Fight, Laugh & Feast Network | jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks | Activity https://flfnetwork.com/members/810211b2/activity/ Activity feed for jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:42:45 -0800 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.14.4 en-US 30 hourly 2 fdf1b6f4aca45caf757162f0e6d1a68f jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted an update: We are trying out our new blues-tinged Noah musical […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/3084/ Sat, 07 Oct 2023 22:32:56 -0700 We are trying out our new blues-tinged Noah musical revue tomorrow morning in Elk Park, NC at Heaton Christian Church. I will be posting the demos of the songs in the next couple of weeks, but in case anyone here is close to Elk Park in the morning, we will be presenting the piece at 9:00 AM during their Sunday school hour. The show is only…

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]]> 0 8be9c7035e7bbc2cdb13207ff289eb51 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted an update: And here is a PDF of the lyric booklet. It is printed […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/3069/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:31:03 -0700 And here is a PDF of the lyric booklet. It is printed so that it can be folded and stapled into an 11 x 8.5 booklet (landscape orientation):

]]> 0 295e9d45c26514c0ad1827a5f324e324 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted an update: My father and I wrote 12 songs for our church camp’s […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/3068/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:30:37 -0700 My father and I wrote 12 songs for our church camp’s prayer walk (one song for each stop based on the Scriptures at each stop). The camp is Appalachian Christian Camp in Unicoi, TN. There is a booklet at the beginning of the path with QR Codes printed throughout so you can listen to the songs as you go with your smartphone. Here is a SoundCloud…

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]]> 0 a25ec14fd06b2dcafe6c3f89a1c91cac jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/3066/#acomment-3067 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 17:23:05 -0700 Thanks, Gabe!

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Here are the Psalms for next week’s Fight Laugh Feast Conference! https://flfnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Psalm-Sheet.pdf

]]> e28a248055e568fcee6da04686f2dd1b jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2553/#acomment-2622 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 04:34:38 -0700 very cool

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Folks- it is looking like July 1st our new app will be released. It could happen beforehand…it is a superior app experience from the last one, especially for club members.

]]> a9bddb2d671f983d142522d24a4488f8 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks: @Waterboy Heard you on Morning Wire, bruv! Good times! https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2621/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 04:34:16 -0700 @Waterboy

Heard you on Morning Wire, bruv! Good times!

]]> 1 584a9ee32b5dbb08eae8db373ef94c6d jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2542/#acomment-2620 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 03:41:21 -0700 Thanks, Ralph!

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Dear Gabe, I have some original a capella hymns I have written in the shape-note style we were singing at the FLF conference in Knoxville back in October. […]

]]> 50a0bd33ed085f9d918bc2dab080d779 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2542/#acomment-2555 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:02:55 -0700 Yessir! https://ln5.sync.com/dl/0b5073b10/ddqqutzz-ch2z8z5i-fmu2mkzy-5vbn6f25

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Dear Gabe, I have some original a capella hymns I have written in the shape-note style we were singing at the FLF conference in Knoxville back in October. […]

]]> 18ce41266c01a31d34d7498a394747de jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks: @Waterboy Dear Gabe, I have some original a capella hymns […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2542/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 02:01:27 -0700 @Waterboy

Dear Gabe, I have some original a capella hymns I have written in the shape-note style we were singing at the FLF conference in Knoxville back in October. Is there someone I could send them to for consideration for the sessions in Louisville at the Ark this year? Thanks! Jt Oaks

]]> 5 99481ba570a36eac8ca75de3b3566e48 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted an update: Episode 5 of my songwriting show plays tonight, May 17th […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2459/ Wed, 17 May 2023 18:28:51 -0700 Episode 5 of my songwriting show plays tonight, May 17th on Knoxville Community Media!

This week’s song (THE PROBLEM) was inspired by a letter supposedly written by G.K. Chesterton in response to a query from The Times to a selection of popular writers, “What’s wrong with the world?”

In his reply, Chesterton reportedly wrote, “Dear Sirs,…

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]]> 0 d73cd2f7cce67e240e0bacb6ff314244 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted an update: Here is a new lyric video to one of my original songs […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2458/ Wed, 17 May 2023 18:27:01 -0700 Here is a new lyric video to one of my original songs from my album Vegas Blue, based on the correspondence between Robert and Rita Ode while he was held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran from November, 1979 till January, 1981.

Copyright © John thomas Oaks and Jerry Hughes, Caliora Music Publishing, ASCAP

Barry Bales – Bass
Justin Moses…

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SUN CITY (Jt's Song of the Week May 10, 2023)

Copyright © John thomas Oaks and Jerry Hughes, Caliora Music Publishing, ASCAP From the album VEGAS BLUEBarry Bales - BassJustin Moses - FiddleJt Oaks - Hamm...

]]> 0 dd3650a0044daec3504da9366af6bd2c jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted an update: Here is a new lyric video to one of my original songs […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2446/ Mon, 15 May 2023 19:22:06 -0700 Here is a new lyric video to one of my original songs from my album Vegas Blue, based on the correspondence between Robert and Rita Ode while he was held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran from November, 1979 till January, 1981.

Copyright © John thomas Oaks and Jerry Hughes, Caliora Music Publishing, ASCAP

Barry Bales – Bass
Justin Moses…

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SUN CITY (Jt's Song of the Week May 10, 2023)

Copyright © John thomas Oaks and Jerry Hughes, Caliora Music Publishing, ASCAP From the album VEGAS BLUEBarry Bales - BassJustin Moses - FiddleJt Oaks - Hamm...

]]> 0 1c21672e70fd2144edf5ae2483109d9a jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2438/#acomment-2445 Mon, 15 May 2023 19:18:17 -0700 Amazing!

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Make America Christian Again hats! In protestant orange too:) https://rowdychristian.com/products/MACA-Trucker-Cap-p551820881

]]> 648b6e7e18a0aa8f8b536c697ea9c5eb jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2345/#acomment-2351 Wed, 03 May 2023 02:52:44 -0700 Sweeeeet!!

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Club members- this is not public, but here is a project we are working on that should be released this summer: ThisAmerica.tv

Please dont share it publicly, but check it out.

]]> 2332d040db7f4feb1a37c6fd93f6c2a7 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2305 Mon, 01 May 2023 02:22:32 -0700 John Branyan

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> cd6bfaec9e602208cbe2d55ca6cdb977 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2304 Mon, 01 May 2023 02:22:05 -0700 Yep, I vote for Chris Hwang, too

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> acee562dfd71653068cdb891ca10759f jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2303 Mon, 01 May 2023 02:21:23 -0700 Here’s hopin’!

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> 36f845e2091605f3b31480875eeaa6e7 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2302 Mon, 01 May 2023 02:21:12 -0700 Unfortunately, no.

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> ee13cc6af48fbf16da35d73b90172c7d jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2248 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:28:28 -0700 😀

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> 3f47afb3274fac68bb41156bbe535c7f jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2247 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:28:15 -0700 The A.I. versions of C.S. Lewis and G.K. Chesterton

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> bcc212a1ae2f935279bc34353a3919b0 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2246 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:27:45 -0700 Tim Keller 🙂 🙂

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> d0a1b54252845afb4aeede93d46f9ef6 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2245 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:27:12 -0700 Karine Jean-Pierre 🙂

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> c048eda07079acfae22f9a4b32964738 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2244 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:26:38 -0700 Chris Pratt

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> e3041d72cfa914fecce10c4a5fa55049 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2237/#acomment-2243 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:26:28 -0700 Tucker Carlson. In fact, he’s a free agent now, so maybe y’all should make him part of the FLF Network!

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Who are some interesting guest we should have on the show coming up?

]]> 0eb00d72a80982468c925740ef725ab0 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2217/#acomment-2224 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:10:05 -0700 Frankie say, “Repent! Get to it! We need a healing in this land!” (#SteveCamp)

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https://youtu.be/INNJtW1GpKA?t=88

#FrancisSchaeffer

]]> eb7421a1985dc2d8363508bec88d1ab3 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2217/#acomment-2223 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:09:34 -0700 Go Frankie!

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https://youtu.be/INNJtW1GpKA?t=88

#FrancisSchaeffer

]]> c306adc25af02fa44a4aec52fd0caf7c jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2185/#acomment-2204 Thu, 27 Apr 2023 01:37:38 -0700 Yessir!

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Im looking for a solid ministry that helps widows to donate to. Anyone have any recommendations? I dont want to supoort a liberal denomination or soros […]

]]> 8d2b50d039579f9c56210daa2e0cf55a jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2185/#acomment-2198 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:53:59 -0700 It’s ecumenical, and oh, they are about as far from liberal and Soros as you can get.

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Im looking for a solid ministry that helps widows to donate to. Anyone have any recommendations? I dont want to supoort a liberal denomination or soros […]

]]> 219c882e49240559dae4a5978310ee3b jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2185/#acomment-2197 Wed, 26 Apr 2023 18:53:21 -0700 Knoxville Dream Center has a great widow ministry. I personally know the guys who head it up, and I know some of the widows they help as well: https://knoxvilledreamcenter.org/

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Im looking for a solid ministry that helps widows to donate to. Anyone have any recommendations? I dont want to supoort a liberal denomination or soros […]

]]> 7dd3d8385872cb0a99c2e23de48ca557 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2175/#acomment-2176 Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:42:28 -0700 Thanks, Gabe! What have you got planned? We’re heading up to bloody Harlan, KY

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Have a good weekend everybody!

]]> 2b51bd6afe45053e12129ce07132d514 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2080/#acomment-2083 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 17:25:10 -0700 I’ve been out of Facebook for several years now, so I have no idea what’s going on out there.

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Facebook is destroying itself. This is why I am glad this FLF community exist.

]]> 56bffe15b3f1e78ee521ac89300c9342 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2066/#acomment-2067 Mon, 10 Apr 2023 20:48:06 -0700 Yes! I’m enjoying it. I left Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, etc. a while back, so it’s good to have a better social media outlet.

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I appreciate all the club members who are starting to use our club platform. Overtime, I hope this group is a blessing to each other. A lot of likeminded people support us, […]

]]> 9f1690b5d3ec3773436f9a60ff72fb82 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2054/#acomment-2055 Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:27:02 -0700 excellent

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Its true🤷‍♂️

]]> 643a5c0823ec90440f101dbe97a6e6a8 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1937/#acomment-2015 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:13:54 -0700 good to know!

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I have a well-equipped recording studio’s worth of equipment I’d like to put back to work. API recording console, tons of mics from Neumann, AEA, Shure, AKG, […]

]]> a5d50cd20ba571ff1b4417ec5db1d7d8 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/2013/#acomment-2014 Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:12:41 -0700 wow

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Man the cognitive dissidence in this letter is astounding: https://bcsmn.edu/transition/

]]> a999550ed6c861e0ba60c55653a11199 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1863/#acomment-1877 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:45:06 -0700 😀

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“sacred harp ist a capella Heavy Metal” – Bremen Sacred Harp, Germany

This tradition started in New England, migrated to the American South, then back across the ocean […]

]]> a0d9919a76389847566cfe705daccd57 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1859/#acomment-1875 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:42:08 -0700 It is definitely it’s own “thang.” No other choral music sounds quite like it. Worthy of mucho study.

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Y’all good?

]]> 21ae586b7b8d25680df29eae87911730 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1859/#acomment-1874 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:41:37 -0700 This is great stuff! I love it.

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Y’all good?

]]> c6cdac880e73376c51f9d9f48adb3960 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1863/#acomment-1873 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:41:07 -0700 Here’s a funeral hymn from another musical I wrote called “The Denim King.”

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“sacred harp ist a capella Heavy Metal” – Bremen Sacred Harp, Germany

This tradition started in New England, migrated to the American South, then back across the ocean […]

]]> 5abfebc0e591d2f09074b5dd44cc150b jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1859/#acomment-1871 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:38:58 -0700 Here are a couple of short demos of 2 shape note hymns I wrote for my musical “From the Mountaintop.”

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Y’all good?

]]> 097a1a6f76758b48fa20eef65bbf5429 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1863/#acomment-1868 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:33:45 -0700 It’s a thing here in the southeast, too. The president of Johnson University in Knoxville is involved with the Sacred Harp group that meets in Cades Cove.

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“sacred harp ist a capella Heavy Metal” – Bremen Sacred Harp, Germany

This tradition started in New England, migrated to the American South, then back across the ocean […]

]]> 72321cc51e6329c5cb4bba7aa533fc17 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1859/#acomment-1862 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:24:43 -0700 Oh yeah! I’ve written some shape note hymns for a couple of my musicals. I love it. There is a Sacred Harp group that meets at an old abandoned Methodist church in Cades Cove every month.

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Y’all good?

]]> 9d421035eb60cc1e2f3e1c8b440027c3 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1859/#acomment-1860 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 03:00:44 -0700 Yessir! You?

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Y’all good?

]]> ab478775a72334a7a05357bfbead8d23 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1855/#acomment-1857 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 22:48:15 -0700 Of course it has. YouTube is not interested in truth.

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@YouTube has suspended @CrossPolitic again for a week. Big tech hubris is incredibly stubborn and relishes in ignorance. Good thing we got club members, @DropwavePOD, and our App. […]

]]> cb917a67f44f86bc9c30ca02a0732702 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1634/#acomment-1635 Fri, 17 Feb 2023 19:52:49 -0800 I’m there!

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Yo yall you got to get the family out to our next conference at the Ark Encounter in October 11th-14th: https://flfnetwork.com/the-politics-of-six-days-creation-conference/

]]> d0b6a58bbe06dd045f00b755c7c82d97 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1520/#acomment-1532 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 05:14:16 -0800 Great interview, Gabe!

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Fox picked up my victory: https://www.foxnews.com/us/moscow-idaho-church-deacon-wins-lawsuit-covid-protest-arrest-outdoor-hymn-sing-i-feel-vindicated

]]> 730bbd85af64948d28aa9fab7a36c036 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1489/#acomment-1525 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 23:20:42 -0800 It’s like pulling off a Band-Aid. Best do it quick!

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I’m gonna have to spend some more time in here.

]]> 16371728510b5d9e13dfe3e11a02bbda jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1520/#acomment-1524 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 23:19:24 -0800 Now that might just call for a toast! Whadda you say? 😀

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Fox picked up my victory: https://www.foxnews.com/us/moscow-idaho-church-deacon-wins-lawsuit-covid-protest-arrest-outdoor-hymn-sing-i-feel-vindicated

]]> 92068a241b8ec8f9a5af0a02f6d4782f jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks posted a new activity comment https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1489/#acomment-1507 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 12:29:17 -0800 Yes! I finally shut down my Twitter account, so let’s go all in!

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I’m gonna have to spend some more time in here.

]]> e99f08a3673c663b6e72538ec78d6ca5 jtoaks@protonmail.com Oaks: @Foucachon Thanks for the follow, Daniel! See you at the […] https://flfnetwork.com/news-feed/p/1456/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 04:15:45 -0800 @Foucachon

Thanks for the follow, Daniel! See you at the FLF conference! Jt

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