Sandy Roggero (Sandra Roggero)
@sandync28704.bsky.social
Promoting the Common Good
From Asheville-WNC
From Asheville-WNC
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I can't excerpt this entire article so I am imploring you to read it. @amarpeterman.bsky.social takes a complicated Q of how those on the left should respond to Trump's flip-flop on Epstein Files and flips it into a careful, thoughtful, analysis and explanation. I am floored by Amar's work.
Is the Epstein Controversy an Apocalyptic Moment for the MAGA Movement?
Trump’s 180-degree turn on the Epstein files has not gone unnoticed by his base. Will it matter?
sojo.net
September 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I can't excerpt this entire article so I am imploring you to read it. @amarpeterman.bsky.social takes a complicated Q of how those on the left should respond to Trump's flip-flop on Epstein Files and flips it into a careful, thoughtful, analysis and explanation. I am floored by Amar's work.
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No matter what you believe politically or theologically about the LGBTQ+ community, the elimination of this lifeline should infuriate all of us.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
and yet, death
what defunding the suicide and crisis lifeline reminds us about maga america
amardpeterman.substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:53 PM
No matter what you believe politically or theologically about the LGBTQ+ community, the elimination of this lifeline should infuriate all of us.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
It is discrimination.
It is fearmongering.
It is homophobia.
It is hate.
It is polarized partisanship.
It is death-dealing action.
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I’ve had enough of “Christians” who claim to follow the teachings of Jesus…but would fail to recognize Jesus if he stood at the southern border, at the grocery store with an EBT card, or in the hospital waiting room without health insurance.
amardpeterman.substack.com/p/how-to-cel...
amardpeterman.substack.com/p/how-to-cel...
how to celebrate the 4th of july in 2025
a christian('s) response to the "big beautiful bill"
amardpeterman.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’ve had enough of “Christians” who claim to follow the teachings of Jesus…but would fail to recognize Jesus if he stood at the southern border, at the grocery store with an EBT card, or in the hospital waiting room without health insurance.
amardpeterman.substack.com/p/how-to-cel...
amardpeterman.substack.com/p/how-to-cel...
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"If our most powerful elites are now essentially beyond the reach of accountability, as they increasingly seem to be, then why suppose that our polity qualifies as a democratic republic at all? It appears to function, rather, as a plutocracy."
- Jeff Stout, _Blessed are the Organized_, xv.
- Jeff Stout, _Blessed are the Organized_, xv.
July 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
"If our most powerful elites are now essentially beyond the reach of accountability, as they increasingly seem to be, then why suppose that our polity qualifies as a democratic republic at all? It appears to function, rather, as a plutocracy."
- Jeff Stout, _Blessed are the Organized_, xv.
- Jeff Stout, _Blessed are the Organized_, xv.
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"May we learn that living things do not live just for us, that they live for themselves and for you, and that they love the sweetness of life as much as we do, and serve you, in their place, better than we do in ours."
- Walter Rauschenbusch, _Prayers of the Social Awakening_
- Walter Rauschenbusch, _Prayers of the Social Awakening_
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"May we learn that living things do not live just for us, that they live for themselves and for you, and that they love the sweetness of life as much as we do, and serve you, in their place, better than we do in ours."
- Walter Rauschenbusch, _Prayers of the Social Awakening_
- Walter Rauschenbusch, _Prayers of the Social Awakening_
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Pre-orders for my first book, "Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local," are now available!
At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question: How will we live? I believe the answer for Christians is clear: We live as neighbors.
www.eerdmans.com/978080288412...
At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question: How will we live? I believe the answer for Christians is clear: We live as neighbors.
www.eerdmans.com/978080288412...
Becoming Neighbors
The work of cultivating the common good starts in your own neighborhood.In Becoming Neighbors, Amar D. Peterman explores how the common good can be cultivate...
www.eerdmans.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Pre-orders for my first book, "Becoming Neighbors: The Common Good Made Local," are now available!
At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question: How will we live? I believe the answer for Christians is clear: We live as neighbors.
www.eerdmans.com/978080288412...
At the heart of this book is a simple but critical question: How will we live? I believe the answer for Christians is clear: We live as neighbors.
www.eerdmans.com/978080288412...
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Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Something Pamela Jo Bondi has expunged from the Epstein Files: anything to do with Melania Trump’s connection with Jeffrey Epstein. Melania knew him *before* Trump. Epstein introduced Melania to Donald on Epstein’s plane, where they immediately had sex. I wonder if she was procured for that purpose.
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@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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You’re allowed to say “Merry Christmas” but you’re still not allowed to emulate Christ.
DHS ordering a church to take down a nativity scene!?
Wait, so is Trump waging a WAR ON CHRISTMAS!? I’ve been warned about this for years by Fox News!
Wait, so is Trump waging a WAR ON CHRISTMAS!? I’ve been warned about this for years by Fox News!
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
December 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
You’re allowed to say “Merry Christmas” but you’re still not allowed to emulate Christ.
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Trump can’t stop falling asleep in public!
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Trump can’t stop falling asleep in public!
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🚨 BREAKING: New JOLTS data show U.S. job openings stuck at 7.67M in October, barely changed from September, with quits falling, layoffs rising, and Trump’s tariff war still distorting prices. This is what a slow bleed looks like.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
🚨 BREAKING: New JOLTS data show U.S. job openings stuck at 7.67M in October, barely changed from September, with quits falling, layoffs rising, and Trump’s tariff war still distorting prices. This is what a slow bleed looks like.
Subscribe ✊🇺🇸 — iamdonnyevans.substack.com
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
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NEWS: United States civic rating falls amid decline in rights and freedoms.
Trump blasts Europe as a "decaying block."
Honduras seeks the arrest of the drug trafficker Trump pardoned.
An important news update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Trump blasts Europe as a "decaying block."
Honduras seeks the arrest of the drug trafficker Trump pardoned.
An important news update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
NEWS: Major Development as United States Civic Rating Plunges Amid Alarming Decline in Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
United States civic rating falls amid decline in rights and freedoms. Trump blasts Europe as a "decaying block." Honduras seeks the arrest of the drug trafficker Trump pardoned.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEWS: United States civic rating falls amid decline in rights and freedoms.
Trump blasts Europe as a "decaying block."
Honduras seeks the arrest of the drug trafficker Trump pardoned.
An important news update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Trump blasts Europe as a "decaying block."
Honduras seeks the arrest of the drug trafficker Trump pardoned.
An important news update. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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"They are sweeping attacks on the entire legal immigration system that will impact millions of innocent citizens and entire immigrant communities. The ripple effects of these policies will be felt in every corner of our economy" @ailaexecdir.bsky.social Ben Johnson https://bit.ly/4iM6a3S
Border Report Live: Immigration lawyers decry new asylum policies
In the latest edition of Border Report Live, South Texas Correspondent Sandra Sanchez talks about immigration lawyer reactions to new asylum policies, which were announced after the shooting of two...
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"They are sweeping attacks on the entire legal immigration system that will impact millions of innocent citizens and entire immigrant communities. The ripple effects of these policies will be felt in every corner of our economy" @ailaexecdir.bsky.social Ben Johnson https://bit.ly/4iM6a3S
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POLITICO: I wonder what grade you'd give the economy
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
POLITICO: I wonder what grade you'd give the economy
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
TRUMP: A+
POLITICO: A+?
TRUMP: A+++++
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A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials.
But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury materials.
But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
But Judge Engelmayer swipes repeatedly at Trump's DOJ for paying "lip service" to then sidelining victims — and misleading the public about what the records contain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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GOP is pro radiation, pro formaldehyde, pro mercury, pro measles and pro hepatitis. These are just plain facts.
Also noting that the Trump administration is taking a similar approach with radiation
An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
An executive order on radiation that Trump issued in May criticized the linear method of assessing cancer risk and directed the NRC to consider adopting new exposure limits
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
GOP is pro radiation, pro formaldehyde, pro mercury, pro measles and pro hepatitis. These are just plain facts.
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Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Doing my morning reading, and want to call out @thebulwark.com, with @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social (and others) for consistently smart takes that make me think.
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It’s especially bizarre now that Originalists have mostly settled on “original PUBLIC meaning” as their supposed standard. Like the modal 19th century reader was walking around with this convoluted hermeneutic for reading “subject to the jurisdiction” that nobody mentions for 160 years.
it is similar to the trick conservatives are trying to pull with the birthright citizenship clause. take something whose meaning is absolutely clear from just a plain reading of the text and transmogrify it into something that says its opposite through obfuscation and esoterica
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It’s especially bizarre now that Originalists have mostly settled on “original PUBLIC meaning” as their supposed standard. Like the modal 19th century reader was walking around with this convoluted hermeneutic for reading “subject to the jurisdiction” that nobody mentions for 160 years.
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CNN put together a supercut of Trump calling affordability a "Democrat hoax" and "con job"
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
CNN put together a supercut of Trump calling affordability a "Democrat hoax" and "con job"