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Alison Knauf

@avknauf.bsky.social
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Mom & Wife in the ADK, Jesus follower, Refugee Advocate, Defiant Optimist. Love big, pack light.

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Daniel Biss @danielbiss.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Viktor Orbán created the global blueprint for authoritarian populism and became a MAGA hero. Today, Hungarian voters sent him packing after 16 years in power. There is nothing inevitable about these guys. Organize. Vote. Fight back. It works.
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Americans are dying so that Kushner can make money
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Matthew 25 tells us that when Jesus returns and judges between the righteous and unrighteous, he doesn't judge them based on their orthodoxy, their patriotism, or their individual definitions of morality. He judges them based on their compassion towards vulnerable people.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house. This is where America is now
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 21/10/2025
Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on www.thebulwark.com/p/my-last-da...
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My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Jesus is my King & no other. I’m no country’s patriot, because I belong to the Kingdom of God. Patriots defend their county from its enemies. The Kingdom of God needs no defense, but works on behalf of & for its enemies. Just like the example of our King. #NoKingsDayOct18th
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Peppa Pax Pippa 🕊️☮️✌🏼 @peppapaxpippa.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
WHATEVER YOU ALLOW YOUR GOVERNMENT TO DO TO OTHERS THEY WILL EVENTUALLY DO TO YOU
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Trump during the campaign: I never even heard of Project 2025, don’t know anything about it, don’t know who is involved. Trump today:
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Our neighbours will know that we are Christians • not by our theology • not by our “rightness” • not by how we debate • not by how we convince others of their sinfulness But they will know we are Christians by our love
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"In times of heightened fear, anxiety, suspicion, and anger, may we be followers of the Prince of Peace. Jesus, help us to be peacemakers—being kind, gentle, patient, self-controlled, and loving to everyone made in the image of God." ~Stephen Mattson
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Jwingnut @jwingnut.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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Rising populism could result in a Hitler-like leader, Pope Francis warns
“In times of crisis, we lack judgment, and that is a constant reference for me,” the pontiff said.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025
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FCC Chair Carr’s post from 12/30/23:

Free speech is the counterweight—it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream.
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
I'm not by any means a full time moderator even of my own timeline. But I do try to keep an eye on things the best I can. Sharp disagreement is welcomed and expected. Accounts promoting political violence, conspiracy, and hateful language will be blocked when I see them. Peace.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY 😕 🇺🇸 (From Paul Noth)
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This is well stated. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Tragedy of Charlie Kirk’s Killing
The activist’s murder is a disaster for the country.
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bikersagainstpedophilesusa@gmail.com @bigbadbiker1960.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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Schnitz @daschnitz.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
When our Christianity makes the ultra wealthy and powerful feel safe and supported and the poor and powerless feel unsafe and unsupported, that is when we can be sure we are following someone other than Jesus.
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
"Justice demands that we stand with the vulnerable, not as detached observers, but as compassionate participants in their struggle for dignity." — Henri Nouwen in The Road to Daybreak
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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Don’t let someone’s refusal to soften their heart harden yours.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
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Charlie Dog! @charlietotherescue.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
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Andy Rowell @andyrowell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth     and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty." — Proverbs 22:16
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
If our Christianity causes kids to go hungry, the sick to go without healthcare, the stranger to be unwelcome, and the needy to be treated as “parasites,” all while billionaires get richer, we’ve profoundly misunderstood the most basic elements of Jesus’ teachings.
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Michelle Moore @trebula.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
bsky right now.
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two women standing next to each other with one saying " should we break the fight up "
Alt: two women standing next to each other with one saying " should we break the fight up "
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Keith Pentz @menno1954.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
“We have to admit that there is an immeasurable distance between all that we read in the Bible and the practice of the Church and of Christians.” Jacques Ellul
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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Secularism isn’t what’s driving people away from Christianity. What’s driving people away from Christianity are those who claim to follow Jesus, but completely ignore his teachings and use his name instead to amass wealth and political power.
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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Make noise people
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Alison Knauf @avknauf.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Trump vs. Trump… amazing…
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.
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Chris Davis @revchrisdavis.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Feeling some kind of way
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
REFUGEE: "We'd like asylum in the United States." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "We're full. Not taking any more." REFUGEE: "We're white." ASYLUM HOTLINE: "How soon can you get here?"
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
What we’re watching this week is the President of the United States using his public office to personally enrich himself. He’s using the office we put him in to take bribes from foreign governments. It’s everything our Founders feared. And we’re letting it all happen right before our eyes.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The Constitution disagrees. The Emoluments Clause, part of Article I, Section 9, Clause 8, bans office holders from taking ANY gifts from foreign countries. There is no mention of quid pro quo. That is because the Founding Fathers knew that even the *appearance* of corruption promotes corruption.
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Alison Knauf @avknauf.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated. “Only very sick kids should die from measles.” No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die. Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Alison Knauf @avknauf.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
A Christianity that is offended by someone advocating for the poor, the immigrant, the hungry, the sick, the marginalized, and the oppressed, is a Christianity that is offended by Jesus. Therefore, it is no longer Christianity.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
“We must be a missionary church, a church that builds bridges and dialogue. Not walls.” Pope Leo XIV
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