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Rev. William R Horne

@williamrhorne.bsky.social
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Neighbor | Public Theology & Public Health | Spiritual Care Provider | Health Researcher | Home in subversive Anabaptist, Neo-monastic frameworks, & rocks with John Wesley, trying to follow Jesus | MDiv, BCC | MPH in the works @usfcoph.bsky.social

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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yep - I don’t have much investment in using my energy to change strangers minds on the internet. Not a lot of good faith discussions happen in the comment section. Best to you
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’ll leave it here. Even if one can argue from sacred text for the death penalty, one cannot argue that the use of the death penalty results in good or justice in an unjust system filled with human bias. When we say “killing someone will make this right,” we further dehumanize ourselves. ✌️
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also love your Rumi quote on the profile
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ahh yes, read a little further my friend. You should know taking a line out of a sacred text outside its context and theological arch is a poor way to build a theology.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
To pretend like both realities can’t be true at the same time is missing the big picture. The crimes she committed are indeed wrong and evil and the death penalty is also evil and doesn’t solve the previous evil.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The death penalty is absolutely inhumane and should be abolished
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RNS @rns.org · 18/09/2026
OPINION: (RNS) — I absolutely believe we are living through an AI apocalypse — in the biblical sense.
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This is not your tech oligarchs’ AI apocalypse
(RNS) — I absolutely believe we are living through an AI apocalypse — in the biblical sense.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Anyone have a link for this study?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
62 years ago today, the Food Stamp Act was signed into law. The program helped millions of people, especially children, access affordable food — until Trump and Republicans gutted it in their big, ugly bill. Don’t believe their lies about food stamps for a second.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The party of “fiscal responsibility”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 12/08/2026
@suricrowe.bsky.social: "It's crazy that we've been brainwashed to think that universal healthcare is a bad thing."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The top 10% of richest Americans own 87% of stocks. The top 1% alone own roughly half of all stocks. It's worth pointing out once again: the stock market is not the economy.
theguardian.com
US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease
S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. During that time, Jeff Bezos saw his net worth jump by $139B as Amazon profits hit record highs. No corporation as profitable as Amazon should be paying its workers so little they must rely on food stamps and Medicaid to survive.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In Wisconsin our numbers broke records yesterday - maxing out the 500 on the AQI
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Corporate America has turned its back on democracy and bowed down to Trump. When, in the future, it once agains becomes convenient for them to say they celebrate democracy we should not believe them. In the meantime, we are on our own.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 11/06/2026
Dr. Haydée Brown warns that the U.S. dismantled critical public health infrastructure as a deadly Ebola outbreak accelerated. 135 CDC disease detectives were fired. Massive CDC cuts were proposed. Only 7% of known contacts in the outbreak have been traced.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This looks super interesting
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Brazos Press @brazospress.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
💥Cover Reveal!💥 How (Not) to Be a Tyrant: Ten Lessons on Life and Leadership from the Bible's Worst Rulers by Joshua W. Jipp In a culture that rewards charisma over character, how can Christians resist the temptation to lead in harmful ways? 👑 Learn more here: bakerbookhouse.com/products/978...
A 3D rendered book cover displayed against a bright yellow background. The book is titled "How (Not) to Be a Tyrant" with the subtitle "Ten Lessons on Life and Leadership from the Bible's Worst Rulers." The author is Joshua W. Jipp. The cream-colored cover features an illustration of a Roman-style ruler in red and gold robes with a laurel wreath, crossed out by a large yellow X. The book's spine is visible on the left side. Text at the bottom reads "Coming October 2026."
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
If the estimates were right, there were about 9 million people at No Kings rallies today. That would mean this protest was THIRTY TIMES AS LARGE AS THE TEA PARTY PROTEST which we were told, over and over again, was a massively important sign that US politics had shifted dramatically to the right
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
MVP
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I understand that there are a lot of folks on the left who instinctively recoil from religious language, and with good reason given its use by the right. But please listen to this, and focus on how he's trying to realign "Christian values" so they align with and advance progressive policy goals.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This is wild to see in numbers
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
This is absolutely on the money.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The median ticket price for Sunday’s Super Bowl is $7,497. I don’t even want to know what a beer costs. But even if you want to go to a regular-season sporting event, tickets and concession prices will cost you a small fortune. Here’s one thing we can do about it.
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How Billionaires Are Ruining Sports
The median ticket price for Sunday’s Super Bowl is $7,497.I don’t even want to know what a beer costs.But even if you wa
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 08/02/2026
This powerful PSA from Epstein survivors will air during the Super Bowl. “Stand with us.” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼 [World Without Exploitation]
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Mamdani is the politics we need right now. I hope and pray his posture becomes the way forward and out of facism.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Meet me tomorrow in Kenosha - “Who Will Protect the Children?”
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Wisconsin Resist @wisconsinresist.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
📣 January 30th National Shutdown Events: linktr.ee/wisconsinres... #beaverdamwi #madisonwi #milwaukee #portagewi #eauclairewi #kenosha
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Kenosha people - join us this Friday secure.everyaction.com/ustKb64nPE2Z...
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Who Will Protect the Children
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
We had eradicated this disease. And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
Screenshot of an X.com post by The Associated Press (@AP) stating that dozens of immigrant families protested for better treatment behind fences at a Texas detention facility, where a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent after being detained in Minnesota. Below is a video thumbnail showing a crowd gathered outdoors along a fenced walkway; many people wear bright blue or red outerwear, and some hold signs.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work. This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time. People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
mprnews.org
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Preach! 👏👏👏
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Call the Kenosha County Sheriff to demand an end to 287(g) +1 (262) 605-5100 #ICEout
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Find your US Congressional Representatives: www.congress.gov/members/find... Insist they sign on to any efforts to defund ICE, as well as lead the effort to pass the ICE Oversight & Reform Resolution, to place meaningful limits on ICE operations, along with increased transparency and accountability
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
For my Kenosha County people: Find your WI State Representatives: maps.legis.wisconsin.gov Insist that they sign the Keep Families Together legislation: AB 57/SB 54 Protect Community Spaces AB441/SB444 No Secret Police Act AB475/SB446 Due Process for All AB444/SB484 No Immigration Detention
maps.legis.wisconsin.gov
WSL - Find Your Legislator
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
www.wgtd.org/news/kenosha...
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Kenosha Residents Turn Out to Protest ICE and Demand Change
Jan. 25, 2026 7:30p
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Kenosha Area People - Join Us tomorrow at 5:30pm www.cushkenosha.com/event/rememb...
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Remembering Renee Good: A Vigil Against ICE Violence - CUSH
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 24/01/2026
All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"What can Democrats actually do?" - Vote against funding for ICE and DHS - State that any ICE officers who commit crimes under Trump will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law - Encourage cities and states to refuse to cooperate with ICE - Explain ICE is part of Trump's tyranny
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Call your reps. Let them know that if they vote for ICE funding, you will not vote for them ever again. Representatives need to feel the heat. NO on ICE funding. No excuses.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18/01/2026
Oops: Eric Trump and other right-wingers accidentally gush over the fact that fentanyl deaths in the U.S. plummeted under Biden’s presidency after spiking during Trump’s first term—because they don’t know how to read a chart.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I've never felt so heard and the ease of application of these sections of Scripture until then rise of MAGA
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
ICE keeps saying the people protesting it are being paid without any evidence, but we have receipts showing that the people *defending* ICE are absolutely being paid. And yet we only hear lies about the former on cable news.
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Abolish ICE completely, top to bottom. Let nothing of that organization remain. And hold everyone involved accountable for their evil. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it. We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics. What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
arstechnica.com
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
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Tim Amor @timamor.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This message is antichrist. It’s the way of the Empire, and not the way of Jesus. To support ICE is to deny Jesus and work against His Kingsom.
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Rev. William R Horne @williamrhorne.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Done
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