Reposted by E. KleinLeaving MAGA @leavingmaga.org · 20/06/2026After leaving MAGA, I came to understand that I was addicted to fear and rage, and that the media I consumed reinforced and affirmed my addiction. If you're in MAGA, are having doubts, and are questioning whether the information you are consuming is accurate, you are welcome at Leaving MAGA. 28336
Reposted by E. KleinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/06/2026June 12, 2026: The liberation of the Kennedy Center. 401437206
Reposted by E. Kleindanielle weisberg @danielleweisberg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I went to a two-year-old’s birthday party today and their parents booked an LA Waste Management trash truck to come park out front and the way these kids RAN to see this thing up close!!! The WM reps also had party favors and coloring books. Lowkey want to book it for my own birthday 2026904516
Reposted by E. KleinRoys Report @roysreport.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A third-party investigation has confirmed that Orange founder Reggie Joiner sexually abused six women, including former employees and women under his pastoral care. The summary was released by reThink Group, Orange’s parent organization. #RoysReport roysreport.com/investigatio...roysreport.comInvestigation confirms Orange founder Reggie Joiner sexually abused six women | The Roys ReportAn independent investigation found Orange founder Reggie Joiner sexually abused six women, including employees and church members. 032
Reposted by E. KleinThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 13/06/2026As the rain begins to clear at the Kennedy Center, and while workers wait until it's safe to take Trump's name off the building, a DOUBLE rainbow appears 221284248
Reposted by E. KleinThe Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 13/06/2026We are LIVE from the Kennedy Center as Trump's name comes down. Watch it now on our Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/... 625944
Reposted by E. KleinDr. Carson Weitnauer @carsonweitnauer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Five years. Five years of denial. Five years after retaliating against Emily Hyland. Five years while she had to rebuild her life, her career, and her community without her church home. A judge has ruled: @daneortlund was neither gentle nor humble. 122
Reposted by E. KleinDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026It misrepresents God when we tell victims of atrocious, life-changing abuse to simply forgive and forget. Forgiveness of any wrong, let alone a life-shattering one, is never a “just do it” task. 0205
Reposted by E. KleinPeter Marteka @petermarteka.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Yesterday a snow bank. Today, this. A welcome sight in central Connecticut. In the 70s near 80 today. So we will call it winsprummer. 591871142
Reposted by E. KleinDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Clergy sexual abuse is not an affair; pedophilia is not about struggling with difficult circumstances; molesting adolescents is not about a struggling marriage. Such things must be called by their right names—the abuser needs to be held responsible for his/her abusive behavior. 0188
Reposted by E. KleinAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/03/2026Huge slap in the face to democracy. Democratic Colorado governor, @colorado.gov, just publicly signaled clemency to Tina peters, convicted of election interference. If election crimes have no consequences, why would the next denier stop? Full breakdown: youtube.com/watch?v=lTSCC_9-FpY 62376442558
Reposted by E. KleinOrthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026“I worry that the church that I call home [...] has repeatedly failed the test of charity as it relates to the treatment of its female clergy in particular. /1 121
Reposted by E. KleinWomenRiseUp2026 @womenriseup2026.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!! The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!! #ICE #Iran #Epstein #EpsteinFiles www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...nytimes.comHomeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts 29227481276
Reposted by E. KleinJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Now Senate can put hold on Mullin until Dems DHS demands are met 1162344607
E. Klein @ekleinchr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won. 000
Reposted by E. KleinOrthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 22/02/2026From the Orthodox Barbie archives: “Anytime you hear a man say a woman should be a submissive wife, ask him what happens if she won’t.” – Tia Levings From: www.threads.com/@tialevingsw... 031
Reposted by E. KleinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 21/02/2026“Citizens are neither stopping nor impeding the government’s work. They are merely documenting it. And for this affront, the government treats them as adversaries to be controlled, intimidated, arrested, beaten, and occasionally killed.” www.thebulwark.com/p/what-i-saw...thebulwark.comSpecial Saturday Triad: What I Saw at the Battle of MinneapolisThe national media has moved on. Minnesota is still under siege. 15852265
Reposted by E. KleinTerre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 18/02/2026“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus … Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.” 0169896115
Reposted by E. KleinOlivia of Troye @oliviaoftroye.com · 19/02/2026CBS declined to broadcast the James Talarico interview. Stephen Colbert took it to YouTube. He aired it anyway. That’s holding the line.livingitwitholiviatroye.comStephen Colbert Roasted CBS Over James Talarico. Here’s Why It Matters.The FCC didn’t need a ban. It changed the risk, and the fight is now playing out on air. 439147
Reposted by E. KleinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18/02/2026"That’s why it’s important that Minnesota be not just a shining example of what can be done. It needs to be a harbinger of what’s going to be done. It needs to be a model not just admired but emulated. We should all be Minnesotans now." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comWe’re All Minnesotans NowLet the North Star State give us direction. 20755155
Reposted by E. KleinAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/02/2026This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status. 8030651587
Reposted by E. KleinNancy French @nancyfrench.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Good morning! Look at the fog hovering over Chicago this morning! 0654
Reposted by E. KleinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/02/2026"It is beyond comprehension that the Senate confirmed this man to oversee America’s health. The risks are so immediate and constant that it can be difficult to keep track of them all." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comThe Disastrous First Year of RFK Jr.The damage the HHS secretary has done to science and public health is appalling—and it could have been avoided. 1262103644
Reposted by E. KleinDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Christianity does not look like praying and singing and giving money while ignoring the screams, unspeakable suffering, filth, and death of others. Christianity is not calling others *them*— somehow unlike us, not human, deserving of their suffering. 02515
Reposted by E. KleinKennedy Center Arts Workers United @kcunions.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Statement on Kennedy Center Board Action: In 1964, Congress established the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as a living memorial to President Kennedy. Only Congress can change its name. 32576217
Reposted by E. KleinKennedy Center Arts Workers United @kcunions.bsky.social · 03/02/2026In response to President Donald Trump’s public announcement of a planned two-year shutdown of the Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center Arts Workers United issued the following joint statement: kennedycenterunions.org/statements-n... 24020
Reposted by E. KleinJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Trump’s Kennedy Center Shutdown Plan Jolts Workers and Performers ... what a slap dash, utterly confused mess. Typical incompetence and impulsiveness www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...nytimes.comTrump’s Kennedy Center Shutdown Plan Jolts Workers and Performers 1920948
Reposted by E. KleinThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 04/02/2026The impending closure of the Kennedy Center imperils a belief that has been central to its existence: that democracy and the arts are deeply intertwined, Lily Meyer argues:bit.lyA Theory of Cultural Life That Is Under AttackThe closure of the Kennedy Center imperils a core American belief: that democracy and the arts are deeply intertwined. 27315
Reposted by E. KleinJen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026When I left the Post to found The Contrarian 13 mo ago, I expressed my disappointment, and disgust for Bezos’s refusal to treat ownership of The Post as a sacred mission. TO ALL WAPOST journalists: We value your work, would love you in Independent Journalism. Contact us: info@contrariannews.orgopen.substack.comThe Killing of The PostJeff Bezos and legacy media cowardice continue enabling Trump; slashing staff and betraying what was once a global institution 14759184
Reposted by E. KleinAndrew Weissmann @weissmann.substack.com · 04/02/2026Please listen to this from an eyewitness to what is happening in our country, and in Minnesota specifically. 29507149
E. Klein @ekleinchr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026This is the only article I've seen that highlights the disastrous impact on the National Symphony Orchestra musicians. Thank you @travismandrews.bsky.social, @janaykingsberry.bsky.social, @kelseyables.bsky.social, @naveenkumarnyc.bsky.social, & @gedge1.bsky.social. Gift link: wapo.st/4qhUb0bwapo.st‘Crisis’: The fallout from Trump’s surprise plan to close Kennedy CenterThe president’s announcement shocked artists and staff. A letter obtained by The Washington Post brought the National Symphony Orchestra’s future into focus. 044
Reposted by E. KleinBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026“ICE and the Border Patrol pose a threat not just to our civil liberties but to our political liberties. Dealing with the threat to our political liberty, in particular to free and fair elections, is the fight—for the rest of 2026, and then for 2027 and 2028.” www.thebulwark.com/p/defang-ice...thebulwark.comDefang ICE → Save the MidtermsThe fight over ICE isn’t just about civil rights. It’s about free and fair elections, too. 18830247
Reposted by E. KleinProPublica @propublica.org · 01/02/2026BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.propublica.orgTwo CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti ShootingThe two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym... 22673489017189
Reposted by E. KleinDiane Langberg, PhD @dianelangberg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Oppression is literally a crushing of the image of God in humans. To say or do nothing when power is abused is to contribute to the defacing of God’s image in others. In other words, it is to join with the enemy of God, who sought to destroy that same image. 0175
Reposted by E. KleinAmy Colleen @amycolleen.bsky.social · 26/01/2026One thing that is really bothering me about the emphasis on Alex Pretti as an ICU nurse and an exemplary neighbor is that his death still would have been senseless, evil, unjustified if he were unemployed and surfing 4chan all day. "Model" citizens are not the only ones whose lives are sacred. 69110
Reposted by E. KleinOrthodox Barbie @orthodox-barbie.bsky.social · 19/01/2026“In complementarian writings, Jesus’ teaching and example in regard to women is generally ignored ... This omission of the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ interactions with women by those claiming to be giving “what the Bible teaches” on women is unpardonable. /1 131
Reposted by E. KleinDr. Carson Weitnauer @carsonweitnauer.bsky.social · 19/01/2026On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we must ask: has the Church lost its moral courage and sacrificial love? Many young people didn’t reject Jesus. They rejected a Church that looked more like a social club than a movement of love, justice, and courage. 051
Reposted by E. KleinRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/01/2026"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...nytimes.comIn Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters 1011143497822
Reposted by E. KleinDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 19/01/2026i am not enjoying living in post-constitutional america tbh 1126824
Reposted by E. KleinPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.thezebra.orgDr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away 545270819547
Reposted by E. KleinSons of Patriarchy @sonsofpatriarchy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense has a new pastor in Washington D.C. at the church Christian Nationalist Doug Wilson set-up. Meet Brooks Potteiger, Pete Hegseth's pastor back in Tennessee in the CREC, the denomination founded by Doug Wilson. MUCH more to come, there's a BIG story here. 133
E. Klein @ekleinchr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026PSA: Xofluza www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...theatlantic.comThe Best Flu Drug Americans Aren’t TakingThis flu season has been rough. Antivirals can help. 033
Reposted by E. KleinDoron Clark @doronclark.bsky.social · 11/01/2026ICE was just going up & down central getting out their cars with pepper spray and guns, but we had so many legal observers it made a huge difference. If you’re vulnerable at all we are asking you stay inside today & remember don’t open your door without seeing a judicial warrant signed by a judge. 121557454
Reposted by E. KleinKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/01/2026This guy is in Minneapolis standing before an American citizen in an SUV. The only reason he's brandishing an assault rifle is because he wants the people he's purportedly there protecting to feel terrorized by his presence. This is not protection. This is occupation. 983162705776