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Rabbi Marisa James

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Reconstructionist rabbi, woods-loving city-dweller, lover of languages, history, justice, coffee. Director of Social Justice Programming at CBST. She/her/rabbi πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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09.03.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1060 πŸ” 342 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

Our leaders don't care about the lives lost or our reputation ruined, but we must. We have to care or we'll lose our humanity.

09.03.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 380 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 3

This is absolutely hilarious and deserves a Veep-style TV adaptation.

09.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 3109 πŸ” 736 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 86

They added the trans stuff so that they can call Dems who vote against it extreme on trans issues.

08.03.2026 16:13 πŸ‘ 928 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 13

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

08.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 12342 πŸ” 2708 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 189

When Graham and Trump speak like this publicly, I fear they are privately discussing using tactical nuclear weapons. Their thirst for blood and destruction seems unquenchable.

08.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 184 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 5
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The Desire for Terror And the defense of democracy

A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or β€œfederalize” the coming Congressional elections.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

08.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 3006 πŸ” 1377 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 289
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Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

08.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 24076 πŸ” 7409 πŸ’¬ 884 πŸ“Œ 398

Fox ran older footage but labeled it as happening Saturday.

08.03.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 4646 πŸ” 1358 πŸ’¬ 207 πŸ“Œ 92
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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by β€˜double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

04.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 2890 πŸ” 1545 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 286
teewatterss on Threads:
β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

teewatterss on Threads: β€œlosing an hour on international women's day feeling very 75 cents on the dollar”

10/10 take. no notes

08.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 10265 πŸ” 2253 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 31

This is the man Senators who present themselves as serious human beings are going to rubber stamp into the office of Director of Homeland Security. Show some self-respect and some love of country and vote no.

08.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 3429 πŸ” 1077 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 54

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

05.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 12639 πŸ” 4085 πŸ’¬ 515 πŸ“Œ 195

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist.

He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

05.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 20124 πŸ” 5699 πŸ’¬ 512 πŸ“Œ 220

Honestly am so grateful for both Crockett and Talarico!!

04.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy shit. These people shouldn’t be near sharp cutlery, let alone seats of power.

Mullin: β€œThis is war.”

Raju: β€œYou concede this is war?”

Mullin: β€œWe haven’t declared war.”

Reporter: β€œYou just said it’s a war.”

Mullin: *stammer

03.03.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 2928 πŸ” 818 πŸ’¬ 169 πŸ“Œ 220
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Good example of the way anti-trans hate and antisemitism continue to be intertwined in American discourse. Once more subtly, now far more overtly.

02.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 1223 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 59

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Hitler in heaven getting told that the whole world is against the Jews now
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ruben @3rubengoat Hitler in heaven getting told that the whole world is against the Jews now From autist 1:58 PM Β· Feb 28, 2026 Β· 8.1M Views

8 million views. 16,000 RTs.

It's a new age. The combination of Gaza, Musk's buyout of X, and the Epstein Files is creating a perfect storm of antisemitic hate.

This is why I warned people to focus less on Musk's antisemitism and more on the systemic issues his buyout caused.

02.03.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 620 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 26

the incentives here are so obscenely terrible that the entire thing should be illegal by default

β€œI am sabotaging negotiations because I stand to make piles of money on Polymarket” is absolutely in play, what a horrifying clusterfuck

01.03.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 4926 πŸ” 1361 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 42
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger: "The scale of the corruption is unprecedented. There's the cover up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation's capital."

25.02.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 5626 πŸ” 1778 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 71
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Gov. Spanberger describes the unprecedented scale of the Trump administration’s corruption: β€œThere’s the cover up of the Epstein files, the crypto scams, cozying up to foreign princes for airplanes and billionaires for ballrooms, putting his name and face on buildings all over our nation’s capital.”

25.02.2026 04:30 πŸ‘ 172 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
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β€˜Abolish ICE’, β€˜Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest The other winners of the fourth annual contest were Stephen Coldbert, Pope FrΓ­o XIV, The Blizzard of Oz, Svencoolie and Caleb Chilliams, Chicago officials announced.

BREAKING: A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows β€œAbolish ICE,” clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced. @wttw.bsky.social

23.02.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 4802 πŸ” 1134 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 144

Corporations: We are collections of people & therefore deserve the civic rights afforded all people.

Me: Ok. May I talk to a person?

Corporation: No. Never again.

22.02.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 1879 πŸ” 460 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10

Wishing you convenient coffee not too far from your morning service tomorrow! :)

18.02.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@clairewillett.bsky.social just had to say how much I love your NYC/Ash Wednesday thread! My favorite is the pastor at the adorable church on my block who spends morning rush hour at my subway stop with ashes on the go every year.

18.02.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process

NEW β€” An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.

Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:

18.02.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 3127 πŸ” 1769 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 134
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July 16, 1960: Greenville Eight Stage Read-In at Local Library In an act of civil disobedience against the whites-only Greenville County Public Library, eight young Black people entered the library, began reading, and were subsequently arrested. They became known...

That's 18 yo college freshman Jesse Jackson on the left & the seven hs students he organized for a silent sit-in at a segregated library.

"Although Greenville was not the first library system to integrate in SC, it was the first to do so as a result of public demonstrations by the Black community."

18.02.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 348 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 5

Get all those children out of Dilley. What do we need to do, people, to make our voices heard on this in a big way?

18.02.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2