#good samaritans

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[contemplatingoutlander]

Why Minnesota Matters More Than Iran for America’s Future

The New York Times | Opinion | Thomas L. Friedman | March 15, 2026

MINNESOTA: An American Lesson in "neighboring."

This column by Thomas Friedman gave me hope for our country, epitomized by a new verb: "neighboring." It is well worth reading. This is a gift🎁link so there is no paywall; below are some excerpts.

The last year has been one of the most depressing of my nearly 50 years as a journalist. [....] But then I spent time in my native state, Minnesota, after something else that I’d never seen in nearly 50 years: a spontaneous uprising of civic activism propelled by a single idea — I am my neighbor’s keeper, whoever he or she is and however he or she got here. It was one of the most courageous battles ever fought by American men and women not in uniform. It was led by moms ready to donate their breast milk to strangers and dads ready to drive someone else’s kids to school because the parents, terrified of ICE agents, were too afraid to go out outdoors. It was neighbors ready to hit A.T.M.s to help out neighborhood restaurants and businesses deciding not to open — thus forgoing their income — for fear that masked ICE agents might drag away their cooks or dishwashers or desk clerks. And the best part was this: At a time when we have a president so shameless that he insists on putting his name on every public building he can, these good Samaritans of all colors and creeds acted without fanfare. “There were hundreds of leaders of this movement,” Bill George, a longtime Twin Cities business executive, said to me, “and I don’t know a single one of their names.” Many surely got to know one another, though, because they were all propelled by a verb I’d never heard before: “neighboring,” as in, Today I will be neighboring — going out to protect the good people next door or down the block. Not because I favor illegal immigration, but because I oppose the fundamental indecency of President Trump and Stephen Miller and the blessedly now departed Kristi Noem trying to fulfill their daily quota for evicting illegal immigrants by arresting my neighbors, most of whom work hard, pay taxes, go to church or mosque and help me dig out my car from the snow in winter. [emphasis added]

[odinsblog]

Talk about being the kind of person Mr. Rogers knew you could be. Protect this man at all costs.

[grits-gal-raised-in-the-south]

Proof that Meghan Markle & Like a Spare are invested in the demise of America's great cities🤡

Numpties are forecasting future teenage criminal activity based on local weather projections🤡🤦‍♂️🤦‍♀️. Cities like Chicago are allowing themselves to be held captive by online plans for 'part 2' of Downtown chaos.

Instead of Just Harry "monitoring & reporting" REAL threats to our democracy, he & wife are funding, fueling, and promoting it!

Lenora Dennis Chicago's Good Samaritan

The Color of Change (Soros) State's Attorney is Kim Foxx who allowed Jussie Smollett to skate.

Morally Bankrupt.

[uplift-daily]

Florida Woman Has a Medical Episode While Driving; Several Good Samaritans Stop the Car and Save the Woman’s Life

Watch the full video on Reddit!

[dbaydenny]

Luke 10:30-37

Scars, scabs of fresh wounds

ignored - just shrug walk away

like everyone else -

who has time - feelings for love

for the down and dirty ones?

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D W Eldred

[webofgoodnews]

Late-night knocks and radio chatter: Truckers train to spot human trafficking

Because traffickers often exploit the transportation system to move their victims, truckers are at an advantage in spotting signs and making

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Slow Down

Princeton Seminary conducted an experiment where students were asked to prepare a talk on the Good Samaritan and then share it around campus. Some were told to hurry as they were already late. Some were told they had just enough time. The rest were told they had time to spare. In the middle of the campus, each student would encounter a bystander...