hannah anderson

Seeking all that's true, good, and beautiful

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

Looks like we're going to have some new folks around here. Here's what you can expect:

1) general disapproval of modernity
2) endearing vignettes of bickering w/ my 17yo son about Napoleon
3) love of Appalachia
4) deeply protective of working class
5) probably too ecumenical

[Joshin and Jokien @joshcarlosjosh]

But they were, all of them, deceived, for another 'THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER' was made

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

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[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

Looking for a creative way to welcome Advent with your community?

Here’s a free, printable Advent poetry practice inspired by a workshop my friend Nicole & I developed for the 2025 Duke Initiatives in Theology & the Arts conference at @DukeDivinity

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

Being a xennial, I fall in that gap btwn Gen X & millennials. I’ve never quite known where I fit, but goodness, I’ve never felt more Gen X than in the last few days. The earnestness of incoming millennial lawmakers is a wonder. They *believe* in a way Gen X struggles to.

[Ed Elson @edels0n]

Reminder that prosecuting insider trading, abuse of office, bribery, and securities fraud isn't "lawfare" — it's the law.

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@Placeholder602 @joelrainey 💯

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@joelrainey @scism_cameron It important to note too that Ds don’t control executive so I don’t think there’s a road for top down governing. expect Ds to work out at state and regional levels first

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@joelrainey @scism_cameron I think it’s interesting that a whole lot of seats that swung blue were from populist dems. As a party, Dems will need to decide who they are as much as GOP but this isn’t Schumer and Pelosi crowd

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

Don't fall into partisan trap of "us" and "them"--it is only us now. The reason GOP lost is b/c it refused to hold their own accountable. That refusal led to suffering. Voters say, no more. Yes, we must restore & rebuild but accountability is essential part of that process.

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

It's a false dichotomy to view investigation & congressional oversight as necessarily retributive. It could take on a retributive quality, but corruption is THE primary reason for real-world issues like food prices, unnecessary war, etc. Abuse of power is not an abstraction.

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

It may have taken the average voter to feel the pain in their pocketbook or see the violence enacted against citizens to finally say Enough. But restoring a system of checks & balances *must* be a top priority if we hope restore any mesaure of prosperity & stability for you & me.

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@j_rhett what do you make of exit polling that marks corruption as a top priority? Or are you just more concerned about "prolonged and retributive" investigations? Do you see a path where investigations are healthy?

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@j_rhett The locust effect so to speak

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@j_rhett What do you make of the argument that these things are actually downstream to corruption and abuse of power?

[hannah anderson @sometimesalight]

@scism_cameron @joelrainey Yes, not either/or but both. And we cannot turn a blind eye to corruption. Jan 6 should have led to impeachment but GOP repeatedly refused to do the right thing & suffering & mayhem was the result. We must hold people accountable b/c abuse of power does real world harm.

[Rachel Janfaza @racheljanfaza]

Today’s first time voter was: 
- Born in 2008 
- 8 years old when Trump was first elected 
- In middle school when Covid hit