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Advocacy, civics, civil liberties, better govt., science, truth, erudition, philosophy, skepticism, sociology, environment, journalists. 🇺🇦 🌈 All humans exhibit poor discernment on important issues due to biases, lazy ethics (apathy), & willful ignorance.

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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Prime Minster Rob Jetten on coming out, his partner Nico Keenan, and combatting the far right
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🇺🇸 Pithy Packy 🇳🇱 @pithypacky.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Scientists are crying because, “They know RFK Jr. and Donald Trump are destroying the research ecosystem that made [this cancer breakthrough] possible”.
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Obama Vs. Trump Nuclear Deals
Obama Versus Trump Nuclear Deals
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 18/04/2026
FBI Director Kash Patel is hanging onto his job by a thread, reported Sarah Fitzpatrick for The Atlantic on Friday — and a large part of that stems from erratic behavior, including unexplained absences and problem drinking, that have alarmed FBI staff.
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Kash Patel 'freaked out' fearing his firing — and officials say he was 'rightly paranoid'
FBI Director Kash Patel is hanging onto his job by a thread, reported Sarah Fitzpatrick for The Atlantic on Friday — and a large part of that stems from erratic behavior, including unexplained absences and problem drinking, that have alarmed FBI staff.For the entirety of his time in charge, Patel, a...
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🇺🇸 Pithy Packy 🇳🇱 @pithypacky.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This: www.instagram.com/reel/DVgyWeU...
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Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know on Instagram: "What scares @neildegrassetyson?"
480K likes, 4,195 comments - hmdk on March 5, 2026: "What scares @neildegrassetyson?".
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Darwin @darwin101.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist” The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen shot by an officer in Chicago, offers a rare window into the recent spate of D.H.S. shootings—and the smear campaigns that often follow. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
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The Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”
When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, wi...
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
History, as well as numerous news stories in recent years, documents the FBI in a long term pattern of abusing its own citizens. Which is also my unfortunate personal experience. Under the current administration, the FBI repeatedly abuses even its own employees. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Patel Defends Firings of F.B.I. Agents as Two File Suit
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
A very large % of drivers evade or deny reality: Vast amount of cutting off, tailgating, distracted, raising insurance rates, insufficient liability insurance, insecure debris flying out of truck beds, injuring or killing motorcyclists, etc. "Totaled My Harley Davidson..." youtu.be/kRweBsG_NHs
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Totaled My Harley Davidson Road Glide On SuperBowl Sunday
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Patel has fired 10 FBI employees who were involved in the federal investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago and related probes.
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Kash Patel fires at least six FBI agents tied to 2022 Mar-a-Lago search
The dismissals come as the FBI director said his phone records were obtained by federal authorities during the Biden administration in connection with investigations into Trump.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Short🧵of @theintercept.com's coverage of NSPM-7 and Trump's secret domestic terrorist list. NSPM-7 conflates constitutionally protected speech with “domestic terrorism” & specifically targets those that espouse anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity, and antifascism.
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🇺🇸 Pithy Packy 🇳🇱 @pithypacky.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Colbert: “Then, then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him [Rep. James Talarico, D-Texas] on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."
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🇺🇸 Pithy Packy 🇳🇱 @pithypacky.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The “latest instance of the Department of Homeland Security providing an account of a shooting that later proved questionable or outright wrong.” 🎁 article👇🏼
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Charges Against Man Shot by ICE Are Dropped as Official Story Falls Apart
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 27/01/2026
#withalttext the only dramatic change DHS needs is dismantling.
STATEMENT BY LEADER JEFFRIES, WHIP CLARK AND CHAIR AGUILAR ON KRISTI NOEM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Taxpayer dollars are being weaponized by the Trump administration to kill American citizens, brutalize communities and violently target law-abiding immigrant families. The country is disgusted by what the Department of Homeland Security has done.

Republicans are planning to shut large parts of the government down on Friday so that the DHS killing spree unleashed in Minnesota can continue throughout America. That is immoral.

Dramatic changes at the Department of Homeland Security are needed. Federal agents who have broken the law must be criminally prosecuted. The paramilitary tactics must cease and desist. Taxpayer dollars should be used to make life more affordable for everyday Americans, not kill them in cold blood.

The violence unleashed on the American people by the Department of Homeland Security must end forthwith. Kristi Noem should be fired immediately, or we will commence impeachment proceedings in the House of Representatives.

We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

HAKEEM JEFFRIES DEMOCRATIC LEADER
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Robin Roar @robinroar.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Trump's Desperate to Destroy the Planet, Pam Bondi's Epstein Karen-Thon & Dems Want Ice Reform ⛽ GAS-HOLE OF THE YEAR ⛽ @jimmykimmel.com #EpsteinTrumpFiles
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Trump's Desperate to Destroy the Planet, Pam Bondi’s Epstein Karen-Thon & Dems Want ICE Reform
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Trump Signs the Planet's Death Warrant, Revoking EPA's Ability to Regulate Greenhouse Gases
As of today, the federal government no longer even acknowledges that greenhouse gases are linked to climate change.
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Baby Trump Reviews Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show Perfomance youtu.be/3zIqf3p5CPE
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Baby Trump Reviews Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show Performance
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UCS Climate & Accountability Campaigns @ucsclimate.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Meanwhile, it’s telling that the critics of the climate science chapter referenced a recent Dept of Energy report that was conducted in secret by five known climate contrarians with ties to the fossil fuel industry. This report has been thoroughly debunked by dozens of scientists.
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Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation
Industry-backed actors create the illusion of legitimate debate, exploit uncertainty, and delay action.
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Norah 🤗 @thenoraheffect.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I love Green Day so much and I’m so very happy they performed‘American Idiot’ because, well…you know… 😁
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 16/12/2025
Jimmy Lai’s politically motivated conviction shows the chilling crackdown on human rights & free speech in Hong Kong. I experienced this first-hand when I was refused entry to visit my son. The Government must not just promise to stand up for British citizens in Hong Kong, but back it with action.
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田中志/のぞみ @nozomitanaka.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
44 Harsh Truths About Human Nature - Naval Ravikant] youtu.be/KyfUysrNaco 書籍を通じて日本にもファンの多いナヴァル・ラヴィカントのインタビュー。
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44 Harsh Truths About Human Nature - Naval Ravikant (4K)
Naval Ravikant is an entrepreneur, investor and co-founder of AngelList.What does it mean to win at the game of life? Is it tons of wealth, pure happiness, i...
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🇺🇸 Pithy Packy 🇳🇱 @pithypacky.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home.” It is absolutely terrifying what our current government is doing to intimidate people from any kind of protest. 🎁 article 👇🏼
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Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The USA federal government and its 3 letter agencies have been shown to be substantially and deceptively lawless even under Democrats. Now it is much worse. "...prosecutors had ignored his orders in five separate cases to free immigrants he had determined were illegally detained by federal agents."
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 01/02/2026
Foreign countries are bribing our president to sell out the American people.   Trump family businesses made $187 MILLION from this deal, and just months later he gave the UAE some of our most top-secret AI tech.   They are selling our national security to the highest bidder.
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cha0s @anatolkirichenko.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
FBI raiding Fulton County, Georgia Stole all the ballots Stealing the election Coming soon to you...
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Both my reading and lengthy personal experience with our Department of "Justice" (ahem), along with their investigative arm, the FBI, is that they have a long history of bullying innocent people under the guise of law and morality, often deceptively, at times illegally, and are not held to account.
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Dan Williams @danwphilosophy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Henry Shevlin and I discuss "misinformation", propaganda, mass gullibility, advertising, social media, and deepfakes with the great Sacha Altay (@sachaltay.bsky.social). www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l5T...
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AI Sessions #8: Misinformation, Social Media, and Deepfakes (with Sacha Altay)
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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Globally, CPJ documented 330 journalists behind bars on the census date of December 1, 2025. For the fifth year in a row, more than 300 journalists have remained imprisoned around the world. Read CPJ’s #2025PrisonCensus: cpj.org?p=553128 #JournalismIsNotACrime #PressFreedom
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/01/2026
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
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Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
It is unethical for a species with nuclear weapons to reproduce. Though a species that has killed an estimated 150M - 1B of its own in all wars - so far - is already incredibly unethical. Even without its nuclear weapons. @popconnect.bsky.social @popnbalance.bsky.social @popnmatters.bsky.social
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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 12/01/2026
Trump is continuing to fire anyone who gets in the way of his campaign of retribution against his perceived enemies. This couldn't be more dangerous to our justice system and democracy. If we don't hold Trump to account for these abuses, anyone could be the next target.
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Trump DOJ fires prosecutor who declined to pursue James Comey case
The prominent career prosecutor had become the No. 2 official in the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Christine Galea @chrisgalea.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Nikki Glaser roasting CBS on CBS is iconic #GoldenGlobes
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propugnaculum.bsky.social @propugnaculum.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth. H. L. Mencken
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Clay Griffith @claygriffith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We drove the Soviets into bankruptcy to win the Cold War. Now we're going to bankrupt ourselves so the Chinese don't have to.
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Glen Jackson @glenjackson.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
One new study says the American Dream now costs $5 million. Another says nearly 70% of the country has lost faith in it. The Dream has died, but maybe that’s a good thing. Maybe now we’ll have a chance to dream about something better and healthier than a McMansion in the burbs. #Democracy
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The American Dream is Dead
But was it ever the right dream?
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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/12/2025
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentio…
DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Those who still believe in the Democratic Party are at this point more stupid than MAGA. It is one thing to support white supremacy, and own it. It is a new level of dumb to think that the Democrats have your back, when events prove otherwise 💀
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
1/6 Though all small, my 2025 financial contributions. #CivicDuty #Ethics In no particular order: @freedom.press @tsakraklides.bsky.social Blog subscription. Especially for his pro-environment / population restraint posts @popnbalance.bsky.social Pro-environment / population balance
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
2/6 Concord Coalition: Advocating for much more fiscal restraint from our politicians, via lower government debt @razomforukraine.org Free and democratic Ukraine Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Northern Idaho Though I am rethinking this for 2026, due to: bsky.app/profile/rang...
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
3/6 @blanchethouse.bsky.social Bethanie's Room overnight emergency women's shelter @libertyukraine.bsky.social Supporting those defending Ukraine @wikimediafoundation.org Fund Wikipedia @mmfa.bsky.social Fund this media watchdog's efforts to fend off expensive right wing attacks against them
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
4/6 @wck.org Meals for communities worldwide affected by natural disasters and humanitarian crises @theintercept.com Investigative and adversarial journalism @kyivindependent.com Independent Ukrainian journalism
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
5/6 @libertyukraine.bsky.social Supporting fighters defending Ukraine @ralistelvanni.bsky.social lymphoma treatment fund Utility bill assistance through my electricity provider's Warm Home Fund, administered by the Salvation Army @onthemedia.bsky.social Critiques of news coverage and politics
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
6/6 @us.theconversation.com Sharing the knowledge of experts @americanredcross.bsky.social Assisting U.S.A. communities impacted by disasters @u24.gov.ua Primarily to general and specific defence projects, though also medical aid
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Truth, Reason, Discernment @advocatetruth.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
A major component of why I no longer claim membership in any religious or politicult Is attached. And my being specifically targeted by politicults, & all of society, under two separate moral panics, makes them all bullies. www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/tribalism-... @danwphilosophy.bsky.social
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Tribalism Corrupts Politics (Even When One Side Is Worse)
Opposing the far right isn’t an excuse to indulge our tribal instincts.
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Debbie @debbielynnh.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
The National Debt, investors willingness to buy it and the profits they demand to buy it have as much to do with the interest rates you pay on mortgages, car loans and credit cards as the Federal Reserve has. The Quiet, Fateful Shift in Who’s Buying America’s Debt www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/o...
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Opinion | The Quiet, Fateful Shift in Who’s Buying America’s Debt
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NPR @npr.org · 25/12/2025
During his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the suffering in Gaza, Yemen and among migrants, and called for peace in troubled regions like Lebanon, Ukraine and Syria. n.pr/4b6ltCy
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The pope urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering
During his first Christmas Day message, Pope Leo XIV highlighted the suffering in Gaza, Yemen and among migrants, and called for peace in troubled regions like Lebanon, Ukraine and Syria.
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The Sentry @thesentryorg.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
War and corruption are profitable. The Sentry exposes the networks behind them. Through midnight on New Year’s Eve, every gift is matched dollar for dollar, doubling your impact on investigations in Sudan, the DRC, and Myanmar. thesentry.givevirtuous.org/donate/suppo...
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Senator Cory Booker posted the 60 Minutes story about CECOT on his YouTube channel: “This is a 60 Minutes Story about how the Trump administration violated our constitution and people's basic human dignity.” Thank you, Senator Booker! @corybooker.com youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...
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The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See
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Cassandra @docnoir13.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
As We Speak of ‘Peace on Earth,’ We Seem Indifferent to a Mass Atrocity www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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Opinion | As We Speak of ‘Peace on Earth,’ We Seem Indifferent to a Mass Atrocity
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9
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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
“Christianity properly lived is dangerous to Christians. It’s dangerous to people who refuse to hate those they are told to hate, to people who refuse to oppress, to conquer, to exploit — even when they’re told to conquer…” Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/o...
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Opinion | Christianity Is a Dangerous Faith
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