Open Source Pastor
@elemonholm.bsky.social
Anti-fascist, pro-LGBTQIA+, open to truth from any source, progressive Jesus following Lutheran pastor in Rockford Illinois.
Also starting to share pictures and movies from my ancestors.
Also starting to share pictures and movies from my ancestors.
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James Talarico: The only minority destroying America is the billionaires.
Trans people aren't taking away our healthcare.
Muslims aren't defunding our schools.
Immigrants aren't cutting taxes for themselves and their rich friends.
We are focused on the wrong 1%.
Trans people aren't taking away our healthcare.
Muslims aren't defunding our schools.
Immigrants aren't cutting taxes for themselves and their rich friends.
We are focused on the wrong 1%.
December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
James Talarico: The only minority destroying America is the billionaires.
Trans people aren't taking away our healthcare.
Muslims aren't defunding our schools.
Immigrants aren't cutting taxes for themselves and their rich friends.
We are focused on the wrong 1%.
Trans people aren't taking away our healthcare.
Muslims aren't defunding our schools.
Immigrants aren't cutting taxes for themselves and their rich friends.
We are focused on the wrong 1%.
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If you read one thing today, please prioritize @atrupar.com's PN.
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
Let's call Trump's anti-Somali hate for what it is
It's not "heated" or "divisive." It's Nazi stuff.
www.publicnotice.co
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
If you read one thing today, please prioritize @atrupar.com's PN.
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
@nberlat.bsky.social writes: "For fascists like Trump, hatred is both a tactic and a goal. That’s why he defaults to bigotry whenever there is a crisis. Racism is his only tool and his only dream."
www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-soma...
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I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I've always thought that the whole "natural immunity is the best way to protect people" thing was a bit like saying "getting pregnant is the best form of birth control."
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
Anyway, cool to see it's better for the immune system to see vaccine before virus from an effectiveness standpoint too.
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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From theEconomic Policy Institute-
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
December 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
From theEconomic Policy Institute-
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
1979 to 2023:
Wages for the top 0.1% grew by 354%.
Wages for the top 1% grew by abt 182%.
Wages for the bottom 90% grew by abt 44%.
Up next on FOX: why you should be FURIOUS at low-wage undocumented immigrants & trans people!
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Trump Pardons Convicted Drug Lord
Juan Orlando Hernández partnered with the Sinaloa cartel to import Cocaine into the US.
He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent called the pardon “lunacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Juan Orlando Hernández partnered with the Sinaloa cartel to import Cocaine into the US.
He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent called the pardon “lunacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Trump Pardons Convicted Drug Lord
Juan Orlando Hernández partnered with the Sinaloa cartel to import Cocaine into the US.
He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent called the pardon “lunacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Juan Orlando Hernández partnered with the Sinaloa cartel to import Cocaine into the US.
He was convicted in Manhattan in 2024 and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent called the pardon “lunacy.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
December 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
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And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
November 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And notice: 11 stars—the number of states in the Confederacy. “Americanism” is the new fascism, as predicted.
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So horribly wrong
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So horribly wrong
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Are you a business that's colluding with ICE? Caving to the biased attacks on DEI? Funding this administration for tax cuts?
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are‼️
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are‼️
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Are you a business that's colluding with ICE? Caving to the biased attacks on DEI? Funding this administration for tax cuts?
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are‼️
Guess what? #WeAintBuyingIt Nov 27–Dec 1, instead we are putting our money where are values are‼️
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TRUMP surrendered to the Taliban
TRUMP demonizes immigrants/refugees
TRUMP put the West Virginia National Guard in DC
TRUMP literally granted asylum to the shooter
MAGA can gaslight us all they want but DONALD TRUMP's finger prints are all over it
TRUMP demonizes immigrants/refugees
TRUMP put the West Virginia National Guard in DC
TRUMP literally granted asylum to the shooter
MAGA can gaslight us all they want but DONALD TRUMP's finger prints are all over it
a picture of donald trump with the words i did that
ALT: a picture of donald trump with the words i did that
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November 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
TRUMP surrendered to the Taliban
TRUMP demonizes immigrants/refugees
TRUMP put the West Virginia National Guard in DC
TRUMP literally granted asylum to the shooter
MAGA can gaslight us all they want but DONALD TRUMP's finger prints are all over it
TRUMP demonizes immigrants/refugees
TRUMP put the West Virginia National Guard in DC
TRUMP literally granted asylum to the shooter
MAGA can gaslight us all they want but DONALD TRUMP's finger prints are all over it
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Of course it was a female reporter
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Of course it was a female reporter
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RIP U. S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom.
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
RIP U. S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom.
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The three hardest tasks in the world are to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.”
May 5, 2023 at 6:11 AM
The three hardest tasks in the world are to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say, “I was wrong.”
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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I hope your Thanksgiving meal is as elegantly prepared and presented as Ghislaine Maxwell's. Glory!
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I hope your Thanksgiving meal is as elegantly prepared and presented as Ghislaine Maxwell's. Glory!
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Happy Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Happy Thanksgiving
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