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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 1h

So Kilmer Abrego-Garcia will not challenge a deportation to Costa Rica, who has agreed to for him residency, but DHS won’t agree to send him there because it’s not cruel enough.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

For weeks, Mr. Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who is married to a U.S. citizen, has made clear that he would not challenge his deportation if he were sent to Costa Rica, which has promised him legal residency and guaranteed that he would not be sent back to El Salvador.

But the Trump administration has refused to deport him to Costa Rica, and in an earlier hearing this week, Judge Xinis pressed the administration to consider the option or clarify why it was unacceptable.

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Just Zach 🇵🇸🇻🇦 @chioroplast.bsky.social · 1h

They're already in dallas

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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly @mollieoreilly.bsky.social · 1h

The Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale has added these (and more) quotations from various papal teachings about care and concern for immigrants to the windows outside its main meeting room. This is the kind of catechesis we need more of in the U.S. church.

A window pane with this text: "...No one would exchange his country for a foreign land if his own afforded him the means of living a decent and happy life." —Pope Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum (1891), no. 47

"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, living in exile in Egypt to escape the fury of an evil king, are, for all times and all places, the models and protectors of every migrant, alien, and refugee of whatever kind, who, whether compelled by fear of persecution or by want, is forced to leave his native land, his beloved friends and relatives, his close friends, and to seek a foreign soil." —Pope Pius XII, Exsul Familia Nazarethana (1962), Apostolic Constitution

"The poverty and misfortune with which immigrants are stricken are yet another reason for coming generously to their aid... It is necessary to guard against the rise of new forms of racism or xenophobic behavior, which attempt to make these brothers and sisters of ours scapegoats for what may be difficult local situations..." John Paul II, World Migration Day (1996)

"Migrants present a particular challenge for me, since I am the pastor of a church without frontiers, a Church which considers herself a mother to all. For this reason, I exhort all countries to a generous openness which, rather than fearing the loss of local identity, will prove capable of creating new forms of cultural synthesis." Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium (2013)

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 3h

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you Fr. Larry Dowling

ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · Apr 11

"In each Eucharist we celebrate LIFE: the victory of the Living One over against those who kill." - Bl. Christophe Lebreton

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

That is different from what the admin said. They claimed it was coming out of DOD R&D funds. Tariff money cannot be touched by the Trump Regime without congressional approval.

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Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC) @cliniclegal.bsky.social · 5h

Earlier this week, Pope Leo XIV shared his apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te,” the first major document of his papacy. His words urge us to carry out our faithful duty to love and care for the most marginalized members of society. (Photo credit: ©Vatican Media – All rights reserved)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h

New, from me:
Trump's 3 step plan to create a military omniforce
1. Purge - those deemed disloyal
2. Merge - different parts of law enforcement/military
3. Surge - impose the omniforce on Dem cities; instigate unrest; assert dominance; silence dissent
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 9h

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

newsletter.ofthebrave.org

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FiveToePhil @fivetoephil.bsky.social · 1d

Terrifying

Leiendecker told Axios that his purchase and rebranding of Dominion Voting Systems will bring “a new chapter for American elections” as his company “rebuilds” the machines that worked just fine in 27 states last year.

TrumpFile.org @trumpfile.org · 2d

A MAGA entrepreneur who owns voter ID software has taken control of Dominion Voting Systems, rebranding it Liberty Vote and promising to "rebuild" the secure voting machines.

Republicans to 'rebuild' Dominion voting machines

The new owner of Dominion Voting Systems has a plan, but he's not saying much.

trumpfile.substack.com

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in absentia n color @soundsncolor.bsky.social · 13h

This may be one of the worst ICE deportation stories I’ve ever fucking read.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 10h

Pope Leo at Jubilee Mass: “Let us take care to avoid any exploitation of the faith that could lead to labelling those who are different — often the poor — as enemies, ‘lepers’ to be avoided and rejected.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 22h

But in case you missed it, Fr Dowling's statement takes the time to make it explicit: "Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing. Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing."

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 23h

It's always good to see priests who still remember there are *seven* Catholic social principles. Also, that noise you hear is the USCCB screeching to the Vatican and getting back nothing, lol

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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Jake @jakeall.bsky.social · 8h

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Bark @smorc.bsky.social · 9h

incredible marker of being a piece of shit to try to join CBP in 2021, fail the background check somehow, then apply for ICE now

being in a position to brutalize immigrants is this mans calling apparently

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Jose @jum.bsky.social · 23h

Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ

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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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17h

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 15h

Massive escalation at the Portland ICE facility. Worst I’ve ever seen. More pepper balls than I can count. Teargas in the middle of crowd. Violent arrests. Some type of either noise or rubber bullet shotgun fired into the air then later aimed at protesters chests/heads at near point blank range.

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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 20h

Some of these people have now been fired and rehired TWICE since January. The current state of dysfunction is mind boggling.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 22h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 1d

This is a GoFundMe supporting the tamale lady taken by ICE on 21st Place and Damen in Pilsen yesterday.

“Now she’s being forced to start over in Mexico with nothing — no home, no job, and no access to the medical care she desperately needs.”

Donate to Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE, organized by marilyn perez

We just found out through social media that my aunt — who sells t… marilyn perez needs your support for Help My Aunt Rebuild Her Life After Being Taken by ICE

www.gofundme.com

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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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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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