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I’m going to say something that shouldn’t be controversial but will be. If you are a Christian, you can support border control and immigration being legal vs illegal. You CANNOT celebrate deportations and get off on the cruelty, and be a real Christ follower. Period
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We live in a time that people are more inclined to obey an unlawful executive order than they are to follow a court order 🤦🏾♀️.
Dictators are created due to cruelty, cowardice, & compliance! IF THEIR ASSES will ignore the Supreme Court, we can definitely IGNORE HIM!
Don't leave anything for later.
Later, the coffee gets cold.
Later, you lose interest.
Later, the day turns into night.
Later, people grow up.
Later, people grow old.
Later, life goes by.
Later, you regret not doing something... when you had the chance.
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I agree with this.
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Of course advance information on US combat operations is classified. Pretending otherwise is an insult to our troops, who all know this.
The Secretary is unfit to lead.
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Pam Bondi said on Fox that the FBI’s arrest of a county judge is “sending a very strong message.” Yes, Pam, and that message is, this country is being ruled by fascist traitors.
Stop writing to impress everyone.
Start writing for one person who matters.
This has helped me through many writer’s blocks and maybe it’ll help you.
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President Biden at the Pope’s funeral in Italy today. Awesome that he’s there! Biden is a good, decent man who cares about others deeply.
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Educate yourself.
When a question about a certain topic pops up, google it. Watch movies and documentaries. When something sparks your interest, read about it.
Read, read, read.
Study, learn, and stimulate your brain.
Don't just rely on the school system; educate your beautiful mind.
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They're physically removing the Greensboro lunch counter from the Smithsonian—the actual counter where four brave students sparked a national movement in 1960. This isn't just about museum artifacts. It's about who gets to exist in America's story, whose courage is remembered, and whose resistance is honored.
Dear Tired Black Educator,
Somewhere along the way, we were taught that we have to outwork everyone just to be seen.
That if we were just a little more prepared, a little more polished, a little more perfect,
maybe…
then they’d recognize our brilliance.
Maybe then they’d see our hearts. Maybe then they’d finally treat us like we
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hi is this where i write things to you? i’m new here. also i’m confused because i’ve been scrolling/exploring here for two hours and i feel kinder and alive-er instead of meaner and deader. is this really how it is here? if so i am very grateful. thanks for letting me into your substack party.
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The Loneliness No One Talks About
No one warns you about the loneliness that comes with growing.
The silence when old friendships stop fitting, but new ones haven’t formed.
The ache of outgrowing places, conversations, even versions of yourself.
Growth is beautiful, but it can also be isolating.
Keep growing anyway. You’ll find your kindred spirits.
Still not sure what this Substack thing even is or how to gain impressions. All I know to do is post here and there and just try and settle myself into this community and perhaps everything will work out on its own….
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I refuse to be the kind of person who loses their mind over a delayed train or lets a spilled coffee set the tone for the whole day.
I want to be the one who stays composed, who sees the good even when things don’t go as planned. The kind of person who breathes through the little chaos and still finds beauty in how the day unfolds.
I want to be soft. I want to be steady.
So the Republican Party has historically blocked:
-Paid sick leave
-Paid family & medical leave
-Universal childcare
-Universal pre-K
-Expanded Child Tax Credit
-Programs to support reproductive health
And they're wondering why more people aren't having children?
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Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.
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I totally agree with your assessment of the Supreme Court. In fact, liberals and all citizens that still believe in a fair-minded administration of "the rule of law" have been given a mission by this Court; to 'dismantle the fascist state'; that the GOP has been building. It's rooted in the sector of conservative government that the GOP uses, to obscure their intent, and much of that intention has been executed thru "deep state" projection, a classic misdirection scheme, rivaling the effectiven…
Richard, the supreme Court is ruled by six traditional radical Catholics, who have their own agenda, and that agenda is identical to that of the Federalist Society which is ruled by Radical Traditional Catholics like Leonard Leo.
The are part of an ecumenical organization called Domininism, it has Protestants and Catholics, and it has made inroads into the service academies, starting when Mega Churches moved into Colorado Springs after the Air Force Academy opened it's doors.
Back around 1998 I w…
William, scary, no?? Some time back I came across what is called the Seven Mountains Mandate, which seems part & parcel w/ Domininism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S…. I find it odd/interesting/coincidental that it it came to be around the same time (just after) that now famous Powell Memo which ended up guiding so much of the Reagan (and R’s) policies (to this day).
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Thanks Barbara and thanks for the link. Apparently this ideology comes under many names.
I've laid into Islamism quite a bit, but religious fundamentalism comes in all flavors, it is simply a tool of social control, and social control by men..
The whole thing is as old as time itself, when men called themselves priests or whatever, would wash, garland a virgin, rape her, dress her in white and then sacrifice her (to seal her mouth).
Motives are disguised by "sacred texts", men who use something ca…
The closest I can come to any “religion” is “may the Force be with you”. I was, IMHO, fortunate to be raised in a three-generation-secular family (now going on 5 gens deep), so nothing to distance myself from, tho I’m all for folks following their own path/choices. Just yesterday for the first time since Covid abated, I was visited by a new pair of proselytizing folks knocking on my door. I’ve always had, as I did today, a pleasant conversation whilst stating clearly my stance. Instead of a Wat…
Thanks for Sharing Barbara, I wasn't raised religiously, though Mom (a single mom) sent us to the nearest church, because they gave food baskets at Xmas and Thanksgiving to the poor members of the church,. However I read the Bible cover to cover at age 12, and without an adult telling me what this or that was suppose to mean, and because I had read books like the Odyssey by Homer at age 8, I realized that the whole thing as a giant, and horrible fable, the incest, murder, genocide ordered by a …
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