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U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore. www.usccb.org/news/2025/us...
U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore
The bishops issued a Special Message addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting immigrants in the United States. It marked the first time ...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore. www.usccb.org/news/2025/us...
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Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Mamdani: So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
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NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."
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“Let me be clear: the Church stands with migrants. We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with a father who labors in silence for his family. We stand with a young person who dreams of safety and a better future." — Cardinal Blase Cupich
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“Let me be clear: the Church stands with migrants. We stand with a mother who crosses borders to feed her children. We stand with a father who labors in silence for his family. We stand with a young person who dreams of safety and a better future." — Cardinal Blase Cupich
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Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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September 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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To a supremacist society, Charlie Kirk matters. To varying degrees, most of the rest of us don't matter. Or at least our humanity is left up for debate among people like Charlie Kirk—which I'm told by Ezra Klein is doing politics exactly—EXACTLY—the right way.
September 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
To a supremacist society, Charlie Kirk matters. To varying degrees, most of the rest of us don't matter. Or at least our humanity is left up for debate among people like Charlie Kirk—which I'm told by Ezra Klein is doing politics exactly—EXACTLY—the right way.
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will every pundit who mentions ICE today begin with stern admonishments that violence is never the answer, because it sure seems like ICE sees violence as the answer
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will every pundit who mentions ICE today begin with stern admonishments that violence is never the answer, because it sure seems like ICE sees violence as the answer
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A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
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Ezra Klein went beyond opposing political violence to extol Charlie Kirk for doing politics "exactly the right way," making up a fictional version of Kirk to praise.
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump
The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA
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September 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ezra Klein went beyond opposing political violence to extol Charlie Kirk for doing politics "exactly the right way," making up a fictional version of Kirk to praise.
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
That distortion, with its indulgence of bad faith, is a perfect illustration of the larger media failure that helps Trump.
My latest
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Isn’t this what Jesus would do?
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Isn’t this what Jesus would do?
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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A lot of people are showing more empathy for a white fascist than they ever showed for brown babies being bombed or thousands of migrants being round up and put in camps.
September 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A lot of people are showing more empathy for a white fascist than they ever showed for brown babies being bombed or thousands of migrants being round up and put in camps.
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
June 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
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I had a school visit cancelled. Read on to learn why, and what I did about it. 🐌
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges.
www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
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My School Visit was Cancelled. I Fought Back and Won. | Opinion
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contract...
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May 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I had a school visit cancelled. Read on to learn why, and what I did about it. 🐌
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MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
May 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
MAKE NOISE ON THIS ONE‼️
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
They didn’t just deport him—they sent him to CECOT in El Salvador.
Agelviz came here legally through the refugee resettlement program—fully vetted. But when he landed in Houston, CBP snatched him over a tattoo: a clock and a rose.
No charges. No record. Just a suspicion.
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Sen. Chris Murphy to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."
May 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Sen. Chris Murphy to NBC on Democratic opposition to the GOP mega-bill: "What we're standing in the way of is the most massive transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to the rich in the history of the country."
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Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian.
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
Librarian for the people
Under the leadership of Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, a revered institution is connecting Americans with their country through its treasures.
mag.uchicago.edu
May 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Dr. Carla Hayden is a people's librarian.
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
Her term goes until 2026 and should remain that way.
Don't comply with unjust laws and practices.
#FreedomtoRead @librarycongress.bsky.social
mag.uchicago.edu/hayden
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A third of Americans surveyed believe at least one false claim spread by Russian media outlets. Why is this a serious problem, & why does it underscore the urgent need for news literacy?
Video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjBbL7BV/
#Disinformation #NewsLiteracy
Video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjBbL7BV/
#Disinformation #NewsLiteracy
A third of Americans surveyed believe at least one false claim spread by Russian media outlets. Why is this a serious problem & why does it underscore the urgent need for news literacy? #NewsLiteracy ...
TikTok video by News Literacy Project
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May 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🧵 Trump’s hypocrisy is off the charts: Rev William Barber, a giant of activism, was arrested for praying against the budget in the Capitol Rotunda. Reporters were threatened with arrest too.
This just days after Trump’s DOJ created a fake “anti-Christian bias” task force
tinyurl.com/Pastor-barber
This just days after Trump’s DOJ created a fake “anti-Christian bias” task force
tinyurl.com/Pastor-barber
Activist pastor who has criticized Trump arrested while praying inside Capitol
William Barber, leader of ‘Moral Monday’ progressive movement, was arrested Monday by Capitol Police officers along with two others
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April 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🧵 Trump’s hypocrisy is off the charts: Rev William Barber, a giant of activism, was arrested for praying against the budget in the Capitol Rotunda. Reporters were threatened with arrest too.
This just days after Trump’s DOJ created a fake “anti-Christian bias” task force
tinyurl.com/Pastor-barber
This just days after Trump’s DOJ created a fake “anti-Christian bias” task force
tinyurl.com/Pastor-barber