Impossible to parody… “But Mr. Duffy and his colleagues have also deployed rhetoric that suggests the bicycle is hopelessly lefty, belonging in the same category as green-haired baristas…” Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

Do D.E.I. Bike Paths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.

The administration has revoked funding for bike paths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”

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A few days ago, I had the opportunity to see one of four copies of the Magna Carta at Salisbury Cathedral (UK). While flawed, it says (among other things) that the monarch should be accountable to the law. 800 years later, this still seems to be a controversial idea in the US. #NoKings

The replacement of Jesus with Trump as the messianic figure in right wing American Christianity is predicated on plausible deniability, and Trump breaks this contract every time he explicitly acknowledges that he has taken the place of Christ in their worship.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Trump deleted his Trump Jesus post.

In light of the human rights violations and war crimes of the Trump admin, consider signing and sharing with Orthodox around the world. #Ορθόδοξος #Православный #Православний #Православие #Православие #Ortodoxie #მართლმადიდებელი #Ուղղափառ #ኦርቶዶክስ publicorthodoxy.org/2026/03/26/c...

Concerning the Civil and Human Rights Violations in the United States

We sign this letter as Orthodox Christians who are witnessing a shocking shift, under the Trump administration, away from democratic norms, international law, human rights, civil rights, and religious...

publicorthodoxy.org

“We kept our (Palestinian Christian) existence and presence for the past 2,000 years, despite all the turmoil…But since the occupation the pressure imposed on us comes from all sides … Israel has managed to create an atmosphere where there is no hope.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank

The Taybeh community has survived crusaders and the Ottoman and British empires, but the latest attacks leave its future in question

theguardian.com

The open letter on the human rights violations of the Trump administration has over 250 signatures from Orthodox Christians. Please consider sharing this letter. open.substack.com/pub/sobornos...

Two Hundred Orthodox Christians — and Counting — Speak on Human Rights in the US

There are moments when silence is no longer an option — when the Church is called not to withdraw from the world, but to stand in it with the courage that the Gospel demands.

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The Israeli defense minister threatens an illegal occupation and crimes against civilians www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israel to destroy 'all houses' near Lebanon border, defence minister says

Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the ‌border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel is secure, the defence minister said on Tuesday...

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For any Orthodox Christians in the US or abroad that are concerned with the civil and human rights violations of the Trump administration, please consider signing this appeal and sharing the link with others. publicorthodoxy.org/2026/03/26/c...

Concerning the Civil and Human Rights Violations in the United States

We sign this letter as Orthodox Christians who are witnessing a shocking shift, under the Trump administration, away from democratic norms, international law, human rights, civil rights, and religious...

publicorthodoxy.org

“United Nations food agency said the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran threatened to drive up the number of people suffering from acute hunger by tens of millions worldwide, potentially reaching record levels.” U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran Set to Drive Hunger to Record Levels www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...

U.S.-Israeli Strikes on Iran Set to Drive Hunger to Record Levels

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Robert O. Paxton foretelling what American-style fascism would look like.

“The rights group said it had aggregated reports of 1,097 civilian deaths and over 5,000 injuries so far” time.com/7382536/iran...

Civilian Death Toll in Iran Passes 1,000, Rights Group Says

Pete Hegseth said airstrikes would intensify across Iran, and that U.S. forces were delivering “death and destruction."

time.com

'No ethics at all': the 'cancel ChatGPT' trend is growing after OpenAI signs a deal with the US military Amidst concerns over mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, many users are quitting ChatGPT. Telegram AI Digest #chatgpt #gpt #openai

'No ethics at all': the 'cancel ChatGPT' trend is growing after OpenAI signs a deal with the US military

Amidst concerns over mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons, many users are quitting ChatGPT.

techradar.com

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

This is murder. ICE routinely deposits released detainees far from their home just to be cruel. It’s standard practice. To do this to a blind man on a wet cold winter day in Buffalo is to know you are potentially sending him to his death.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 8mo ago

MS NOW: There is growing outrage today over the death of a blind father who was dropped off by Border Patrol agents miles away from home and in the cold. Nurul Amin Shah Alam was a Burmese refugee. He had been reported missing by his family and then found dead after a five-day search.

Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”

Now do immunity...

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8mo ago

GORSUCH: “.. permanent accretion of power in the hands of one man. That is no recipe for a republic.” 👀

National Shutdown today. No work, no school, no shopping (least of all at complicit businesses). See you in the streets today and tomorrow for the ICE Out of Everywhere protests 📣📣📣

This poll is the worst high-quality poll for Trump that I’ve seen this term.

Sarah Posner@sarahposner.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Pew has Trump's approval at 37%. And: "Only about a quarter of Americans today (27%) say they support all or most of Trump’s policies and plans, down from 35% when he returned to office last year. That change has come entirely among Republicans." www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

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Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).

Nicole Bedera@nbedera.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted

The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

theatlantic.com

Beautiful sign supporting the people of Minnesota. Photo taken at a protest today in Las Vegas.

The general strike is happening today. www.iceoutnowmn.com

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9mo ago

A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE. It includes: -Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 -The MN AFL-CIO -SEIU Local 26 -UNITE HERE Local 17 -CWA Local 7250 -Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators -Faith leaders And more. 🧵

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Subzero temps, mass arrests, and a shutdown that is still swelling the streets. Thousands across Minnesota are marching, on work stoppage, and risking arrest to say: immigrants are welcome here. From @sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

“Immigrants Are Welcome Here”: Thousands of Minnesotans Take to the Streets to Stop ICE

Extreme cold couldn't stop the Minnesota shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested in an act of civil disobedience and scores of residents participated in the work stoppage, a massive...

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Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there. When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 9mo ago

This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis. Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now. If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 9mo ago

That is what was relayed

Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza, Building by Building www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Two Months After Cease-Fire, Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza

More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis. Israel says it is demilitarizing Gaza.

nytimes.com

Former Rep. Mary Peltola jumps into Alaska Senate race

Former Rep. Mary Peltola jumps into Alaska Senate race

The former Alaska congressmember will likely face off against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and is a recruitment coup for national Democrats.

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