Nancy Gowler

Fun thing to think about very briefly: who currently has better lawyers, the United States or Nintendo

I agree. Others were critical of the administration, but they were serious, not making jokes.
It took me a sec to realize she was joking about Trump. I thought she was starting off with a "this service is running long because you asked too many politicians to speak" joke like speakers before her.

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Senators vote to give Florida’s governor the power to label ‘terrorist’ groups College and university students who “promote” such organizations would be immediately expelled and assessed out-of-state tuition fees.

Florida Legislature is enabling the governor to label certain groups as terrorists, so college students who "promote" those organizations could be expelled.

Investigators' determinations could be kept secret if they are “critical to state or national security.”

www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...

I mean I admire the motives of the Luddites, but that's not in my bio!

I'm on one called "techno-pessimists"!

Strange men sitting in court surreptitiously dispensing advice is no way to run a Justice Department

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.

Man stands behind a wooden lectern with stained glass in the background and a communion table in front

At BSK Theological Seminary for the 2026 E. Glenn Hinson Lecture with Dr. Claudio Carvalhaes.

Ten Important Women Theologians To Start Reading Recommended list of women theologians that you should be reading and talking about. We have reviewed many recent books by these theologians

"10 Important Women Theologians To Start Reading" from @erbks.bsky.social

#WomensHistoryMonth

Read #EmbracingTheOther

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Deepfake Spotter – Deepfakes Tracker Deepfake Spotter: A Guide to Spotting Deepfakes in the Wild Practical Human Judgment – Your First Line of Defence Technical and Visual Signs of Deepfakes – Your Second Line of Defence Big Picture Rule...

Journalists have been asking us again and again about how to spot deepfakes.

Here’s our best advice for now, though it may evolve quickly, as AI advancements are happening in weeks and months rather than years. deepfakestracker.org/deepfake-spo...

For years on my old blog I published the names of servicemembers who died in Iraq & Afghanistan. No other outlets were.

These are the first 4 Americans to die in the Iran War.
Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35
Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42
Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39
Sgt. Declan J. Coady, 20

What can Renaissance art and Howard Thurman tell us about the prodigal son? Insights about Jesus' parable from the great theologian Howard Thurman can enhance our appreciation of Dürer's "The Prodigal Son Among the Pigs" and the spiritual journey it can evoke.

This captures the gist of what we're doing in my class on Howard Thurman today: www.ncronline.org/culture/what...

Some things never change.

Outpouring of Welcome: second sermon in the series: Tell Me Something Good This sermon title no longer applies, for the text was reworked after news of the U.S./Israeli attacks on Iran were announced on Saturday, February 28, 2026. This is a sermon for the second Sunday in Lent (off lectionary, preached at the First Christian Church of Morehead, Kentucky, on March 1, 2026. Sermon texts: Luke 7:36-50 and Matthew 25:35-40. Listen to the…

After news of the U.S/Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday, I reworked my sermon for Sunday, March 1, 2026. Our Lenten series is "Tell Me Something Good," which remains both a homiletical challenge and a spiritual necessity in days like these.

There’s a pretty robust case to make that the Iran Hostage crisis of 1979, the revolution itself, and the policies of the Iranian government towards the US
since, was all blowback from the CIA’s decision to overthrow Mossadegh in 1953. www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/p...

That's rough. I had issues with gluten for a few years, so I do not take good bread for granted anymore.

Two small round loaves of bread on a cutting board. One has had an end sliced off to reveal the crumb.

Saturday #baking. Two small loaves of Mark Bittman's Rich Golden Bread recipe.

If the war goes on
will we close the doors to heaven,
if the war goes on,
will we breach the gates of hell;
if the war goes on,
will we ever be forgiven,
if the war goes on....

Words & music John L. Bell & Graham Maule, Iona Community, Wild Good Publications

If the war goes on
and the rich increase their fortunes
and the arms sales soar
as new weapons are displayed,
when a fertile field
turns to-no-man's-land tomorrow,
who'll approve such trade?

If the war goes on
and the daily bread is terror,
and the voiceless poor
take the road as refugees;
when a nation's pride
destines millions to be homeless,
who will heed their pleas?

If the war goes on
and the truth is taken hostage;
and new terrors lead
to the need to euphemise,
when the calls for peace
are declared unpatriotic,
who'll expose the lies?

If The War Goes On YouTube video by stainedglasshymns

If the war goes on
and the children die of hunger,
and the old men weep
for the young men are no more,
and the women learn
how to dance without a partner
who will keep the score?
youtu.be/46XPtGXl4QM?...

The long arc of Donald Trump’s obsession with Iran Iranians are demanding economic justice, says historian Behrooz Ghamari—but Trump is just demanding their oil.

“They are not going to stop until they have free access to Iran’s resources and oil.”

Trump's "war of choice."

’Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind.

OCASIO-CORTEZ STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S COMBAT OPERATIONS IN IRAN "The American people are once again dragged into a war they did not want by a president who does not care about the long-term consequences of his actions. This war is unlawful. It is unnecessary. And it will be catastrophic. "Just this week, Iran and the United States were negotiating key measures that could have staved off war. The President walked away from these discussions and chose war instead.President Trump flippantly acknowledged the possibility of American casualties, stating "that often happens in war.' "Mr. President: this was not an inevitability. This is a deliberate choice of aggression when diplomacy and security were within reach. Stop lying to the American people. "Violence begets violence. We learned this lesson in Iraq. We learned this lesson in Afghanistan. And we are about to learn it again in Iran. Bombs have yet to create enduring democracies in the region and this will be no different. "In moments of war, our Constitution is unambiguous: Congress authorizes war. The President does not. I will do my part to uphold our Constitution by voting YES on Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie's War Powers Resolution. Every member of Congress must join us in rejecting this aimless war.

My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️

Fun fact: the dining room at Mar-a-Lago, built in the mid-1920s, was dubbed "the Mussolini room" by its designer because it was intentionally modeled after Rome's Chigi Palace that was occupied at the time by Il Duce.

No Powell to trot out this time

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