Rev. Nathan Empsall
@revnathan.bsky.social
Kindergarten dad. Priest. Writer. Justice organizer. Music fan. God loves you. Donald Trump doesn't.
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Stunned to be quoted by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social today. I can't recommend his book "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America" enough.
Thank you new followers. Here's Sunday's sermon: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Abolish ICE. nathanempsall.substack.com/p/do-you-ren...
Thank you new followers. Here's Sunday's sermon: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Abolish ICE. nathanempsall.substack.com/p/do-you-ren...
Just published: My new op-ed responding to a prominent columnist (whom I actually really like) for admonishing clergy not to push Rep. Rosa DeLauro on abolishing ICE.
“It will take far more than warrants and body cameras to build that beloved community and reveal the Kingdom of God on earth.”
“It will take far more than warrants and body cameras to build that beloved community and reveal the Kingdom of God on earth.”
Opinion: A priest has a message about ICE for MAGA and Democrats
The Rev. Nathan Empsall of New Haven loves Colin McEnroe's radio show, but takes issue with his column about Rosa DeLauro discussing ICE with clergy.
www.nhregister.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Just published: My new op-ed responding to a prominent columnist (whom I actually really like) for admonishing clergy not to push Rep. Rosa DeLauro on abolishing ICE.
“It will take far more than warrants and body cameras to build that beloved community and reveal the Kingdom of God on earth.”
“It will take far more than warrants and body cameras to build that beloved community and reveal the Kingdom of God on earth.”
My latest Substack, recounting this month's heated clergy roundtable with Rep. Rosa DeLauro over abolishing ICE: nathanempsall.substack.com/p/clergy-tel...
While not every faith leader in the room wanted full abolishment, I believe all of us feel the moral need for more than Dems are offering.
While not every faith leader in the room wanted full abolishment, I believe all of us feel the moral need for more than Dems are offering.
February 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
My latest Substack, recounting this month's heated clergy roundtable with Rep. Rosa DeLauro over abolishing ICE: nathanempsall.substack.com/p/clergy-tel...
While not every faith leader in the room wanted full abolishment, I believe all of us feel the moral need for more than Dems are offering.
While not every faith leader in the room wanted full abolishment, I believe all of us feel the moral need for more than Dems are offering.
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Seaman Bryan K. Lee was never found.
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Seaman Bryan K. Lee was never found.
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Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
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Normally we use the term "witch hunt" to imply a pointless pursuit of non-existent villains and, um, buddy ...
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Normally we use the term "witch hunt" to imply a pointless pursuit of non-existent villains and, um, buddy ...
I always loved Robert Duvall's acting. One of my favorite roles that doesn't get cited quite as much was the villain Ned Pepper in the original True Grit. A toast to living for 95 years; RIP to a real one.
February 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I always loved Robert Duvall's acting. One of my favorite roles that doesn't get cited quite as much was the villain Ned Pepper in the original True Grit. A toast to living for 95 years; RIP to a real one.
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CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
Happy Valentine's Day! I suppose I should take down the Christmas tree today...
February 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Happy Valentine's Day! I suppose I should take down the Christmas tree today...
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Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
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This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
Delete your Google Wallet
February 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Delete your Google Wallet
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
I don't usually care about post game hoopla, but the way the Seahawks keep crediting each other is phenomenal. No egos, just community and interdependence and teamwork and love. This is wholesome and great. May we all be like that. You love to have this and Bad Bunny showcasing the best of America.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I don't usually care about post game hoopla, but the way the Seahawks keep crediting each other is phenomenal. No egos, just community and interdependence and teamwork and love. This is wholesome and great. May we all be like that. You love to have this and Bad Bunny showcasing the best of America.
Hey cool, the Super Bowl finally started. That was quite the delay!
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Hey cool, the Super Bowl finally started. That was quite the delay!
This super bowl is the worst offense since Operation Barbarossa
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
This super bowl is the worst offense since Operation Barbarossa
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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constituents of Rosa's wishing to tell her to listen to the clergy and abolish ICE may leave a message at
her DC office: (202) 225-3661
or her New Haven office: (203) 562-3718
and fax her for free at
faxzero.com/fax_congress...
her DC office: (202) 225-3661
or her New Haven office: (203) 562-3718
and fax her for free at
faxzero.com/fax_congress...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
constituents of Rosa's wishing to tell her to listen to the clergy and abolish ICE may leave a message at
her DC office: (202) 225-3661
or her New Haven office: (203) 562-3718
and fax her for free at
faxzero.com/fax_congress...
her DC office: (202) 225-3661
or her New Haven office: (203) 562-3718
and fax her for free at
faxzero.com/fax_congress...
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Saying “don’t talk to me about my own morality” to a bunch of faith leaders is A Choice
February 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Saying “don’t talk to me about my own morality” to a bunch of faith leaders is A Choice
Stunned to be quoted by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social today. I can't recommend his book "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America" enough.
Thank you new followers. Here's Sunday's sermon: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Abolish ICE. nathanempsall.substack.com/p/do-you-ren...
Thank you new followers. Here's Sunday's sermon: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Abolish ICE. nathanempsall.substack.com/p/do-you-ren...
February 7, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Stunned to be quoted by @kevinmkruse.bsky.social today. I can't recommend his book "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America" enough.
Thank you new followers. Here's Sunday's sermon: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Abolish ICE. nathanempsall.substack.com/p/do-you-ren...
Thank you new followers. Here's Sunday's sermon: Do Justice, Love Mercy, Abolish ICE. nathanempsall.substack.com/p/do-you-ren...
Wow, what an afternoon. I knew we'd be firm, but I didn't expect things to get that heated.
I like Rosa, but she has been coming up short right when we need her most. Not every faith leader at today's meeting wanted to abolish ICE, but I think all seemed to want more than what she is proposing.
I like Rosa, but she has been coming up short right when we need her most. Not every faith leader at today's meeting wanted to abolish ICE, but I think all seemed to want more than what she is proposing.
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Wow, what an afternoon. I knew we'd be firm, but I didn't expect things to get that heated.
I like Rosa, but she has been coming up short right when we need her most. Not every faith leader at today's meeting wanted to abolish ICE, but I think all seemed to want more than what she is proposing.
I like Rosa, but she has been coming up short right when we need her most. Not every faith leader at today's meeting wanted to abolish ICE, but I think all seemed to want more than what she is proposing.
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NEW: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro exchanged heated words Friday with Connecticut clergy who called on her to push for abolishing ICE.
"If the vote comes up, I will not vote to abolish ICE,” she said in the tense meeting.
My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/... #nutmegsky
"If the vote comes up, I will not vote to abolish ICE,” she said in the tense meeting.
My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/... #nutmegsky
DeLauro rejects calls to abolish ICE during tense roundtable with local clergy
At a heated roundtable with local clergy on Friday, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro pushed back forcefully on calls to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.ctinsider.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
NEW: U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro exchanged heated words Friday with Connecticut clergy who called on her to push for abolishing ICE.
"If the vote comes up, I will not vote to abolish ICE,” she said in the tense meeting.
My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/... #nutmegsky
"If the vote comes up, I will not vote to abolish ICE,” she said in the tense meeting.
My latest at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/... #nutmegsky
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“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
DeLauro to pressing clergy: 'I will not vote to abolish ICE'
The Connecticut U.S. representative found herself at odds with faith leaders.
www.ctpublic.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“I would rather you vote for what is morally correct,” Davidson said.
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
“Don’t talk to me about my own morality,” DeLauro shot back.
“Don’t tell your constituents what they can and can’t talk to you about,” replied Rev. Nathan Empsall. “What you are voting for is not moral.”
Indiana Jones is always at his best when he's taking on the Nazis. But then again, aren't we all?
February 3, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Indiana Jones is always at his best when he's taking on the Nazis. But then again, aren't we all?
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my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
January 27, 2026 at 2:47 PM
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
Bovino's offense wasn't the brutal tactics that have gone on in city after city for months. It was that he made Trump look bad this weekend. Trump's narcissism & ego are even bigger than his tyranny & fascism.
So the question is: How do we convince Trump that Stephen Miller makes him look bad, too?
So the question is: How do we convince Trump that Stephen Miller makes him look bad, too?
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Bovino's offense wasn't the brutal tactics that have gone on in city after city for months. It was that he made Trump look bad this weekend. Trump's narcissism & ego are even bigger than his tyranny & fascism.
So the question is: How do we convince Trump that Stephen Miller makes him look bad, too?
So the question is: How do we convince Trump that Stephen Miller makes him look bad, too?