John W. Farrell
@johnwfarrell.bsky.social
Journalist. Author of The Day Without Yesterday (Basic Books) and The Clock and the Camshaft (Rowman & Littlefield). Forthcoming, my novel: An Uncommon Descent (Serving House Books).
Website: www.farrellmedia.com
Website: www.farrellmedia.com
Two hundred attend summit on Opus Dei abuse
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Two hundred attend summit on Opus Dei abuse
Summit was "encouraged" by Pope Leo — but he is yet to take action against group
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December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Two hundred attend summit on Opus Dei abuse
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“What they’re really saying is ‘give in and do what I tell you.’”
December 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“What they’re really saying is ‘give in and do what I tell you.’”
“These are the times that try men’s souls."December 18, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“These are the times that try men’s souls."December 18, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Good day to reread this story on Trump's very own modelling agency... www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
Former models for Donald Trump's agency say they violated immigration rules and worked illegally
"It's like modern-day slavery."
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December 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Good day to reread this story on Trump's very own modelling agency... www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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And don’t buy Lamy fountain pens, either. www.lamy.com/en-us/harry-...
December 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
And don’t buy Lamy fountain pens, either. www.lamy.com/en-us/harry-...
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Wapo editorial endorses blood for oil today.
Anyone can write the person overseeing the editorial board. Their names used to be public - printed in the paper. Now secret.
Screen shot of my comment that Wapo blocked.
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Anyone can write the person overseeing the editorial board. Their names used to be public - printed in the paper. Now secret.
Screen shot of my comment that Wapo blocked.
[email protected]
December 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Wapo editorial endorses blood for oil today.
Anyone can write the person overseeing the editorial board. Their names used to be public - printed in the paper. Now secret.
Screen shot of my comment that Wapo blocked.
[email protected]
Anyone can write the person overseeing the editorial board. Their names used to be public - printed in the paper. Now secret.
Screen shot of my comment that Wapo blocked.
[email protected]
Good riddance to this rancid, glad-handing friend of fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Good riddance to this rancid, glad-handing friend of fascism.
"Republicans who recognize that the American people overwhelmingly want the extensions have been fighting their colleagues who want to get rid of the ACA and slash government spending in general." December 17, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
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December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"Republicans who recognize that the American people overwhelmingly want the extensions have been fighting their colleagues who want to get rid of the ACA and slash government spending in general." December 17, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Words fail....
We are governed by 10 year olds. 😫 White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’, part of ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits
Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Words fail....
"As Piper Hudspeth Blackburn of CNN reports, the administration maintains the U.S. is in an “armed conflict” against drug cartels." December 16, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"As Piper Hudspeth Blackburn of CNN reports, the administration maintains the U.S. is in an “armed conflict” against drug cartels." December 16, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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It's bad.
Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's bad.
Gathering in Buenos Aires to expose the Opus Dei cult's human trafficking.
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Women who say they were tricked into servitude for Opus Dei to meet in Argentina
Pope urged organisers to hold conference after 43 women alleged they were exploited as minors by Catholic group
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December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Gathering in Buenos Aires to expose the Opus Dei cult's human trafficking.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
"In 1995 the late Rob Reiner— who, along with his wife Michele Singer Reiner, lost his life yesterday— directed The American President, written by Aaron Sorkin." December 15, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"In 1995 the late Rob Reiner— who, along with his wife Michele Singer Reiner, lost his life yesterday— directed The American President, written by Aaron Sorkin." December 15, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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"The former dictator has lined up interviews with RT and a popular rightwing American podcaster, but is waiting for approval from Russian authorities to make a media appearance...."
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Assad family live in Russian luxury as Bashar ‘brushes up on ophthalmology’
Family friend, sources in Russia and Syria, and leaked data help give rare insight into life of dictator’s reclusive household
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December 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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"Opus Dei admits to sexual abuse of minors by a priest and that they transferred him to different locations for 25 years.
A former student of a school in San Sebastián accused the priest in 1982, another from a center in Pamplona recently reported him for pedophilia...."
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A former student of a school in San Sebastián accused the priest in 1982, another from a center in Pamplona recently reported him for pedophilia...."
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El Opus Dei admite agresiones sexuales a menores de un cura y que lo fue cambiando de destino durante 25 años
Un exalumno de un colegio de San Sebastián acusó al sacerdote en 1982, otro de un centro de Pamplona lo acaba de denunciar por pederastia en 1994 y una mujer adulta lo señaló al Vaticano en 2023
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December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"Opus Dei admits to sexual abuse of minors by a priest and that they transferred him to different locations for 25 years.
A former student of a school in San Sebastián accused the priest in 1982, another from a center in Pamplona recently reported him for pedophilia...."
elpais.com/sociedad/202...
A former student of a school in San Sebastián accused the priest in 1982, another from a center in Pamplona recently reported him for pedophilia...."
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"By suing over potential damage to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building before the president could damage it, the plaintiffs seek to prevent the sort of damage Trump inflicted on the White House..." December 14, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 14, 2025
Last Sunday, on December 7, Mydelle Wright, a well-regarded preservationist, filed a declaration before a court, saying that President Donald J.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
"By suing over potential damage to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building before the president could damage it, the plaintiffs seek to prevent the sort of damage Trump inflicted on the White House..." December 14, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
"Listen, any theology that begins with control over bodies and ends with moral silence in the face of harm deserves scrutiny, not reverence." open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Did Mary Really Consent to Giving Birth to Jesus?
How Christianity built its moral authority on a poor girl from the 'hood who was never allowed to say no
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December 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
"Listen, any theology that begins with control over bodies and ends with moral silence in the face of harm deserves scrutiny, not reverence." open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
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Did Trump just release the contents of his bowels into his diaper on national TV? That's the question everyone's asking.
I don't know the answer, but PROOF *did* publish the most exhaustive, fully sourced journalistic analysis ever on Trump and his diapers.
It is long.
I don't know the answer, but PROOF *did* publish the most exhaustive, fully sourced journalistic analysis ever on Trump and his diapers.
It is long.
Will Americans Vote for a Man Who Is Now Widely Reported to Exude a Rancid Odor?
The one thing Donald Trump can’t bear people saying of him is something many near him confirm is true—he smells terrible. What will voters do with this intelligence? This report unpacks that question.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Did Trump just release the contents of his bowels into his diaper on national TV? That's the question everyone's asking.
I don't know the answer, but PROOF *did* publish the most exhaustive, fully sourced journalistic analysis ever on Trump and his diapers.
It is long.
I don't know the answer, but PROOF *did* publish the most exhaustive, fully sourced journalistic analysis ever on Trump and his diapers.
It is long.
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The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
Fort Bliss Declarations - December 2025 | American Civil Liberties Union
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The ACLU has posted 17 sworn declarations from people locked up at the Trump Adminstration's largest immigrant prison camp, at Fort Bliss in Texas.
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
In World War Two, the same site was called the "Fort Bliss Enemy Alien Detention Station."
Read the declarations here:
www.aclu.org/documents/fo...
"If Jones wins the Democratic primary for governor, he will likely face off for the governorship against current Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville..." December 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"If Jones wins the Democratic primary for governor, he will likely face off for the governorship against current Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville..." December 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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"Just 36% of American adults approve of his job performance, with 61% disapproving." December 11, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Just 36% of American adults approve of his job performance, with 61% disapproving." December 11, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...