John W. Martens

Tragedy and farce, at the same time.

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I was excited to speak with Micah Kiel to discuss his new book from @litpress.bsky.social - an award winning book - on Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching. Micah pushes Christians hard to take seriously their obligations to all those in need. Great episode!

Jobs are down, gas prices are up, wages are depressed, and we’re in the middle of another illegal war. Trump is just like every other Republican president.

Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people f...

Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first.
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DOJ's recent 6th Circuit filing misspelled:

Voters as “Votors”
Emergency as "Emeregency"
United States as "United Staes"

And, it included a non-party in the caption.

These are the people who want access to your sensitive voting records and who my team fights in court every day.

THIS.

No one’s talking about the abilities and powers of the Gophers?

New BOMBSHELL Reporting REVEALS Epstein’s DEEP DOJ TIES YouTube video by Katie Phang

New reporting from the Miami Herald on how Epstein used his power, money, & influence to “infiltrate the justice system.”

I do a deep dive into this incredible article, including eyebrow-raising relationships between the prosecutors and Epstein’s criminal defense team.

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10 hour study with me at Columbia showing lunch

Her in the library

DHS illegally arrested me please help Text against image of her knees

Columbia student detained today is a day-in-the-life influencer with 100K followers. Her stories right now go from her studying for a Genetics exam in a nicely edited "ten hour study with me at Columbia" video, to a photo of her knees with the caption "dhs illegally arrested me please help"

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I was excited to speak with Micah Kiel to discuss his new book from @litpress.bsky.social - an award winning book - on Scripture and Catholic Social Teaching. Micah pushes Christians hard to take seriously their obligations to all those in need. Great episode!

One would think that this would merit an emergency convening of all Blue state governors, Attorneys generals and Congressional representatives. It's a declaration of war on one state which means they'll do it to others too.

States asked the Trump admin. to affirm they, not the Feds, run elections. They were met with silence Trump administration officials said will not be dispatching ICE agents — or any other armed federal agents — to polling places for the midterm elections.

NEW: With Trump calling for a federal “take over of the voting,” state election officials asked the administration to publicly affirm a basic constitutional fact — that states run our elections.

They were met with silence.

This has nothing to do with fraud.

The agents Trump allegedly sent to investigate fraud are shooting protesters and arresting children. His DOJ is gutting the U.S. Attorney’s Office and crippling their ability to prosecute fraud. And every week Trump pardons another fraudster.

The Trump Admin’s War on Minnesota continues. Some people commit fraud so everyone must be punished for it whether they did anything wrong or not. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...

Yup!

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I agree with you that those values can be defended without invoking Christianity, but I think he is building an off-ramp for those Christians who are uncomfortable with Christian nationalism, but have been told there is no other path. I think his messaging is Christianity is not needed in politics.

Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas One year into the second Trump administration, a new national survey examines support for Christian nationalism across all 50 states and examines connections between support for Christian nationalism ...

30% of US citizens are pro-Christian Nationalism. Among the GOP it's over 50%

mostly concentrated in the South and Midwest, which is where the Klan was from, so that tracks

The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.

There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.

Let me know what you think about this episode! This reflects the work going on at our small Catholic colleges in Vancouver.

Let me know what you think about this episode! This reflects the work going on at our small Catholic colleges in Vancouver.

"Soulwork:"Decolonizing and In…–What Matters Most – Apple Podcasts Podcast Episode · What Matters Most · 2026-02-11 · 1h 19m

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Centre for Christian Engagement at St Mark's College, UBC

"Soulwork:"Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Curriculum: A Conversation with Dr. Judith Scholes and Dr. Nick Olkovich

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BREAKING: Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 84 Jackson rose to prominence alongside civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr, later founding People United to Save Humanity and the National Rainbow Coalition.

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Just a reminder that virtually the entire Republican party, and absolutely the entire Trump White House, is actively covering for this.

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

RELEASE THE UNREDACTED TRUMP-EPSTEIN FILES!!!

BUST THE PEDOPHILES AND THEIR CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING RING!!

BUST THE REPUBLIKKKLANS THAT ARE PROTECTING THE PEDOPHILES!!!

STOP THEM FROM RAPING CHILDREN!!!!

if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.

ICE eyes detention facility at warehouse owned by firm with Montreal ties U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering using a warehouse in Roxbury, N.J., owned by a firm with roots in Montreal, as part of a major expansion of its immigration detention infrastruc...

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I converted to Catholicism two weeks ago. Here's why I hate Jesus and the Pope.