Rev. Dr. Barber

If he wants to be judge, the real question is, will his rulings rob the poor of their rights? Will they take health care from the sick, undermine immigrants’ rights, & take away civil rights? Matt 25 is not a Scripture that is just about individual charity.

Kavanaugh used Matt 25 as a statement of his faith & mentioned that it is the background of his charitable work. We all appreciate his personal service, but Matt 25 is about how God will judge the nations, not individual service.

Beyond the funeral, we remember Aretha loving as she fought for civil rights & voting rights. The greatest flattery is imitation. Let us get as many people as we can to imitate Aretha by getting registered & voting in November. Let’s demand RESPECT at the ballot box.

Death is hard for families. Death is especially hard for families of celebrities b/c they have to share their loved one in death & in life. Let’s pray for Areatha’s family. The hope always is that a funeral service can be healing & comforting, not hurtful & confusing.

The sadness they express now is disingenuous. So-called conservatives have become extremists. They sowed to the wind of extremism and they have reaped the whirlwind of chaos.

Republicans knew how divisive & backwards Trump was, but they gave him the power. Now that he is down in the polls, they say we should work together, though none of them worked w/ Obama.

It’s time to ask politicians and preachers why they say the poor need God but don’t take their own advice & seek godly values when they pass policies. #PoorPeoplesCampaign

“In all your getting, get understanding.” Before you blame the poor or act like poverty is a black issue b/c black people are immoral, please read this & join us in challenging the systems of poverty. https://ips-dc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PPC-Exective-Summary.pdf …

“Eulogy” in Greek is a “good word.” It was an honor to lift a word about the good that God gave us in the Queen of Soul. #ArethaHomegoinghttps://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1035928519812046851 …

Aretha Franklin was our preeminent theomusicologist. I'll be speaking about the life of Aretha tonight on Facebook w/@AC360. https://www.facebook.com/AndersonCooperFullCircle/videos/317040505523421/?__tn__=-R …

Amen brother @wilsonhartgrove!https://twitter.com/wilsonhartgrove/status/1035228837750235136 …

The President told his Trumpvangelicals “we are one election away from losing everything” & none of them challenged him. Their silence is worse than his lie. It reveals their allegiance is not to the God of truth, justice & love.

Mass turnout to produce progressive wins can build foundation for push in 2020 that grows coalitions & resets the political calculus. We can turn this “shithole” situation into voter fertilizer that will produce new statehouses, a new Congress, a new presidency & a new nation.

The primaries are revealing amazing possibility w/ @BenJealous in MD, @staceyabrams in GA, @AndrewGillum in FL, new districts in NC, & the possibility of mobilizing fusion black/white/brown coalitions in MS, SC, & TX in ways we haven’t seen in the South since Reconstruction.