Catharine

This is going to get bad.

Yes, we are having our own Crusade moment.

BREAKING: U.S. Commanders Tell Troops the Iran War Is God's Final Battle And That They Are On A Mission To Usher In "Armageddon" For Jesus American soldiers are being told they will die as martyrs for Christ and that Trump has been chosen by God to lead them into a Holy War to rule in the name of Jesus, with an iron fist.

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Tom, it is more than that. I have family members who believe this way and people I know. We have a really big problem. If you don't understand the Evangelical Mindset it is important to learn in order to save us.

a pack of kittens closes in a a large dog standing on a chair

David Attenborough [whispering]:

“As the predators close in on their helpless prey, we can only watch in silent horror, for it is not man’s role to interfere in the hierarchy of nature.”

Are we going to have a World War 3

Oh my.

Cut. Cut. Cut.

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

US-Israeli strikes reportedly killed at least 85 people at a girls’ school in Minab, southern Iran, according to Iranian authorities. Washington has not yet commented as civilian-casualty claims remain under investigation. #USA #Israel #Iran @ec.europa.eu
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The FBI being on high alert for terrorist actions is important right now.

Too bad they fired and gutted their counterterrorism capacity

That is what I thought the reaction would be. It is frightening when your country is run by individuals who do not understand this.

It's bad over here. Fox News is to blame for a lot of this. Rupert Murdoch. There has been media capture by the administration of almost all the major outlets. Look at the evangelical angle as well.

this is pretty scary

Pro Tip: Don’t take leadership advice from someone who has sexual relations with couches.

The Hawaiian Cult that raised Tulsi Gabbard (with Christine Gralow) Podcast Episode · Mission Implausible · February 8 · 37m

Re-upping a discussion about Tulsi Gabbard, the head of all US intelligence who said we should never go to war with Iran.

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Regime change. I don't know what we are anymore.

Thanks Tom. I thought Congress was the only one able to authorize a war.

Elon Musk does not belong here. He needs to go home to South Africa.

I hope Anthropic stands their ground, and I hope they have strong European Sales. I love their Ethics and they have a good product and it is good to know there are good people in the world.

We may have a collapse

I think Massey is courageous.

Tom, How much snow do you have? I heard it was 40 inches

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Continued "“[T]here is nothing Christian about Christian nationalism,” he (Talarico) told Colbert. “It is the worship of power in the name of Christ, and it is a betrayal of Jesus of Nazareth.”"

Continued "The true way to practice Christianity is simple but not easy, he says: it is to love your neighbor. Political positions should grow out of that to feed the hungry, welcome the stranger, and heal the sick. "

From Heather Cox Richardson and Stephen Colbert "Talarico is a Texas state lawmaker studying to be a minister, who criticizes the Republican use of Christianity as a political weapon. Such politicization of Christianity both distorts politics and cheapens faith, he says. "

She must travel with her binki.

Gad.

Too Bad Wapo couldn't be employee owned.

It may be in a death spiral now.