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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“From the very first days of the Trump administration, when Trump and his allies attacked Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde,” @guthriegf.bsky.social continues, “they have made clear that religious liberty does not extend to their perceived enemies.“

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“This is not merely a confrontation over crowd control, immigration policy or policing tactics — it’s a deeper assault on faith-based dissent. The government’s response implicitly says that if faith communities protest, they will not be treated as legitimate religious actors.”

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons @guthriegf.bsky.social · 8h

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

My new @msnbc.com column >> www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 2h

“This is not merely a confrontation over crowd control, immigration policy or policing tactics — it’s a deeper assault on faith-based dissent. The government’s response implicitly says that if faith communities protest, they will not be treated as legitimate religious actors.”

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons @guthriegf.bsky.social · 8h

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

My new @msnbc.com column >> www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Opinion | ICE's violent tactics are an assault on faith-based dissent

A brutal attack on a pastor outside an ICE processing center tells us all we need to know about the administration's regard for religious freedom and protection.

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Eel-AIEEEE @elindur.at.app.wafrn.net · 2h

Father Larry Dowling dropped the most damning statement I think I've ever seen from a catholic on this whole situation (save for the Pope's words on it):

A quote from Father Larry Dowling's post about being denied access to detainees. It reads "No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ."

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 2h

Ah yes tell me again about that brown-skinned refugee you worship, Christian nationalists

skippyoz @skippyoz.bsky.social · 1d

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3h

🎶 To the gypsy that remains
Faces freedom with a little fear
I have no fear, I have only love 🎶

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3h

Tango in the Night “lives as a representation of one member’s greatest works: the late Christine McVie. Her five songwriting contributions are among the best in her catalogue, and perhaps no song is as pristine as McVie’s stunning single ‘Everywhere.’” consequence.net/2023/10/flee...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 3h

🎶 If I live to see the seven wonders
I’ll make a path to the rainbow’s end
I’ll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow’s end 🎶

Fleetwood Mac’s Tango in the Night on vinyl

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

ICE is “kidnapping American citizens, kidnapping people that are here legally, abusing people because of the color of their skin. It’s disgusting.”

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 4h

Every democrat should be talking like this. Not the feckless mueller time version of this that we’ve had for years, but actual promises of actual consequences

As long as it goes unpunished we’ll never be free of this

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Reid, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in January, can no longer work because of her illness and has no other income … The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has helped her maintain a balanced diet critical for her health.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Tequaila Reid, a mother of five, fears a government shutdown could cut off the nutrition assistance programs that help her feed her children while she battles breast cancer.” www.13wmaz.com/article/news...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Tequaila Reid, a mother of five, fears a government shutdown could cut off the nutrition assistance programs that help her feed her children while she battles breast cancer.” www.13wmaz.com/article/news...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

WIC, which helps feed babies and new moms, is facing critical funding issues.

But ICE’s mass deportation operation—which has attacked faith leaders in Chicago—is raging on uninterrupted during the GOP shutdown. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us,” said Rev. Black.

Priorities.

America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 4d

"While new moms worry about formula for their infants and furloughed federal workers stress about next month’s rent or mortgage, the administration’s mass deportation obsession will continue uninterrupted," writes @tusk81.bsky.social

This says everything about this administration’s priorities.

ICE Rages On During Shutdown As Federal Workers Go Without Paychecks and American Kids Face Potential Hunger

Priorities.

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Erin Burnett OutFront @outfrontcnn.bsky.social · 2d

“We could hear them laughing.”

Rev. David Black, the minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, speaks to #CNN’s Erin Burnett in his first television interview since he was shot in the head with pepper balls while praying in front of an ICE facility.

#OutFrontCNN #News #ICE #Chicago

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Dr. Katherine Haenschen @drkath.bsky.social · 5h

It’s really important that this story is in People magazine. It’s really important that this representation of ICE violence against a clergy person is in a very “mainstream” outlet that reaches people who may not consume political media.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“‘I am grateful to show up with these protesters—people who deeply believe in democracy and are bringing peaceful and moral witness against what the Trump administration is trying to do in Chicago,’ Black told CNN.” people.com/pastor-claim...

Pastor Claims He Was Praying When ‘Laughing’ ICE Agents Shot Him in the Head with Pepper Ball During Protest

A pastor, who was captured on video being allegedly shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents during a protest, claimed that the officers were laughing and were indiscriminate in their use of ...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“‘I am grateful to show up with these protesters—people who deeply believe in democracy and are bringing peaceful and moral witness against what the Trump administration is trying to do in Chicago,’ Black told CNN.” people.com/pastor-claim...

Pastor Claims He Was Praying When ‘Laughing’ ICE Agents Shot Him in the Head with Pepper Ball During Protest

A pastor, who was captured on video being allegedly shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents during a protest, claimed that the officers were laughing and were indiscriminate in their use of ...

people.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“Black has also joined in a lawsuit with journalists and protesters against the Trump Administration over its alleged violations of the First and Fourth Amendments, National Catholic Reporter.”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 5h

“‘We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof, and it was deeply disturbing,’ the Rev. David Black of Chicago told CNN earlier this week in his first interview.” people.com/pastor-claim...

Pastor Claims He Was Praying When ‘Laughing’ ICE Agents Shot Him in the Head with Pepper Ball During Protest

A pastor, who was captured on video being allegedly shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE agents during a protest, claimed that the officers were laughing and were indiscriminate in their use of ...

people.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“By doing so, you are putting into practice the call of my beloved predecessor, Pope Francis …”

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Pope to Chicago Labor Leaders: “Please know of my appreciation for your welcome of immigrants and refugees, especially your support of food pantries and shelters….I encourage you to continue to advocate for society to respect the human dignity of the most vulnerable.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“He said that Leo had urged U.S. bishops in particular to ‘speak with one voice’ on the issue. Cupich said he expected the November meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops would make immigration a top agenda item.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, who accompanied the labor leaders, said that Leo was well aware of the situation on the ground.”

“‘I really didn’t have to tell him much at all, because he seemed to have a handle on what was going on,’ Cupich told the AP afterward.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, who accompanied the labor leaders, said that Leo was well aware of the situation on the ground.”

“‘I really didn’t have to tell him much at all, because he seemed to have a handle on what was going on,’ Cupich told the AP afterward.”

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants as the national immigration crackdown continues.

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

“Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants as the national immigration crackdown continues.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning. Immigrants are #HereToStay.

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 20h

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 1d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 21h

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver Communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Meanwhile, two days after a judge ordered the removal of a fence erected by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, barricades were being put up in front of the fence on Saturday.

chicago.suntimes.com

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