[aMorePerfectUnion]

ZEEPER FOLLIES PINGLIST!

(((PING!)))

[miliantnutcase]

Next he’s going to reply to himself nonstop with copy paste spam all night.

[marcusmaximus]

the religious crackdown recalls the darkest days of Soviet rule, when the regime of Joseph Stalin arrested hundreds of Christian priests, destroying their churches or recommissioning them as theaters, clubs and youth centers steeping children in the values of communism.

[Republican Wildcat]

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—Moments after the band struck up a song of praise at a Christian church in a Russian-held city near here, Russian soldiers stormed in wearing full tactical gear. One of them wove through the crowd, mounted the stage and told the congregation to prepare their documents for inspection. The service in September 2022 was the last held inside Melitopol’s Church of God’s Grace. The Russian authorities took over the building, adorned it with murals depicting their dead fighters, and converted it into a culture ministry in this part of occupied south Ukraine. The church’s erasure from view is part of a sweeping crackdown inside Russian-held territory on religious groups that aren’t under Moscow’s control, especially the evangelical Christian faiths the Kremlin considers instruments of U.S. influence in Ukraine. Mykhailo Brytsyn, the church’s Baptist pastor, said he was questioned by Russian soldiers for four hours and told: “You don’t run a church. You run a nest of American spies.” Religion has long been central to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s campaign to halt Ukraine’s westward drift and bring it under his sway. His army is now using violent methods to roll back religious freedoms in occupied areas while bolstering the one faith that openly backs his invasion: the Russian Orthodox Church.

So this is the latest thing you are excusing or supporting...on top of supporting torture, murder, and terrorist organizations like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.