They really do take the Eucharist quite seriously. Like it's entirely plausible to find a Catholic who is fine with immigrants being arrested and extremely mad about not having access to the Eucharist.

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

“Members of the M.M.W.R. team were laid off “in error because of a misclassification” of job codes and would be brought back, as would anyone working to contain measles and the Ebola outbreak in Congo… The timing of their rehiring was unclear.” I can’t keep up with what is happening at the CDC.

If you work in the Office of Special Education for the Department of Education and have been RIF'ed or if you work in a school that has been notified about it, please message me. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I'll protect your identity.

BREAKING: Some of the layoffs at CDC are being REVERSED.
Here is my updated story.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

it's pretty bleak that the destruction of USAID isn't even really on the radar of major trump second term evils in most discussions. I'm not sure how to change that. it makes me worry there won't be much done to try to reverse it even if Ds get into power.

Lol looks like we're once again falling prey to the What's The Worst That Could Happen Act

One would think headlines couldn‘t get more abnormal, but they can. www.oregonlive.com

I don't think I exaggerate when I say that the abolition of the filibuster is a matter of national security and the continuity of civilization

It's absolutely disgusting that the paper of record refused to say "Trump is doing something that is pretty clearly illegal"

The problem is that the lesson the GOP learned from Nixon that he didn't go far enough

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Their opinions are poorly written, when they even bother. Their rationales fail to hide their overt partisan bias even when ways of doing so are available. Their oral arguments are cringe-inducing. They might seem sober adults compared to the freak show in the White House, but only by that low bar.

When I'm happy for more than 10 minutes I'm like "wait wasn't there something bad going on... Ohhh yeah"

Every time I go out with my friends, we play everyone’s favorite game: “how long can we go without talking about the rise of fascism in the United States?” Someone usually loses quickly, and we spend the rest of the evening in a state of despair.

in vought's view, the president is a living embodiment of the "will of the people" and congress has no legitimate power to limit him

the de facto stance of the Republican party in the age of Trump is that a presidential election is a process where the American public decides whether a Republican will be our master or a Democrat will be our servant.

Would you do things any different if you wanted to destroy America?

Trump wants his name on their paychecks so when he wants them to come after us he can say "The Dems shut down the government but I made sure you were paid. Even Congress couldn't get it done! It's me and you vs them, soldiers"

Anyway, probably fine

Turns out protest alone was never what changed things, it was protest *plus media coverage of protests*, which prompted officials to respond to protests, which increased public awareness of protests, etc.

If the protest happens & corporate media simply ignores it ... it's inert.

It was game over for society when Jake attacked Sting in Baltimore, leading to Ron Simmons winning the WCW Heavyweight Championship after not originally being scheduled to challenge that night and certain fans being mad.

Make sure everyone knows: these mass firings are NOT because of the shutdown.

Trump doesn’t have to fire any of these people—he’s choosing to do it as an intimidation tactic.

Difficult to overstate how stupid and reckless this is.