Jan Edmiston
@jledmiston.bsky.social
More hopeful than optimistic.
PCUSA Pastor.
PCUSA Pastor.
Better leadership practices by Abbott: Meet with Muslim leaders. Educate yourself about Islam (eg there are no such things as “shariah compounds.”) Do not base government policies on fear mongering or caricatures. Get out more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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Abbott’s Moves to Restrict Muslims Leave Some Concerned and Puzzled
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November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Better leadership practices by Abbott: Meet with Muslim leaders. Educate yourself about Islam (eg there are no such things as “shariah compounds.”) Do not base government policies on fear mongering or caricatures. Get out more.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“The Trump era, at its core, is the product of the replacement of thinking with propaganda.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Conservative Movement’s Intellectual Collapse
Trump is both a product and a cause of the decline in intellectual standards on the right.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“The Trump era, at its core, is the product of the replacement of thinking with propaganda.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
In all the years she vilified Dems, she never got death threats until she disagreed with Trump. The parties are not the same when it comes to violence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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For Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Rough Education in MAGA Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
In all the years she vilified Dems, she never got death threats until she disagreed with Trump. The parties are not the same when it comes to violence.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Hi. Please let other people talk.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
@joe-scarborough.bsky.social Hi. Please let other people talk.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
While disagreeing with VP Cheney on most things, it’s comforting to see an array of people with different politics gathering for his funeral. I miss those days.
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Dick Cheney funeral: Biden to attend, Bush to deliver tribute as Trump snubbed
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral service today at Washington National Cathedral will be attended by former presidents and friends.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
While disagreeing with VP Cheney on most things, it’s comforting to see an array of people with different politics gathering for his funeral. I miss those days.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/nationa...
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Borders Czar Tom Homan just announced he’s ramping up ICE operations in NYC.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Borders Czar Tom Homan just announced he’s ramping up ICE operations in NYC.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
Same playbook we’ve been seeing in LA, DC, Chicago & Charlotte. They aren’t hunting criminals, they’re targeting workers and people who are part of the community. Families. Neighbors. The people who keep the city running.
“68% did not have a known criminal records.”
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
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Border Patrol arrests Charlotte car mechanic with no criminal history
As part of a sweeping immigration crackdown in Charlotte this week, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a Nicaraguan man who had been working as a car mechanic in east Charlotte. Records reviewed by WF...
www.wfae.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
“68% did not have a known criminal records.”
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
www.wfae.org/race-equity/...
We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We Came Here Legally. ICE Locked Us Up Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Christian right for decades has fear-mongered that federal agents (under Dem presidents) would "criminalize" Christianity and literally prevent them from worshipping.
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
Now that Trump's stormtroopers are doing it ... crickets
This man is a citizen of the U.S.
US Citizen Violently Detained, Window Smashed During Morning Stop in Charlotte, NC
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This man is a citizen of the U.S.
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When my hometown of Sumter, SC is mentioned, I need to set the record straight.
1. That plant was initiated under Biden, not Trump.
2. It's tied to EVs, which Trump calls a hoax.
3. Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will kill thousands of EV jobs.
Facts matter.
1. That plant was initiated under Biden, not Trump.
2. It's tied to EVs, which Trump calls a hoax.
3. Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will kill thousands of EV jobs.
Facts matter.
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When my hometown of Sumter, SC is mentioned, I need to set the record straight.
1. That plant was initiated under Biden, not Trump.
2. It's tied to EVs, which Trump calls a hoax.
3. Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will kill thousands of EV jobs.
Facts matter.
1. That plant was initiated under Biden, not Trump.
2. It's tied to EVs, which Trump calls a hoax.
3. Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will kill thousands of EV jobs.
Facts matter.
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Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
“The simplest conventional measure of inequality, called the Gini index, is higher today than at any point in modern American history except for a peak in 2018-19 (and barely below that high).”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Opinion | The Haves and Have-Nots Are, Once Again, at War
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“The simplest conventional measure of inequality, called the Gini index, is higher today than at any point in modern American history except for a peak in 2018-19 (and barely below that high).”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.
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Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Shapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
‘The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
‘The jury determined that the launching of the 12-inch deli sandwich from what the government described as “point-blank range” was not an attempt to cause bodily injury, preventing a conviction.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Neal Katyal is a patriot and a national treasure.
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Neal Katyal is a patriot and a national treasure.
What will it take for people to believe this is happening?
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
What will it take for people to believe this is happening?