Amy Peterson
@amypete.bsky.social
Author, teacher, Episcopal priest. Wayward and curious. Solvitur ambulando. she/her
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See Ya at the Pole kids, assemble!
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
See Ya at the Pole kids, assemble!
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“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Religious leaders' request to give Communion to detainees at Broadview facility is denied again
Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass. The request was denied, according to a statement from the vil...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
“Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied,” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Technology is not neutral
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Technology is not neutral
Praying for Jamaica and Cuba.
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Praying for Jamaica and Cuba.
There’s epistemic humility, and then there’s weaponized ignorance and incompetence.
Does the Speaker of the House know what's going on in the country?
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
It's not clear that he does, as Mike Johnson's communication strategy seems to rely heavily on being unaware.
When faced with questions he should be able to answer, he has a reliable response: "I don't know."
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There’s epistemic humility, and then there’s weaponized ignorance and incompetence.
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I’ve never seen the wind. I’ve seen the effects of the wind, but I’ve never seen the wind.
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I’ve never seen the wind. I’ve seen the effects of the wind, but I’ve never seen the wind.
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Here’s video of the incident
October 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Here’s video of the incident
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Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
October 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.
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the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way
DHS includes a bunch of false and defamatory statements in their tweet about Kilmar Abrego Garcia as they prepare to send him to Uganda.
October 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
the specific language of “break bread with” and “visit him in prison” is so striking to me, used in condemnation this way
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What an insult to honor and conscience to tell people serving in the military that they shouldn’t try to follow the laws of war
September 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
What an insult to honor and conscience to tell people serving in the military that they shouldn’t try to follow the laws of war
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📍 𝐃𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘, 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒:
At the South Texas Family Residential Center, ICE is detaining children for weeks or months, denying them clean water, disrupting their sleep with constant lighting, and delaying medical treatment — all while treating them like prisoners. #AbuseofPowerWatch
At the South Texas Family Residential Center, ICE is detaining children for weeks or months, denying them clean water, disrupting their sleep with constant lighting, and delaying medical treatment — all while treating them like prisoners. #AbuseofPowerWatch
Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege
Legal experts speak of ‘cruel’ and harmful deprivations for families held in Texas immigration facility
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📍 𝐃𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘, 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐀𝐒:
At the South Texas Family Residential Center, ICE is detaining children for weeks or months, denying them clean water, disrupting their sleep with constant lighting, and delaying medical treatment — all while treating them like prisoners. #AbuseofPowerWatch
At the South Texas Family Residential Center, ICE is detaining children for weeks or months, denying them clean water, disrupting their sleep with constant lighting, and delaying medical treatment — all while treating them like prisoners. #AbuseofPowerWatch
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Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
September 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
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Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.
September 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Every single one of these clips was taken today in downtown Portland. Portland doesn’t want or need a federal takeover. If Trump insists on sending federal “resources” he can start with funding health care, bridges, affordable housing, and wildfire protection to name a few.
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🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.
As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.
As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.
September 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨NEW: For the first time in history, the single largest group of people arrested in the interior and sent to ICE detention is people with NO criminal record.
As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.
As of yesterday's data release, 40%(!) of those arrested in the interior and detained by ICE had no prior conviction or pending charges.
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This piece has commentary from the priest and deacon of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, who were witnesses ⚓
(Pray for St. Matthew's; for the man arrested, witnesses, and all people who are targets of violence; for those who do violence to repent and be healed)
(Pray for St. Matthew's; for the man arrested, witnesses, and all people who are targets of violence; for those who do violence to repent and be healed)
NEW: ICE agents violently arrested a man in a busy Hyattsville, MD intersection this week, at one point brandishing guns and pointing them at bystanders.
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
I spoke to multiple witnesses—including a local priest whose church is a sanctuary for undocumented people: www.thehandbasket.co/p/ice-agents...
September 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This piece has commentary from the priest and deacon of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, who were witnesses ⚓
(Pray for St. Matthew's; for the man arrested, witnesses, and all people who are targets of violence; for those who do violence to repent and be healed)
(Pray for St. Matthew's; for the man arrested, witnesses, and all people who are targets of violence; for those who do violence to repent and be healed)
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In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.
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An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream
The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.
www.insidehighered.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/
September 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/
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Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
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None of the young male mass shooters and now political assassins I've written about in recent years had stayed in higher education and pursued a bachelor's degree. Crazy enough, it's almost like college is a positive socializing force, not a radicalizing one
So:
a) none of political assassins were students, or even shared a coherent ideology - shameful to blame universities
b) Trump is already engaged in the attack on campus speech the Free Press wants
c) I worry a lot more about the animosity to campus The Free Press is fueling than any of my students
a) none of political assassins were students, or even shared a coherent ideology - shameful to blame universities
b) Trump is already engaged in the attack on campus speech the Free Press wants
c) I worry a lot more about the animosity to campus The Free Press is fueling than any of my students
September 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
None of the young male mass shooters and now political assassins I've written about in recent years had stayed in higher education and pursued a bachelor's degree. Crazy enough, it's almost like college is a positive socializing force, not a radicalizing one
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Cure thy children’s warring madness.
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Cure thy children’s warring madness.
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.