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@josephbackholm
Joseph Backholm
2 years
@RubinReport This is where conservatism and merely the love of liberty diverge. This situation prioritizes the desires of adults over the best interests of kids. Its sad. A society that embraces it will suffer as a result.
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This is how it happens 1. Decide "hate groups" don't have const rights 2. Label everyone you dislike a "hate group" 3. Rights gone
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@redmenace000 @RepMontague @elonmusk It would accomplish almost nothing because poverty is not caused by a lack of money in the world. Poverty is function of corruption; governments and leaders who destroy the opptunities for others in order to enrich themselves. Money can't fix that, only virtue can.
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@WadeMiller_USMC @MSNBC That's not the thing that unites us as Christian nationalists, it's the thing that unites us as Americans.
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@Rock_Jaxes @ClayTravis Not 70+. Don't have Peacock. Still won't tomorrow.
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@philvischer When you choose to hate someone everything they do is offensive.
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@SenatorRomney @DavidPepper I'm of the opinion that a minimum requirement of any elected office should be the ability to distinguish between men and women.
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@BethMooreLPM I'm not one of those who prefers Trump to the others, but there are tens of millions of Americans who are. In many ways it's a class divide. You are one of the elites and your life won't change much regardless who is President. But find the poor/working class demo that is
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@VW You logo is offensive to millions and unnecessarily divisive.
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5 years
@SenKamalaHarris Thank you, @SenKamalaHarris for speaking truth to power. I bet she tells people to wear seatbelts and look both ways before crossing the street as well. Enough is enough!.
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@JamaalBowmanNY I'm concerned about the author of the cartoon and those who think it makes a good point. Children aren't different species of animals with fundamentally different designs.
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@NC_Governor @Canes Sports betting is now legal in NC because the people who will become wealthy exploiting poor people with low impulse control will give a % of that money to the politicians who made it legal. Politicians and gambling companies win. Families lose.
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The following position is something I can't prove scientifically but have found lots of support for anecdotally: Opposition to conservative political goals from inside the church is often framed as concern about idolatry or tone. But in virtually all cases, their criticisms
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4 years
Don't count every vote. Count every legal vote.
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2 years
Not all that interested in the reasons I shouldn't like #Zelensky rn. I'm sure there are ways we differ, but the dude is inspiring and courageous when it matters most. The whole "we only honor perfect people" act needs to stop.
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@philvischer What i mean is that there is a group of people you have chosen to assume the worst about in all ways so even pictures of people in church are evidence of what you've already chosen to believe. The right-wing version of this is conservatives who insist any attempt to listen or
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People don't like abortion, but they vote for it anyway. Why? Because they view it as happiness insurance. The sexual revolution has convinced the world it's impossible to be happy if you're not having sex, so abortion is necessary because pregnancy inevitably results if
@Mike_Hixenbaugh
Mike Hixenbaugh
8 months
Exit polling on Ohio issue 1 is showing broad support for abortion rights across demographics. More from @nbcnews here:
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@ACLUVA @EqualityLoudoun @EqualityVA I'm old enough to remember the ACLU like freedom of speech and opposed compelled speech.
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@antoniogm Abortion for sure
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@WajahatAli The correct response there is "I'm sorry"
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@DeAngelisCorey One day soon, opposition to school choice will be unthinkable.
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1 year
The real story of the #IvanProvorov saga is that he's the only one who resisted. Statistically, about half the players are least uncomfortable with it. The fact that only one resisted is proof of cultural dominance from the alphabet people, not victimhood.
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@waltermasterson @DeAngelisCorey He did. He showed that you're working to deny other people the choices you had.
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@marklowen @PedroZegrePenim Guys, this isn't wonderful. We all know they mean well, but every little girl deserves a mom, and this girl's mom has been taken from her. The more this happens, the worse the world will be.
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@ZachWLambert No one is offended by it. The concern is that people will end up in hell because they were told good intentions get you into heaven. We all want everyone in heaven, but God is the one who makes the rules. "Repent and believe." The other paths are dead ends.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
Woot! More of this. The cartel is collapsing.
@DeAngelisCorey
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
3 years
BREAKING: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey just announced a program allowing families to take their children's education dollars elsewhere if their public schools close, mandate masks, or subject children to other COVID-19 constraints.
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Would any of the Trump prosecutors bring the same charges and make the same arguments against someone they liked? We all know the answer is emphatically no. That's why none of this is a victory for the rule of law and creates terrible precedent moving forward.
@JonathanMerritt
Jonathan Merritt
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I’m very clearly no fan of Donald Trump, but I also don’t want to live in a world where every president leaves office only to face a pile of lawsuits and indictments. We are dangerously close to living in that world.
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2 years
Super thankful we finally have an emoji that will allow me to express how I feel after Thanksgiving dinner.
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@CTmagazine 1. There is no good Christian argument in defense of preferred pronouns. It's a surrender to things we cannot surrender to. 2. To those who agree with 1, calling CT names does not help. No one has ever been persuaded by insults. If we want less division, be less divisive.
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Joseph Backholm
5 years
When you're tempted to write the words "he was pregnant" slowly back away and think about what has happened to you to get you to this point.
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James Shupe (Formerly Jamie Shupe)
5 years
"When Myles Brady Davis found out he was pregnant, he rejoiced with his wife, Precious. They held hands, they teared up." “To see that he is the one who is carrying my child is the most beautiful thing in the world,” said Precious, 33.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
ACB used the term "sexual preference" instead of "sexual orientation". Her refusal to succumb to the lefts dictionary says a lot. #AmyConeyBarrett
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
Nonsense. This isn't a matter of liking the outcome or not liking the outcome. It's a matter of wanting a jurist who doesn't insert words into laws that weren't there when those laws were passed.
@neontaster
Noam Blum
4 years
If you're regretting Gorsuch at this moment in time, then you just want a political rubber stamp on the bench, not a serious jurist who might sometimes rule in a way you disagree with.
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2 years
Is it unChristian to bus immigrants from the border to other states? It's an interesting question. But as you consider it, keep this in mind. You should never listen to people who don't care what God thinks to understand what God thinks.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
Remember, the people telling you to "trust the science" don't believe it's possible to differentiate between boys and girls at birth. It's not science they want you to trust.
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2 years
@approject They don't oppose it because its critical. They oppose it because it criticizes them. They are on the groomer team. They like the groomers. They don't want people making their team look bad.
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@mboorstein @washingtonpost I don't typically support striking workers, but I make an exception in this case. Strike forever.
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@axios Fact Check: True 💯✅
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@CDCgov I will never take medical advice--or any advice--from someone who unironcially uses the term "pregnant people."
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3 years
It is impossible to overstate the importance of getting children out of government-run schools. May this be only the beginning.
@DeAngelisCorey
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
3 years
School enrollment changes in 2020-21: Charter: + 7.1% Government-run: - 3.3%
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@DeAngelisCorey The purpose of a teacher's union is to create dissatisfaction amongst their members. No matter how generous we are to teachers, teachers unions are professionally obligated to say its never enough. Otherwise they aren't necessary.
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@timkellernyc You're answering a Q no one is asking. Of course there can be different means to the same goal, but thats not what's dividing us. Pple are calling evil good and good evil. Christians must hold that line. Unity is a not the greatest good, it is a byproduct of the greatest good.
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3 years
@juliebethe @JamaalBowmanNY Encouraging children to reach the same level of competency in English or math is not like asking an elephant to climb a tree. The fact that people have different strengths is obvious, but that does not negate the general usefulness of certain skills.
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@SeattleONTap His wife got to Tuscaloosa and said "Get me back to Seattle NOW"
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5 years
Maybe they should start an international network of hospitals, adoption agencies, colleges and relief orgs that spend hundreds of billions to relieve suffering, improve quality, and create opportunities. Then they could call it the church. He might be onto something.
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@Jac5Connor If I am walking through the mountains and see 6 rocks piled on top of each other I assume an intelligent being was involved. Nothing in my experience indicates order can ever come from chaos without intervening intelligence and the universe is very, very orderly.
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Joseph Backholm
6 years
Retweeting this just in case you wanted to see what it looks like when someone closes their mind.
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Will Saletan (wsaletan on Threads)
6 years
After Kavanaugh’s opening statement, I hope most of us can agree that even if he didn’t assault Ford, he has just shown us that he lacks the temperament to serve on the Supreme Court.
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@EricRWeinstein Wherein they accidentally admit that by "right wing" they simply mean "believes in free speech."
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@philvischer Ignoring the assumptions in the first part of the question, this would have been a great question to ask prior to expressing a strong opinion. "Hey, what do you like about this picture?" I could imagine at least dozens of honest answers that don't require us to conclude they're
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2 years
@BenC137Helton @DeAngelisCorey Almost no institution on earth does a worse job of accomplishing its primary purpose than the US public education system. About a third of American kids are at grade level in math. "Empirically worse" than the US government school system doesn't really exist.
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6 years
Pro Tip: If you're using your middle finger to encourage people to be more tolerant you're probably doing it wrong.
@BrianSimsPA
Brian Sims 🌈
6 years
OFFICIAL WELCOME: @MikePenceVP let me be the first to officially welcome you to the City of Brotherly Love and to my District! We’re a City of soaring diversity. We believe in the power of all people: Black, Brown, Queer, Trans, Atheist, & Immigrant. So...get bent, then get out!
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4 years
And the winner for the best "we have to be able to say we covered it but we don't really want to cover it" headline goes to....
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Post Politics
4 years
Developments in allegations against Biden amplify efforts to question his behavior
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@cfadal @BethMooreLPM Trump's voters disagree.
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3 years
@ClayTravis This is mindblowingly rational. Millions of Americans are currently losing their livelihood for sharing this perspective.
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4 months
@ArmenThomassian Talk about straining at gnats. It doesn't have to be your favorite song, nor do you have to take it to your church, but this is nearly pharisaical. Maybe even sewing discord. If you have energy to raise this as an issue you may have no real problems.
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@DelanoSquires To be one of the cool kids now, you have to be into drag queens and get excited when teenage girls decide to cut their breasts off to look more like boys. Weird world.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
He can't do it by himself, but that sure would be wonderful.
@DeAngelisCorey
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
4 years
Trump just said "in a 2nd term I'll provide school choice to every parent in America."
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@nhannahjones If it's only a "choice" for people who can afford it, it's not a "choice" it's a luxury item.
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3 years
@GobeLasers @shaksingh @libsoftiktok She refuses to see people as individuals who might be capable of sincere emotions in moments of tremendous stress. She reduces them to being "white men", which, for her, releases her from any obligation to show kindness or empathy. Its an evil, racist way to see people.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
I did an interview today with @llerer of the #NewYorkTimes about #TaraReade who has accused #JoeBiden of sexual assault. Since an article is being written in which I expect to be quoted, I want to tell the complete story for any who might be interested. 1 of 16
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@waltermasterson @DeAngelisCorey This thread in summary. "If parents can choose, kids will learn the things their parents want them to know instead of the things I want to know. That would be terrible. Down with school choice."
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
@GetVaxAnswers Years from now, there will be studies that find huge differences in the lives of children raised in homes that shut down because of COVID and those that lived normal lives. The view of life that leads to COVID panic is a true disability.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
@ShelbyTalcott @MaryMargOlohan I feel so old. Every day I see references to people that people are apparently supposed to recognize and I'm like "who's that?"
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@estradguillermo Frat guys for the win. May this become the start of a lifetime of rejecting passivity and doing the right thing in the face of ridicule. Its really important you guys become more influential than those trying to tear our flag down. Civilization literally depends on it.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
@KonstantinKisin Someone confident in their decision is probably willing to answer some questions about it...
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
If you want to make the world a better place, go out of your way to do something nice for someone you have huge disagreements with. Tribalism is toxic.
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Joseph Backholm
7 months
@Softykjr Coach DeBoer is gonna play this clip on a loop in the locker room.
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
@EmmanuelAcho One of the most disappointing things I've watched in a long time. 5 people, all claiming to be Christians, discussing a critical issue and not a single word of truth was spoken. Satan is well-pleased with this production. An advertisement for abortion.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
Twitter told me this. This sounds like good news. The election hasn't happened yet. I'm disoriented.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.
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Joseph Backholm
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@WRAL This could be such a great opportunity to correct course in higher ed. If all the students who protested along with the faculty sympathetic to the cause were removed they could get back to something resembling education.
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
So OSHA can't force you to force someone else to do something they don't want to do. Somehow this is controversial and a bunch of us are going to be mad about it.
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Joseph Backholm
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@KIPP @KIPPSoCal Its crazy that this is spoken like parent's will be relieved to know their 5 year-olds are finally being schooled in intersectionality.
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
@prward The question is whether laying down your rights is also laying down others rights, which would be not an act of love but one of great cruelty.
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Joseph Backholm
5 months
This is a right-wing version of tearing down Thomas Jefferson statues because he owned slaves. We can honor significant contributions to the world even if that person was imperfect. In fact, that's the assumption anytime we honor someone since the list of perfect people is
@charliekirk11
Charlie Kirk
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Who was MLK? A myth has been created and it has grown totally out of control While he was alive most people disliked him, yet today he is the most honored, worshipped, even deified person of the 20th century Today we are going to tell the truth and explain how this myth was
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@KaeleyT Men desire respect and women desire security. Porn makes men unrespectable, even if no one knows they're using it. When men are unrespectable, women don't feel secure, so they have no interest in those men and become self-sufficient out of necessity if not preference. Men
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Joseph Backholm
5 years
I think the calls for resignation are appropriate. Once you are ok with the idea of keeping a baby comfortable while the doctor and mother discuss whether it should be killed or not you are unfit for public office. That's a seriously dark heart. @RalphNortham #RalphNortham
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Jim DeMint
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VA Gov Northam is no moderate, this is one of the most vile, radical pro-abortion positions ever put forward. This is evil. He should recant or resign.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
I think "Amen and Awoman" is stupid enough that they should have done it in 2020.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
Don't fall into the trap of acting like this is wonderful. It's not. They're going to grow up without a mother, on purpose, and that's going to have a real and negative impact on their life.
@PeteButtigieg
Pete Buttigieg
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Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we’re becoming parents. We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
So..... it was a Christian school.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
Paraphrase "I came from the developing world with nothing and made a great life for myself in only 10 years. Now help me tear down this corrupt, awful, racist, patriarchy that has held me down for so long."
@ihssaneleckey
Ihssane Leckey
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I came to America with nothing. In 10 years, I went from mopping restaurant floors to taking on the biggest banks on Wall Street. Now, I’m running for Congress to dismantle every oppressive system that denies us the basic necessities to live. Join us:
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First century Christians weren't persecuted for worshipping Jesus. It was a polytheistic world, Rome didn't care. The problem was that they believed there is "No King But Jesus". You won't be hated by the world for the God you worship but for the gods you refuse to worship.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
Everything progressives assured social conservatives would NEVER happen has actually happened.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
@neontaster One man's "rubber stamp" is another man's "consistent judicial philosophy" I suppose.
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Joseph Backholm
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@670TheScore @Softykjr Life long Seahawks fan here. I don't know anyone upset about losing Waldron, but hope he's great for y'all.
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Joseph Backholm
2 months
@ChelsPat This is not a joke about sexual assault. It's a joke about our politics.
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
If you know, you know.
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@NC_Governor To say it's bad for kids to have the choice to go to a school they prefer over one they don't prefer is insane.
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Joseph Backholm
4 years
On Becerra nomination to HHS 1. The left is happy bc they think he'll make nuns buy birth control 2. He tried to make pro-life pregnancy centers advertise for abortions. 3. Becerra is a sworn adversary of goodness 4. Biden can't be moderate Prez. He's not his own man.
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Joseph Backholm
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@PattyMurray @POTUS Senator, when you have emptied your savings paying for the student loans of those who stand to benefit from this program, then I will take more seriously your current effort to ask my grandchildren to pay for them. Being asked to pay your own bills is not unreasonable.
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Joseph Backholm
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@OneFineJay They're just mad that there are no non-binary or two-spirit characters.
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
@DavidAFrench This seems obvious, but... the fact that a culture has been doing something that is wrong and harmful is not a reason to continue doing something that is wrong and harmful.
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Joseph Backholm
2 years
The wealthy have choice, the poor are our subjects. hahaha
@DeAngelisCorey
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
2 years
Public School Lobbyist: "Parents, as of today, have the ability to choose where their children go to school" Nebraska Senator Linehan (R): "If they can afford it." Public School Lobbyist: "I... yeah.. I guess."
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Joseph Backholm
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Humanity 101. No matter what your problem is, killing children will never be the solution. That goes for Jewish kids, Muslim kids, unborn kids...all kids.
@OliLondonTV
Oli London
8 months
6 year old Palestinian-American boy stabbed to death in Chicago by Islamophobic landlord. In a frenzied attack a 71 year old man stabbed the boy 26 times while screaming “You Muslims must d*ie.” Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6 year old boy, was tragically pronounced dead at the
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Joseph Backholm
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If I ever use my law degree again to start suing people, it will be on behalf the children who were mutilated by adults who got money and progressive brownie points by destroying their lives.
@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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Puberty blockers aka sterilization drugs will no longer be prescribed to children in Britain, due to potentially severe negative effects
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Joseph Backholm
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@FDRLST If the path you were on makes it impossible for you to celebrate the end of Roe despite claiming to be pro-life, it was the wrong path.
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Joseph Backholm
3 years
"If your faith is something you take on and off, thats not faith, thats a hobby." @SenatorLankford
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Joseph Backholm
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@GovInslee There will one day be books written about the adults who mutilated the bodies of children for progressive brownie points and no one will see them as the good guys.
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Joseph Backholm
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Christian young people, Do not depend on woke people for your income. That is building your house on sand. As you look for jobs and consider careers, connect yourself to people who value freedom and will not be manipulated by bullies.
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