trip jennings

Nonprofit ED/Journalist who believes life is incomplete w/o family, friends, books, The Wire & music. Curious. Culturally adventurous. Lived all over.

[trip jennings @trip_44]

They are worshipping something but it ain't what I learned about as a child in church or as a grown-up in seminary. So it might as well be Marduk or Enik or Ba’al.

Hell, they might even be worshipping Gozer the Gozerian for all I know.

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I do not want to live in an ethno-nationalist state that is based on and reveres skin pigment with low levels of melanin. 

As for the Christian theocracy the White Christian nationalists want, what is Babylonian for Marduk, Sumerian for Enki, or Canaanite for Ba’al.

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"We cannot afford to remain silent. We must stand up for the values we hold dear. The ABA will do its part and act to protect the rule of law."

-- William Bay, president of the American Bar Association

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"We call upon our elected representatives to stand with us and to insist upon adherence to the rule of law and the legal processes and procedures that ensure orderly change.

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"The administration cannot choose which law it will follow or ignore. These are not partisan or political issues. These are rule of law and process issues.

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"You have a right
"To free speech
"As long as it is not the truth
"And has nothing whatsoever to do with the truth
"And furthermore
"Has never, in any way, been connected with the truth"
#KnowYourRights
#InternationalClashDay
Relevant in Trump's USA 2025

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Could he and the private companies he owns benefit from having access to that information? What could he and his team do with that information?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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So ... Americans are OK with Elon Musk and his team controlling data and metadata of 2 million federal employees and the power over trillions of government dollars? Elon Musk who owns a social media platform and several other large corporations.

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Retired Marine General John Kelly's opinion of his former boss, Donald Trump, in October 2024. It hits hard on the 10th day of Donald Trump's second term as president.

At least some people were brave enough to challenge Donald Trump.

You can't say you weren't warned, U.S.

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"Well, looking at the definition of fascism: It’s a far-right authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy.

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"So certainly, in my experience, those are the kinds of things that he thinks would work better in terms of running America.”

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Come on, America. Prove you're not some lightweight with a glass jaw when you're in a fight with an overreaching president.

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Where is the congressional oversight as Elon Musk and his team gain access and take control of data on 2 million federal employees?

Are the GOP majorities in the U.S. House and Senate so cowardly as to let a president hand a private citizen this much power? Really?

[Rev. Benjamin Cremer @Brcremer]

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have deeply, deeply misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

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@haussamen Congratulations!

[Jeff Proctor @cjproctor74]

Lots of context from @NMInDepth on this case — story by @bladvs: https://t.co/uMao1VH0nf

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Try to limit critical coverage.

✓ In the autocratic playbook.

Trump and His Picks Threaten More Lawsuits Over Critical Coverage https://t.co/4mkiFyy1VE

[New Mexico In Depth @NMInDepth]

@bladvs reports families and friends of missing and murdered Indigenous people tell a new task force the state's online portal needs work and offer other suggestions during a meeting of the panel Friday.
https://t.co/vggtPEoUWT

[New Mexico In Depth @NMInDepth]

The attorney general has charged four eldercare workers with abuse of residents at assisted living facilities, @BryantFurlow reports, underscoring gaps in oversight.

https://t.co/mgAUzEhw8f

[Dan Boyd @DanBoydNM]

I'm writing with a heavy heart today, after the passing of our colleague Ollie Reed Jr. He was the best cowboy storyteller in the business and an all around great guy. He'll be deeply missed. @ABQJournal

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