gregorian rants

gregorian rants

@gregorianrants.bsky.social

no longer ranting about liturgy please wait - political realignment loading RIP catholic twitter

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While Trump is blocking delivery of air defenses that European nations purchased for Europe his piece of shit son is on a several day hunting trip with one of Putin's cronies, the same obe that paid for the Trump family's 2-day island party. It's all incredible and MAGA will cheer for more.

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Brazilians recommending not to amplify right-wing talking points by dunking and quoting, as a winning strategy Next day, my tl is full of people dunking on rfk jr I literally would not have seen the bigotry if it wasn't for y'all repeating it. That's exactly what the Brazilians were on about!

just saw the “every blue muppet is jewish” video, and i feel compelled to note that miss piggy had a presbyterian wedding in “muppets take manhattan” but an anglican wedding in “muppets most wanted”. i like to think she’s a lapsed episcopalian who can’t remember what her denomination is called.

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big bird is united methodist. extremely welcoming, affirming, understanding, community-minded, surprisingly well-traveled. emphasis on love of neighbor and growth. always up for a potluck (“it’s like friendship you can eat!”) and insists on making a plate for whoever couldn’t come, i.e. snuffy.

snuffleupagus is a quaker. most people don’t know he exists, and those who know about him tend to overlook him. quiet, thoughtful, and surprisingly more perceptive than people assume. not invisible, just has bad timing. (his last name may sound greek orthodox, but it’s just the name of his species)

just saw the “every blue muppet is jewish” video, and i feel compelled to note that miss piggy had a presbyterian wedding in “muppets take manhattan” but an anglican wedding in “muppets most wanted”. i like to think she’s a lapsed episcopalian who can’t remember what her denomination is called.

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ernie is a unitarian. open minded. “live and let live.” sings whatever he wants: rubber ducky, i don’t want to live on the moon, doesn’t matter. they’re all spiritual-but-not-religious classics. bert is lutheran. he would rather just stick to the order of worship, thank you very much.

just saw the “every blue muppet is jewish” video, and i feel compelled to note that miss piggy had a presbyterian wedding in “muppets take manhattan” but an anglican wedding in “muppets most wanted”. i like to think she’s a lapsed episcopalian who can’t remember what her denomination is called.

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oscar the grouch is a calvanist. total depravity. statler and waldorf are calvanists. literally looking down on everyone. always expecting the worst from others. faithful patrons of the arts.

sam eagle is evangelical. loves america. moralistic. literally cannot comprehend people who don’t follow the rules. fozzie bear is mormon. tries his best to fit in but never succeeds. keeps trying anyway. they are two sides of the same of the same coin.

just saw the “every blue muppet is jewish” video, and i feel compelled to note that miss piggy had a presbyterian wedding in “muppets take manhattan” but an anglican wedding in “muppets most wanted”. i like to think she’s a lapsed episcopalian who can’t remember what her denomination is called.

rizzo the rat is a lapsed catholic. hates suffering but knows it’s necessary. wants to be shameless, but his conscience gets the best of him. likes “the idea of lent.” prays when he’s scared and probably says things like “thank you jesus” unironically.

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Very amusing that the goofball religious groups that equate modern Israel with the the ancient nation (God’s chosen people) don’t equate modern “Persia” with the Cyrus, the first Messiah of the Jewish people.

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In the bedrock of my soul I know he started out thinking the press pool was a literal pool and has been seething with disappointment since he discovered the mistake

The New York Times@nytimes.com

President Trump has pushed to move briefings out of the White House press room. Aides say he wants an indoor swimming pool instead. nyti.ms/4eoW3AV

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This fantastic mosaic is Byzantine & depicts a duck, lotus flowers and a crocodile (….!), leading me to believe the mosaicist has never seen one, but assured the commissioner he definitely had. The mosaics are from the east church at Theodorias (Qasr in Libya) 🕰️c540AD 📷Jona Lendering #MosaicMonday

our politicians need to be scolded by nuns early and often

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

wow -- a sister asks Vance how as a person of faith he can justify ICE's brutality. Vance responds by saying "we're trying to strike the right balance ... sometimes you have people that make mistakes"

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Ossoff: "At last week's debate, he couldn't even bring himself to say he's stop the production of neo-Nazi propaganda from his own house. Did you see that? I told Mike we could shake on it. All he had to stop neo-Nazi propaganda from his house for 3 weeks. He refused! ... a crumbling little bigot"

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Ossoff: "It's the most corrupt administration of all time & everybody knows it. While the crook president & his crook family rake in billions from all over the world, you pay more for everything... they lied us into war & spent most of the last year covering up for the world's most famous pedophile"

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I’m alarmed that more people aren’t alarmed by Trump targeting Somali Americans and labeling them “garbage” and “crooks” who “contribute nothing.” Most of them are U.S. citizens, yet Trump says, “I don’t want them in our country.” If you know history, you know the horror this can lead to.

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In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

jan6memoryproject.orgThe January 6 Memory ProjectA public archive of Department of Justice news releases and related court filings concerning prosecutions from the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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No effing idea how we got MapQuest in the divorce.

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Feel free to correct me but I'm pretty sure he is the only politician in history where the actual words coming out of his mouth do not matter in the least to his supporters. Coherence is simply not a requirement.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump's brain is busted: "You couldn't vote. They wouldn't let you vote. And they grabbed her and they said 'you'll vote over here,' and they took her to a Democrat area. She voted. She came back. You couldn't vote. They came back late in the night."

“How’s this for a summary of the state of America, circa October 2026: Secret masked police are disappearing people off America’s streets, shooting people regularly, and killing them in concentration camps. Military troops are daily patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital.“

Tom Nolan@thomasnolan.org

A must read—worth every minute that it takes you to read this @vermontgmg.bsky.social #AbolishICE #ProsecuteICE #DisarmICE

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“… at the public trough and demanding payment and tribute from favor-seeking private businesses. White Christian nationalists are consolidating control over our military and using it to execute innocent people in international waters and conduct illegal wars overseas…”

“and then lying to the American people and covering up the true casualties and cost of those wars. We’ve already gotten used to a level of fascism, authoritarianism, and corruption that would be unthinkable and shocking to us just a decade ago.”

“How’s this for a summary of the state of America, circa October 2026: Secret masked police are disappearing people off America’s streets, shooting people regularly, and killing them in concentration camps. Military troops are daily patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital.“

Tom Nolan@thomasnolan.org

A must read—worth every minute that it takes you to read this @vermontgmg.bsky.social #AbolishICE #ProsecuteICE #DisarmICE

“Our head of state is turning the capital into a cult of personality, bulldozing our collective memory and history and erecting grand celebrations of himself. The president’s political enemies are being persecuted by government agents, while his friends and family are enriching themselves…”