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Joshua McElwee @joshmcelwee.org · 7h

The Vatican's child protection commission accused senior Catholic leaders on Thursday of being too slow to help victims of sexual abuse by clergy and implement new safeguarding efforts in an unusually critical internal report on the issue. For @reuters.com

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 7h

Churches showing an AI Charlie Kirk telling congregants, through an artificial voice, not to let evil win is a new level of instrumentalizing the dead.

When Trump goes, I think we’re going to see the same thing. Visions and AI slop will abound. Prophecies and messages from beyond the grave.

Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 8h

I wrote about how MAGA is being shaped by a politics of immortality, how Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom reflects this, and what it could mean for the future of Trumpism. Read at @liberalcurrents.com

www.liberalcurrents.com/the-last-ene...

The Last Enemy Is Death: Prophetic Visions, AI Slop, and How the Politics of Immortality Could Shape Our Future

How mystics and transhumanists force the dead to speak on behalf of their politics.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Amy Sullivan @amysullivan.bsky.social · 1d

But don’t call them “deplorable”!

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out your assumptions about what republican group chats are like is correct www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 3d

The "anti-christ" is not some long-awaited historical figure. It's anyone who seduces us into rationalizing abandoning love for power under the guise of holiness.

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 4d

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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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 5d

this is fucking obscene

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

At least 6 vehicles racing through a quiet suburban neighborhood; multiple agents, all of them armed and masked.

the excessive response plus the violence against this 15 year old girl is outrageous.

Laguna Beach Democratic Club @lagunabeachdems.bsky.social · 5d

Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 6d

Three key points:
1) The admin has been planning mass firings to begin in October since February
2) The work necessary to carry out mass firings is illegal during a shutdown, violating the Antideficiency Act, which carries a criminal penalty
3) This harms America, ridding us of talent and expertise

Russ Vought v @russvought
The RIFs have begun.
12:27 PM • 10/10/25 • 15K Views

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Among Republicans, many express concern:
42% say Trump has improperly used his office to punish those who say things he doesn’t like
40% say he has improperly encouraged federal investigations of political opponents
31% say Trump has improperly used the office to enrich himself, his family/friends.

Chart showing partisan differences in views of Trump's actions. While Republicans have more positive evaluations, sizeable shares of Republicans express concern that some Trump actions are improper.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 7d

Most Americans say Trump has improperly used his office to:
💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%)
💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%)
💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)

new @pewresearch.org findings

Most Americans think Trump is trying to exercise more power than previous presidents

49% of U.S. adults say Trump is trying to exercise more presidential power than previous presidents and that this is bad for the country.

www.pewresearch.org

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David Gibson @gibsonwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Chicago is once again the center of the Catholic universe -- they have Pope Leo, Cardinal Cupich, Mock Conclave, cute kids:
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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David Gibson @gibsonwrites.bsky.social · 8d

Ignoring Spock's fear that "universe-ending paradoxes would ensue," this morning at the Vatican Young Pope meets Old Pope:

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 8d

Shot a priest in the head with a pepper ball, just for fun.
There was absolutely no threat here.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 8d

Here’s video of the incident

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David Gibson @gibsonwrites.bsky.social · 9d

Someone finally wrote the elevator pitch that I could not! No surprise to any editor I have ever had. "Word count? What do you mean word count?"

Thanks @fordham.edu

Fordham Center on Religion and Culture @fordhamcrc.bsky.social · 10d

Want to know more about what the CRC is all about? Check out this feature in Fordham Now!

‘Interfaith, Any Faith, No Faith’: Center on Religion and Culture Speaks to All

Ethan Hawke, Jessica Chastain, and other prominent guests drive home the Center on Religion and Culture's mission at Fordham.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10d

There’s an essay to be written about how maga patriotism is just shitty fandom. Anyone who follows sports knows fans like this, it’s always the ref’s fault, the other team doesn’t exist, there’s some plot/player/coach holding the team back otherwise they’d always win easy bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 10d

Deplorable. Once upon a time, if a president had use a speech to a military academy for partisan purposes, it would be considered a disgrace by both parties.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 13d

this piece has been in the works a while but honestly i could not have asked for a better foil than ezra klein's interview with ta-nehisi coates. klein longs for peacetime--but you don't get to decide when you're in a fight.

www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset

We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12d

/5 Look at Vance, or Yarvin, or Miller, or any of these true believers and see how unhappy they are in their own skin, how they ooze resentment towards the world that finds them strange and creepy and doesn’t want to sit with them at lunch.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13d

Sarah Mullally has been named the new Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman chosen to lead the world's 85 million Anglicans.

Sarah Mullally named the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in history of Church of England

Sarah Mullally, the bishop of London, has been named Archbishop of Canterbury, the first time a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 13d

Sarah Mullally was on Friday named the new Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England -- which can trace its origins to the Roman empire -- and the global Anglican community ➡️ u.afp.com/Sm3m

File photo shows then Bishop of London Sarah Mullally giving a speech during the Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in central London on December 2, 2024

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 13d

Complaining about cancel culture in Riyadh is one of the best examples I've seen of how "free speech culture" rots the brain.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 14d

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival

Dave Chappelle criticized the status of free speech in the United States while on stage at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14d

Matthew 15:29-31: And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at his feet, and he healed them after verifying their citizenship status.

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Iain Thomson @iainthomson.bsky.social · 15d

The Jane Goodall Institute threatened to sue Gary Larson over this cartoon.

Goodall told them not to be so stupid, sold it on a tshirt, and wrote the introduction to The Far Side Gallery 5. Absolute legend.

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