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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 2h

@garethgore.bsky.social I’m going to ask you about this on Thursday as part of our interview. It needs to be explored. Thank you!

Gareth Gore @garethgore.bsky.social · 3h

Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?

The pontiff met with a disgraced Opus Dei cardinal this past week - but has completely ignored pleas from victims of this abusive group for him to meet with them

What's going on?

🧵 A THREAD

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5h

#Opus #OpusBook #GarethGore #DarkMoney #Project2025 #OpusDei #CatholicChurch #HeritageFoundation #SupremeCourt #FaithAndJustice #ForTheLeastOfThese #GutterCatholic #SocialJusticeCatholic #ChurchAndState #PopeLeo #CatholicReform

Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5h

I’ll ask a few questions, but I want yours too — if you’ve read the book, this is your chance to talk directly with the author.

Let’s dig into the intersections of faith, power, and truth.

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5h

www.youtube.com/live/fUNTbLQ...

Live with Gareth Gore | Author of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money Inside the Catholic Church

YouTube video by The Flying Kitchen by Shannon Vavich

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5h

📘 Just in time for the release of the paperback!
Join us Thursday 6 p.m. EET / 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT on YouTube and Facebook.

Set the reminder now!

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5h

Opus exposes the networks of power linking the U.S. Supreme Court, the Heritage Foundation, and the far-right faction of the Catholic Church — from José María Escrivá’s founding of Opus Dei to its modern reach into Project 2025 and the current Court’s super-majority.

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5h

🔥 This Thursday! I’m finally sitting down with Gareth Gore, author of Opus: The Cult of Dark Money, Human Trafficking, and Right-Wing Conspiracy Inside the Catholic Church — the book I’ve been championing for months. @garethgore.bsky.social

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 11h

Vermeule, Schmitt, Integralists.

firstthings.com/liberal-inte...

Liberal Integralists - First Things

Eight years ago, Andrew Willard Jones’s Before Church and State was described in these pages as “the hot beach read of the summer” for young integralist Catholics. In his...

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Baptizing Feminism🎥 @baptizingfeminism.bsky.social · 1d

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The NAR Vows to Stage the Largest-Ever Gathering of Christian Women

Last year on Yom Kippur, leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation staged an all-day rally in support of Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency called A Million Women. As was the case with the Million M...

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 5d

Gutter Catholic Spotlight: Father Michael Pfleger — Faith in Action on Chicago’s South Side

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 6d

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's neo-fascist guru—plans to Flee USA.

“I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.”

www.thenerdreich.com/panicked-cur...

Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

www.thenerdreich.com

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 6d

SCOTUS Breaks from the Trump Agenda: Ghislaine Maxwell Appeal Rejected

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 6d

More Voices Expose Opus Dei’s Power Inside SCOTUS

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Shannon the Gutter Catholic @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social · 6d

Be advised, over the next few days I’ll be changing my online identity and handles on all platforms to “Shannon the Gutter Catholic”. Same content, same me! Thanks so much for following and for all your support! - Shannon

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Dr. Eric W. Hendry @ericwhendry.bsky.social · 7d

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8d

“[Former] Trump Faith Adviser Finally Admits He Molested 12-Year-Old” 10/2/25 (“In 2016, the Trump campaign included him on its evangelical executive advisory board. After Trump won…, Morris served on the president’s faith advisory council. And in June 2020, Morris hosted Trump at his church…) 1/

Trump Faith Adviser Finally Admits He Molested 12-Year-Old

Robert Morris will serve just six months of his 10-year sentence.

www.thedailybeast.com

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Cindy Milot @cindymilot.bsky.social · 7d

I thought of @theflyingkitchen.bsky.social again today when I watched this great summary of Theonomy (Doug Wilson sin-of-empathy-types). Best simple description of the FUNCTIONAL problems that I've ever seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5B3...

MAGA "Theology" Is EXACTLY As Dumb As It Looks.

YouTube video by Culture, Faith, and Politics

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 8d

“ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team ***
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.” 10/3/25 www.wired.com/story/ice-so...

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.

www.wired.com

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 8d

@katherinestewart.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/writekat...

Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge

The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. But now is not the time to curl up in despair.

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Tom Carter @thcarter123.bsky.social · 9d

@thelisagraves.bsky.social

talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/how-joh...

How John Roberts Won Over the Bush White House and Remade the Supreme Court

Twenty years ago this week, John Roberts became the Chief Justice of...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 9d

“Another ABC7 interviewee ducked upon hearing flash bangs detonate, and was then distressed by the sight of children detained. ‘They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,’ she said.” 10/2/25 newrepublic.com/post/201258/...

ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building

ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

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Cindy Milot @cindymilot.bsky.social · 9d

@theflyingkitchen.bsky.social Please don't miss this. It's especially good. Praying for you and your family along with so many judges, those in the military, and everyone else, to numerous to list here,
:) Be well and wonderful.

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John Roberts Got Us Into This Mess and He Is Making It Worse

The Roberts Court Is Emboldening Trump When Judges Should Be Saying No

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 10d

“…Trump regime…just because they want to doesn’t mean they can…trying to bluster…into…authoritarianism, relying on Americans…to appease threats…do what…regime wants without being asked.

To defeat…Say no to…demands, create friction…don’t act like they have more power than they do.”

#USpol

Kimmel and Comey Highlight the Trump Regime's Limitations

Their desire for authoritarian abuse is bottomless, their ability to carry it out is not

www.arcdigital.media

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David August ❌👑 @davidaugust.bsky.social · 9d

I am really impressed he is drunk, someone has to have had a way to get gasoline to get to the liquor store and top him up.

Due to his brilliance, russia, once a top petrochemical producer, is having difficulty getting gasoline to themselves. putin style soviet poverty.

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#USpol #UApol #RUpol

Natalka @natalkakyiv.bsky.social · 9d

Seemingly drunk Putin announced that Russia now has new hypersonic weapons.

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Dr. Eric W. Hendry @ericwhendry.bsky.social · 10d

Pope Leo XIV with Sr. Norma Pimentel, MJ

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10d

Pope Leo: “Just as Pope Francis spoke of the culture of encounter as the antidote for the globalization of indifference, we must work to confront the globalization of powerlessness by fostering a culture of reconciliation.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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