Marlena Graves MDiv, PhD
@marlenagraves.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Spiritual Formation-AOS: U.S. cultural history; religion, politics, and inequality in Am. history; Christian nationalism; public memory; political/public theology historical trauma. Seeking our flourishing Rochester, NY🇵🇷
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Hoping to reunite with friends/make new ones here! I'm a Puerto Rican writer, speaker & professor with a focus on Christian spirituality & Christian nationalism. One of them is not like the other. My PhD is in Am. Culture/Social History-race, gender, immigration-trying to love *all* of my neighbors.
Small practice, especially if you feel anxious or sad: On a nightly basis, try to recall 5 things you are grateful for. Write them down if you can. If you are religious consider: where did I see God at work today? If you are not, consider: where did I see goodness at work today? #healthyandwhole
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Small practice, especially if you feel anxious or sad: On a nightly basis, try to recall 5 things you are grateful for. Write them down if you can. If you are religious consider: where did I see God at work today? If you are not, consider: where did I see goodness at work today? #healthyandwhole
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Too on the nose for comfort:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Too on the nose for comfort:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Actual data > speculation
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Actual data > speculation
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These two things are true:
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
These two things are true:
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
1) Shooting National Guard members is horrific and criminal.
2) So is putting National Guard members in harm’s way to score political points.
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Baristas at 95 Starbucks stores in 65 cities are currently on OPEN-ENDED STRIKE over unfair labor practices.
It's day 13 of the strike. This is the longest ULP strike in the company's history.
Workers are asking customers everywhere to show solidarity by boycotting Starbucks.
It's day 13 of the strike. This is the longest ULP strike in the company's history.
Workers are asking customers everywhere to show solidarity by boycotting Starbucks.
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Baristas at 95 Starbucks stores in 65 cities are currently on OPEN-ENDED STRIKE over unfair labor practices.
It's day 13 of the strike. This is the longest ULP strike in the company's history.
Workers are asking customers everywhere to show solidarity by boycotting Starbucks.
It's day 13 of the strike. This is the longest ULP strike in the company's history.
Workers are asking customers everywhere to show solidarity by boycotting Starbucks.
I keep saying it’s terrible.
Seeing a fair few academics saying things like ‘sure I know AI is terrible and the people who designed it are terrible and the impact it has on the planet is terrible…but how might *I* be able to use it in a non-terrible way?’
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I keep saying it’s terrible.
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Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a personal connection to the ICE raids. Her nephew's mother has been detained.
www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-lea...
www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-lea...
November 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt now has a personal connection to the ICE raids. Her nephew's mother has been detained.
www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-lea...
www.thedailybeast.com/karoline-lea...
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BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
The emails reveal the special training given to FBI personnel working on what it called the “Epstein Transparency Project.” In some instances they referred to it as the “Special Redaction Project.” The training entailed PowerPoint slide presentations and video instruction on how to review the files.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
@thegodpodcast.com all I want for Christmas is for you to follow me and for righteousness and justice to be done in the world. “God” commented on one of my posts back in the day on Twitter and it was my favorite reply to a Tweet ever. After Elon took over, I deleted my account.
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
@thegodpodcast.com all I want for Christmas is for you to follow me and for righteousness and justice to be done in the world. “God” commented on one of my posts back in the day on Twitter and it was my favorite reply to a Tweet ever. After Elon took over, I deleted my account.
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Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thou shalt not wear a cross around your neck if you always do the opposite of what Jesus would do.
Truth is stranger than fiction. This is hilarious. I am sure the people/family at the funeral were mortified and furious:
www.threads.com/@ubnplus/pos...
www.threads.com/@ubnplus/pos...
UBN+ (@ubnplus) on Threads
The most infectious laugh heard in a very. long. time. 🤣
34 Year Old Swore To Never Drink Agai
www.threads.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Truth is stranger than fiction. This is hilarious. I am sure the people/family at the funeral were mortified and furious:
www.threads.com/@ubnplus/pos...
www.threads.com/@ubnplus/pos...
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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This is stunning.
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is stunning.
Went to a great conference this week. There I learned that my PhD education from BGSU in my field was stellar, just as good as those who went to Ivy League schools. Those who attend Ivy League schools just have more resources and opportunities than I had.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a great conference this week. There I learned that my PhD education from BGSU in my field was stellar, just as good as those who went to Ivy League schools. Those who attend Ivy League schools just have more resources and opportunities than I had.
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Truth.
Bankers and private equity wear suits while they rob us blind. Meanwhile volunteers to feed families this holiday season will be in sweatshirts and jeans.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Truth.
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Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tyson is closing a Nebraska plant that employs 3,200 workers in order to “right-size” its business.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
The meatpacking giant paid its CEO $22.7M last year, 525x its median employee's pay.
It also spent $196M in stock buybacks to reward shareholders.
Textbook corporate greed.
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I've had so many conversations with Christians who have expressed the fear they have in their church (or had in a former church) of speaking up about the Christian calling of justice and care for the oppressed and abused. The fear could look like direct hostility by other members or discipline
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I've had so many conversations with Christians who have expressed the fear they have in their church (or had in a former church) of speaking up about the Christian calling of justice and care for the oppressed and abused. The fear could look like direct hostility by other members or discipline
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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NASA was putting suppliers under extreme pressure to keep up with the flight schedule. You’d think safety would be the number one concern, the top priority, but instead politics was taking precedence over the engineering. Catastrophic failure of management.
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NASA was putting suppliers under extreme pressure to keep up with the flight schedule. You’d think safety would be the number one concern, the top priority, but instead politics was taking precedence over the engineering. Catastrophic failure of management.
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Will Zohran Mamdani's charm offensive keep Trump from meddling in New York? Journalist Ross Barkan reacts to Friday's "remarkable" White House meeting between the two leaders.
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Will Zohran Mamdani's charm offensive keep Trump from meddling in New York? Journalist Ross Barkan reacts to Friday's "remarkable" White House meeting between the two leaders.
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This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 AM
A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.
ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.
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Well that’s certainly something that has never happened before to anyone who’s done business with Trump, ever
Any speculator who bought Trump’s memecoin at its peak after it was announced inauguration weekend would have lost almost the entire value of their investment by this month.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Crypto Crash Is Eroding Wealth for Trump’s Family and Followers
In President Donald Trump’s second term, crypto assets transformed his family’s wealth. Now the Trumps — and their followers — are getting a crash course in the wild volatility ingrained in digital cu...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Well that’s certainly something that has never happened before to anyone who’s done business with Trump, ever
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📣 Palabra:
Arresting young Latino-looking
American citizens will make them anti-Republican voters for life.
“I’m a citizen” the teen told officers, but ICE proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.
Boy: “But I’m a citizen.”
Officer: “Get out of the car… I don’t care.”
Arresting young Latino-looking
American citizens will make them anti-Republican voters for life.
“I’m a citizen” the teen told officers, but ICE proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.
Boy: “But I’m a citizen.”
Officer: “Get out of the car… I don’t care.”
ICE agents detained a McMinnville High School
YouTube video by The Oregonian
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
📣 Palabra:
Arresting young Latino-looking
American citizens will make them anti-Republican voters for life.
“I’m a citizen” the teen told officers, but ICE proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.
Boy: “But I’m a citizen.”
Officer: “Get out of the car… I don’t care.”
Arresting young Latino-looking
American citizens will make them anti-Republican voters for life.
“I’m a citizen” the teen told officers, but ICE proceeded to break the car’s driver’s side window and detain him.
Boy: “But I’m a citizen.”
Officer: “Get out of the car… I don’t care.”