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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Pope Leo XIV’s eyes grew misty Wednesday as an El Paso delegation led by Bishop Mark Seitz presented him letters and a video that captured the fears and anxieties of people facing mass deportation in the United States …”

The church “cannot be silent,” Pope Leo said.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 5h

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 4h

It’s Trump’s favourite racist dog whistle

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 4h

Nope.

Notice Pritzker doesn’t get that label but every single black person he dislikes does.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h

Is there a black politician that at some point or another Trump hasn't called "low IQ?"

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

Fascists are desperate for violent disruption they can use an excuse for state violence and power grabs.

They have trouble with mockery, goofiness, and fun.

That holds across just about every type of authoritarianism. They like being feared for cruelty. They hate being laughed at and humiliated.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 21h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Six former surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr. wapo.st/3VTALll

RFK Jr "endangering the health of the nation."

"...the profound, immediate & unprecedented threat that Kennedy’s policies and positions pose to the nation’s health cannot be ignored."

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

wapo.st

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 10h

Nazi van de Maand

Myrthe Hilkens @myrthehilkens.bsky.social · 1d

Inmiddels zou één Henk Vermeerloze dag als een maand vakantie voelen. Ooit wist niemand dat die meneer bestond. Alleen wisten we toen niet hoe gezegend we daarom waren. Nu wel.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 11h

it does seem increasingly apparent that next year will be when things really unravel

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 11h

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

www.reuters.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 12h

Starts with B, ends with rexit…

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 16h

Portland is burning!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 1d

Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

‼️According to calculations made by OSINT researchers, the amount of Russian tanks in decent condition remaining in storage is ZERO.

◾️1656 are in "poor" condition (about 60% of them probably cannot be restored).
◾️1231 Russian tanks are in "worse" condition, according to the researchers.

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 1d

Polder Goebbels

Hans Laroes @hanslaroes.bsky.social · 2d

Wie liegt alweer?
Toch niet Henk Vermeer?

De Stentor @destentor.bsky.social · 2d

BBB’er Henk Vermeer verspreidt foute cijfers in tv-programma Buitenhof

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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Isaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 2d

Newsom says he’s on the verge of quitting the National Govs Association: “should not be difficult … regardless of partisan affiliation, to agree that politicizing our states’ Natl Guard and deploying… over the objections of the home-state Governor,harms the interests of states”

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 1d

Nuremberg would be a suitable place to stage these trials

Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s fast forward to when these ICE fuckers are all on trial for their crimes against humanity and the Constitution.

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 1d

Also fascinating: both parties are bleeding support as a result of their embrace of a far-right agenda

Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 1d

I find it fascinating that both the UK Conservatives and Dutch VVD have swerved sharply to the right (almost to the far right) in the last year or so - and have both done so while led by ethnic minority women from immigrant backgrounds

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 1d

Tired: Singapore on Thames

Wired: UAE-UK

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

We must emulate the United Arab Emirates, apparently.

Where to even start...?

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 1d

Can someone translate "force your insurer to pay for livesaving care" into European please? Why does one need to know industry secrets for this?

Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 1d

They are one of the industry’s best-kept secrets, and only a tiny fraction of those eligible actually use them.

How a little-known appeal could force your insurer to pay for lifesaving care

www.propublica.org/article/heal...

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

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Holger Hestermeyer @hhesterm.bsky.social · 1d

One of the reasons the figures have risen is, of course, Brexit. Competences reverted back to Britain and ‚taking back control‘ implies that someone exercises that control.

LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d

"So you're laying waste to people's jobs, but you don't know how many?"

Kemi Badenoch plans to get rid of 'quite a lot' of civil servants.

She doesn't have the exact figure, but she assures Nick that she's 'looked at it'.

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Hans de Vreij @vreij.bsky.social · 1d

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Mark Galeotti @markgaleotti.bsky.social · 1d

7 October – Putin’s 73rd birthday. I won’t wish him many happy returns, but let’s just spend a moment pondering the dilemmas that will likely face him in the coming year 1/

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 1d

The Tories are moving the Overton Window to Nazi territory: mass deportations, firing judges, scrapping legal protections against governmental abuses.

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 1d

If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).

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Joshua Livestro @joshualivestro.bsky.social · 1d

The ECHR was designed to serve as a protection of the rights of the individual against the power of the state. Many of its articles were direct answers to the abuses of the Nazi era.

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨 "The ECHR is not some foreign imposition that curtails our sovereignty. It was born of British leadership after the horrors of the Second World War, drafted with heavy British influence, and championed by Winston Churchill himself". Great stuff by Sir Robert Buckland KC:

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Dutch News @dutchnewsnl.bsky.social · 1d

Defence firms to set up production in former Nedcar factory www.dutchnews.nl?p=258260

Defence firms to set up production in former Nedcar factory

www.dutchnews.nl

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