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Trump is declining international election monitors in the United States for first time in over two decades, aligning the country with Russia. Trump will instead deploy his own election monitors to polling sites across the country. www.ms.now/news/trump-m...
📞 Every month, I sit down with the great journalists at @kuow.org to field their questions — and yours! Today, I talked about my proposed budget, my shelter expansion, and more. I hope you’ll give me call next month on November 2nd at noon on KUOW! 📞
Olraca@olraca.bsky.social · 2d agoPretty cool that @mayor.seattle.gov takes questions from the public monthly on KUOW. I don't think any mayor or elected official has done this kind of regular direct engagement with people in the time I have lived in Seattle.
An American president is encouraging an enemy to destroy American cities. This is treason, though he will claim we are not at war.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump suggested tonight that Iran could "take out" American cities: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take— let it, let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."
major democracies electing far-right populist governments
If the Democrats win, they have to be ready to bring generational change. Reform the courts, eliminate the filibuster, expand the house, admit DC and Puerto Rico as states, pass a new voting rights act, and prosecute every single corrupt member of the Trump admin.
Cardinal Cupich: “For Chrysostom, the altar inside the church and the ‘altar’ of the marginalized person on the street were two aspects of the exact same reality. To bow before the consecrated Host while being indifferent to the stranger is a fundamental breakdown of eucharistic logic.”
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
The war on empathy isn’t Christian. Elizabeth Bruenig has a compelling new piece in The Atlantic on the right’s crusade against compassion, which Bishop Robert Barron has now joined. She calls its bestselling manifesto “a guidebook for ignoring human suffering.”
Why Empathy Is Now ‘Toxic,’ ‘Suicidal,’ and a ‘Sin’
According to Gad Saad and his powerful acolytes, compassion is a recipe for “the collective suicide of the West.”
theatlantic.com
George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?"
I have stared at this photograph more times than I can count. Every time, I look at the man in the white cassock and say, Tu es Petrus. With every passing day, this 71-year-old American, born Robert Francis Prevost, reminds me of Jesus. Then again, I guess that’s the point.
The ICE shadow surge continues. Last week at least 110 Washingtonians were abducted. That’s 15 people per day ripped from their homes and communities. If you see ICE/CBP, please report it to iceout.org. Also on Iceout.org — you can set custom alerts to get notified when ICE is reported nearby.
Leo in Lourdes tonight; “Those who are sick are privileged witnesses to this transfiguration of our lives through faith and love of God…keep these precious words constantly in your hearts: The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.”
Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.
Cardinal McElroy at Mass for World Day of Migrants and Refugees: “Most deeply, we remember the undocumented, whose time on the cross stretches onward. They know the peril, the fear, the overwhelming sadness that dawns upon them because of the policies of our government.”
Pope Leo will receive Bishop Barron in a private audience this coming week at the Vatican.
Putin claims that the rights of Russian speakers in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are being violated. We’ve heard that about Ukraine before the invasion. And no, nobody is violated.
Incredible: another Ukrainian famine is unfolding, this time in Russian-occupied Oleshky. The remaining inhabitants of what used to be a thriving small city, now down to about 6000 people, are blockaded by Russian forces and cut off from food and water. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oleshky: Eating garden weeds to survive in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
The BBC has spoken to residents in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky who say they are being "constantly shelled".
bbc.com
Walter Cronkite: After liberating execution camps… Germans (who cried) they didn’t know…were as as guilty as Nazis…because they applauded when Hitler shut down (media) and said, ‘We don’t need to know. We trust our government...’ It’s our duty to know.
This situation is getting worse. Please help if you can by sending Venmo to @theresazoe with the subject line "For Emmy". Anything helps. We're trying to make sure she has a safe place to be and a home health aide when the hospital that can't help her discharges her.
dido, lamenting 🥀🔥💀🪦💔@princessdido.bsky.social · 3w agoA day and a half ago her primary doctor and his receptionist fought the insurance co and got them to approve her going to this program. But the asshole doctor that already previously mistreated her wouldn't put in the transfer order. New doctor today, new hope. Please keep praying.
And again, Seattle's Democratic Socialist Mayor is actually working to improve the lives of her constituents.
Mayor Katie B. Wilson@mayor.seattle.gov · 2w agoWe banned rental junk fees! Starting July 1st, 2027, the price you see is the price you pay — no pet rent, no admin fees, no lease renewal fees. Step by step, we’re building an affordable Seattle. Thanks to City Attorney Evans and Councilmember Foster, and to the Stay Housed, Stay Healthy Coalition!
The government moving or hiding jailed people to avoid review by courts isn't some loophole in our habeas corpus rights. This government behavior has been considered a violation of the people's habeas corpus rights since at least the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_...
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Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 2w agoThis will make it nearly impossible to file habeas petitions, because attorneys won’t even know what federal district their client has been moved to to stage for their removal. Something like a third of all people in ICE custody. apnews.com/article/ice-...
The Catholic Church in the United States will observe National Migration Week beginning September 21 and culminating with the 112th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 27. Read the full release at: https://ow.ly/BOpm50ZPKfQ
This is Eugenics. Couple amping up the libido of their chosen specimens with their bid to lower the standards on human research subjects’ informed consent and mass deportation, and what other conclusion can be reached?
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 3w agoNEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.
Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.
I heard Converse posted a controversial ad and I wondered how bad it could be. Going in expecting something controversial I was still shocked by this…
A thought exercise for transphobic Democrats: replace the "transgender" with "Jewish" in the ads and notice how uncomfortable you suddenly get. There is slightly more trans people in the U.S. (0.95%) than German Jews (0.75%) before the Holocaust. Can't you see how dangerous your slippery slope is?
Thomas [DARK MODE], DO@tom.medsky.social · 3w agoMarcy Kaptur is the incumbent with a 5 point polling lead so I must assume she put out this ad because this is what she believes.
