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1/ “A relatively conservative member of the bishops’ conference, Coakley serves as an ecclesiastical adviser to the Napa Institute, an influential group of conservative Catholics whose co-founder last year called the Trump administration “the

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Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley called for bishops and priests in Catholic churches to hold a Holy Hour of prayer for peace as killings by federal agents have caused national concern about the T...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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George Will says that Trump administration claims about immigration operations should be presumed to be lies unless conclusively proven. That's also true for its claims to courts, which almost invariably turn out to be lies.
February 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Children raped and killed. American citizens shot in the street. Immigrants illegally shackled, tortured, killed. Journalists arrested.
While a $300 million ballroom is constructed and a trash documentary released.
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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Maria Santay, a U.S. citizen and community observer, live-streamed masked ICE agents detaining her after they boxed in her car from all sides and smashed her window. Local police showed up and did nothing.

She was denied access to a restroom, and forced to pee in the parking lot while handcuffed.
January 31, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche admits that the DOJ excluded all images showing “death, physical abuse, or injury” from yesterday’s Epstein files release.

WHAT ELSE ARE THEY HIDING???
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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Third wave of anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests scheduled for Saturday, March 28th. "‘Trump’s authoritarianism, grift, and pro-oligarchy agenda is making our country less healthy, free, and just,’ [Public Citizen] said." www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...
'We Will Not Bow': No Kings 3 Rallies Scheduled for March 28 With Flagship Event in Minnesota | Common Dreams
Nationwide No Kings protest planned for March 28 to resist Trump's authoritarian attacks on immigrant communities.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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In Politika, Aristotle says you can recognize a tyrannical regime in the fact that it intrudes into every aspect of the lives of its subjects while enshrouding the tyrant and his enablers in complete secrecy. What we see with ICE is the demonstration of that principle. bsky.app/profile/davi...
the extreme irony and hypocrisy of a govt masking its secret police while building and enforcing a database recognizing every one of our faces and personal data. 🤬
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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JWST just saw a galaxy that existed only 280 million years after the big bang
JWST spots most distant galaxy ever, pushing the limits of the observable universe
The galaxy MoM-z14 could offer clues to what the universe looked like in its early infancy
www.scientificamerican.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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We The People can begin the process to stop this on 11/3/26.
Every vote is needed, has power and counts.
Vote every Republican out on the ballot
VOTE 💙
January 29, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Sitting President attempts to steal $10 BILLION from taxpayers.

The most corrupt regime of our lifetimes. With no close second.

And the Hunter hunters are silent.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
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Lady Gaga has put out a gorgeous anthem for Minneapolis.
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original
YouTube video by Rocket
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January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Really?!?!
Shocked?!?! Where has he been all this time?
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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Some more #GraphicTruth for you today. MAGAts can spew lies all they want but we know who's been inciting violence from Day One.
January 30, 2026 at 3:23 AM
1/ “Their twisted campaign validates Trump’s personal immorality and his administration’s cruelty. It marginalizes mainstream religious leaders who espouse traditional values that conflict with Trump’s behavior and agenda. And it threatens to pave the way for an

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The Trump administration's “war on empathy,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes, “threatens to pave the way for an extreme vision of Christian nationalism that seeks to replace democracy with theocracy in ...
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January 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
1/ “Vance's comments are once again a moral stain on our collective witness of Catholicism — but they are no longer surprising. Given its scandal, the vice president's cafeteria Catholicism must continue to be repudiated by people of faith.”

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Catholics must decide if they serve Donald Trump or the Gospel
Jesus famously proclaimed, "No one can serve two masters." As the country continues to reel from the shooting of Alex Pretti, Catholics are making it clear who they are choosing to serve. It isn't alw...
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January 29, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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ICE agents were the ones with the guns. They are the ones masked up, armed up, and shooting people.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“F.B.I. agents searched a government building in Fulton County, Ga., which has been at the center of President Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.”

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Trump Administration Live Updates: F.B.I. Search in Georgia Tied to Criminal Investigation Over 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
1/ The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of

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Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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In Minnesota, scores of ordinary people are bravely looking out for their neighbors, defending their communities, and protesting lawless violence.

They are the best of America.

Here's how to stand with them. www.standwithminnesota.com
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
www.standwithminnesota.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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This sums it up.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Just 9 days old, this post is not aging very well.
January 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM