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U.S. Roman Catholic bishops took aim at Trump immigration policies in a rare "special message" today, saying: "We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people."
U.S. Catholic bishops call for end to "dehumanizing rhetoric" on immigrants
Although it doesn't mention Trump by name, the bishops' "special message" marks a rare public reproach of his immigration policies.
www.axios.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
U.S. Roman Catholic bishops took aim at Trump immigration policies in a rare "special message" today, saying: "We oppose the indiscriminate mass deportation of people."
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Once a hub for guns and electrical wiring, Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now home to artisanal manufacturing businesses and a healthy real estate market.
An old manufacturing city sputters back to life
Once a hub for guns and electrical wiring, Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now home to artisanal manufacturing businesses and a healthy real estate market.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Once a hub for guns and electrical wiring, Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now home to artisanal manufacturing businesses and a healthy real estate market.
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Welcome to “justice” in Donald Trump’s America.
November 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Welcome to “justice” in Donald Trump’s America.
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I guess the plan to have Mike Johnson lie in shutdown press conferences every day for 3 weeks didn’t work out.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I guess the plan to have Mike Johnson lie in shutdown press conferences every day for 3 weeks didn’t work out.
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They celebrate punching down. Gleeful when people in desperate circumstances get deported.
We can support border security and the law without getting off on the misery of others.
We can support border security and the law without getting off on the misery of others.
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
They celebrate punching down. Gleeful when people in desperate circumstances get deported.
We can support border security and the law without getting off on the misery of others.
We can support border security and the law without getting off on the misery of others.
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African Solar roll-out. Hardly needs a caption.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
African Solar roll-out. Hardly needs a caption.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
And also there's Morocco & the planned power cable connecting the UK grid to the huge wind farms on its Atlantic coast.
Shifting geo-politics & $$$s as renewables eat the FF market. Thanks to Hannah Ritchie.
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All of this is true
Pity, then, that his boss is the one corrupting it.
Pity, then, that his boss is the one corrupting it.
Kevin Hassett: "The data can't be propaganda. The data has to be something you can trust, bc decision-makers throughout the economy trust that these are the data that they can build a factory because they believe, or cut interest rates. If the data aren't that good, it's a real problem for the US."
August 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
All of this is true
Pity, then, that his boss is the one corrupting it.
Pity, then, that his boss is the one corrupting it.
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At World Youth Day, a mass gathering in Rome that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage young people.
With a Joyous Festival, the Vatican Aims to Draw In the Digital Generation
In a mass gathering that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage young people.
nyti.ms
August 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
At World Youth Day, a mass gathering in Rome that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage young people.
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Also...also...also(!) because ohmygod this is killing me...social posts are. not. trade agreements.
When are media outlets going to stop reporting Trump’s claims about his “trade deals” before they actually get to see the deals in writing?
July 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Also...also...also(!) because ohmygod this is killing me...social posts are. not. trade agreements.
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Pocket rescissions…aren’t a thing
Russ Vought: "It is very possible that we might use pocket rescissions as one of our executive tools ... nothing is taken off the table for us to be able to deal with the deficits that we have."
July 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Pocket rescissions…aren’t a thing
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Factually true
Contextually a lie
Contextually a lie
Lutnick says that tariffs mean "our tax revenues go up the right way" 🤔
July 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Factually true
Contextually a lie
Contextually a lie
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Well.
So.
Who’s gonna tell the…sorry, just checking my notes…director of he OMB, that fiscal management isn’t the Fed’s job it’s…checking again…his.
The gaslighting will continue until forever, I guess
So.
Who’s gonna tell the…sorry, just checking my notes…director of he OMB, that fiscal management isn’t the Fed’s job it’s…checking again…his.
The gaslighting will continue until forever, I guess
Vought accuses Fed of ‘fiscal mismanagement’
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought accused the Federal Reserve on Sunday of “fiscal mismanagement” amid tensions between the White House and the Fed. “The President has b…
thehill.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Well.
So.
Who’s gonna tell the…sorry, just checking my notes…director of he OMB, that fiscal management isn’t the Fed’s job it’s…checking again…his.
The gaslighting will continue until forever, I guess
So.
Who’s gonna tell the…sorry, just checking my notes…director of he OMB, that fiscal management isn’t the Fed’s job it’s…checking again…his.
The gaslighting will continue until forever, I guess
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A federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and upheld a nationwide ban on his administration from implementing the measure.
Federal appeals court rules Trump’s birthright citizenship ban unconstitutional
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order violates the 14th Amendment.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A federal appeals court ruled that President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional and upheld a nationwide ban on his administration from implementing the measure.
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JAMIE LEE CURTIS REACTS TO
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
July 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
JAMIE LEE CURTIS REACTS TO
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
'LATE SHOW' CANCELLATION:
'THEY'RE TRYING TO SILENCE PEOPLE'
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.
Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
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Literally the first thing I thought of. Tell me again history doesn't matter
Gen. MacArthur himself once led mounted troops against the unarmed residents of a tent city, so, nice?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_A...
July 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Literally the first thing I thought of. Tell me again history doesn't matter
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John McCain would like a word
June 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
John McCain would like a word
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Council President Lisa Rasmussen is calling out Mayor Doug Diny over his latest veto, accusing him of ignoring key details and fueling avoidable conflict. The latest:
Wausau Council president rebukes mayor over veto, calls decision ‘avoidable conflict’
By Shereen Siewert | Wausau Pilot & Review WAUSAU – City Council President Lisa Rasmussen is pushing back against Mayor Doug Diny’s veto of a council-approved measure to fund continued legal representation for city employees involved in an ethics complaint tied to his conduct, calling the move “another example of avoidable conflict.” The now-vetoed recommendation, which passed the Wausau City Council 10-1 on June 10, would have allowed up to $10,000 in legal funding for non-elected employees named in the pending complaint before the city’s Ethics Board.
wausaupilotandreview.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Council President Lisa Rasmussen is calling out Mayor Doug Diny over his latest veto, accusing him of ignoring key details and fueling avoidable conflict. The latest:
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UNACCEPTABLE. @padilla.senate.gov - a sitting U.S. Senator - was just physically assaulted and handcuffed for asking DHS questions about issues that impact his constituents at a PUBLIC PRESS CONFERENCE. This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes.
Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing:
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
June 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
UNACCEPTABLE. @padilla.senate.gov - a sitting U.S. Senator - was just physically assaulted and handcuffed for asking DHS questions about issues that impact his constituents at a PUBLIC PRESS CONFERENCE. This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes.
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Trump promised peace through strength and all we got is new and escalating wars through weakness.
But I have every confidence he will issue more very stern warnings on Truth Social to solve everything.
But I have every confidence he will issue more very stern warnings on Truth Social to solve everything.
June 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Trump promised peace through strength and all we got is new and escalating wars through weakness.
But I have every confidence he will issue more very stern warnings on Truth Social to solve everything.
But I have every confidence he will issue more very stern warnings on Truth Social to solve everything.
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If I wanted to distract people from the fact that I was bankrupting the world’s largest economy I might call up the National Guard too
June 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
If I wanted to distract people from the fact that I was bankrupting the world’s largest economy I might call up the National Guard too
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Just watched Good Night and Good Luck on CNN.
Very well written about 20 years ago!
Clooney and cast knocked it out of the park!
And quite timely comparing McCarthyism to Trumpism!
Very well written about 20 years ago!
Clooney and cast knocked it out of the park!
And quite timely comparing McCarthyism to Trumpism!
June 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Just watched Good Night and Good Luck on CNN.
Very well written about 20 years ago!
Clooney and cast knocked it out of the park!
And quite timely comparing McCarthyism to Trumpism!
Very well written about 20 years ago!
Clooney and cast knocked it out of the park!
And quite timely comparing McCarthyism to Trumpism!
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