Chaplain John

Hi, I'm a chaplain. My greatest hits include: "That sucks," "Fuck cancer AND covid," "Actually, a lot of people in the Bible were angry at God," and "no one knows what they're doing, everybody needs to be weak sometimes." Plus, don't miss my classic: "What if you still have a future?" ⚓️🛟🩺🧪

on the internet people will call almost anything liberalism. war with iraq, death by firing squad, npic infighting, everything. so a few weeks ago at liberal currents, we put out a challenge to all the editors: what is liberalism, actually? today we get our first essay, from lc founder adam gurri:

Lula Goes HARD

Everyone who is saying "Dems in red states have to throw trans people under the bus to win" -- no. They don't. When they do that, we just start with no winning options on the table. It gives in to the fascist premise that we get to decide some groups don't get rights. THIS is what I want to see.

King James II’s reign and the Glorious Revolution was supposed to enforce the general idea that the executive cannot suspend the laws of the land and must faithfully execute them. Why should the pardon power be used as a runaround to subvert the rule of law rather than being used as an act of mercy?

Calling empathy sin is calling good evil and evil good, it is Antichrist, the people promulgating it are Antichrist and false teachers, they are the wolves among the flock our Lord warned us about.

When I was 15 I would sit with Dragon Age: Origins and save before every big dialogue. I would replay them over and over and physically write out the trees. I didn’t know at that point that writing or narrative design was even a job I could have. They had such an enormous impact as a studio.

This is such a great point. It is also Nintendo's philosophy, and it is weird how everyone makes fun of them for being stable.

No. British people in their 70s and 80s did not fight in the Second World War. If you’re 89 you were born in 1937. You might just barely remember the blitz.

“That’s so racist even CBS won’t let you say it” actually sums up how far CBS has fallen.

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

Right, the problem was that it showed this correspondent was (1) biased & bigoted and (2) unable to understand what had actually transpired at the event, both of which are disqualifying for a reporter.

Watching Vance light his 2028 prospects on fire in real time is something

❗❗❗Mark Zuckerberg's meta just suspended the No Kings Instagram account. I just rushed back from my local No Kings to jump on this. Bottom line, would be helpful for all pro-No Kings folks to elevate the issue and help us get the word out about No Kings today. The Nerd Reich strikes again.

My students are so radicalized at this point that I am a milquetoast Gen X squish. For the record, they changed around 2017; I always remember when a set of students came up to me in Property and were like: why aren’t you teaching from your book on Property Law and Race?

With the disclaimer this is pure anecdata from only one area of one state, I have never in my life seen a 40-minute wait on Day 1 of early voting at the South Library location of Durham NC I have also never once seen any wait at all at my early voting spot (the "12") Also notice the north / R area

The threat of streaming the execution accomplished its purpose. The fact that they were *willing* to do it was a performance of brutality meant to impress and scare us. But…it made people angry. Intensified opposition. Their threats are motivating people to fight harder.

Hmmm 🤔 #flock

“The President should be impeached and removed for his ongoing corrupt abuse of power by using law enforcement agencies to target his political enemies on pretextual charges.” Fixed it.

I'm sure X is remarkably friendly if you aren't the target of racial slurs and harassment campaigns. Anyway, I wonder how many "niggers" I'll have to sift through if I start posting there again?

A good summation of David Brooks and "civility" politics generally: no one on the right-wing can ever be described honestly, while everyone who isn't on the right-wing is always portrayed as a radical breaking cherished norms.

EXCLUSIVE @rephuffman.bsky.social tells me that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's remarks about Nidal Hasan's executions raise legal issues with livestreaming it. And that they merit Hegseth's impeachment.

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

If we needed more evidence:

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

the funny thing about this of course is that "athenian democracy" was a cautionary tale to the framers, who saw it as unstable and prone to demagogues and tyrants like the one rubio works for

“What most political analysts miss is how strong and specific the authoritarian appeal is for white evangelicals, and how critical it is to at least weaken it. The roots of this confluence go back decades, if not centuries, and are deeply entwined with white evangelical theology itself.”