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Global citizen, humanitarian, poet, writer, photographer, lover of science, philosophy, intelligent religious teaching of all faiths and a devotee of literature
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A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
Fear and confusion in Nigerian village hit in US strike, as locals say no history of ISIS in area | CNN
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and c...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A day after part of a missile fired by the United States hit their village, landing just meters from its only medical facility, the villagers of Jabo in northwest Nigeria are in a state of shock and confusion.
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It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.
December 27, 2025 at 2:26 AM
It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.
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"This isn’t the foreign policy many of Trump’s voters wanted. They thought 'America First' meant staying home. Instead, Trump has gone abroad to seize land and treasure. He’s a pirate."
The Politics of Plunder
His domestic and foreign policies have one consistent theme.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"This isn’t the foreign policy many of Trump’s voters wanted. They thought 'America First' meant staying home. Instead, Trump has gone abroad to seize land and treasure. He’s a pirate."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c... “Trump exempted the smelter from complying with limits on lead, arsenic, chromium and other hazardous pollutants for the next two years.”
A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c... “Trump exempted the smelter from complying with limits on lead, arsenic, chromium and other hazardous pollutants for the next two years.”
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... #TrumpEffect
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... #TrumpEffect
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The ancient, contemplative form of poetry can capture, perhaps better than any other, the muffled quality of chilly afternoons and days spent indoors.
The Best Poetry for Dark Winter Days
Each collection speaks to a different seasonal mood, but all are worth slowing down with before the new year.
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December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The ancient, contemplative form of poetry can capture, perhaps better than any other, the muffled quality of chilly afternoons and days spent indoors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o... “No figure in human history stood more against this kind of “master morality” than Jesus. He sided with the weak and the despised. The purpose of Jesus’ kingdom of God was to put right what’s gone wrong in the world…
Opinion | The Kingdom of God Is Ruled by the Humblest of Men
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o... “No figure in human history stood more against this kind of “master morality” than Jesus. He sided with the weak and the despised. The purpose of Jesus’ kingdom of God was to put right what’s gone wrong in the world…
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The atrocities unfolding "in Sudan, already the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is especially sickening," writes our columnist Nicholas Kristof.
Opinion | Letting ‘Peace on Earth’ Mean Nothing
A militia accused of genocide has seized a city of a quarter-million people, and it now appears from satellites to be a ghost town.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The atrocities unfolding "in Sudan, already the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is especially sickening," writes our columnist Nicholas Kristof.
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The 1951 Refugee Convention is “the legal translation of the human obligation to protect people fleeing persecution, violence and war, enshrined for centuries in all cultural traditions,” Filippo Grandi writes.
Opinion | I’ve Been the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees for a Decade. This Is the Crisis I See.
Populist rhetoric is numbing us to the plight of others.
nyti.ms
December 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The 1951 Refugee Convention is “the legal translation of the human obligation to protect people fleeing persecution, violence and war, enshrined for centuries in all cultural traditions,” Filippo Grandi writes.
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Here's an example of disordered loves: When there are "large swaths of Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals, men and women who worship Jesus with their lips while giving priority to Trump and the MAGA movement in their heart."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Virtue of Integrity
The only way out of our wreckage is to rewrite the cultural script, to make excellence in character admired again.
www.theatlantic.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Here's an example of disordered loves: When there are "large swaths of Christian fundamentalists and evangelicals, men and women who worship Jesus with their lips while giving priority to Trump and the MAGA movement in their heart."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o... “I’ve found the play has an extraordinary capacity to get us to move beyond our quotidian bickering and spark real — and delightfully long — conversations.”
Opinion | The One-Act Play Your Family Should Read Together at Christmas
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December 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/o... “I’ve found the play has an extraordinary capacity to get us to move beyond our quotidian bickering and spark real — and delightfully long — conversations.”
That Old Classic Film in the Theater? It Might Be From This Man’s House.
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home. 🎥 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home. 🎥 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
That Old Classic Film in the Theater? It Might Be From This Man’s House.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
That Old Classic Film in the Theater? It Might Be From This Man’s House.
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home. 🎥 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
The artifacts of 20th-century cinema are being preserved in museums, and in the care of private film collectors like Brian Darwas, who has hundreds of movie prints at his home. 🎥 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/n...
Mistletoe…..
a crowd of people are gathered in a room with a sign that says exit on it
ALT: a crowd of people are gathered in a room with a sign that says exit on it
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December 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Mistletoe…..
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December 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Hugs and love to those struggling this holiday season 🫶🏽🎁
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Hugs and love to those struggling this holiday season 🫶🏽🎁
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“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
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this image is maybe the single greatest joke in TRADING PLACES. and also a pretty apt description of the trump/vance/national conservative vision of america
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 AM
this image is maybe the single greatest joke in TRADING PLACES. and also a pretty apt description of the trump/vance/national conservative vision of america
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Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Or we could have healthcare and feed those in need. Doesn’t sound very Christian. #MerryChristmas #HumanRights
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... Or we could have healthcare and feed those in need. Doesn’t sound very Christian. #MerryChristmas #HumanRights
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So far, Donald Trump’s efforts at prosecuting his perceived enemies have largely floundered—but his favorite judge may soon be in a position to change that, Marilyn W. Thompson reports.
Get Ready to Start Hearing About Aileen Cannon Again
The Florida-based judge is likely to once again play a central role in politics in the new year.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So far, Donald Trump’s efforts at prosecuting his perceived enemies have largely floundered—but his favorite judge may soon be in a position to change that, Marilyn W. Thompson reports.