Rachel Savage

Seminary trained, rock loving, business owner who is also concerned with our environment. Living on unceeded Tamien-Ohlone Land.

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

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[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

@RomarieReid @DogginTrump Did our run today for OTC meds and sundries.

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

@OurShallowState Actually it does make me feel better. After Covid shutdowns I realized that we were too self-centered to wear masks for each other. Climate change and another pandemic on the horizon - we should end up self-destructing leaving other intelligences to emerge. That gives me hope.

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[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

1. I was wrong about this election. Maybe I erred largely on the side of hoping too much. I hoped that most people in America understood that Donald Trump was the worst candidate of our lifetimes.

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[thatonemaddy.bsky.social @thatonemaddy]

Watching Gen Z men veer right hits different for Millennials. We lived through Columbine, 9/11, the Iraq War, 2008 crash, 2016 election, covid, abortion bans, & now this. We watched institutions repeatedly fail us while older generations selfishly protected the status quo. 🧵1/

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[Dan McClellan @maklelan]

MAGA was constructed on & continues to thrive on believing whatever claims validate their worldview & structuring of power, irrespective of reality.

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

@1goodtern We are devastated as any disease mitigation or climate change policy just went out the window. I feel the dis-ease of a culture that has large systemic problems but I thought that with a Harris pres. we could make progress. Now I feel that collapse and devastation is at the door.

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

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[Dave Troy @davetroy]

The great genius of the Putin-Musk-Trump ticket was to disguise historical geopolitical capture as standard partisan conflict. The bulk of Republicans and indeed the overwhelming majority of the American public has no idea of the severity or consequences of what has happened.

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

@1goodtern FWIW we still ask our clients to mask and provide free surgical masks. Friday afternoon I looked up and saw 3 customers and the two owners masked in the glimmering light and thought that for this little point in time that illness is pushed back.

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[RC deWinter @RCdeWinter]

When you’re happy and you know it…

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[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This stray dog in Thailand brought little presents to the man who was feeding her for almost a year. Now he's giving her the greatest gift by helping her find a forever home. 13/10

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[Matthew Sheffield @mattsheffield]

🧵 CNN just removed a far-right panelist for a racist remark against progressive commentator @mehdirhasan.

This was the right decision. But as a former TV booker, what happened is part of a much bigger problem...

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

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[Bonhoeffer's Child @bonhoefferchild]

Every Christian who seeks to mandate their credal beliefs with the force of the State … admits their own lived witness has failed.

All forms of Christian Nationalism are born out of a failure of praxis and a belief that the Cross is not enough.

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[Tracy Hogan @HoganSOG]

Leave the light on. Nighttime on St Kilda, The Hebrides, Scotland. NMP.

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[Chris Swart @BwanaChris]

The moment had come. The tides of deceit had risen so high that they threatened to engulf everything in their wake—truth, decency, and the very fabric of democracy. But on the horizon, a figure stood tall, calm yet fierce. @BarackObama, always the steady hand, now held his quiver full of arrows—the truth, and he was ready to unleash them, each one honed with precision and laced with integrity. The crowd gathered in Pittsburgh was restless, expectant, the tension thick as the air before a storm. And Obama, with his voice tempered by years of leading a nation, began his measured volley against the twisted shadow of lies that Trump had cast across the land.

“There are those,” Obama began, his voice cutting through the thick fog of falsehoods, “who mistake bullying for strength. Who believe that putting others down, lying, and spreading hate is the sign of a strong leader.” He paused, his eyes scanning the crowd, as if daring them to grasp the gravity of what he was about to reveal.

The dragon of lies had scorched the earth for far too long. Trump’s world was one of alternative facts, of fabricated victories, of cruel taunts aimed at the vulnerable. But this moment, here and now, was a reckoning. It wasn’t just about Trump anymore—it was about the cult of falsehood that had sprouted around him like weeds choking out the garden of truth.

Obama’s words struck deep, not with the anger of vengeance, but with the righteous indignation of a man who had seen the heart of this nation laid bare and knew what it meant to serve, not for self, but for others.

“Real strength,” Obama continued, his voice rising with a controlled intensity, “is working hard. It’s taking responsibility, not deflecting blame. It’s telling the truth, even when it’s hard. Especially when it’s hard.”

The crowd was with him now, their murmurs swelling into a unified roar. They had lived through the chaos, the pandemic mismanagement, the denial of reality, the insurrection—the darkest chapters of a nation’s recent memory. And now, in this moment, they were being reminded of the light, of what real leadership looked like.

As Obama fired his arrows, one by one, each found its mark in the armor of the monstrous edifice Trump had built. There was no room for lies here. The truth was a tsunami, crashing against the false walls of bravado and deceit that Trump had erected. This was the reckoning.

Obama spoke of hope, of decency, of the hard road ahead, but also of the unbreakable resolve of the American people. “We’ve been through hard times before,” he said, “but we’ve always found our way. Not by dividing, but by uniting. Not by tearing others down, but by lifting them up.”

And with that, Obama loosed his final arrow, the sharpest of them all, aimed not at the man himself, but at the heart of the sickness he had spread. “The real threat to democracy,” Obama said, echoing Trump’s own words back at him, “is not the people who believe in truth, but those who follow the lies.”

It was as though the earth itself shuddered, as the weight of his words settled into the consciousness of everyone who heard them. The arrows of truth had flown straight and true, piercing through the smog of deception, clearing the way for what had always been there beneath the filth—decency, hope, and the promise of a better tomorrow.

The crowd erupted, not in blind rage or thoughtless cheer, but in the sound of something far more powerful—clarity. They had seen the dragon for what it was, and in that moment, they knew that no matter how loud the lies roared, the truth would always have the final word.

And so, with Obama’s quiver empty and the dragon of deceit exposed for what it was, the battle lines were drawn. Not between parties, not between ideologies, but between truth and lies. And for the first time in what seemed like forever, the truth was winning.

[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

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[brooklyn babyy @thee_SACK]

These transitions scratch my brain just right everytime

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[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

Please give @thefoodbabe a follow. This week she testified in the Senate about ingredients in U.S. foods that are considered to be toxic in Europe. When U.S. food manufacturers make the same foods for the European market, they omit those ingredients. 🤔

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[Rachel Savage @RachelSavage27]

@PAUtilities power out Ventura/Barron Park?