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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

Okay the Roldan-Wright connection is real

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

I’m not saying there aren’t some key Euro kids out there.

I’m just saying that Pulisic left the field (I hope he’s okay!) and…we immediately scored.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

This game is doing little to challenge my “a #USMNT with mostly MLS players is just a net better team” priors.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 8h

Is Haji Wright one of those players who just doesn’t do big celebrations for his goals, or is he just super chill tonight for some reason?

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

NEW: As ICE presence increases in Chicago — home to the third-largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. — Catholics and allies are pushing back.

Over the weekend, a priest warned parishioners to leave Mass carefully.

Locals formed a human chain to protect them from ICE. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest

(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.

religionnews.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 10h

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

News organizations, including Hegseth's former employer Fox, reject new Pentagon reporting rules

Fox News, the former employer of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has joined a near-unanimous outpouring of news organizations rejecting new rules for journalists based in the Pentagon.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

No no, I get your point and, again, I'm not saying you're ultimately wrong.

I'm just saying it's worth pressing him on the specific question, giving his ADF background and years of rhetoric regarding religious freedom.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

They're not, actually — it's Presbyterian and Methodist pastors who have reported being hit with pepper balls and rubber bullets so far (the ones we know of, that is).

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10h

Again, the reporter kinda-sorta asked two slightly different questions, but Johnson ultimately responded to the reporter's question about oversight.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

As a technical matter, whether you think federal law enforcement officers have individually done things you condemn and whether you think Congress should insist on oversight of federal law enforcement altogether are, as a practical matter, two different questions.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Not saying you're ultimately wrong here, but that's not actually what he said (Note: the transcript above isn't an exact transcript, but skips ahead/around): He said he doesn't think federal law enforcement has crossed a line that would demand *congressional oversight* of federal law enforcement.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Just got over that a bit ago.

Did. Not. Enjoy.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

:: sigh ::

Fine. I'll try.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

So, 2 things:

1. Glad a reporter asked about this.

2. The reporter ultimately didn't ask Johnson a moral/religious question, but a technical policy one. Given Johnson's background, worth asking him *specifically* if he supports shooting clergy w/pepper balls and if it's a religious liberty concern

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

Nostalgic for your childhood?

Have you tried having a kid and then getting all the diseases you thought you left behind in preschool, all over again?

The nostalgia (and the pain) just washes over you.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

The thing about this story: It is, in fact, a hyper-local story, and focuses on hyper-local figures and activists.

Except it also involves comments from the Archbishop of Chicago.

And from a U.S. Senator.

And from Pope Leo himself, who is, of course, a native Chicagoan.

They're all involved.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

NEW: As ICE presence increases in Chicago — home to the third-largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. — Catholics and allies are pushing back.

Over the weekend, a priest warned parishioners to leave Mass carefully.

Locals formed a human chain to protect them from ICE. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest

(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.

religionnews.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

In 2023, a program connecting Utah farmers and ranchers to free therapy vouchers was so successful, the federal money ran out in four months.

“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”

(Published April with @sltrib.com)

Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.

Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11h

NEW: As ICE presence increases in Chicago — home to the third-largest Catholic diocese in the U.S. — Catholics and allies are pushing back.

Over the weekend, a priest warned parishioners to leave Mass carefully.

Locals formed a human chain to protect them from ICE. religionnews.com/2025/10/14/a...

As ICE rocks Chicago, Catholics respond with prayer — and protest

(RNS) — ‘As a person of faith, as a leader of faith, to not speak of it is simply unethical — and sinful,’ said the Rev. Brendan Curran, a Dominican priest.

religionnews.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

Trump just now, speaking at the Charlie Kirk memorial event:

“I heard (Kirk) loved his enemies, and I thought, ‘Is that the same Charlie I know?’ I’m not sure. But I didn’t want to get into it.”

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 13h

The headline here is citing a super weird McInnes quote (were Proud Boys ever known for their…apologizing?), but this tidbit seems pretty noteworthy.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14h

I pretty much only follow soccer these days, but I grew up obsessed with baseball, and stuff like this reminds me that the sport is still just over there being great, actually.

Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 1d

The Brewers just pulled off the most chaotic double play you'll ever see

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20h

NEW: Statement from Cardinal Blaise Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, on ICE activities in the city.

Implicitly refers to tactics used by ICE/DHS as “unnecessarily aggressive” and “seem to be intended to terrorize and cause chaos, rather than fulfilling the noble calling of law enforcement.”

Here's Cardinal Cupich's statement:
In this moment it is important to state clearly that keeping the nation safe and respecting human dignity are not mutually exclusive. In fact one cannot exist without the other. The safety of a nation cannot come at the expense of violations of human dignity and surely the dignity of the undocumented can never be violated by unnecessarily aggressive tactics that go far beyond the task of apprehending people and which seem to be intended to terrorize and cause chaos, rather than fulfilling the noble calling of law enforcement. No one working in this noble calling should be put in the position of acting this way. Not only do they risk violating the dignity of others but such activity is beneath their own dignity.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20h

NEW: Statement from Cardinal Blaise Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, on ICE activities in the city.

Implicitly refers to tactics used by ICE/DHS as “unnecessarily aggressive” and “seem to be intended to terrorize and cause chaos, rather than fulfilling the noble calling of law enforcement.”

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 22h

Side note: we’ve gotten used to it, but solar panels are kind of an insane technological advancement.

Virtually every other form of energy production, from coal to nuclear, is ultimately about turning a turbine to crank out energy.

But not solar. Solar just…sits there and makes energy. Like magic.

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 1d

You're living through one of the biggest technological transformations in world history and it has nothing to do with AI

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Aw man the snappy comeback I just drafted to someone on here was *devastating,* but I did not post it, because I am an evolved human being.

Not evolved enough to not vague tweet about it, of course. But you gotta celebrate small victories when you can.

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