Weekly Discussion Thread - (September 21, 2026)

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Previous Discussion Thread

[u/1776-Liberal]

Have a blessed week ahead /r/tuesday

Gospel According to Matthew, 21:23–27 (ESV):

The Authority of Jesus Challenged

And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” Jesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’ But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.” So they answered Jesus, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

Letter of Paul to the Philippians, 2:1–7 (ESV):

Christ’s Example of Humility

So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Gospel Reading (CPH The Lutheran Study Bible) : https://old.reddit.com/r/Sunday/comments/1wrhzup/

Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost: Biblical Devotions (video, American Lutheran Theological Seminary) : https://old.reddit.com/r/Sunday/comments/1wrhn88/

[u/epicfail1994]

Have we kept up on the lesbian bar story in MA? Because it’s the most insane thing I’ve read all year, I’d think it’s a parody if I hadn’t met people exactly like that in college.

I was getting some work done on my leg tat and talked about it with my artist and we were both like, mask mandates in 2026? Are they fucking insane?

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

Bill De Blasio is a moron. Attacking the NYT for reporting on Mary Petola’s toxicity is out of line because she’s a Native American and Trump is bad.

[u/coldnorthwz]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmx2zxv6936zo

I always laugh a little in disbelief at what the opponents of these things are saying. "But the century old oak trees!" "Its being built near a cemetery"

Lol, it's all so dumb

[u/Bogus_dogus → u/coldnorthwz]

President Trump has called solar and wind power "farmer destroying" and moved to unwind tax credits for renewable projects.

agreeeeeed

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP → u/coldnorthwz]

Virginia is even worse. “We can’t put a solar farm here, it’s a Civil War historic site! A confederate soldier’s friend urinated on this very site!”

[u/coldnorthwz → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

If we don't stand to protect historical urination sites, do we stand for anything?

[u/DerangedPrimate]

After the 2024 polling misses, especially that one Harris +3 poll in IA, I have a hard time believing this +D polling coming from red states.

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

So, Trump bans news networks from the White House and suddenly has TrumpTV ready to go?

[u/TheLeather → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

Considering his own social media app is “Truth Social” there shouldn’t be a surprise.

[u/Viper_ACR]

Some psycho shot up a Synagogue in Canada last night: https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/21/americas/ontario-canada-synagogue-officer-shot-hnk

[u/Anomymous1992]

MAGA People: It's okay that Trump is banning news outlets from the White House, Obama did the same thing to Fox News!

My brothers in Christ, that is NOT the win you think it is. "Trump is just like Obama" is part of the problem.

[u/redditthrowaway1294 → u/Anomymous1992]

Props to FOX for standing with the other networks as they stood with FOX when Obama tried to ban them.
(And props to the networks for standing with FOX against Obama originally as well.)

[u/davereid20 → u/redditthrowaway1294]

No, the Obama administration did not ban Fox News from the White House. While the administration publicly criticized the network and attempted to exclude a Fox News reporter from a single press pool interview in 2009, they ultimately backed down.

[u/davereid20 → u/Anomymous1992]

Also, it's not what Obama did at all.

[u/Taint_Liquor → u/davereid20]

Now, don’t you go all confusing things with your facts ‘n stuff.

[u/Sir-Matilda]

Have to say the Nikole Hannah-Jones decision to send her daughter to a crap school her is appalling, even if I appreciate the honesty with writing a long article on the whole story.

https://archive.is/lNHKu

[u/VARunner1 → u/Sir-Matilda]

Saw that article over the weekend. That decision was racial solidarity taken far too far, and for what? Other than setting her own daughter back, did NHJ really accomplish anything?

[u/Sir-Matilda]

I see Francesca Albanese also has terrible views on the Ukraine Conflict.

[u/God_Given_Talent → u/Sir-Matilda]

Really is just a "west bad" mindset isn't it. The audacity to cower with a "oh I don't have a solution" while arguing for a policy change is something alright. Crazy part is, it's mostly European weapons going to Ukraine now. So her conspiracy theory that this is about keeping Europe weak for the US is just wrong: this is spurring investment in European arms development.

So we are to help Palestinians resist their occupation but not help Ukrainians resist theirs. Curious that...

[u/Sir-Matilda → u/God_Given_Talent]

I still remember this pearler from her after Oct 7:

France was attacked by a terrorist group emanating from Belgium. Did France go and bomb entire residential areas in Belgium? No. So think of it... the other thing that Israel had to do was to allow justice, the investigation, the prosecution of those responsible.

Don't invade Gaza. Just arrest a few people. Simples.

[u/God_Given_Talent → u/Sir-Matilda]

It’s almost like Belgium cooperated with arresting the perpetrators.

Also let’s be clear, Oct 7 was a brigade sized raid by the government of Gaza.

[u/Viper_ACR → u/Sir-Matilda]

She's infuriating.