Benjamin Raber
@benjaminraber.bsky.social
Here to learn. Following Jesus. Advocate: Youth Justice Compassion Education Health Arts Design Liberation. People Music Photography + Travel make my heart come alive. 💡🏀🎹📚🌮✌🏼🚲🗺🎸📷 #reimagine ED: NETwork Ministries in PA
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Most people are underestimating how aggressively this regime is organizing to suppress votes ahead of the midterms.
For the far right, winning them is existential.
For the far right, winning them is existential.
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Most people are underestimating how aggressively this regime is organizing to suppress votes ahead of the midterms.
For the far right, winning them is existential.
For the far right, winning them is existential.
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Sometimes only satire can cut through the hypocrisy and callousness.
January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Sometimes only satire can cut through the hypocrisy and callousness.
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An experimental finding sure to shock: white evangelicals are especially attuned to slights against Christians, but significantly less likely to view same actions as discriminatory when against a religious out-group. And this double-standard is unique to white evangelicals. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
An experimental finding sure to shock: white evangelicals are especially attuned to slights against Christians, but significantly less likely to view same actions as discriminatory when against a religious out-group. And this double-standard is unique to white evangelicals. doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
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@timamor.bsky.social , I'm getting Dirk Williems vibes here.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:17 PM
@timamor.bsky.social , I'm getting Dirk Williems vibes here.
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The fact that ICE has now murdered multiple white American citizens in #Minneapolis is unveiling that the same racialized state violence built to target Black & Brown people spills over to white people resisting the status quo. Black people have lived this our entire time in this land. #LinkArms
January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
The fact that ICE has now murdered multiple white American citizens in #Minneapolis is unveiling that the same racialized state violence built to target Black & Brown people spills over to white people resisting the status quo. Black people have lived this our entire time in this land. #LinkArms
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God is clear about the sins of kidnapping (man-stealing), murder, and bearing false witness.
God is clear about his care for foreigners, neighbors, the poor, and those on the margins.
Righteousness, justice, mercy, and love for neighbor are not conditional standards for Jesus' followers.
God is clear about his care for foreigners, neighbors, the poor, and those on the margins.
Righteousness, justice, mercy, and love for neighbor are not conditional standards for Jesus' followers.
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
God is clear about the sins of kidnapping (man-stealing), murder, and bearing false witness.
God is clear about his care for foreigners, neighbors, the poor, and those on the margins.
Righteousness, justice, mercy, and love for neighbor are not conditional standards for Jesus' followers.
God is clear about his care for foreigners, neighbors, the poor, and those on the margins.
Righteousness, justice, mercy, and love for neighbor are not conditional standards for Jesus' followers.
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At this point the tragedy is not his decline, its that his advisors care so little for him as a person that they have not stepped in to help.
They would rather he humiliate himself internationally so they can push through their own agendas in a plausible deniable way.
They would rather he humiliate himself internationally so they can push through their own agendas in a plausible deniable way.
January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
At this point the tragedy is not his decline, its that his advisors care so little for him as a person that they have not stepped in to help.
They would rather he humiliate himself internationally so they can push through their own agendas in a plausible deniable way.
They would rather he humiliate himself internationally so they can push through their own agendas in a plausible deniable way.
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Ice needs to be abolished
This is Liam Ramos. The five year old that ICE took from a Minneapolis school and sent BY HIMSELF WITHOUT HIS FAMILY to a detention facility in Texas. There are monsters among us and they are wearing masks, carrying guns, and work for the US government.
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Ice needs to be abolished
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Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
January 22, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...
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Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
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To defend the societal domination in which it was birthed and to which it remains bound, white churches have always been quick to abandon moral obligations for legal technicalities.
It'd be foolish to expect anything different today.
It'd be foolish to expect anything different today.
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 AM
To defend the societal domination in which it was birthed and to which it remains bound, white churches have always been quick to abandon moral obligations for legal technicalities.
It'd be foolish to expect anything different today.
It'd be foolish to expect anything different today.
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NYT: China mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers at least 200 miles long — a show of Beijing’s power at sea, experts say. Last week, the formation was so dense that some approaching cargo ships had to zigzag through, ship-tracking data showed.
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
NYT: China mobilized thousands of fishing boats twice in recent weeks to form massive floating barriers at least 200 miles long — a show of Beijing’s power at sea, experts say. Last week, the formation was so dense that some approaching cargo ships had to zigzag through, ship-tracking data showed.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open
January 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open
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Man, Du Bois had some bangers, but for me, it doesn't get much better than his scathing indictment of the "Christianity" of the United States.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
January 17, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Man, Du Bois had some bangers, but for me, it doesn't get much better than his scathing indictment of the "Christianity" of the United States.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
Certainly this was all true of the nation in his lifetime. But in my lifetime, his criticisms have never felt so true of the nation right now.
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The same people that said to keep our schools open in COVID are forcing kids to stay home in 2026.
January 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The same people that said to keep our schools open in COVID are forcing kids to stay home in 2026.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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I listened (online) to two local mega church pastors near me to see if they mentioned the murder in Minnesota and nada. Betting they knew they’d get grief for mentioning it. Both did talk about Charlie Kirk when that happened.
January 14, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I listened (online) to two local mega church pastors near me to see if they mentioned the murder in Minnesota and nada. Betting they knew they’d get grief for mentioning it. Both did talk about Charlie Kirk when that happened.
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Pastor José Otoniel Ortega was shot to death in Colombia on New Year’s Eve, reportedly for preaching peace and rejecting violence.
Advocates warn armed cartels increasingly target church leaders and urge the government to restore protections.
julieroys.com/pastor-in-co...
Advocates warn armed cartels increasingly target church leaders and urge the government to restore protections.
julieroys.com/pastor-in-co...
Pastor in Colombia killed by militants for 'preaching peace'
Pastor José Ortega was killed by militants in Colombia on New Year’s Eve, highlighting rising targeted attacks on church leaders.
julieroys.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Pastor José Otoniel Ortega was shot to death in Colombia on New Year’s Eve, reportedly for preaching peace and rejecting violence.
Advocates warn armed cartels increasingly target church leaders and urge the government to restore protections.
julieroys.com/pastor-in-co...
Advocates warn armed cartels increasingly target church leaders and urge the government to restore protections.
julieroys.com/pastor-in-co...
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You cannot support ICE while taking seriously the ethics of Jesus. You can call yourself a Christian, go to church, and claim to know all the right theological answers, but if you are supporting such blatant acts of evil and disregarding on the ground requirements of Christ’s righteousness, then
January 15, 2026 at 2:42 AM
You cannot support ICE while taking seriously the ethics of Jesus. You can call yourself a Christian, go to church, and claim to know all the right theological answers, but if you are supporting such blatant acts of evil and disregarding on the ground requirements of Christ’s righteousness, then
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I'm not kidding. The similarity between what's going on in Minneapolis and what happened in Amsterdam in the first years of WWII is startling.
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I'm not kidding. The similarity between what's going on in Minneapolis and what happened in Amsterdam in the first years of WWII is startling.
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“I was talking with one ICE agent about Matthew 25, ‘Whatever you did for the least of these, you did unto me,’ ... He told me he was going to go home and read Matthew 25 tonight. I encouraged him to take a look at Matthew 5 also for the Sermon on the Mount.” sojo.net/articles/new...
Minneapolis Faith Leaders Amplify Demands for ICE to Repent
“It will be part of my mission to make sure people do not forget who Renee Nicole Good was,” Pastor Sergio Amezcua said. “She will continue to be a hero for our community for years to come.”
sojo.net
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
“I was talking with one ICE agent about Matthew 25, ‘Whatever you did for the least of these, you did unto me,’ ... He told me he was going to go home and read Matthew 25 tonight. I encouraged him to take a look at Matthew 5 also for the Sermon on the Mount.” sojo.net/articles/new...
In this year’s college football playoff there have been 9 games, and the underdog (or lower seed) has won 6 of those games. Love it! #underdogs #sports
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
In this year’s college football playoff there have been 9 games, and the underdog (or lower seed) has won 6 of those games. Love it! #underdogs #sports