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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ

@kenhomansj.bsky.social

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Catholic, son, brother, Brother, Jesuit, weightlifter, woodworker, radical for Christ. Proudly putting the SJ into SJW. My tweets≠orgs I am part of. (he/him)

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · Aug 9

For my course day on music history, I'm going to let students pick a genre to explore music as a primary source. I'll have some songs they have to listen to, then they'll pick some of their own.

What are some "must know" songs or artists in punk, hip-hop, jazz, country, classical, blues, or folk?

bart simpson is wearing headphones and pointing at something

Alt: bart simpson is wearing headphones

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Joshua Failé @joshuafaile.bsky.social · 4h

Just to be absolutely clear:

The President of the United States has absolutely no power to “take away” any right enumerated in the Constitution from any person.

And that is how every single article, blog post, and social media commentary should start when discussing this ludicrous statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 8h

One is an Aquinas scholar and honestly the other is just so well-versed that I don't know what his actual research is on 😂

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 8h

I was sitting at lunch with two philosophers when I talked about historians and the question of objective knowledge.

And let me tell you--that was objectively a mistake.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 12h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 12h

They’re just gonna do a little lite slavery.

In addition, the new rule allows farm employers to charge H-2A workers for their housing, which was not allowed before. "It's a way for employers to continue to house workers and also charge them, and bring down effective wages," said Marcos Lopez of the Labor and Community Center at the University of California, Davis.

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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 12h

“We’re a faith of immigrants — Jesus was an immigrant." #LiveTheGospel #WelcomeTheStranger #PrayForAmerica religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

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Dr. Allison Betus (she/her) 🌈 @allisonbetus.bsky.social · 18h

Folks, if ICE shot a pastor in the head with a pepper ball on camera, what do you think they do to people behind closed doors?

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

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Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social · 1d

The CBS takeover by Larry Ellison and Bari Weiss is the most foreboding move in a while, and I’m not saying that lightly.

It will have an effect on the 2026 elections: CBS will now lie to people and normies will believe it.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 1d

Tariff revenue is operating like ship money did for Charles I, when he tried to rule England without Parliament. Like the US, only the legislature could legitimately tax the people, but Charles used innovative abuses of his powers to raise & spend money as he wanted

(He later lost his crown & head)

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. there is the question of how the bond market will react to tariff revenue being redirected away from lowering the deficit.”

@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/articles/tru...

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 1d

We really need to be thinking abt the current regime through the lens of the Second Klan, which helped to nationalize systems of Jim Crow state & vigilante violence & exploitation while creating an explicitly white nationalist immigration system. They even paraded down Pennsylvania Ave.

A 1926 klan parade marching down Pennsylvania Ave. The front of the column holds banners that read Connecticut & Rhode Island. Original available via the Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706338/

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𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 @stevenpmillies.com · 1d

It's not even the shutdown.

It's generations of government-on-the-cheap, treating government like "the problem," demonizing everything that built this country to what it once was.

What built it was its people—collaborating through their government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

SEAN DUFFY: Burbank -- zero controllers came to work. I don't support that. They should come to work. They're supposed to come to work. But ...

KILMEADE: They didn't even miss a paycheck yet. So why aren't they coming to work?

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Fast-fashion recycling: how ‘the castoff capital of the world’ is making Indian factory workers sick

Reports of lung disease, skin conditions and even cancer are rising in Panipat, which recycles 1 million tonnes of textile waste a year

www.theguardian.com

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear, I read the news all the time. I just tend not to watch it on TV or even the internet.

Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 1d

I rarely watch the news; but I stopped in to watch the last minute of the football game & stuck around for the news.

It was NBC. The rightwing, pro-empire framing of 3 different segments was just ghastly.

But it does help highlight how folks reach such different conclusions based on their sources

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 1d

Incredibly well-written and spot on, as always. Your charity is second to none.

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Gloria Purvis @iamgloriapurvis.bsky.social · 2d

www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

What are Black Catholics hearing when church leaders praise Charlie Kirk?

For many Black Catholics familiar with Charlie Kirk's full record, endorsements of his message by Catholic leaders can be devastating.

www.americamagazine.org

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Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 2d

Religion IG is savage

The single Catholic men that say they would only marry a woman who submits to them sure seem to have a tough time submitting to the Bishop of Rome

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 2d

For your amusement:

A friend from way back in high school found this magazine clipping. The city used to have a magazine for teens with its annual "forty under forty" style of list.

I was in it as "Ken: the Activist."

I might still have that tie, and like many ska kids loved a fedora

Description of my involvement with Amnesty International, including protesting the US invasion of Iraq, School of the Americas, and death penalty. Photo of me wearing a pink shirt, pink tie, charcoal suit, and grey fedora

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 2d

This will not happen unless the mayor directs CPD to arrest ICE in violation. At this point, he will discover why it is a problem that the CPD does not answer to the mayor. If only some well-organized movement in 2020 had pointed this out.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 2d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

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St. Louis Urbanists @stlurbanists.bsky.social · 2d

The City is updating its zoning code for the first time in almost 70 years! Come and learn about the Zoning Upgrade (ZOUP) at our next monthly meeting! The ZOUP Team will be there to answer questions. If you want a direct line to the zoning team join us on October 9th 6-7:30pm at Central Library.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

Someone appears to have burned down the home of the judge who tried to block the Trump administration from forcing states to turn over individual voter registration data

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 3d

www.postandcourier.com/news/local_s... yikes

Video shows blaze that injured 3 at Edisto Island home of SC judge, former SC senator

Video shows an Oct. 4 fire that took place on Edisto Island, at Circuit Court Judge Diane Goodstein's home in Planters Retreat in the Jeremy Cay Community.

www.postandcourier.com

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 2d

In the middle of a federal shutdown while the president is playing golf.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Statement from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker

This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
We must now start calling this what it is: Trump's Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state's military troops.
I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
The brave men and women who serve in our national guards must not be used as political props. This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 3d

No one should profit off of a person being stripped of their liberty ...

The contract to run the 2,560-bed California City Immigration Processing Center through Aug 2027 will make CoreCivic $130 million

"It will also allow CoreCivic to fill the detention facility to its full capacity"

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 3d

Liberals and Democrats will call for "funding local police" as a way to solve the problem of DHS/ ICE and no one will think about the fact that this is how we got here.

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