Steve Bagdanov

It's better to be good than right.

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@Buster_ESPN That's six.

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@DeaconJohn53 @Gianl1974 "I won't bash the dead" ... proceeds to bash the dead.

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@RonJarvis15 @ryanburge Getting free stuff may be the best way to phrase what the gospel is and what the church should do. The theological term for getting free stuff is grace. Did you read the same post that I did?

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@lukedsimmons @EWErickson This is exactly wrong. And I invite you to pray for yourself. Do you not see how pompously arrogant this post is? The mote in your eye is your "christian religion of self-importance" whereby you have established yourself as the canon you use to judge me and others like me.

[Mandy Patinkin @PatinkinMandy]

On a recent call with #Heroes4Harris, I sang ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ in Yiddish. Let me tell you why.

‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ is an anthem of hope. It was written by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, two young Jews who wrote the song in English but dreamt it up in Yiddish. Like my grandparents, their parents were refugees who fled many a Wicked Witch and flying monkey, seeking a land where ‘troubles melt like lemon drops.’

But of course, this song has always resonated far beyond the refugee community where it was written. Three decades later, it became an anthem for the LGBTQ+ movement and even inspired the rainbow flag. Tragically, America has always been tormented by a language rooted in hate and intolerance—a language that hates rainbows. A language that doesn’t pray for our highest good but preys on our deepest fears. For the composers of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow,’ this language of hate was embodied by Adolf Hitler. Recent revelations show Donald Trump not just echoing but aspiring to Hitler’s footsteps. Let me be clear: Our parents and grandparents weren’t sent by a White House to defeat Nazis only to see the White House run by them.

We as a nation are ready to turn the page on the nightmare of Trump and move towards an anthem of hope expressed in this great song. And so we stand at a crossroads of languages: Will we speak in hope or hate? Will we sing of dreams or despair? Will America lift her lamp beside the golden door, or slam it shut forever? 🗽

This Tuesday and every day after, let us choose the America that speaks this language of hope. And let us embrace the fact that hope is not just a dream—it drove my grandparents across oceans, it drives us to protect each other, and it will drive us to build that better world, that better home. And let us remember, there’s no place like home. 🏠✨

In the words of my ancestors, Zol zayn azoy. Let it be so.

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[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

New York...New York

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@dianabutlerbass @SarahLongwell25 I agree, but I love angry Kamala over laughing Kamala, however appropriate the laughter is.

[Adam Schiff @AdamSchiff]

After 11 years, Trump says he finally has a health care plan.

Here it is:

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

What a pathetic human being.

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

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[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

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[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@npthree @Dodgers Are you available?

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I've been listening to men grandstand about women's reproductive rights, and I'm convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here's why…

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

"We stand in solidarity with our fellow journalists in Gaza...the question is: where's everyone else?"

For Zeteo, me, @gretathunberg, @NaomiAKlein, @fbhutto, @byoussef & a host of Zeteo contributors read out the words of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel in Gaza.

Watch:

[Bishop Talbert Swan @TalbertSwan]

If ONE white woman accused me of rape my career would be OVER.

A white man accused of rape by TWENTY SIX women facing 91 criminal indictments being the presidential nominee of one of the two major parties and running for a 2nd term as POTUS, with 90% of evangelical ‘Christians’ supporting him, is all you need to know about racism, white male patriarchy, and white supremacy n America.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

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While media is demonizing Muslims & the left as "antisemitic," I looked up the ADL data on antisemitic hate crimes. ADL data goes back to 2002.

If you had to guess what % of antisemitic hate crimes were from Muslims vs Leftists vs Right, what would you guess?

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[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

@abierkhatib He is misquoting the text, it says: The LORD said to Abram... I will bless those who bless you, those who curse you I will curse; all the families of the earth will be blessed because of you." (Gen 12:1, 3 CEB) Israel as a nation didn't exist at the time of this promise to Abram

[Munther Isaac منذر اسحق @MuntherIsaac]

My response to US Congressman Tim Walbery saying: “It should be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Get it over quick,” and that the US "shouldn’t be spending a dime on humanitarian aid" -- during my appearance at Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman.
The full interview can be watched here: https://t.co/Oir9A53t9v

[Steve Bagdanov @stevebag]

The U.S. Drops an Average of 46 Bombs a Day: Why Should the World see us as a Force for Peace? https://t.co/CCn6snlCQb via @iAffairsCanada

[Ben Meiselas @meiselasb]

So it appears that Trump confusing Nikki Haley with his deranged conspiracy about Nancy Pelosi and Trump randomly posting that he looks like Elvis (he does not) has people finally seeing just how delusional, cognitively impaired, and utterly weird Trump’s campaign is. Well, I have been covering all of Donald Trump’s speeches for my reporting with the MeidasTouch Network and it’s just been mind boggling how the media has sought to normalize what can only be described as the strangest and weirdest thing ever. Here is what goes down at a typical Trump speech:

1. He comes out to the playing of the “January 6 Anthem” song which he recorded with some of the most dangerous J6 rioters in jail.

2. He brags how his song with the J6 rioters gets more downloads than Taylor Swift (it does not)

3. He spends a few minutes talking about passing cognitive exams, and how the audience would not pass the exam, but because he is really smart (he is not) he is able to ace the exam.

4. He praises Viktor Orban, the leader of Hungary, who Trump says is the most respected leader in Europe (he is not).

5. He praises President Xi and says he is very strong and rules over 1 billion people with an iron fist and Hollywood couldn’t find an actor as tough as President Xi.

6. He praises Putin and says people say it’s a bad thing he gets along with Putin but he thinks it’s a good thing.

7. He makes weird noises reenacting lifting weights with a trans woman and he says “mommy I can’t do it. Mommy. Ughhh, uhh, mommy help me.”

8. He says he doesn’t like seeing President Biden at the beach and says he has a better body than Biden (he does not)

9. He talks about his hatred of windmills and his hatred of electric cars. He says he would rather be electrocuted than eaten by sharks however.

10. He praises the J6 insurrectionists and calls them hostages.

11. He whines about his court cases, attacks prosecutors, judges, and witnesses, and then praises “the great Alphonse Capone” and brags he was indicted more than Capone.

12. He quotes Hitler and says immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country.

13. He says he wants to be a dictator on day 1.

14. He plays QAnon music, audience members often make QAnon sign with their hands, and he talks about how America is a failing nation.

15. He does a weird dance and leaves.