Jonathan Dennis

Pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC) #FXBG VA, father of four, husband to a non-twitter user

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨This is exactly how ICE agents create the very situations they later use to justify murdering citizens.

In the video, they box in the vehicle of a U.S. citizen. They approach with guns already drawn, and try to open her car door… while repeatedly ordering her to unlock it, and ignoring anything she says.

And notice how they don’t identify themselves. They don’t explain why she’s being detained. They don’t tell her what crime they suspect her of committing.

To the person inside the car, it’s just a group of masked, armed men surrounding her vehicle and trying to force their way in.

That’s how panic starts.

And when people panic, move their car, or try to get away from what they reasonably perceive as a violent threat, ICE agents open fire, and later claim the vehicle was “used as a weapon.”

Law enforcement cannot detain people without legal justification. The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, and officers are expected to clearly communicate their authority, and the basis for their actions.

They are supposed to de-escalate situations.

Instead, they use tactics to create fear and confusion… making it more likely someone will panic, and easier for agents to claim deadly force was necessary, while they violate the person’s constitutional rights.

When these tactics become standard practice, accountability becomes nonexistent.

[Rebekah Jones @GeoRebekah]

Served with our troops, never broke the law, kidnapped and killed anyway.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

Nope! I always say there is no such thing as self-made. It’s a myth.

It took millions of people - from my parents to mentors to friends to competitors to fans and voters - to write my success story. I did not write it alone.

That’s the American Dream - not a lie about going it alone - but the truth that none of us do, and there is always someone with their hand out to lift us up.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[David Hines @hradzka]

ME. *kicks down door*
STARTLED PRODUCER. “what the fuck”
ME. “Liam Neeson IS St. Augustine in —”

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

Someone get a raise for whoever decided to put Jameis Winston on World Cup coverage

[Dan Zangrilli @DanZangrilli]

What a brilliant illustration to bring to life the competitive imbalance that exists in MLB by @_SportsBall_

[Matthew Loftus @matthew_loftus]

By judging colleges by the earnings of graduates, the OBBB is "an existential threat to the future of religious higher education in the US." Will also note that practically every medical missionary earns less than their peers!

https://t.co/Ea7CGb8wMH

[Barry @BarryOnHere]

Best opponents LeBron or Jordan faced in a playoff series (based on @bball_ref Simple Rating System):

11.35 - 2017 Warriors
11.04 - 2026 Thunder
10.38 - 2016 Warriors
10.01 - 2015 Warriors
9.30 - 2008 Celtics
9.06 - 1986 Celtics
8.35 - 2007 Spurs
8.00 - 2014 Spurs

Really difficult to say who faced tougher opponents. It's just so tough!!!!

[Thinkwert @Thinkwert]

Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

Jeffrey Epstein survivor Miss Rosa, just eviscerated the Trump Administration for releasing her name to the public 500+ times.

"I kept my identity protected as Jane Doe. I Woke up one day with my name mentioned over 500 times,while the rich and powerful remain protected by redactions. My name was exposed to the world. Now reporters from across the globe contact me. I cannot live without looking over my shoulder. I can only imagine the long-term impact this mistake will have on my life."

[LOTR Universe @Lordoftheringsu]

🚨 Official reveal video of the new LEGO Lord of the Rings Minas Tirith set.

The beacons are lit. The call has been answered. 🔥

[blighter @blightersort]

Jill is 100% correct. we should absolutely evaluate, test and check-on home-school kids. if they are not performing at least as well as the worst kid in a public school then they should face the same consequences as a public school with similar performance.

so, to take an example, 23 schools in Baltimore have zero children scoring proficient in math. Because of that, those schools have faced the consequence of getting extra funding.

thus, if a homeschooler is found to have performance that bad or worse, they should also be given extra funding, I guess.

[Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS]

It’s not just this era, imo.

Russell got 11
Kareem and MJ got six.
Kobe and Duncan got five.
LeBron and Steph got four.

My theory is that star power becomes less powerful over time. The median player gets better. Teams get smarter. The league gets harder and harder over time.

[Ben Sasse @BenSasse]

i can still live another 50 years if @Mike_Pence has the courage

[Maj. (Ret.) Richard Ojeda @Ojeda4America]

Let me be clear: this SICKENS me. I spent YEARS writing letters to get my interpreters in America because they SAVED OUR LIVES. One of my interpreters was a 15 year old kid. One day, we were working with the Afghan police and he went stone quiet. After we left, I asked him what was wrong. He told me that the Afghan police had just threatened to cut his lips off for helping us. He was FIFTEEN. And he risked EVERYTHING for our soldiers.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

NYT headline: “Trump Is Said to Be in Talks to Send Afghans Who Aided U.S. Forces to Congo.”

Among them are interpreters for the US military, families of US service members, and more than 400 children.

We’re becoming an evil country.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

What a truly evil way to treat people who risked their lives for the United States