Rev. Fred Small
@revfredsmall.bsky.social
Minister for Climate Justice, Arlington Street Church, singer-songwriter, author @nosycrowus.bsky.social, Cambridge, MA (Massachusett land). He/him. Info & events: https://linktr.ee/revfredsmall
I'm writing a new sermon, "Coming Back to Life": When despair threatens to overwhelm us, we recall that the well of spirit is infinite, bubbling up from the depths of the soul to slake our thirst & quicken our courage.
I'll preach it tomorrow in Boston & next Sun. in Reading. linktr.ee/revfredsmall
I'll preach it tomorrow in Boston & next Sun. in Reading. linktr.ee/revfredsmall
October 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I'm writing a new sermon, "Coming Back to Life": When despair threatens to overwhelm us, we recall that the well of spirit is infinite, bubbling up from the depths of the soul to slake our thirst & quicken our courage.
I'll preach it tomorrow in Boston & next Sun. in Reading. linktr.ee/revfredsmall
I'll preach it tomorrow in Boston & next Sun. in Reading. linktr.ee/revfredsmall
As usual, the cruelty of this administration is in a tight race with its incompetence. The words "mechanically issuing deportation orders" should never describe #immigration proceedings in a democracy.
Thank you @bostonglobe.com for this horrifying report.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/19/m...
Thank you @bostonglobe.com for this horrifying report.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/19/m...
‘It was complete disarray’: Chaos, disruption at Chelmsford immigration court - The Boston Globe
Suddenly rescheduled cases, moved months or years earlier from their original dates, have overwhelmed the infrastructure at the court.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
As usual, the cruelty of this administration is in a tight race with its incompetence. The words "mechanically issuing deportation orders" should never describe #immigration proceedings in a democracy.
Thank you @bostonglobe.com for this horrifying report.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/19/m...
Thank you @bostonglobe.com for this horrifying report.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/19/m...
A lifelong Democrat, I'm both a leftist & a pragmatist. We've got to win elections. But I'm appalled by @thirdway.bsky.social's declaration of "war" ($15M of negativity) on @demsocialists.bsky.social. To stop Trump & Co. we need more unity & less infighting. #bigtent www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
Moderate Democrats Prepare for ‘War’ Against an Ascendant Left (Gift Article)
One moderate group says the progressive wins are “deeply troubling” and is planning a $15 million effort against democratic socialism.
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
A lifelong Democrat, I'm both a leftist & a pragmatist. We've got to win elections. But I'm appalled by @thirdway.bsky.social's declaration of "war" ($15M of negativity) on @demsocialists.bsky.social. To stop Trump & Co. we need more unity & less infighting. #bigtent www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
Of all the lies & distortions of Trumpism, "DEI bike lanes" is among the nastiest. It goes like this: 1. Bike lanes support transportation equity. 2. Equity helps people of color. 3. Helping people of color is woke. 4. Bike lanes must be destroyed. @massbike.bsky.social @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
It's not just advocates who say this. Researchers, studies, and data say it. That's why advocates say it. Reporters can just say it, too!
US push to defund ‘DEI bike lanes’ will make roads less safe, advocates say
Trump administration boasts of cutting $1.73bn already allocated for cycling improvements to city streets
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Of all the lies & distortions of Trumpism, "DEI bike lanes" is among the nastiest. It goes like this: 1. Bike lanes support transportation equity. 2. Equity helps people of color. 3. Helping people of color is woke. 4. Bike lanes must be destroyed. @massbike.bsky.social @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social
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OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election?
CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you
O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election?
C: I'm not gonna get into that with you
O: You're not being honest or forthright
C: ...
July 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM
OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election?
CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you
O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election?
C: I'm not gonna get into that with you
O: You're not being honest or forthright
C: ...
“Children who are just celebrating . . . just children enjoying themselves, seeing their families, singing. For him to go after those children, it’s awful, it’s dangerous, it’s inhumane, it’s wrong.” Khalid Omar, Isaiah and Faith, St. Paul. #freedomofreligion
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
Trump’s Posts on Singing Somali Schoolchildren Stir Anger in Minnesota (Gift Article)
The state’s large Muslim and Somali communities expressed indignation after the president reposted a video of a kindergarten promotion ceremony, including comments noting the girls were in hijabs.
www.nytimes.com
July 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
“Children who are just celebrating . . . just children enjoying themselves, seeing their families, singing. For him to go after those children, it’s awful, it’s dangerous, it’s inhumane, it’s wrong.” Khalid Omar, Isaiah and Faith, St. Paul. #freedomofreligion
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
#BlackHistory isn't "woke." Black history is the truth, discomfiting to some.
As Dr. King said, "unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."
@agordonreed.bsky.social @profjeffries.bsky.social
As Dr. King said, "unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."
@agordonreed.bsky.social @profjeffries.bsky.social
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation had spent a decade shifting the center of gravity away from solely Jefferson-as-genius and toward the full world that existed on that mountain. My job was to help communicate the shift.
What Broke Monticello - The American Prospect
How a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded.
buff.ly
July 4, 2026 at 2:16 PM
#BlackHistory isn't "woke." Black history is the truth, discomfiting to some.
As Dr. King said, "unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."
@agordonreed.bsky.social @profjeffries.bsky.social
As Dr. King said, "unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."
@agordonreed.bsky.social @profjeffries.bsky.social
Join me this Sunday for a multifaith conversation on spirituality, social justice & faith-grounded advocacy. Our panel will highlight building coalitions across differences when the climate crisis, authoritarianism & weaponized bigotry threaten us all.
Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Join me this Sunday for a multifaith conversation on spirituality, social justice & faith-grounded advocacy. Our panel will highlight building coalitions across differences when the climate crisis, authoritarianism & weaponized bigotry threaten us all.
Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Registration: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Reposted by Rev. Fred Small
There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.
April 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
There is no excuse for downplaying or eliding the insanity of Trump’s morning post. It is the most unhinged public comment by a president in US history and should be reported and remarked upon as such.
Honored to lead singing today at #NoKings Worcester!
Thansks to the great organizers, the boisterous crowd & Ellie McGowan for video. 🙏
#SingingResistance
@50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @worcountyindivalli.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjE...
Thansks to the great organizers, the boisterous crowd & Ellie McGowan for video. 🙏
#SingingResistance
@50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @worcountyindivalli.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjE...
"No Kings for Me" at No Kings Worcester 3/28/26
YouTube video by Fred Small
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Honored to lead singing today at #NoKings Worcester!
Thansks to the great organizers, the boisterous crowd & Ellie McGowan for video. 🙏
#SingingResistance
@50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @worcountyindivalli.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjE...
Thansks to the great organizers, the boisterous crowd & Ellie McGowan for video. 🙏
#SingingResistance
@50501movement.bsky.social @indivisible.org @worcountyindivalli.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNjE...
Truth. #endfossilfuels
@billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @ayanaeliza.bsky.social @jamiehenn.bsky.social @revyearwood.bsky.social @climatebrad.hillheat.com @ienearth.bsky.social @thebtscenter.bsky.social @greenfaith.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social @350.org
@billmckibben.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com @ayanaeliza.bsky.social @jamiehenn.bsky.social @revyearwood.bsky.social @climatebrad.hillheat.com @ienearth.bsky.social @thebtscenter.bsky.social @greenfaith.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social @350.org
Fossil fuels push the world towards autocracy. Were we less dependent on them, there might have been no President Trump, no President Putin, no ayatollahs, no Netanyahu, no perpetual Middle East wars. Democracy depends on unhooking ourselves.
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot
Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
"President Trump has taken on many ancillary roles in Washington: Chm of the Kennedy Center. De facto chief architect of the city’s landmark properties. And now, the nation’s chief intelligence analyst."
@sangernyt.bsky.social @julianbarnes.bsky.social
God help us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
@sangernyt.bsky.social @julianbarnes.bsky.social
God help us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties Over to Trump
www.nytimes.com
March 19, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"President Trump has taken on many ancillary roles in Washington: Chm of the Kennedy Center. De facto chief architect of the city’s landmark properties. And now, the nation’s chief intelligence analyst."
@sangernyt.bsky.social @julianbarnes.bsky.social
God help us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
@sangernyt.bsky.social @julianbarnes.bsky.social
God help us.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...
Reposted by Rev. Fred Small
You say excursion. I say incursion. Let’s call the whole thing off!
March 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
You say excursion. I say incursion. Let’s call the whole thing off!
"This is chemical warfare, as inhumane in its way as the attacks on the girl’s school . . . "
Chemical warfare is a #warcrime strictly forbidden by international law.
Shame on Trump, Hegseth, and their enablers. #NoWarOnIran
Chemical warfare is a #warcrime strictly forbidden by international law.
Shame on Trump, Hegseth, and their enablers. #NoWarOnIran
America and Israel are in essence waging chemical war in Iran, filling the air above its metropolis with toxic smoke after lighting its oil storage depots on fire.
How is anyone supposed to "rise up" when they can't breathe?
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
How is anyone supposed to "rise up" when they can't breathe?
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
A dark and killing cloud over Tehran
And over a shamed America
open.substack.com
March 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
"This is chemical warfare, as inhumane in its way as the attacks on the girl’s school . . . "
Chemical warfare is a #warcrime strictly forbidden by international law.
Shame on Trump, Hegseth, and their enablers. #NoWarOnIran
Chemical warfare is a #warcrime strictly forbidden by international law.
Shame on Trump, Hegseth, and their enablers. #NoWarOnIran
Reposted by Rev. Fred Small
These ghouls act like they've discovered some novel secret: "Hey, guys, GUYS! Did you know that we can just kill people whenever we want?" Yes, you absolute idiot, that's ALWAYS been true. We just chose not to, for good and self-interested reasons which the entire world is about to learn yet again.
Lindsey Graham: "If we get in a fight, I want to win it quick. I'm in Miami. You see this hat? 'Free Cuba.' Stay tuned. The liberation of Cuba is upon us. We're marching through the world. We're clearing out the bad guys. Cuba is next."
March 8, 2026 at 4:46 PM
These ghouls act like they've discovered some novel secret: "Hey, guys, GUYS! Did you know that we can just kill people whenever we want?" Yes, you absolute idiot, that's ALWAYS been true. We just chose not to, for good and self-interested reasons which the entire world is about to learn yet again.
Kristi Noem's firing, though richly deserved, won't end the abuse. #AbolishICE #JusticeForEmmanuelDamas #BoycottCitizens
Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.
Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.
A tooth infection.
1/3
tucson.com/news/local/b...
Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.
A tooth infection.
1/3
tucson.com/news/local/b...
March 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Kristi Noem's firing, though richly deserved, won't end the abuse. #AbolishICE #JusticeForEmmanuelDamas #BoycottCitizens
Re Pete Hegseth's manic rants, @polgreen.bsky.social's trenchant analysis quotes Aimé Césaire in 1950: “The hour of the barbarian is at hand. The modern barbarian. The American hour. Violence, excess, waste, mercantilism, bluff, conformism, stupidity, vulgarity, disorder.”
#NoKings #NoWarOnIran
#NoKings #NoWarOnIran
I wrote about Trump's fantasy of omnipotence and invulnerability crashing against the material reality of a interdependent world. This insane, heedless war will ruin us all. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Re Pete Hegseth's manic rants, @polgreen.bsky.social's trenchant analysis quotes Aimé Césaire in 1950: “The hour of the barbarian is at hand. The modern barbarian. The American hour. Violence, excess, waste, mercantilism, bluff, conformism, stupidity, vulgarity, disorder.”
#NoKings #NoWarOnIran
#NoKings #NoWarOnIran
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I am hopeful that the war in Iran will bring needed democratic change to … the United States of America.
February 28, 2026 at 12:14 PM
I am hopeful that the war in Iran will bring needed democratic change to … the United States of America.
Reposted by Rev. Fred Small
"The Constitution could not be more clear. When launching wars of choice, especially with American lives in the balance, the president goes to Congress and Congress authorizes it. That did not happen, and these operations are blatantly unconstitutional."--Maj. Gen. (Ret) Paul D. Eaton #NoWarOnIran
VoteVets Senior Advisor Max Rose spoke to Maj Gen (Ret) Paul Eaton about his Substack article, "War in Iran Will Cost American Lives." They emphasized that Congress should have debated military actions before risking American lives.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=to4z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=to4z...
BREAKING: Major General Paul Eaton SHREDS Trump Plan to Bring US Into War With Iran
YouTube video by VoteVets
www.youtube.com
February 28, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"The Constitution could not be more clear. When launching wars of choice, especially with American lives in the balance, the president goes to Congress and Congress authorizes it. That did not happen, and these operations are blatantly unconstitutional."--Maj. Gen. (Ret) Paul D. Eaton #NoWarOnIran
Reposted by Rev. Fred Small
Reposted by Rev. Fred Small
Scout law demands bravery: "Face difficult situations even when you feel afraid. Do what you think is right despite what others might be doing or saying." Selling out #trans kids & #DEI to Hegseth, @scoutingamerica.bsky.social shows it's as lawless as the Trump administration. @erininthemorning.com
The Pentagon says Scouting America will alter policies to maintain military support, including requiring members to use sex assigned at birth.
Pentagon says Scouting America will alter policies to maintain support from US military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Scouting America will alter several policies to maintain its support from the U.S. military.
bit.ly
February 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Scout law demands bravery: "Face difficult situations even when you feel afraid. Do what you think is right despite what others might be doing or saying." Selling out #trans kids & #DEI to Hegseth, @scoutingamerica.bsky.social shows it's as lawless as the Trump administration. @erininthemorning.com
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