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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1d

On this episode of the podcast, Nicholas Hayes-Mota discusses what integralism is and how it relates to the current political climate.

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mepersuit.bsky.social @mepersuit.bsky.social · 1d

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Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

There have been various signs of rapprochement between the Vatican and Opus Dei - the latest being the Cipriani meeting

Meanwhile, Leo refuses to meet victims of Opus Dei, who wrote to him asking for an audience in June. They never got a reply.

He's made his priorities clear

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mepersuit.bsky.social @mepersuit.bsky.social · 1d

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

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Prince Andrew to Jeff Epstein in 2011: “We are in this together”

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mepersuit.bsky.social @mepersuit.bsky.social · 1d

Dr. Steven Hassan speaks with therapist and playwright Jay Sefton, whose award-winning one-man play Unreconciled exposes the hidden abuses of priests and the lifelong impact of religious authority and coercion. @cultexpert.freedomofmind.com @peteresaunders.bsky.social @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social

Surviving the Catholic Church! A Child Actor’s True Story of Abuse and Healing

YouTube video by Cult Expert - Dr. Steven Hassan

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 1d

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Anthea Butler explains the Catholic version of Christian nationalism – Baptist News Global

While discussion about Christian nationalism focuses on evangelicals, there’s a parallel and equally dangerous movement in Catholicism.

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 1d

ice trafficks children.

#USpol #MApol #children #HumanTrafficking

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 1d

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

“Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors ***
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat [alleged] antisemitism” 1/7/25 … 1/ forward.com/news/686797/...

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors

The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

@garethgore.bsky.social I’m going to ask you about this on Thursday as part of our interview. It needs to be explored. Thank you!

Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

The pontiff met with a disgraced Opus Dei cardinal this past week - but has completely ignored pleas from victims of this abusive group for him to meet with them

What's going on?

🧵 A THREAD

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

#Opus #OpusBook #GarethGore #DarkMoney #Project2025 #OpusDei #CatholicChurch #HeritageFoundation #SupremeCourt #FaithAndJustice #ForTheLeastOfThese #GutterCatholic #SocialJusticeCatholic #ChurchAndState #PopeLeo #CatholicReform

Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll ask a few questions, but I want yours too — if you’ve read the book, this is your chance to talk directly with the author.

Let’s dig into the intersections of faith, power, and truth.

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

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Live with Gareth Gore | Author of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money Inside the Catholic Church

YouTube video by The Flying Kitchen by Shannon Vavich

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

📘 Just in time for the release of the paperback!
Join us Thursday 6 p.m. EET / 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT on YouTube and Facebook.

Set the reminder now!

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

Opus exposes the networks of power linking the U.S. Supreme Court, the Heritage Foundation, and the far-right faction of the Catholic Church — from José María Escrivá’s founding of Opus Dei to its modern reach into Project 2025 and the current Court’s super-majority.

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 This Thursday! I’m finally sitting down with Gareth Gore, author of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church — the book I’ve been championing for months. @garethgore.bsky.social

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 2d

Vermeule, Schmitt, Integralists.

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Liberal Integralists - First Things

Eight years ago, Andrew Willard Jones’s Before Church and State was described in these pages as “the hot beach read of the summer” for young integralist Catholics. In his...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 2d

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The NAR Vows to Stage the Largest-Ever Gathering of Christian Women

Last year on Yom Kippur, leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation staged an all-day rally in support of Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency called A Million Women. As was the case with the Million M...

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 6d

Gutter Catholic Spotlight: Father Michael Pfleger — Faith in Action on Chicago’s South Side

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 7d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 7d

SCOTUS Breaks from the Trump Agenda: Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal Rejected

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 8d

More Voices Expose Opus Dei’s Power Inside SCOTUS

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 8d

Be advised, over the next few days I’ll be changing my online identity and handles on all platforms to “Shannon the Gutter Catholic”. Same content, same me! Thanks so much for following and for all your support! - Shannon

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Dr. Eric W. Hendry @ericwhendry.bsky.social · 9d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 9d

“[Former] Trump Faith Adviser Finally Admits He Molested 12-Year-Old” 10/2/25 (“In 2016, the Trump campaign included him on its evangelical executive advisory board. After Trump won…, Morris served on the president’s faith advisory council. And in June 2020, Morris hosted Trump at his church…) 1/

Trump Faith Adviser Finally Admits He Molested 12-Year-Old

Robert Morris will serve just six months of his 10-year sentence.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Cindy Milot @cindymilot.bsky.social · 9d

I thought of @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social again today when I watched this great summary of Theonomy (Doug Wilson sin-of-empathy-types). Best simple description of the FUNCTIONAL problems that I've ever seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5B3...

MAGA "Theology" Is EXACTLY As Dumb As It Looks.

YouTube video by Culture, Faith, and Politics

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10d

“ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team ***
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.” 10/3/25 www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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