Matt Wright

Matt Wright

@mwright92.bsky.social

United Methodist Pastor | Reader | Cat Dad | DMB Devotee | John Brown | Woody Guthrie | Karl Barth | Jam Band Guy

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I’ve been reading Jon Fosse’s Septology this week on the beach and just now reached the first stopping point, finishing part one(of seven) on page 189. I don’t fully know what I’m reading but I can’t deny its beauty, profundity, and captivating language. #reading #literature

ICE is explicitly and exclusively an agency of human trafficking. Where is the evangelical outrage?

Kye@gxldsociety.bsky.social

BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.” They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.

Duffy is such a measly little beta. Grow up, cultists.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Duffy: "If you're liberal, they want you to take public transportation ... the problem is that it's dirty. You have criminals. It's homeless shelters. It's insane asylums. It's a work ground for the criminal element of the city to prey upon the good people."

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This is far-right propaganda masquerading as journalism. Biden is an 82-year-old retiree who has no formal role in the Democratic Party. Meanwhile, the current president's brain continues to glitch over the word "groceries."

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We do not worship a creature. Far be the thought. For such an error belongs to heathens and Arians. But we worship the Lord of Creation, Incarnate, the Word of God. Athanasius

If Miller wants patriots, maybe he should expend energy to make the country something people can be proud of. Just a thought.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Stephen Miller: "Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values for schools that want federal taxpayer funding ... we're gonna make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology."

I’m unsurprised (and happy) that Trump didn’t speak a word about Jesus — whom he doesn’t know. We need less presidential pretense towards Xianity. MAGA is an antichrist movement antithetical to the Christian gospel. But for him to fail to mention his family reveals the depth of misery in his soul.

Isaac Dovere@isaacdovere.bsky.social

Easter posts from the last three presidents:

If you need the State to tell you it’s acceptable to be a Christian in order to practice your faith, you’re probably not a Christian.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying ‘anti-Christian bias’ as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new order on supporting employees of Christian faith.”

“When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!” Isaiah 1:15

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸@patriottakes.bsky.social

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praying before misleading the American people on Trump’s agenda

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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

Andrew obviously already is attracted to men (choosing pat downs? Come on, Freud), he just cannot admit it to himself, hence his crusade against homosexuality, which is at root a crusade of self-hatred.

Phil Williams@philinvestigates.com

Jackson County TN Christian nationalist Pastor Andrew Isker is apparently afraid that TSA scanners will make him become attracted to men - so he chooses a personal pat-down instead.

I, for one, derive joy from equity and justice. If only Musk was human enough to learn some humility and ask why the world is rooting for his downfall, but his wealth has robbed him of his humanity and insulated him from any possibility of moral reflection.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?

Matt Wright reposted

To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me. Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.

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The United States of America is the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care as a human right. The result: We rank dead last among wealthy nations in life expectancy. We must end that international embarrassment. Yes. We need Medicare for All.

Show this to everyone who is concerned your overreacting to the threat of encroaching authoritarianism. Ask, specifically, how this is acceptable.

Le Monde reporting that a French scientist traveling to Houston to attend a conference was denied entry to US after a search of his phone & computer revealed messages critical of Trump's science cuts, "which [says CPB] conveyed hatred of Trump & could be qualified as terrorism". Computer confiscated

Churches with ICE agents as members need to implement serious church discipline and declare the hardline position that such a career is antithetical to Christian vocation. The work of ICE is antichrist.

Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social

ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.

Liberty University butchering the teachings of Jesus? Classic.

Karen Swallow Prior@karenswallowprior.bsky.social

Dave Brat, a Senior VP at Liberty University, said today on a local news interview that the tariffs are following “reciprocity,” which he said is the Golden Rule: “whatever you do to us, we’re gonna do to you.”

Parents who cannot adequately provide for the wellbeing of their children should be freed from the responsibilities of parenthood. And RFK & co., whose policies kill children, should be held accountable as criminals.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com

"The vaccination has stuff we don't trust," said the father of the 6-year-old girl who died from measles at the end of last month. Tom Bartlett visited with a family confronting an unthinkable tragedy:

An uneducated populace makes great wage slaves.

Senator Bernie Sanders@sanders.senate.gov

Let’s be clear: the Dept. of Ed. provides resources to 26 million children living in high-poverty school districts; Pell Grants to over 7 million students; & funding for millions of children with disabilities. Closing its doors would be a disaster for working class families.

“If you support terrorism, including the slaughtering of innocent men, women, and children, your presence is contrary to our national and foreign policy interests, and you are not welcome here.” So, I ask, why is Trump, proven Russian asset and supporter of Israeli genocide, President?

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social

Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:

The Gestapo is at it again.

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social

NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.

Matt Wright reposted

The massive income and wealth inequality that exists in America today is literally a matter of life and death. People in wealthy counties live SEVEN years longer than people in poorer communities. That’s unacceptable. EVERYONE has the right to a long, happy and productive life.

Problem is: parents are, by and large, incapable of making the best educational decisions for their children.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

NEW—Dept of Ed staff received an email from Sec. McMahon tonight with the subject, “Our Department’s Final Mission.” McMahon writes that plan is, “to send education back to the states.” Notably doesn’t mention executive order like earlier draft, but some think it’s still coming. Full text: