasn't changed, he's angry and full of self-pity.

So, a Writ of Habeas Tortoise?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4w ago

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent a public letter to Sen. Mitch McConnell requesting a full update on his health, citing weeks of limited information since McConnell’s June 14 hospitalization. Beshear called for transparency about his ability to serve.

If #TroyJackson becomes the Democratic candidate for Senate in #Maine I have a suggestion for his campaign song: youtu.be/pfRdur8GLBM?...

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I'm sure they know what they're doing

amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · last mo.

Fireworks are always set off by the pool. The fencing happens every year. What is different is that last year was less than 8,000 fireworks and this year is supposed to be 851,000.

There is nothing he will not do. He may decide that It doesn't work as well for him as other things he can do but there is nothing he wouldn't do.

Professa Murray@kalimurray.bsky.social · last mo.

And for everyone saying that surely, surely, the President will not do that, that is crazy, have we not lived past the last two years?

Project 2025 could be reduced to two goals: Break the independence of all federal agencies by solidifying power under the President to remake them as he wishes. And use that to implement their agenda on "family" issues. 1/2

And the derision with which they talk about women who don't have kids! Funny though, it never occurs to them they could just make it more appealing. What if housing were more affordable? What if you could put in a good work week and support a family? Child care? Healthcare for pregnancy & the kid?

Andreas Lindholm@andreaslindholm.bsky.social · last mo.

Ah, yes! A concerted attack, if I ever saw one. Imagine being so malicious as to marrying late in order to destroy western civilization!

Can someone post a gift article of the posts piece on the religious liberty commission and the separation of church and state? www.washingtonpost.com/religion/202...

Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission takes aim at church-state separation

The report recommends the Justice Department issue guidance to promote “an originalist understanding” of how the Constitution sees religion and government.

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Do u do this while telling the girl why she can’t stay here?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last mo.

Homan: "I've gotten on my knees to talk to little girls as young as 9 that were raped multiple times by members of the cartel. And when you get on your knees that everything innocent, pure has been ripped from her ... "

In light of today's Supreme Court decision on TPS has anyone run the numbers on what It might do to the anticipated social security shortfall? We may lose a massive number of workers currently paying into social security

My overnight spot in Arizona right outside the Petrified National Forest. Sunsets here are spectacular. The driving day even ended early enough to tackle a project inside the camper. A pantry with one wall on the exterior and another adjacent to the fridge needed insulation #vanlife #camperlife

Julie Ingersoll@julieingersoll.bsky.social · last mo.

I *finally* got out of Texas. This is my spot for the night in New Mexico. It was 102° today. #vanlife #camperlife

I *finally* got out of Texas. This is my spot for the night in New Mexico. It was 102° today. #vanlife #camperlife

There's a new ebook out by #HeritageFóundation's Kevin Roberts. The typically apocalyptic promo says THE FAMILY is under ATTACK; fewer people are getting married. Not getting married is not attacking families. What is under attack is his preference for a certain demographic of Americans

Given Wilson's heartburn over Antelope Hill's presence at this conference, it's worth having a closer look at his own political goals and beliefs. (I suppose chattel slavery apologists and Third Reich defenders won't always agree.) Via @julieingersoll.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/douglas-wi...

What Pete Hegseth’s Spiritual Mentor Wants for America

Pastor-theologian Douglas Wilson advocates theocracy, the restriction of the franchise from women and nonbelievers, and much else—and he is closer than ever to real power.

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Jonathan V. Last@jvl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This piece 🤯 www.thebulwark.com/p/oops-we-in...