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Host of the podcast “Does the Bible say THAT?!?” and Co-host of Veterans of Culture Wars podcast with Zach. Film watcher. Post-Evangelical. Committed Christian.

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12.03.2026 01:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Line chart titled “Oil’s wild ride” showing Brent crude prices from Mar 4–10, 2026. Prices rise gradually before surging sharply to above $110 on Mar 9, then falling back to the low $90s by Mar 10.

Line chart titled “Oil’s wild ride” showing Brent crude prices from Mar 4–10, 2026. Prices rise gradually before surging sharply to above $110 on Mar 9, then falling back to the low $90s by Mar 10.

Bar chart showing the largest daily Brent crude price swings on record. Mar 9, 2026 ranks first with nearly a $40 high–low move, exceeding previous spikes during the volatile market period in March 2022. Source: LSEG.

Bar chart showing the largest daily Brent crude price swings on record. Mar 9, 2026 ranks first with nearly a $40 high–low move, exceeding previous spikes during the volatile market period in March 2022. Source: LSEG.

Over 23 hours this week, the benchmark Brent crude price surged to $119 a barrel before plunging to $84, the biggest intraday swing in dollar terms on record. This is how one London trading floor coped with the oil market's wildest day.

Read the full story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/FXmFQap

11.03.2026 11:29 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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BREAKING: Judge Brann has ejected the new leaders of the NJ U.S. attorney's office, once again finding the Trump administration is illegally attempting to circumvent Senate confirmation.

He says this could result in dismissals of indictments.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

09.03.2026 19:25 👍 2778 🔁 912 💬 30 📌 27

Heads up y’all. @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social is a wonderful film / TV writer. Had the pleasure of interviewing him one time for his Deadwood Bible book.

Please consider helping out:

08.03.2026 04:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Video footage casts doubt on DHS claims about fatal 2025 shooting involving agent Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, was fatally shot in South Padre Island, Texas.

Yet another shooting of a US Citizen that DHS has openly lied about.

abcnews.com/US/video-foo...

08.03.2026 01:51 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kubrick, gone 27 years ago today. #RIP

Few directors were as brilliant at portraying the absurdities of war — like generals who say, “The men died wonderfully.”

@kk53.bsky.social

“Paths of Glory” (1957)

07.03.2026 17:49 👍 440 🔁 111 💬 33 📌 3

Shhhhhh….. *quietly*

07.03.2026 14:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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[TW: graphic fracture, sound of breaking bone]

Sen Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) badly breaking the arm of a Marine veteran protesting the war Iran.

04.03.2026 22:05 👍 9310 🔁 4559 💬 1058 📌 1626
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Had a ‘feeling’. What facts are we talking about here?

04.03.2026 19:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

04.03.2026 16:15 👍 21491 🔁 6392 💬 1066 📌 474

Trump admin investigating Trump admin but I guess this is something.

ICE and Border Patrol including Greg Bovino is under investigation.

www.newsweek.com/ice-border-p...

03.03.2026 22:35 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

‘Villainy’ is a very good word for our times.

03.03.2026 18:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NEW: Four federal judges have formed a firewall against ICE in West Virginia — and say they’ll punish state and federal officials of they continue detaining people in ways they have ruled illegal and unconstitutional.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

01.03.2026 12:44 👍 8763 🔁 2598 💬 122 📌 119

Sick to my stomach.

28.02.2026 15:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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029: Everything You Wanted to Know About Circumcision But Were Afraid to Ask: Pastor Jeffrey Prager (Genesis 17) Podcast Episode · Does the Bible say THAT?!? · February 25 · 1h 50m

Talked through Genesis 17 including circumcision as the weird sign of the Abrahamic covenant with my friend @xpistou83.bsky.social and Jeffrey Prager. Listen in and subscribe!

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

26.02.2026 21:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers More citizens are replanting overseas, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by the U.S.’s enviable salaries.

Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers, drawn by a quality of life made easily affordable by America's enviable salaries.

26.02.2026 01:26 👍 212 🔁 49 💬 15 📌 24

Folks, hold to your convictions. What is happening is not popular. You are not alone.

25.02.2026 20:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

Uh huh.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

24.02.2026 14:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Would be a massive scandal in any other administration. Now it is just a Tuesday.

24.02.2026 13:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Federal court rejects GOP bid to block new Utah congressional map, likely netting Dems a seat The three-judge panel decided Monday that it was too late to redraw the state’s congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Federal court rejects GOP bid to block new Utah congressional map, likely netting Dems a seat

23.02.2026 19:49 👍 178 🔁 38 💬 7 📌 1

One can likely pay very little attention to anything but be able to accurately predict what the verdict on this case will be.

23.02.2026 16:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics.

"It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

21.02.2026 00:27 👍 20342 🔁 7490 💬 451 📌 378

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

20.02.2026 15:02 👍 4310 🔁 1132 💬 126 📌 555
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.

Evil is on a rampage. A systematic abuse of power. Lack of due process rights. In many cases, denying rights to counsel (an attorney).

Deplorable is actually not a strong enough word.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

20.02.2026 01:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

BREAKING:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico attorney general reopens investigation into allegations of illegal activity at Epstein's former Zorro Ranch.

19.02.2026 21:45 👍 9586 🔁 2138 💬 203 📌 98

Laugh out loud.

No I don’t want your acting. No not gonna give you mine and no, not gonna view you nowhere. Ain’t giving you none of my time.

18.02.2026 18:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My thoughts exactly. Roger Goodell and the NFL don’t care about ‘woke’.

They care about capitalism and expanding their market.

18.02.2026 14:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

UPDATE: Just spoke with the head of CSPL.

They have *still* not heard from ICE/DHS about granting clergy access to the Broadview ICE facility. A federal court order issued last week required ICE/DHS to work with CSPL to grant clergy access to the site on Ash Wednesday.

Today is Ash Wednesday.

18.02.2026 14:22 👍 318 🔁 147 💬 8 📌 6

I’d like someone to search Mr. Emmer’s home with just an administrative warrant and see how he feels then.

17.02.2026 02:38 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

I really did not like it.

17.02.2026 02:46 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0