Stu Smith
@stusmith54.bsky.social
Retired 🏳️🌈 PCUSA pastor and tomcat parent living in downstate Illinois trying to love relentlessly. he/him/his
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February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026
Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be a...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:23 AM
February 7, 2026
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February 6, 2026
February 6, 2026
Late last night, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:00 AM
February 6, 2026
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February 5, 2026
February 5, 2026
The past two days have seen a growing struggle between Democrats, who are demanding accountability from the Trump administration, and Republicans trying to hide what the administration is up to.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 AM
February 5, 2026
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Trump gets applause at the National Prayer Breakfast praising thugs who “beat the crap” out of immigrants.
I’m sorry but I’ve forgotten the chapter and verse in the Bible where it says “thou shall beat up those who don’t look like you.” Can anyone help me out?
I’m sorry but I’ve forgotten the chapter and verse in the Bible where it says “thou shall beat up those who don’t look like you.” Can anyone help me out?
February 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Trump gets applause at the National Prayer Breakfast praising thugs who “beat the crap” out of immigrants.
I’m sorry but I’ve forgotten the chapter and verse in the Bible where it says “thou shall beat up those who don’t look like you.” Can anyone help me out?
I’m sorry but I’ve forgotten the chapter and verse in the Bible where it says “thou shall beat up those who don’t look like you.” Can anyone help me out?
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Pay Tribute to Caesar, Lord and Savior, Breakfast?
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Pay Tribute to Caesar, Lord and Savior, Breakfast?
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Give Homage to Herod Breakfast?
February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Give Homage to Herod Breakfast?
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I don't mind a National Prayer Breakfast but it should be honestly marketed.
How about the National Sell Your Soul to Beelzebub Breakfast?
How about the National Sell Your Soul to Beelzebub Breakfast?
February 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I don't mind a National Prayer Breakfast but it should be honestly marketed.
How about the National Sell Your Soul to Beelzebub Breakfast?
How about the National Sell Your Soul to Beelzebub Breakfast?
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February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026
On the heels of last weekend’s special election in Texas, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 AM
February 4, 2026
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February 3, 2026
February 3, 2026
Yesterday, the day before Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s termination of Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation, U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
February 3, 2026
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Happy Black History Month.
Unless you're MAGA, in which case, happy White Guys Are The Real Victims Month.
Unless you're MAGA, in which case, happy White Guys Are The Real Victims Month.
February 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Happy Black History Month.
Unless you're MAGA, in which case, happy White Guys Are The Real Victims Month.
Unless you're MAGA, in which case, happy White Guys Are The Real Victims Month.
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February 1, 2026
February 1, 2026
On February 1, 1862, in the early days of the Civil War, the Atlantic Monthly published Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” summing up the cause of freedom for which the United States tro...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:59 AM
February 1, 2026
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January 31, 2026
January 31, 2026
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media this morning:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:46 AM
January 31, 2026
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January 30, 2026
January 30, 2026
As the American people continue to express their fury over the violence of federal agents in Minneapolis and elsewhere, officials from the Trump administration today tried to shift the public narrativ...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:46 AM
January 30, 2026
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Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
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January 27, 2026
January 27, 2026
The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands of federal agents has put wind in the sails of those trying to rein in the Trump administration at the same time it has sent t...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:15 AM
January 27, 2026
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January 26, 2026
January 26, 2026
Yesterday President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 AM
January 26, 2026
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January 24, 2026
January 24, 2026
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:01 AM
January 24, 2026
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January 23, 2026
January 23, 2026
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:53 AM
January 23, 2026
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January 21, 2026
January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:12 AM
January 21, 2026
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January 20, 2026
January 20, 2026
World leaders are gathered at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which is taking place from January 19 to January 23.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:23 AM
January 20, 2026
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January 19, 2026
January 19, 2026
Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 AM
January 19, 2026
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January 13, 2025
January 13, 2026
Officials in the Trump administration insist its surges of federal agents into Democratic-led cities are necessary to round up undocumented immigrants, but the agents’ mission increasingly looks as if...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 AM
January 13, 2025
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January 9, 2026
January 9, 2026
Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
January 9, 2026
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January 7, 2026
January 7, 2026
This morning, a federal agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she was driving away from ICE agents on a residential street in Minneapoli...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:56 AM
January 7, 2026
I think it would be terrible if every photo, video, news report, or opinion piece about the killing of Renee Good refers to this action as a “Kavanaugh Stop.” It might blemish the reputation of the fine GOP jurists who authorized it.
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I think it would be terrible if every photo, video, news report, or opinion piece about the killing of Renee Good refers to this action as a “Kavanaugh Stop.” It might blemish the reputation of the fine GOP jurists who authorized it.