One day after the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the National Association of Evangelicals came out against the Pentagon’s plan to livestream an execution, Pope Leo has published a tweet reiterating the Catholic Church’s opposition to the death penalty.

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 2d ago

NEW from me: The National Association of Evangelicals (along with several other religious groups) are now joining the USCCB in condemning Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s plans to publicly execute Nidal Malik Hasan, also saying doing so promotes a “culture of death.” religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...

Full story — with additional condemnation from the National Association of Evangelicals — here: religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...

Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plans as promoting ‘a culture of death’

(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakle...

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Off-duty ICE agent shot by man defending family, Fresno police say. No charges filed

The incident happened at a home in the area of East Dudley and North Broadway Street while the ICE agent was sleeping on the lawn.

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This #BannedBooksWeek, we're also celebrating National Voter Education Week! Voters count on America’s Libraries to prepare for elections and get #ReaderVoterReady. Learn more and find resources for your library: ala.org/readervoterready

Yesterday afternoon, ICE agents — who did not present a warrant, and who appear to have been disguised as construction workers — fired 7 shots into a car with a 5-year-old child, hitting Oscar Belgal in the neck.

Hard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells

I have seen the MUSK movie that is an unwieldy Four hours long and which you are probably hoping to avoid forgive me It is worth seeing on a big screen while you can

It’s October and Tesla still hasn’t filed a proxy. When is the shareholders meeting? What is on the agenda?

They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.

NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

ICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal Arrests

Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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Status reports that ABC News deleted that explosive story about the Trump kids getting billions in federal contracts for their companies. ABC hasn't explained why they nuked the story, even as Trump has crowed about its deletion, sparking a firestorm behind scenes. www.status.news/p/david-elli...

I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.

a competitive texas is like a vicksburg level defeat for the GOP

*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

Bolts@boltsmag.org · 5d ago

Many states require that mail ballots be postmarked by a specific day. But due to a USPS rule announced late last year, voters may need to put their ballot in a mailbox days in advance.

This letter to Bard from @raskin.house.gov, calling out Epstein enablers: democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

Democrats will never learn.

Car math is leaving 20 min early and being 15 min late. Bike math is leaving 5 min late and being 5 min early.

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Follow the money: Elon continues to drop $$ into the midterms, and is spending more on Texas Senate (Ken Paxton vs. James Talarico) than any other race. Now up to $13.8 million on that race alone docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

New frontiers in dudes sucking at parenting.

🎃👻🧙‍♀️ Vio the VVitch 🧙‍♀️👻🎃@viothevvitch.myatproto.social · 3d ago

this is so fucking sad

And so, in the context of financial capitalism and its profit pressures, it can seem to men like this that their time is better spent building a device to replace the care work that women are asking of them, than committing long term to doing more of that work themselves.

Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”

Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs

Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.

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Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over 10 Years, a ‘Striking’ New Report Shows. @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

Water Bills Surged More Than Other Costs in US Homes Over 10 Years, a ‘Striking’ New Report Shows - Inside Climate News

The price of water increased faster than inflation, grocery prices and median household income, nonprofit Food & Water Watch found in a new analysis.

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What's going on with this plague death in #Russia? Whatever it is, don't count on Moscow to be honest about it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

Russia Needs to Tell the Truth About a Plague Death

After an apparent lab accident in Siberia, Moscow is reverting to its old Soviet ways.

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Chevron donated $150,000 to the Bay Area Council, which led a campaign against electrification rules requiring homeowners to replace gas water heaters with electric heat pumps. The Council hired a software company to send thousands of opposition emails, some without the consent of the signers.

Chevron Gave $150K to Bay Area Group Accused of Using AI to Fight Heat Pump Rule

The group claimed victory after regulators recommended delaying landmark rules that would eventually phase out gas water heaters in 2.8 million homes.

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The latest “rigged election” strategy from the Trump administration involves producing a series of strategically timed arrests of non-citizens for alleged voter fraud & promoting those events to feed the false narrative that non-citizen voter fraud is widespread. uwcip.substack.com/p/federal-fr...

Federal Fraud Charges Resonate With Debunked Non-Citizen Voting Narratives

A flurry of recent charges and press conferences amplifying alleged non-citizen voting make a small phenomena seem bigger

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Elon Musk dropping more 💰 into key House and Senate races, now $13M on Texas Senate alone docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/form...

@agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov Can we do something about a president calling for us to be obliterated?? Or do we “send a strongly worded letter”? This is BEYOND THE PALE

💯 Supporting local media orgs by becoming a sustaining member is particularly important IMO cuz we all live in different places and it's a way to make sure they all continue to exist and provide us with good local coverage

Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 6d ago

I understand that paywalls are annoying, but the grim reality for everything right now, is if you want something to exist, you have to put money towards it. Every creative person is having their life's work hoovered up by AI companies. Layoffs never end. Private equity keeps making things worse.

NEW FROM PP The Trump admin keeps denying immigration agents are grabbing Americans, so we tracked it 500+ Americans detained 70+ kids, some cuffed or zip-tied 60+ held after filming 36+ held for day+ w/o access to lawyer ~12 deported (yes, deported) projects.propublica.org/american-cit....

More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica

The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...

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