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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 33m

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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 35m

it’s nicholas van orton’s birthday today…fingers crossed it’s just cake this time🎁

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 17h

'And we'll keep lighting this house on fire until you give us what we want' has a name.

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Live updates: Budget office says ‘substantial’ firings of federal workers have started

The White House budget office said Friday that mass firings of federal workers have started in an attempt to exert more pressure on Democratic lawmakers as the government shutdown continues.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 17h

Biden's Final Numbers - FactCheck.org share.google/ty4oMYvpiETi...

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

Oh look.

Now they've targeted the Southern Poverty Law Center. And right on schedule.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

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As Pope Leo riles conservatives, some say ‘just focus on the church’

Conservatives who hoped that Leo, the first U.S.-born pope, would be more of a traditionalist instead hear echoes of his predecessor, Francis, in his public statements.

www.washingtonpost.com

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

I was invited to give some remarks tonight for the 5th anniversary of Fratelli Tutti. I'm grateful to Assumption Church, the Servite community, and the Archdiocese of Chicago's immigration ministry for the chance to think out loud about this.

Source: YouTube share.google/7Ut416Ik2G4B...

Immigration Ministry - BEING BRIDGES FRIENDSHIP AMID GRIEF AND ANGUISH, JOY AND HOPE

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

The nice folks at @npr.org gave me a minute of their air to talk about Dilexi Te.

Listen to: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty - one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5563...

🔊 Listen Now: Pope Leo XIV is drawing the world's attention to poverty

All Things Considered on NPR One | 4:19

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

Hell of an insurrection we're having.

Alex Bean @abeanchi.bsky.social · 3d

Absolutely gorgeous morning in Chicago.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

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First Impressions of Dilexi Te

Pope Leo XIV Has Given Us His First Teaching. The Honeymoon Is Over.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

Pope Leo has given us his first teaching document today. It gives no comfort to the Napa Institute, billionaires, or anybody who wants a powerful or integralist church.

This below is the takeaway.

We go on in Francis's direction.

share.google/jLb2vAGT1c57...

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

Oh no!

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

"...to be affixed to any creation, more or less arbitrary, of human speculation."

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 2d

"The believer in God is not he who utters the name in his speech, but he for whom this sacred word stands for a true and worthy concept of the Divinity....Beware, Venerable Brethren, of that growing abuse, in speech and writing, of the name of God as though it were a meaningless label...

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 3d

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 4

A man cannot go about in midwinter in Chicago with no overcoat and not pay for it,

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 3d

Greetings from the "insurrection."

Families are out in Chicago's Park Manor and Englewood neighborhoods. Crossing guards are helping children get home. It is a gorgeous fall afternoon.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 3d

Friends in Chicago, this is what protest can look like. I'm out of town Saturday, I cannot go. But CSPL is a wonderful organization, and I recommend this to anyone who wants to DO SOMETHING constructively and peacefully. This is the way.

www.csplaction.org/events/broad...

Eucharistic Procession to Broadview Detention Center — Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership

On Saturday, October 11, CSPL will gather at St. Eulalia Catholic Church—the birthplace of CSPL—and then process the one-mile walk to the Broadview Detention Center, where a delegation will attempt to...

www.csplaction.org

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 4d

If this was genuine, federal officers wouldn't be shooting Chicagoans.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Rep. Jonathan Jackson: "If this was genuine, Trump would be more interested in saying, 'How do we effectively deal with gun violence? How do we deal with gun manufacturers?' The city of Chicago does not have one gun shop."

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 4d

It's not even the shutdown.

It's generations of government-on-the-cheap, treating government like "the problem," demonizing everything that built this country to what it once was.

What built it was its people—collaborating through their government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

SEAN DUFFY: Burbank -- zero controllers came to work. I don't support that. They should come to work. They're supposed to come to work. But ...

KILMEADE: They didn't even miss a paycheck yet. So why aren't they coming to work?

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 4d

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 3

Maybe things will be better in Chicago
Maybe things will be better in Chicago

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 5d

The Federal Occupation of Chicago Day 2

I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:
Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 5d

The US District Court for OR has ruled CA Guard deployments to OR are unlawful and granted a TRO. Odds are good IL would go the same way on the TX Guard.

Both are appealable.

But the bigger question may be whether we have yet reached the point where this Admin will simply ignore adverse rulings.

𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 5d

You should be following this now. 🧵

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 5d

You should be following this now. 🧵

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, here we go.

The case is called and Judge Immergut explains the background. She says there were technical difficulties, which caused the delay.

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 5d

Bring on the Texas National Guard.

Winter's coming. It's Bear weather.

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