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kenwhite.bsky.social
Yes, it’s illegal. Like changing it to Department of War, like ten thousand other things. Part of the Trump strategy is to break the law and convey “the rule of law is weak and feminine and laughable and should be overridden by Our Guy.” Trump is fundamentally anti-law.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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jamesmartinsj.bsky.social
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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richraho.bsky.social
Members of the faithful lock arms as clergy, including a Chicago Auxiliary Bishop ask for entrance into Broadview ICE detention facility; they are denied entrance again; Fr. Dan Harnett is now leading a prayer of Spiritual Communion with detained immigrants.
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
A look at how Trump’s culture war economics works in practice www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Behind all of the culture-war nonsense, the administration’s political allies—the ultra-wealthy, the fossil-fuel industry, and many in the corporate elite—are making out quite well. Some politically connected companies have even managed to get convenient exemptions from the tariffs. It’s all of those regular Americans Trump promised to fight for who are seeing their dollars buy less because of a conscious, deliberate effort to make things anti-woke. One might almost suspect that was the idea all along. But, hey, better broke than woke, right?
October 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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kenwhite.bsky.social
These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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plumicorns.bsky.social
Dudes rock
Shortly after that standoff, Curtis Evans stood directly in front of the gate with an American flag. The 65-year-old Evanston resident heard about the first protest on social media and came to represent “the ideals that our country stands for.” He said tear gas and pepper balls hurt, but “five minutes later, you’re fine.”
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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mattyglesias.bsky.social
JD Vance, Eric Schmitt, and the Natcon betrayal of American values, heritage, and tradition.

www.slowboring.com/p/national-c...
“National” conservatism is un-American
Liberals should respect our heritage; conservatives should see that our heritage is liberal
www.slowboring.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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leonenglish.bsky.social
It's this cartoon, for all US history
"Looking Backwards" political cartoon, portraying the wealthy descendants of poor immigrants to the US rejecting a new immigrant.
September 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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maggieastor.bsky.social
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
I’ve had a license to practice law for 36 years and I am morally certain that I’ve never met a lawyer who couldn’t truthfully, emphatically, and categorically deny ever having counseled anyone to say “fuck you” to a court.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 25
SCHIFF: Did you suggest telling the courts 'fuck you' in any manner?

BOVE: I don't recall

SCHIFF: You just don't remember that
June 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
The difference between "access" and "transparency" is really important. Trump is absolutely giving more reporters more time to ask questions (inc. outlets that just want to praise him). At the same time it's stopped publishing transcripts and WH visitor logs.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · May 28
what i like about this is that politico doesn’t ask whether trump is actually doing the job of president. the frequency with which trump is on tv suggests not!
murshedz.bsky.social Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · May 28
The Trump regime has gutted the govt; assaulted the constitution; apprehended immigrants off streets w/o due process sending them to foreign gulags; blown up alliances as economy hurtles towards uncertainty.

Yet here is POLITICO fawning over his media appearances while throwing shade at Biden.
May 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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govpritzker.illinois.gov
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are turning our government into their own slush fund.

Attempting to cut Medicaid and Social Security, all while chopping up essential departments and agencies — just to make themselves and their friends even richer.
May 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
One angle I'm always thinking about is how much free stuff Trump promised. There are people currently expecting 1) no income tax under $200k, 2) free IVF, 3) a baby bonus, 4) a $5000 "DOGE dividend." And there is no plan to do that stuff! Just campaign rhetoric.
May 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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oceanbound.bsky.social
I have gotten confirmation from sources inside the Coast Guard that this is in fact true and happened in Key West.

ICE went into military housing and took the spouse of a USCG member who is currently out to sea.
fpwellman.bsky.social Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · Apr 25
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.
April 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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radosh.bsky.social
The entire transcript of Time's interview with Trump is insane. Just to pick one moment: Trump says Biden would never do an interview with Time, then when told that he had asks how it went, then when told he can read it himself says that he had read it and it didn't go well

time.com/7280114/dona...
Well, sure, but you wouldn’t be—if this were Biden, well, first of all, he wouldn't do an interview because he was grossly incompetent. We spoke to him last year, Mr. President. Huh? We spoke to him a year ago. How did he do? You can read the interview yourself. Not too good. I did read the interview. He didn't do well. He didn't do well at all. He didn't do well at anything. And he cut that interview off to being a matter of minutes, and you weren't asking him questions like you're asking me.
April 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
Fiction plays a part in this. Think about how common it is for shows to depict untouchable criminals and how rarely the far more common situation of police mistakes, fuckups and malice is shown.
mtsw.bsky.social mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Apr 24
ya i keep meaning to write about this wrt to the kilmar garcia case, how there's this widespread idea about low info voters that cops know who all the criminals and gang members are and are only prevented from arresting/killing them by proceduralist libs who love protecting criminals
April 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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ricktotheleft.bsky.social
I just don't know what to say. This makes me sad, scared and angry all at the same time.
April 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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nycsouthpaw.bsky.social
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements. In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson. "You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade. The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 23
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
It'd be one thing if this was some confusing theological dispute, but the reason they hate Pope Francis is "how dare you question some of our rampant cruelty."
katie0martin.ft.com Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Apr 23
I'm an atheist, albeit with Catholic roots, and broadly speaking I don't care about this stuff at all, but the blowhard maga crowd coming after the Catholic church and laying into the Pope makes me inexplicably angry.

on.ft.com/3RZhFbw
The Maga Catholics trying to take back control of the church
[FREE TO READ] A growing number of Americans hope that Pope Francis’s death will mark a decisive conservative shift for the papacy
on.ft.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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fishkin.bsky.social
I was waiting for someone to post this. Federal courts ordered the Biden administration to engage in negotiations with another country. This is complex territory for sure.

But how much negotiation is really required to say "you know that guy we're paying you to hold? Put him on our plane tomorrow"?
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Apr 17
As DOJ argues that federal courts have no authority to order "any particular acts of diplomacy," I want to remind everyone that SCOTUS let Matthew Kacsmaryk seize control of Biden's border policy for 10 months and micromanage diplomatic negotiations with Mexican officials. slate.com/news-and-pol...
April 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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jamesmartinsj.bsky.social
Two ways: Pope Francis visits a prison in Rome and, after spending time with inmates, blows them kisses. He said, "I ask myself: Why them and not me?" Rep. Moore visits a jail in El Salvador and gave a thumbs up to their suffering. Which way would Jesus, imprisoned during the Passion, prefer?
April 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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jamesmartinsj.bsky.social
Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar of Washington, DC.
"It is time now for you to reclaim your conscience. What you are doing is worth nothing if it is stained with unjust cruelty. That is not what America stands for." www.cathstan.org/voices/this-...
This Ordeal is the Passion - Catholic Standard
www.cathstan.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM