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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 3h

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 3h

Yesssssss …

born miserable @bornmiserable.bsky.social · 22h

Frog and Toad Are Gonna Fuck Shit Up

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OllyOllyOxenFree @ollyollyoxenfree.bsky.social · 13h

A children's book cover title "Frog and Toad are Antifa"

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Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social · 21h

Time Magazine cover with Trump's disgusting chin held in place by his necktie like a twist tie holding back a bag of moldy bread. Frog and toad are superimposed in the bottom corner screaming "HE HAS OUR CHIN!"

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 4h

What’s your real name, son?

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 6h

Joking in your Young Republican group chat about the mass murder of 6 million people who'd been scapegoated for decades as morally degenerate ethnic/religious outsiders is just locker room talk. Speaking lightly of the murder of Charlie Kirk to your 400 friends on Facebook is a fireable offense.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 6h

“Locker room talk” is a close cousin to “just joking,” the abuser’s first line of defense.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 12h

a man stands in front of a sign that reads trusted leadership for a stronger america

ALT: a man stands in front of a sign that reads trusted leadership for a stronger america

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 13h

"The president is illegitimate and should be removed from office" is the minimum pitch for anyone nominally opposing him

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 14h

What in heaven’s name are you talking about, Bradley??

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 16h

“Cosmo, I just want you to know that no matter what you do, you’re gonna die, just like everybody else.”

Rose (Olympia Dukakis), “Moonstruck”

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 16h

This one goes out to all the Democrats who said “we need a strong Republican Party.”

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 17h

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

Oh no!!!

Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine if the actions of a priest at an anti-war rally, or the doctrines of the peace churches, or the Civil Rights movement, became the basis for a tax on religious institutions.

The arbitrary nature of it, the opportunities for abuse, the problem of deploying the state against an opinion.

Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

But what’s to stop Johnson, or the MAGA movement, from bringing the power of the state against a person who, say, operates a food bank because of their religious convictions?

Or who protests against, say, miscarriages of justice against the strangers in our land?

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

Given that disagreement, that variety, it’s unwise to call for the govt to give or withhold its (or anyone’s) approval of a religious practice, including through a tax.

That’s not to say the IRS shouldn’t enforce its rules. I wish it had been for the past ten years.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

Evangelicals tend toward that emphasis, whereas the Mainline goes for the command to love one another and the world.

My point is that Christians disagree, often sharply, as to what our faith leads us to do. And how to act in the world.

But you don’t always get that from coverage of religion.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

… and “teach them to obey everything I have commanded you.”

Discipleship expressed through obedience is key here.

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

… and those who hold the Great Commission (from the end of Matthew) to be the most important.

Again — obviously — this is broadly speaking, the lines aren’t always stark, etc.

Evangelicals tend to lean into the Great Commission, Jesus’s instructions to his disciples to baptize …

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

As with pretty much any large movement or institution, there are a variety of beliefs within Christianity. You can divide them — generally to be sure — into left and right, progressive and conservative.

You can see a division between those who see “love the neighbor” as the primary teaching …

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Karl Runser @therunser.bsky.social · 1d

At the risk of kicking an anthill, this is why I get antsy when progressives / the Left / whoever make calls to “tax the churches.”

The public and the press have not grappled with the big differences between Evangelical Christianity and the Mainline denominations.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Mike Johnson just said he's completely fine with ICE agents shooting priests in the head with pepper balls and roughing up journalists.

I'm sure he'll tell us soon about how it's the Democrats who are waging a war on religion and free speech though.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 1d

This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Gruyère and Anchovy Puffs from the wonderful Notes from a Small Kitchen Island: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of the Home by @lickedspoon.bsky.social:
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...

Photograph of the Gruyere and Anchovy Puffs which appears in the wonderful Notes from a Small Kitchen Island: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of the Home by Debora Robertson

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RNS @rns.org · 1d

OPINION: To illustrate how overdue this development is, consider that all “seven sisters” of mainline American Protestantism have already had female leaders or denominational heads. But these first female leaders came at a cost.
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/a...

A woman as archbishop of Canterbury will come at a cost. She may also bring more welcome change.

(RNS) — Mullally’s appointment is a landmark moment in a broader trend of women’s presence becoming gradually stronger in her denomination.

religionnews.com

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