Christian (recommitted in 2025), Republican, Vet, GenX. “They exchanged the glory of God for the image of an ox that eats grass.” ~Psalm 106:20
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Quakers always paint themselves as oppressed.
Britain locked up 10,000 Quakers. 450 died in prison. 🇬🇧
Their crime, under the Quaker Act 1662, was refusing to swear an oath.
Because they told the truth all the time.
Barclays Bank: founded 1690 by Quakers John Freame and Thomas Gould.
Lloyds Bank: founded 1765 by Quaker Sampson Lloyd.
Cadbury: founded 1824 by Quaker John Cadbury in Birmingham.
Clarks shoes: founded 1825 by Quakers in Somerset.
They were the first organised religious body in the world to formally condemn slavery. The Germantown Petition, 1688. London Yearly Meeting followed in 1761. Decades before Wilberforce.
Elizabeth Fry walked into Newgate Prison in 1813. The Gaols Act passed in 1823.
At their peak they were 0.2% of the population. One in five hundred people.
They changed everything.
Be Proud Of Us. 🙏🇬🇧
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Percentage of "normie" conservatives and libertarians who claim that Iran had no effect on the election: 0%
Percentage of NatCons, Postliberals, and Vanceguard types who refuse to utter the word "tariff" in their election postmortems and wish to focus solely on Iran: 100%
DSA hates people.
I'm a landlord, and I hate bad landlords as much as the next guy,(honestly probably MORE, because slumlords give the rest of us a bad name)...
But what St. Paul Voters just passed Tuesday night is completely NUTS.
Nearly 80% of St. Paul Voters,(92,045 to 24,469) just passed Question 1, the so-called "Right to Repair" ordinance.
Here is what they actually just voted into law:
A tenant sends a written repair notice. If the landlord doesn't have it scheduled or fixed within 14 days, the tenant can do "simple" repairs THEMSELVES,(or hire someone on their own) and deduct up to $500 or HALF a month's rent,(whichever is higher) straight off the rent check.
Think about how insane that is in the real world...
Over HALF of St. Paul's housing stock is ~100 years old. Good luck getting a specialty part or a licensed plumber/boiler tech out on a 100-year-old St. Paul duplex inside 14 days in the dead of a Minnesota winter. Now picture a tenant deciding to DIY the plumbing or electrical themselves and handing you a receipt and half a rent check... 🤦♂️
And here's the kicker: this measure was SO unworkable that even the St. Paul City Council voted in August to keep it OFF the ballot,(activist groups had to sue all the way to the Minnesota Supreme Court just to force it on). When an idea is too radical for the St. Paul City Council, that should tell you everything!
Look, nobody defends actual slumlords. Minnesota ALREADY has strict habitability laws, city housing inspectors, and rent-escrow courts where bad landlords get hammered legally.
Remember 2021 when St. Paul Voters passed the strictest Rent Control in the country because the ballot language sounded nice...new apartment permits crashed ~80% overnight while developers fled across the river, and the City spent years trying to walk back the damage?
Watch what happens next here:
Mom-and-pop landlords who own a duplex or a 4-plex aren't going to deal with DIY tenant "repairs," liability nightmares, and half-checks every month. They're going to sell out to giant corporate landlords with legal departments on retainer,(or pull those units off the rental market completely).
Fewer rentals, higher insurance, bigger corporate landlords, and EVEN HIGHER rent for the exact tenants who just voted 79% Yes for it.
Every single time...if only there was a way to see this coming.
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This video explains a lot of what we've seen playing out over the last two years. And the last 72 hours.
Vance is in fact intensely loyal to someone. It's just not Trump.
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If you’re right wing and you can’t admit liberals (not communists) are way better at art and design and boutique coffee shops and restaurants, you’re not living in reality.
If you’re left wing and you can’t admit conservatives are way better at running cities and businesses and police departments, you’re not living in reality.
You step inside a beautiful coffee shop in the PNW and think “man, these liberals are great at this stuff…conservatives should take notes.” Then the moment you step outside and trip over a homeless drug zombie shooting up fentanyl on the sidewalk, you think “man these liberals are terrible at this stuff…they should really take notes from conservatives”
Communists make disgusting anti-beauty art, but classical liberals aren’t like that. Put the libs in charge of the coffee shops, put the conservatives in charge of city hall. This is how you get a city that is beautiful, clean, and functional.
If you can’t accept that, you need to check your tribalism. We are never getting rid of each other, so figure out how we strike a balance or else the communists swoop in and take everything from us while we quarrel over stupid bullshit…which is exactly what’s happening now.
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This is a timely exposé of Meg Basham. She’s been a toxic individual for a while, & Leah brings the receipts. And this doesn’t even touch on Basham’s dishonesty in “Shepherds for Sale”, her affiliations w/ Steve Bannon & Doug Wilson, & countless other disqualifying behaviors.
Look, there is no right time to post this series I'm about to post. Before the midterms was definitely not the right time, and immediately after isn't either, but it's less wrong. So, without further ado, here we go…
𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 (@megbasham) 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆.
Does anyone need the backstory?
On October 7, the Fantastic Four delivered some highly problematic speeches at NatCon Jerusalem, for which they were rightly criticized. One of the speakers was Amanda Milius (@AmandaMilius), who is friends with Megan. Over the following weeks, Megan went on an X crusade to defend, among other things, her friend's speech. In doing so, she repeatedly demanded that others adhere to moral standards that she herself failed to uphold in the slightest.
𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗢𝗽" 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲…
Megan repeatedly criticized people for seeing an "op" behind every disagreement, arguing that accusing others of being part of an op simply because they hold different opinions is paranoid and conspiratorial. Yet she herself suggested that people creating divisions within the right-wing coalition ahead of the midterms were part of an "op."
𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻:
"I think the people who are suddenly very interested in creating massive fights within the rightwing coalition right before the midterms are the people you should suspect of being an 'op.'" [1]
𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻:
“I am so sick of people who don’t know how to debate any policy or election result without calling things an “op.“ It’s the last refuge of idiots and grifters.” [2]
“Yes, I’m sure Mollie and Matt and me and everyone else who is saying that he is behaving out of his mind with this stuff are ops of some fashion.” [3]
“They’re not running a dialectical hegemonic op or whatever.” [4]
“And they call anyone who doesn’t agree with them part of an op.” [5]
“Everything ends up in an 8000 word insane rant about ops and dialectics and not just a normal discussion.” [6]
“Just because people disagree does not mean its an ‘op’.” [7]
“The problem is you. Not secret ops.” [8]
“I have to have been bought. I have to be part of an op.” [9]
“Exactly.” (Reply to: “…denouncing everyone who disagrees with them as secret Marxists or ‘woke right’ ops.”) [10]
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Is someone leaking to Trita Parsi from the Situation Room?
Parsi founded the now-defunct Iranians for International Cooperation in 1997, which he explicitly conceived as an Iran lobby.
He shouldn't even be in the U.S., let alone have access to deliberations of this magnitude
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My first interaction with Megan Bashem was when she divebombed onto one of my threads about libertarian economic critiques of postliberalism.
She intentionally and maliciously mischaracterized my position as a defense of "weed and porn," issues I had not said a word about, and then incited a sewer of her anonymous bots and sockpuppets on me to flood the replies with pure bigotry.
When I pointed out that she had attributed stances to me that I never took, Megan spent the entire next week doubling, tripling, and quadrupling down on her original lie...and obsessively repeating it in my mentions, all layered over with moralizing harangues that added to the original lie.
She is a deeply sinful and disturbed person. And while I pray that one day she realizes the errors of her ways, the best thing you can do for her right now is to block her from your feed.
Look, there is no right time to post this series I'm about to post. Before the midterms was definitely not the right time, and immediately after isn't either, but it's less wrong. So, without further ado, here we go…
𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 (@megbasham) 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆.
Does anyone need the backstory?
On October 7, the Fantastic Four delivered some highly problematic speeches at NatCon Jerusalem, for which they were rightly criticized. One of the speakers was Amanda Milius (@AmandaMilius), who is friends with Megan. Over the following weeks, Megan went on an X crusade to defend, among other things, her friend's speech. In doing so, she repeatedly demanded that others adhere to moral standards that she herself failed to uphold in the slightest.
𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗢𝗽" 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲…
Megan repeatedly criticized people for seeing an "op" behind every disagreement, arguing that accusing others of being part of an op simply because they hold different opinions is paranoid and conspiratorial. Yet she herself suggested that people creating divisions within the right-wing coalition ahead of the midterms were part of an "op."
𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻:
"I think the people who are suddenly very interested in creating massive fights within the rightwing coalition right before the midterms are the people you should suspect of being an 'op.'" [1]
𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻:
“I am so sick of people who don’t know how to debate any policy or election result without calling things an “op.“ It’s the last refuge of idiots and grifters.” [2]
“Yes, I’m sure Mollie and Matt and me and everyone else who is saying that he is behaving out of his mind with this stuff are ops of some fashion.” [3]
“They’re not running a dialectical hegemonic op or whatever.” [4]
“And they call anyone who doesn’t agree with them part of an op.” [5]
“Everything ends up in an 8000 word insane rant about ops and dialectics and not just a normal discussion.” [6]
“Just because people disagree does not mean its an ‘op’.” [7]
“The problem is you. Not secret ops.” [8]
“I have to have been bought. I have to be part of an op.” [9]
“Exactly.” (Reply to: “…denouncing everyone who disagrees with them as secret Marxists or ‘woke right’ ops.”) [10]
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Advice for anyone RTing or commenting on this excellent thread: proactively block Basham.
She likes to scroll for smaller accounts that criticize her and RT them with a note that makes her a victim.
It happened to me years ago. I had no idea who she was. I read her article going after victims of sex abuse in the church. I was appalled and commented. She found it, got her followers to go after me, and my mentions were a mess for days.
Since then, I’ve seen this happen over and over.
Block and mute liberally and don’t feel bad. I’m glad people are finally waking up to the truth about Basham.
It’s time for accountability on the right, especially for people connected to Doug Wilson and Claremont Institute.
Look, there is no right time to post this series I'm about to post. Before the midterms was definitely not the right time, and immediately after isn't either, but it's less wrong. So, without further ado, here we go…
𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗺 (@megbasham) 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆.
Does anyone need the backstory?
On October 7, the Fantastic Four delivered some highly problematic speeches at NatCon Jerusalem, for which they were rightly criticized. One of the speakers was Amanda Milius (@AmandaMilius), who is friends with Megan. Over the following weeks, Megan went on an X crusade to defend, among other things, her friend's speech. In doing so, she repeatedly demanded that others adhere to moral standards that she herself failed to uphold in the slightest.
𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗢𝗽" 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲…
Megan repeatedly criticized people for seeing an "op" behind every disagreement, arguing that accusing others of being part of an op simply because they hold different opinions is paranoid and conspiratorial. Yet she herself suggested that people creating divisions within the right-wing coalition ahead of the midterms were part of an "op."
𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻:
"I think the people who are suddenly very interested in creating massive fights within the rightwing coalition right before the midterms are the people you should suspect of being an 'op.'" [1]
𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻:
“I am so sick of people who don’t know how to debate any policy or election result without calling things an “op.“ It’s the last refuge of idiots and grifters.” [2]
“Yes, I’m sure Mollie and Matt and me and everyone else who is saying that he is behaving out of his mind with this stuff are ops of some fashion.” [3]
“They’re not running a dialectical hegemonic op or whatever.” [4]
“And they call anyone who doesn’t agree with them part of an op.” [5]
“Everything ends up in an 8000 word insane rant about ops and dialectics and not just a normal discussion.” [6]
“Just because people disagree does not mean its an ‘op’.” [7]
“The problem is you. Not secret ops.” [8]
“I have to have been bought. I have to be part of an op.” [9]
“Exactly.” (Reply to: “…denouncing everyone who disagrees with them as secret Marxists or ‘woke right’ ops.”) [10]
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If every US government person was a Christian, it would be the same United States of America.
If every US government person was a Muslim, our freedoms would be torn down one by one and it would turn into another Islamic hellhole.
What she did to Gavin Ortlund is reprehensible.
I liked @megbasham. I followed her for years, and I never follow people unless I like them or what they have to say. But I noticed a pattern over those years. I first began to notice with how she treated @gavinortlund.
This series is thorough and puts it all together to confirm everything I was noticing; fierce and deeply biased friend-enemy mentality, an attempt at being a social media mob boss, and blatant hypocrisy. The sad story of Megan.
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Paul lists eleven names at the end of Colossians 4. One in particular is worth noting and serves as a word of warning.
We know Onesimus from Paul's letter to Philemon. Mark, we know from the Gospel that he wrote. Luke is also mentioned as the beloved physician who wrote one of the Gospels.
But Demas? Who is he?
In Philemon 24, Paul lists Demas among his fellow workers. He is also with Paul when he writes to the church in Colossae (4:14). From what we can tell, at this point Demas was a trusted companion of Paul, engaged in Gospel ministry.
But later in Paul's life, when he wrote his second letter to Timothy, he said, “For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica” (2 Tim. 4:10).
What happened? All we have are Paul's words, but brief though they are, they tell a sad and all-too-common story. Demas had shifted his heart away from the truth and fallen in love with this present world.
Demas is likely the kind of person Jesus described in the parable of the sower. The seed that fell among the thorns was "choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature" (Luke 8:14).
We have all been there, in ways great and small, haven’t we? The allurements of this life are not only many but powerful and often subtle. It’s not like one day we wake up and say, “You know what? I think I’m going to abandon Christ for the cares and riches and pleasures of this world.”
No, we get there in a series of small, soul-numbing steps, like someone inching backward from a warm fire until eventually he stands shivering in the cold and dark, easy prey for the wolves that stalk the spiritual night.
Remember Demas. More importantly, remember Christ.
Christ, who warned us of such temptations.
Christ, who calls us to live each day in repentance.
Christ, who promises never to forsake us and always to welcome us home with forgiveness.
Lord Jesus, destroy in us love for this present world, and create in us new and contrite hearts that remain firmly devoted to you, full of the Spirit, and wholly in love with you.
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Michigan Democratic Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed said his first mission will be eradicating the influence of money in American politics.
“Why don’t we have guaranteed health care? Money in politics. Why don’t we have unions? Money in politics,” he said.
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