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Richard Fox Young

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Emeritus professor, History of Religions, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey, USA || “Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick ||

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Richard Fox Young @emeritusfox.bsky.social · 13h
New from Rutgers University Press. Includes an essay by Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale of the Highland Park Reformed Church (New Brunswick, NJ).
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 13/10/2026
Different press sec same bullshit
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Chris Tomlinson @cltomlinson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Wall Street Journal reports on a New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife. One of the fugitives had donated $190,000 to Paxton. How much more can there be? www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Ken Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Ahead of High-Stakes Texas Senate Race
Trump backed the scandal-plagued Paxton in one of the riskiest bets of the midterms
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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Asking Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign is damage control, not accountability. She’s not the Trump administration’s only corruption problem. She’s just the latest to get caught.
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 13/10/2026
#NoKings Central NJ
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No Kings protests near me: Central Jersey rally locations
Ten Central Jersey communities will host No Kings rallies Oct. 17. See locations, times and where an RSVP is required.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/10/2026
😬 Katie Zacharia's first press briefing was brutally bad 😬 Trump managed to find a press secretary who can barely read, but she does have the number one qualification -- looking like Ivanka Here's a supercut from Zacharia's first briefing, which made Karoline Leavitt seem like Ronald Reagan
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The U.S. bishops called the Trump administration’s plan to livestream an execution barbaric, and they were right. Pete Hegseth has quoted the Bible publicly more than 120 times since taking office, and not one of those quotes came from Jesus or the New Testament. Why? He doesn’t believe in it.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
FWIW: theologically speaking, the NAE (which represents evangelicals w/different capital punishment views) coming out against this is a bigger deal than the USCCB (a tradition that explicitly condemns the death penalty, full stop). The fact that they’re using the same terms is quite a thing.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/10/2026
The government doesn’t track how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve tallied more than 500 Americans held against their will in warrantless arrests and detentions during President Trump’s second term.
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 07/10/2026
Honored to join Former Congresswoman @gabbygiffords.bsky.social and our panel of advocates in New Providence today. Keeping our families and communities safe takes all of us working together and putting country before party.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The Archdiocese of St. Louis sued the Trump administration on Monday, saying a Missouri jail holding ICE detainees keeps priests from hearing confessions or giving Communion. The jail proposed having a guard hand detainees a packaged host, which Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski called “sacrilegious.”
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Following Pope Leo XIV, St. Louis Archbishop Sues Trump’s ICE Over Sacraments for Detainees
A Missouri jail proposed that priests hand the Eucharist to a guard in a package. Archbishop Rozanski sued on Monday — two days after Cardinal Cupich demanded access to ICE detainees.
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 07/10/2026
I’m so grateful to every volunteer who has knocked doors, sent texts, written postcards and called their neighbors. With 28 days until the midterms, there’s still time to join us! Click the link below to be a part of the team. www.mobilize.us/rebeccabenne...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This starts with her aggressively trying to link him to the Muslim Brotherhood. I'd like to see someone turn the tables on this. "You're Christian, right? Did you support Timothy McVeigh? Did you agree with Dylann Roof? Or Eric Rudolph? Robert Lewis Dear? No? Even though you share their religion?"
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 02/10/2026
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is driving costs up while driving up the deficit and giving tax breaks to the wealthiest among us. Tom Kean Jr. cast the deciding vote on the bill, but he's trying to run away from his record.
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Mr. Newberger @jeremynewberger.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pete Hegseth’s Office of Religious Affairs: making sure every war we’re losing is, at the very least, a holy war. When you can’t deliver victory, you can always deliver a sermon. Watch my latest AI parody: youtu.be/dXsGLbwGKAQ
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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/09/2026
Genuinely engrossing reporting here from the Times. Some of this is a re-tread of stuff that has already been reported, but the extensive interviews with Olah and others inside Anthropic is all very new, and deeply revealing. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“For the last year and a half, the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government, and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.” — Cardinal Robert McElroy
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy told Catholics to “fight every dimension” of the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and to replace politicians who tolerate it. “In abandoning the words of Deuteronomy and of the Statue of Liberty, we are losing our soul as a nation.”
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On Pope Leo’s World Day of Migrants, Cardinal McElroy Indicts Trump’s War on Immigrants
Preaching on the Good Samaritan for World Day of Migrants, Washington’s archbishop named Minneapolis, a five-year-old used as bait, and a nation that “passed on by.” He told Catholics to fight every d...
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 28/09/2026
We are sick and tired of this exact recycled GOP playbook. Congress and Tom Kean Jr. are completely abdicating their constitutional duty to serve as a co-equal branch of government.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
When Jesus healed the sick, he didn’t ask for a deductible. When he fed the hungry, he didn’t price gouge for a profit. When the Hebrew prophets saw corruption, they spoke truth to power. When I take on this corrupt system, I’m doing it on biblical grounds.
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 27/09/2026
It’s debate night! Tune in at 7pm EST! www.youtube.com/@NewJerseyGl...
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New Jersey Globe
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 27/09/2026
He’s got numbers nobody’s seen, facts nobody can verify, and confidence nobody can explain.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 26/09/2026
In case you missed it: I sat down with Rev. Adam Hamilton, the megachurch pastor running for U.S. Senate in Kansas — as a Democrat. He’s been an outlier throughout his career, and he’s running a campaign that could end up making Kansas — no joke — closer than Texas. religionnews.com/2026/09/23/h...
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How megapastor Adam Hamilton could break the GOP's hold on Kansas
LEAWOOD, Kansas (RNS) — While Democrats have long been considered a longshot for statewide races in Kansas, the Rev. Adam Hamilton's candidacy has proven unexpectedly competitive.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 25/09/2026
NEW: In a new letter, more than 120 Christian leaders — including many prominent evangelicals — urge the Trump administration not to withhold $1.35 billion designated for global health initiatives. Among the signers: one of Trump's own evangelical advisers. religionnews.com/2026/09/25/1...
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120 Christian leaders urge Trump administration not to withhold $1B in global health funds
(RNS) — The group, which included a religious adviser to Trump, sent a letter to Trump officials — an unusual instance of evangelical leaders urging the administration to change course.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The headlines on the SCOTUS SAVE ruling are doing Trump's PR for him. 2 things they skip No mass voter purges before the midterms. The law bars them 90 days out & we're in that window Noncitizen voting? FL, IN, IA & OH ran voters through SAVE & found almost NOTHING -TN
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The Big Lie aka La Gran Mentira
This analysis exposes Donald Trump and his allies’ disinformation campaign around immigrants and voting.
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 25/09/2026
I’ve worked with people from different backgrounds my whole entire life. In Congress, I will work with anyone who will work with me to deliver for NJ-07.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 21/09/2026
The letter, signed by 120 UMC pastors and a UMC Bishop, says: "When you attack Adam’s pastoral ministry, his home congregation, and our denomination as a whole, you sow seeds of division and dissent. You tear at the fabric that is the body of Christ.”
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 19/09/2026
Who is Umar Kremlev? The answer tells a story of Trump’s corruption that leaves everyday Americans footing the bill.
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Barbara Kaskosz @kaskosz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is planning to return from exile in Panama to push for new elections in Venezuela and revival of democracy. Her planned return faces resistance from Trump administration officials who worry it could disrupt U.S. oil arrangements. 🎁🔗
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Exclusive | Inside Machado’s Plan to Return to Venezuela and Revive Its Democracy
The Nobel laureate is planning her comeback from exile in Panama, setting up a clash with the U.S.-backed interim government.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
From the information available, it seems this US-Denmark deal over Greenland changes almost nothing. US had bases there before; US continues to defendsl Greenland because it s in NATO. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...
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U.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says
The full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 19/09/2026
How did a man named Umar Kremlev go from Russian biker gang member to Putin ally to secret benefactor of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding? 🎧 Tune in for a very special episode of ProPublica's “Paper Trail” podcast:
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Podcast: The Russian Benefactor Who Funded Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
These people believe that individual choice, powered by the invisible hand of the free market, will naturally reveal what is good and what is bad, except when it comes to their own beliefs. Then they're gonna force you to sit there and listen.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Also, really, really, really, really, really dumb.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 12/09/2026
Before Trump arrived, it was the Republicans who professed to stand for the Constitution, principle, truth, honesty, integrity—even honor. Republicans were the proud party of Lincoln and Reagan. That was then. None of this is true of today’s Party and this Republican Congress. trib.al/zvUA1EE
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ken Paxton’s wife filed for divorce citing “Biblical reasons” in the divorce petition after his latest affair but now he’s on a stage lecturing us about the Bible.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Bishop Barron: Empathy “threatens truth, reality, justice, and love.“ Pope Leo XIV: Empathy is “not something additional or optional.“
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 05/09/2026
Sharing some of my thoughts about what my family's going through this World Alzheimer's Month. Together, we'll get through this.
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 04/09/2026
Tom Kean Jr. was the deciding vote on the One Big Beautiful Bill that is gutting Medicaid and raising premiums on all of us.
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
NEW: For the first time in U.S. history, bishops are suspending the Sunday Mass obligation because people are afraid of being arrested on the way to church. Across the nation, Catholics are pushing back against the White House. One sister’s sign said it well: “It’s so bad even the nuns are mad!”
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“Even the Nuns Are Mad” — Indianapolis Archbishop Excuses Catholics From Mass as ICE Surges Into Indiana
Archbishop Charles Thompson’s decree covers anyone who “reasonably fear[s] being detained,” legal status or not, through Sept. 30. From Bridgeport to Blue Ash, the Church is now organizing its life ar...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Me crossing beef off my shopping list …
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Rebecca Bennett @rebeccabennettforcongress.com · 04/09/2026
Elon Musk 🤝 Tom Kean Jr. Do we really want a Representative who is bankrolled by the guy who gutted the VA and Department of Education, and shared sensitive Social Security data? I sure don’t.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
20% growth isn't optimistic, it's fiction. Growth in 2025 was slower than 2024. So far in 2026, slower still. At some point you have to just call it what it is: a lie. Let's stop debating the number and talk about the actual economy. Full video: youtu.be/GWMlhf2eSRQ
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 02/09/2026
As a father, it's devastating to see the impact Trump and Republicans' cuts to SNAP are having on our kids. Too many are at risk of losing the nutritious meals they need to stay healthy and focused – and parents don't need another thing to worry about as we go back to school. 1/2
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Cuts to food stamps could lead to kids losing free school breakfast and lunch • New Jersey Monitor
Cuts to the nation’s largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost a...
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
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