“In any case, the age group most likely to live in poverty — by far — is children, particularly children 2 years old and under, and they can’t be accused of fraud, laziness or personal irresponsibility. Yes, many end up making bad choices, but we fail them before they fail us.”

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d ago

“.. many of us are blind to how many people have been left far behind. So far behind that they scarcely inhabit the same country as the rest of us. And this pain across America is now magnified by President Trump’s cuts in food stamps ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/o...

This is a very big deal. Donald Trump is screwing with seniors on fixed incomes, causing them to pay more for drugs they need to stay alive. https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/trump-administration-to-end-medicare-drug-plan-subsidy-76d255d1

Exclusive | Trump Administration to End Medicare Drug Plan Subsidy

Program that held down premiums won’t be renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors.

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BREAKING: Epstein survivors accuse ‘condescending’ Todd Blanche of gaslighting in meeting held as part of his AG bid www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Epstein survivor accuses ‘condescending’ Todd Blanche of gaslighting in meeting

Comes as Sen. Thom Tillis has made meeting with survivors a requisite for his support for Blanche

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Survivor Lara Blume McGee issued the following statement after the meeting with Blanche:

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: Two Lorenzos from Mexico. One fulfilled his American dream. ICE killed the other. Share, porfas!

Commentary: Two Lorenzos from Mexico. One fulfilled his American dream. ICE killed the other

We should hail the life of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo the way we one day will the life of Lorenzo Arellano — as Mexicans who made it, challenges be damned.

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🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down

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Alito’s standard for racial discrimination in the TPS ruling, that racism has to be the *sole* motivation to count as discriminatory, is so deranged that it could arguably cover neither Jim Crow nor slavery. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

No economist, Wall Street investor, policy wonk, or even undergrad econ student believes growth stops inflation — not even the cranks.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

Trump: "Growth stops inflation. They ought to go back to the old system. When we have good numbers, the market ought to go up, not go down."

MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: Spencer Pratt says Jesus is his role model. His take on homeless people isn’t Christ-like. Share, porfas!

Commentary: Spencer Pratt says Jesus is his role model. His take on homeless people isn't Christ-like

I urge Pratt to reacquaint himself with the words of the messiah in whose path he professes to follow. Humility, frugality, turning the other cheek — it’s what Jesus taught and what Pratt has long rej...

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At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars.

Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.

In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”

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Via NCR Opinion - The divinization of Trump is precisely why the Church Fathers wrote the creeds. It hollows out Christianity by dissolving the singularity of Christ into a reusable political metaphor. #Trump #Christians www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

The divinization of Trump is precisely why the Church Fathers wrote the creeds

Once any embattled leader can be cast as savior, any comeback as resurrection, any survival as divine election, Christianity's central claim — that Christ is the unique mediator — loses its meaning.

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Must-read by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social “Identity politics are now just secondary, because we’re all Latino,” she said. “We should now be organizing under other issues that matter to all.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Commentary: The future of Latino politics just played out in Whittier

Whittier elected a Latino-majority council for the first time in the city's history. But for the three winning Latino candidates, their ethnicity was an afterthought.

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As part of “America Reads the Bible,” Trump is reading 2 Chronicles 7:11-22. Here are 20 more verses we suggest for the president. sojo.net/articles/cul...

20 More Bible Verses For President Trump to Read

And, ideally, reflect on.

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The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

Before lecturing Pope Leo, arrogantly warning him to be careful about discussing theology, Vance might profit spiritually from investing a little time reflecting prayerfully on the Gospel. Vance’s argument isn’t with Pope Leo - it’s with Jesus!

“Of all the prevailing media narratives around @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, the one that is most conspicuous by its absence is how under its two-term governor California became the top performing economy not just among its 49 siblings but also any developed nation.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

With the excuse of not getting involved in politics, people stand with their arms crossed and do good only when it is easy or when doing good brings them glory and prestige —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Easter (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Catholics left and right blast Trump's threat to end Iran as “indefensible” and “Satanic” #Trump #IranWar #Iran #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

Catholics left and right blast Trump's threat to end Iran

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, released a statement urging President Donald Trump to "step back from the precipice of war and negotiate a just settlement for the sake of pea...

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Archbishop Coakley Invites All to Join Pope Leo XIV’s Vigil for Peace in Midst of Threats of Increased Military Action in Iran | Read the full release at: https://ow.ly/HFHg50YF3RT

Me tapping the icon "It's not an offense to God":

Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Christian nationalists Joel Webbon and Wesley Todd agree with God that "women need to shut up": "Women, shut up! Of course. It is literally an offense to God."

Every person who dies in ICE custody, every person killed by American bombs, every person executed, every person who dies because of poverty is Christ crucified. And on this evening we weep and mourn because of their suffering and deaths, and we remember that our salvation is bound to them.

If Christ is the representative of all the people in their pain and humiliation, then we must expose the suffering of our people who themselves are nailed to a cross —St Oscar Romero, Good Friday 1978 #StOscarRomero

You can see pretty clearly when the President decided to reassure a worried nation.

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His arrest went viral. Now Rev. Michael Woolf is preaching what he calls 'Sanctuary values.'

(RNS) — The photo of his arrest during a protest against ICE has given the Chicago-area pastor a platform to share a theology that centers immigrants and that harkens back to the Sanctuary Movement of...

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I invite you at this solemn entrance into Holy Week, not to live these days as remembrance of the past, but to experience them with the hope, anguish, projects, and with failures of our world and our nation as they are today —St Oscar Romero, Palm Sunday (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Via NCR - As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees. "We have a God who says, 'I want to be one of you.'" #immigration #deportation #Texas #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/border-...

As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees

Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, Jesuit Fr. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and d...

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