Trina Hoefling

A creator, writer, trainer, consultant and facilitator of working better together when apart. I help you Work, Train, Learn, Connect, and Collaborate Virtually.

[Logan M. Davis @LoganMDavis]

I hope you will read this.

I have spent the last 6 months investigating a controversial Bible college outside of Woodland Park. What started as curiosity slowly turned into fascination, and then horror.

I want to tell you about Charis Bible College. 1/
https://t.co/3FqVl4N0fP

[Acyn @Acyn]

Disney: We need the media to treat assholes differently. We need the media to stop admiring them…

[Colorado Times Recorder @COTimesRecorder]

Republican officials in Weld County and Montrose have rejected resolutions that would have declared their status as “non-sanctuary cities,” dismissing them as “political theater.” #copolitics https://t.co/JSuMwvblH6

[Logan M. Davis @LoganMDavis]

ALSO NEW: Preacher Andrew Wommack, who has promised to "take over Woodland Park," boasted on a live stream last week that his Charis Bible College is "armed to the hilt" and has "multiple times" as many weapons stockpiled as the local police department.

#christiannationalism

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

A great documentary I stumbled on today. I meant to watch 5 minutes. i watched it all. American Heretics: The Politics of the Gospel (Christian Nationalism Doc... https://t.co/fhFLwpTd0h via @YouTube

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

It's okay for Christians to go to war to defeat us ungodly liberals. Christian Nationalism in the flesh.

[Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch]

Christian nationalist Andrew Wommack says that while he doesn't want to see the US descend into civil war, he thinks it "would it be worth it to turn this nation back" to God and the Constitution. https://t.co/5aQ76sQbVm

[Rob Rogers @electrobrogers]

Richard Harris tries to ask a question and … fails. https://t.co/uSNU53Qg5O

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

@LoganMDavis The event was amazing, thanks to @LoganMDavis keeping it real, honest, & kind while sharing history & current events & why they both matter.

[Logan M. Davis @LoganMDavis]

We had a series of lovely productive conversations about Christian nationalism, and a few more interesting interactions. Thanks to everyone who came out — and thank you to our Charis friends for keeping it lively.

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

@LoganMDavis Just read it. Always an insight! Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow in Woodland Park.

[FindOutPAC @FindOutPac]

Justices Jimmy, John, and Jane f*cked around with Texans' reproductive freedoms, and now they're about to find out.

#F*ckAround #FindOut #FAFO #FindOutPac

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

The same people who told me I was an alarmist or a drama queen after the 2016 election are the ones who say today, wow, who could have seen this coming, & then say they have to unplug from the news because it's just to much for them. That's how authoritarians come into power.

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

Dissenting opinion on school board decision | Guest column https://t.co/Dtj3uIvj3R via @csgazette

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

Gaslighting a fellow board member now, and silencing her so she has to do this: #firewitt Dissenting opinion on school board decision | Guest column https://t.co/Dtj3uIvj3R via @csgazette

[Victor Shi @Victorshi2020]

To the media: After “Speaker” Johnson admitted that he doesn’t want to pass border funding because Joe Biden is president, PLEASE stop saying the issue of border security is Democrats’ or President Biden’s fault. There are no both-sides. House Republicans simply do not care.

[James Connor @toJamesConnor]

Meanwhile, if you're wondering how Trump's fraud trial in NY is going. 👀

Doug Larson, the expert listed by the Trump Org as its appraiser in 5 years of documents, tells the court under oath that he never did that appraisal work and was unaware that the Trump organization was using his name as the source for appraisal values. Yikes.

https://t.co/7wtRROJFO6

[Trina Hoefling @thoefling]

Save Woodland Park Schools: Stop the Incompetent School Board https://t.co/p5kNYKZEGQ via @Change

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

Robert De Niro’s statement on Donald is perfect. Please read it:

“I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men. I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump.

When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly.

I see an evil one.

Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.”

Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong. Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped.

Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.”

He has contempt for all of them.

We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego. We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.

We tried to warn the world in 2016.

The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination. Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags.

The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior. That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse.

Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously.

So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America:

This is our last chance.

Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator.

And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided.

So what do we do about it? I know I’m preaching to the choir here. What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.

We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House. They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice. Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them.

Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.

Let’s not talk about “democracy.” “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.

Let’s talk about right and wrong. Let’s talk about humanity.

Let’s talk about kindness. Security for our world. Safety for our families. Decency.

Let’s welcome them back.

We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.””

[Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @HC_Richardson]

This is hugely important.