Dave McNaughton
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Dave McNaughton
@davemcnaughton.bsky.social
Roman Catholic. Chicagoan. Vincentian. Outcast. Hopeless Cubs and Bears fan.
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“The law of armed conflict does not apply to these strikes. They are premeditated killings outside of the context of armed conflict, and we have a legal concept for that conduct. It’s murder.”

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Advocacy groups sue Trump administration seeking release of legal memo justifying boat strikes
The complaint argues that the deadly strikes on alleged drug boats, which have killed at least 87 people since early September, are illegal.
www.nbcnews.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Card. Dolan & Bishop Barron, Trump's lackeys on the Religious Liberty Commission, can do some work. ND is not in the College Playoffs, clearly anti-Catholic bias. Since these two have been silent on killing people on the high seas or kidnapping migrants maybe they can put up a fight for ND?
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December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Murder on the high seas, no due process for migrants, calling people garbage, and yet Cardinal Dolan and Bishops Barron, Cordileone, Paprocki, and Rhoades remain members of Trump's Commission on Religious Liberty. Make a clear statement in support of life, truth, and goodness and resign en masse.
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Perhaps a good time for Cardinal Dolan and Bishops Barron, Cordileone, Paprocki, and Rhoades to resign their roles on Trump's Religious Liberty Commission. Resigning en masse would certainly send a clear statement that murder on the high seas will not be tolerated.
NEW: Abp. Timothy P. Broglio, former USCCB head who oversees Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, issues statement on "Caribbean Interceptions."

"…Abandoning due process undermines human rights, erodes public trust, and risks harming innocent people." files.milarch.org/archbishop/a...
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Human beings are not "garbage."

Every human being has dignity. Every one is made in the image of God. And every attack on human dignity is an attack upon God himself.

We must stand peacefully & firmly against anyone who seeks to deprive people of the rights they have under natural or civil law.
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Walz on Trump calling him the r-word: "We all know both as an educator & parent that using that term is just so damaging. It's hurtful. We have fought 3 decades to get this out of our schools. Kids know better. But this is what Donald Trump has done. He's normalized this type of hateful behavior."
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
From St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish in Chicago celebrating with parish family our Thanksgiving Feast before the Thanksgiving Feast. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Another abomination upon other abominations.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"

Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every CBP/ICE incidents requires scrutiny from professional 3rd parties. This is not law enforcement, it is thuggery, and requires internal investigations resulting in discipline, civil litigation with these goons being held personally liable, and criminal review for prosecution.
November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This cannot stand.
"US Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 US troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy that takes effect next month."
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We need justice and a reckoning far beyond the tepid stance of "lamentation" or being "deeply concerned." We need to name it (Fascism) and call out those responsible (Donald Trump, US Supreme Court, and Republicans). #USCCB. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Another note to Vincentians from our National President in which he doubles on down on his assessment that the current crisis is a bipartisan moral failure. I have attached my reply.
members.ssvpusa.org/news/11-6-20...
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
As a member of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul I objected to National President John Berry's statement on the government shutdown and withholding SNAP as "bipartisan moral failure". I replied, but 6 days later my comment is awaiting moderation. Why? ssvpusa.org/uncategorize...
November 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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1 in 8 people or 42 million people in the U.S. will go to bed hungry again tonight because they rely on SNAP. We are living through an affordability crisis. There is no reason so many of our children will go to school hungry. Tell Congress to restore SNAP now.

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November 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
More fascism in progress with ICE Gestapo accosting people with disabilities and abandoning him in the suburbs. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/03/f...
Filming ICE Detention Of Man With Schizophrenia Left Bystander 'Trembling'
Edgar Manzo's quick decision to record immigration agents detaining the 54-year-old helped the man’s family learn that he was taken.
blockclubchicago.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
unbelievable
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Immigration judge releases Chicago dad Ruben Torres Maldonado whose 16-year-old daughter Ofelia is fighting cancer. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/i...
Immigration judge releases Chicago dad whose 16-year-old daughter is fighting cancer
An immigration judge granted Ruben Torres Maldonado bond on Thursday, releasing him from ICE detention. His 16-year-old daughter, Ofelia, is undergoing cancer treatment.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Trump Says He Won’t Rule Out Third Reich
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From this morning's psalm: The Lord hears the cry of the Poor. The Lord confronts the evil doers to destroy remembrance of them from the earth. Let us pray for our nation and our sins of violence against migrants, and for killing people without legal justification or due process on the high seas.
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Ald. Timmy Knudsen reports immigration activity throughout his ward, which is a lot of Lincoln Park, one of wealthiest neighborhoods in city and home to DePaul University
October 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Thou shall not kill. He is a criminal, a murderer.
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM