Judith van Rijt
@judith967.bsky.social
Wife, mother, sister, aunt, friend, Catholic, engineer and theologian doing social work. Love Jesuits. Love nature. Resist fascism
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Pope Leo XIV appealed for greater consideration for the "spiritual rights" of migrants in the United States, saying church ministers should be allowed to provide pastoral care to detained people who have often lived peacefully for years.
Pope Leo calls on US authorities to respect migrants' spiritual needs
Pope Leo XIV appealed for greater consideration for the "spiritual rights" of migrants in the United States, saying church ministers should be allowed to provide pastoral care to detained people.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Pope Leo XIV appealed for greater consideration for the "spiritual rights" of migrants in the United States, saying church ministers should be allowed to provide pastoral care to detained people who have often lived peacefully for years.
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Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️
Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Our new health insurance premium feels more like a shakedown‼️
Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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Thank you, @politicsgirl.bsky.social , for sharing your story. You’re right—there are millions like you.
Our new premium is over $3K/month for a family of three. Could we scrape it together? Maybe. Should we have to? No.
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It would be hard to find a better metaphor for what he’s doing to the United States.
That House is ours, not his.
That House is ours, not his.
Trump earlier today when asked about the construction of the new ballroom:
“It won’t interfere with current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”
This is how it was left now overnight ⬇️
“It won’t interfere with current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”
This is how it was left now overnight ⬇️
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
It would be hard to find a better metaphor for what he’s doing to the United States.
That House is ours, not his.
That House is ours, not his.
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If you’re not familiar w/ Aktion T4, it’s time to learn. It started w/ disabled kids whose parents wanted them killed out of “mercy.” “Natural” killing via pneumonia & starvation. Eugenics & euthanasia propaganda. Normalizing mass death as good. Disabled ppl have been begging you to pay attention
“Mercy deaths.” “Special wards.” Nazi medicine cloaked mass murder in euphemisms. The first gas chambers weren’t built at Auschwitz — they were built in hospitals.
The forgotten history of disabled children under Nazism
Hitler's first order of mass murder wasn't about Jews.
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September 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
If you’re not familiar w/ Aktion T4, it’s time to learn. It started w/ disabled kids whose parents wanted them killed out of “mercy.” “Natural” killing via pneumonia & starvation. Eugenics & euthanasia propaganda. Normalizing mass death as good. Disabled ppl have been begging you to pay attention
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🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
#ItsOurNature
#ItsOurNature
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September 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
🚨 The EU is trying to quietly weaken nature laws during summer break. We have 10 days to stop this.
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
Don't let them destroy our forests, rivers & wildlife in silence. #HandsOffNature www.wwf.eu/campaigns/it...
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Report from Saturday morning at #DelaneyHall private for profit immigration prison in Newark. #wecannotbesilent
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visit #DelaneyHall private for profit #immigration prison in Newark. #wecannotbesilent #freethemall
YouTube video by Sister Susan Francois, CSJP
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August 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Report from Saturday morning at #DelaneyHall private for profit immigration prison in Newark. #wecannotbesilent
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This story is simply about arbitrary, constantly changing cruel & inhumane rules for visitors. Inhumanity seems to be the point and motivating factor. There is no other explanation to what is happening to the families desperate to see their loved ones one more time before they are deported.
August 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
This story is simply about arbitrary, constantly changing cruel & inhumane rules for visitors. Inhumanity seems to be the point and motivating factor. There is no other explanation to what is happening to the families desperate to see their loved ones one more time before they are deported.
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@rasjbaraka.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov inhumane treatment of visitors to #delaneyhall are happening in Newark. Including lack of any legal parking options and today tickets and tow by Newark PD. What are you doing about this cruelty in your jurisdiction?
Friends some seriously (& apparently intentionally) inhumane actions are being perpetrated in our name & funded by tax dollars. This story is local & takes place a 20 minute drive from my house at Delaney Hall, a private for-profit prison in Newark, New Jersey
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We Cannot Be Silent
Friends some seriously (and apparently intentionally) inhumane actions are being perpetrated in our name and funded by our tax dollars. This is true on many levels and across the country, but this …
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August 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
@rasjbaraka.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @kim.senate.gov inhumane treatment of visitors to #delaneyhall are happening in Newark. Including lack of any legal parking options and today tickets and tow by Newark PD. What are you doing about this cruelty in your jurisdiction?
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"Regardless of our views on immigration policy, the American people do not support the abuse of detainees and prisoners … it’s more important than ever to shine a light on what’s happening behind bars and barbed wire, especially and most shockingly to children,”
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‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities
Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration
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August 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"Regardless of our views on immigration policy, the American people do not support the abuse of detainees and prisoners … it’s more important than ever to shine a light on what’s happening behind bars and barbed wire, especially and most shockingly to children,”
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“Today’s executive orders, combined with Maga’s budget cuts for housing and healthcare, will increase the number of people forced to live in tents, in their cars, and on the streets,” said Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center.
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Trump order pushes local officials to clear unhoused people from streets
Order removes restrictions from municipalities and redirects funds toward rehabilitation and treatment
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July 25, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“Today’s executive orders, combined with Maga’s budget cuts for housing and healthcare, will increase the number of people forced to live in tents, in their cars, and on the streets,” said Jesse Rabinowitz of the National Homelessness Law Center.
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"War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must be silenced, for they do not resolve problems but only increase them (5-14-25)." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace
June 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
"War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must be silenced, for they do not resolve problems but only increase them (5-14-25)." #PopeLeoXIV #PrayForPeace
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The removal of MAGA from power will be peaceful. If MAGA allows it to be.
June 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The removal of MAGA from power will be peaceful. If MAGA allows it to be.
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My reflection on what is happening in my country.
Persecution and human suffering in the name of political theater is social sin, pure and simple. I say not in my name. I resist and reject it. And I pray for the heart and soul of my nation.
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Persecution and human suffering in the name of political theater is social sin, pure and simple. I say not in my name. I resist and reject it. And I pray for the heart and soul of my nation.
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Political Theater at a Human Cost
This week I finally had a chance to visit the Roman Colosseum, something that has been on my bucket list ever since my high school Latin days. It is certainly a magnificent sight and a colossal sit…
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June 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My reflection on what is happening in my country.
Persecution and human suffering in the name of political theater is social sin, pure and simple. I say not in my name. I resist and reject it. And I pray for the heart and soul of my nation.
susanandstjoseph.com/2025/06/14/p...
Persecution and human suffering in the name of political theater is social sin, pure and simple. I say not in my name. I resist and reject it. And I pray for the heart and soul of my nation.
susanandstjoseph.com/2025/06/14/p...
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What does 18,000+ brave signatories look like standing together in massive solidarity with the #NIH heroes of the historic Bethesda Declaration??...
Find out by adding YOUR NAME to our #NIHLove letter here! -
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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
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#StandUpForScience
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#StopTrump
ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
What does 18,000+ brave signatories look like standing together in massive solidarity with the #NIH heroes of the historic Bethesda Declaration??...
Find out by adding YOUR NAME to our #NIHLove letter here! -
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#StandUpForScience
#BethesdaDeclaration
#StopTrump
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#StandUpForScience
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#StopTrump
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One big shameful greedy bill:
1 Cuts an estimated $500 billion from health care for seniors (Medicare)
2 Takes health coverage from at least 8.6 million needy Americans (Medicaid)
3 In order to give the top 0.1% of earners $390,000 per year
God help us
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1 Cuts an estimated $500 billion from health care for seniors (Medicare)
2 Takes health coverage from at least 8.6 million needy Americans (Medicaid)
3 In order to give the top 0.1% of earners $390,000 per year
God help us
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Why the one big beautiful bill is the single ugliest you can imagine
The truth
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May 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
One big shameful greedy bill:
1 Cuts an estimated $500 billion from health care for seniors (Medicare)
2 Takes health coverage from at least 8.6 million needy Americans (Medicaid)
3 In order to give the top 0.1% of earners $390,000 per year
God help us
robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-on...
1 Cuts an estimated $500 billion from health care for seniors (Medicare)
2 Takes health coverage from at least 8.6 million needy Americans (Medicaid)
3 In order to give the top 0.1% of earners $390,000 per year
God help us
robertreich.substack.com/p/why-the-on...
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The health care executives warned that low-income urban and isolated rural communities would be hardest hit.
Catholic health care leaders sound alarm on proposed #Medicaid cuts www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Catholic health care leaders sound alarm on proposed #Medicaid cuts www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Catholic health care leaders sound alarm on proposed Medicaid cuts
“These proposed changes threaten access to care for millions of Americans, particularly those in underserved areas, where our member systems work every day to provide quality, compassionate care.”
www.americamagazine.org
May 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The health care executives warned that low-income urban and isolated rural communities would be hardest hit.
Catholic health care leaders sound alarm on proposed #Medicaid cuts www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
Catholic health care leaders sound alarm on proposed #Medicaid cuts www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc...
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I’m one of many in this.
From @this.is.the.illness.m.e on Instagram 👍
This video might take a few minutes to watch, but M.E takes years. Decades. Whole lives.
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#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #MEawareness #PwME #MillionsMissing
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From @this.is.the.illness.m.e on Instagram 👍
This video might take a few minutes to watch, but M.E takes years. Decades. Whole lives.
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#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #MEawareness #PwME #MillionsMissing
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May 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I’m one of many in this.
From @this.is.the.illness.m.e on Instagram 👍
This video might take a few minutes to watch, but M.E takes years. Decades. Whole lives.
(Video 1 of 2)
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #MEawareness #PwME #MillionsMissing
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From @this.is.the.illness.m.e on Instagram 👍
This video might take a few minutes to watch, but M.E takes years. Decades. Whole lives.
(Video 1 of 2)
#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MEcfs #MEawareness #PwME #MillionsMissing
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The Sick Times: ““Millions Missing” protest at the Capitol demands myalgic encephalomyelitis funding, social support
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“Millions Missing” protest at the Capitol demands myalgic encephalomyelitis funding, social support - The Sick Times
Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), Long COVID, and other chronic disease advocates demonstrated outside the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., this afternoon. Organized by the advocacy group #MEAction...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
The Sick Times: ““Millions Missing” protest at the Capitol demands myalgic encephalomyelitis funding, social support
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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🚨Trump signs a National Security Memorandum.
Declares large sections of 3 contiguous states—170 mi along the Southern Border as a military base.
📌U.S troops authorized to search, arrest & use crowd control on U.S. soil = the start of an Authoritarian Takeover‼️
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Declares large sections of 3 contiguous states—170 mi along the Southern Border as a military base.
📌U.S troops authorized to search, arrest & use crowd control on U.S. soil = the start of an Authoritarian Takeover‼️
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
How Turning the Border into a Military Zone Evades Congress and Threatens Rights
The administration is trying to evade limits on domestic use of the armed forces.
www.brennancenter.org
April 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨Trump signs a National Security Memorandum.
Declares large sections of 3 contiguous states—170 mi along the Southern Border as a military base.
📌U.S troops authorized to search, arrest & use crowd control on U.S. soil = the start of an Authoritarian Takeover‼️
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Declares large sections of 3 contiguous states—170 mi along the Southern Border as a military base.
📌U.S troops authorized to search, arrest & use crowd control on U.S. soil = the start of an Authoritarian Takeover‼️
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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Illinois’ Democratic governor JB Pritzker possesses the kind of fighting spirit we need take on and topple a tyrant like Trump. Pritzker is teeming with fierce opposition to the madness of MAGA — precisely what Americans need at this dangerous point in our nation’s history.
In a fiery…
In a fiery…
April 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Illinois’ Democratic governor JB Pritzker possesses the kind of fighting spirit we need take on and topple a tyrant like Trump. Pritzker is teeming with fierce opposition to the madness of MAGA — precisely what Americans need at this dangerous point in our nation’s history.
In a fiery…
In a fiery…
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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.
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This prison holds some people, including migrants, who have not been convicted of a crime, had no due process, and are imprisoned unjustly. During Holy Week, Rep. Moore will hear about another person unjustly imprisoned. The Christian response to suffering is never a "thumbs up."
April 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This prison holds some people, including migrants, who have not been convicted of a crime, had no due process, and are imprisoned unjustly. During Holy Week, Rep. Moore will hear about another person unjustly imprisoned. The Christian response to suffering is never a "thumbs up."
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"Over ten million Christian immigrants in the United States are vulnerable to deportation." #PrayForAmerica www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...
10 million Christian migrants in the U.S risk deportation, report says - Vatican News
A report released by the U.S. Bishops in collaboration with Protestant Churches and organizations highlights that one in twelve Christians in the U.S. ...
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April 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"Over ten million Christian immigrants in the United States are vulnerable to deportation." #PrayForAmerica www.vaticannews.va/en/church/ne...