One thing to understand about the form of society they’re trying to implement is that you are not allowed to decide for yourself what will happen to you
So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.
The political old guard all say they’re Democrats but vote like conservatives, the whiteness is galling and the racism truly gets shocking, we don’t have half as many trains as we need, and our socks get soggy a lot
Portland is less socially prescriptive than most of the country and mostly leaves people alone to be who they are and explore who they might be. Comfortable place
Fr. Larry Dowling was the pastor of St. Agatha, a Black parish in North Lawndale (a Black neighborhood MLK lived in to protest housing discrimination.) Fr. Dowling retired in June 2024. After a 6-month sabbatical, inc travel to West Africa, he has been active in prayerful protest for immigrants.
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
Leo’s speaking to professionals in a field whose institutions have long resisted adapting to the technological possibilities that brought the genocide into our bedrooms, and most people around us live downstream from those institutions
Political figures nurturing skepticism about the genocide in Gaza and media orgs refusing to cover it honestly, even as eyewitness reports rolled in on social media, contradicting official word, represents another front in the same war, which is a class war
For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.
If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
The premise of the game is they’re the victims and the rules of the game are it’s their board and all gameplay bends to confirm the premise. The first time they pull “anti-fascists are the REAL fascists” from their unwashed asses they win
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
Blue jay crashed the morning feeding crew. One crow guy started losing his shit. Couldn’t buy him off with grapes. I’m like, buddy, there is only love in this heart
They're cutting religious studies programs so everyone can study tech, just when the tech world increasingly demands religious studies education to understand it.
Golly, Portland burned down like three times while I was downtown tonight. The heat was insane! Great carpenters and masons though putting it all back together
If we’re concerned with being palatable then we’re admitting to ourselves that we know they’re false friends and that they’ll fight us tooth and nail to get right back to Bidenland. It’s important to be clear about what is not acceptable and to be fine with hurting feelings
Yeah, I think we’re near the point of testing that. Political education is vital though it needs to be understood that we’re living through a radical break and that there is no back button or undo. The “In This House” sentiment aspires to a world already long gone and we can’t shy from saying that
