Ordinary Citizen Protesting

@thewelcometable.bsky.social

Spiritual director, coordinator of The Welcome Table LGBTQ community, ordinary citizen protesting illegal, unconstitutional, & unethical actions by the Trump administration.

Day 487 New concentration camp planned for kids/families in LA run by a company known to have violated standards governing environmental health & safety, food service, use-of-force, medical care.. on Pfas-contaminated site www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

ICE planning facility for children and families on Pfas-contaminated site

High concentration of toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in groundwater at former military facility in Louisiana

theguardian.com

Day 482.4 Tell Congress: investigate DOGE’s mishandling of our SS data, Musk’s enormous conflicts of interest & the misuse of positions w/in gov't by DOGE officials who also hold positions at major corporations, investment firms & other for-profit entities. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Tell Members of Congress: Lead Investigations into Musk and DOGE

Elon Musk and Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) waged an all-out assault on our government. Send a direct email to your Member of Congress asking them to make a commitment to lead hea...

actionnetwork.org

Day 490.2 “Days after the US ramped up its war w Iran, Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark issued a forceful reflection on war & Catholic teaching, describing armed conflict as ‘always evil,’ even when undertaken in circumstances the church considers morally justified.” www.ncronline.org/news/cardina...

Cardinal Tobin: War is 'always evil' and church stands on side of peace

"True peace demands that we surrender egoism, false pride, and vengeance," he wrote July 23

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Day 487.5 Trump’s DOJ is planning to “deploy election monitors to 6 states: AZ, MA, MI, MN, NH, & VA. All except NH have Democratic governors & chief election officials.” W/in those states, they will target Democratic-leaning cities w large minority populations. protectdemocracy.org/work/how-to-...

How to spot (and push back against) federal voter intimidation

In this cycle, election interference from the United States government could be an even greater threat than those poised by any foreign power.

protectdemocracy.org

Day 486.4 Air Force Engineer Accused of Cutting Down 13 Police Cameras Says They're Unconstitutional Jeffrey Sovern faces 25 charges after Virginia Police say he destroyed 13 Flock license plate cameras. Supporters are paying his legal bills. www.military.com/air-force-en...

Air Force Engineer Accused of Cutting Down 13 Police Cameras Says They're Unconstitutional

Jeffrey Sovern faces 25 charges after Virginia Police say he destroyed 13 Flock license plate cameras. Supporters are paying his legal bills.

military.com

Day 486.3 ICE is arresting relatives who come forward to take custody of migrant children in federal shelters Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months. www.texastribune.org/2026/07/21/t...

ICE arresting relatives trying to take custody of migrant kids

Attorneys say the federal agencies are using children as “bait” to detain sponsors, leaving kids waiting in shelters for months.

texastribune.org

Republican House member Anna Paulina Luna is trying a new dirty trick to fool us into allowing section 219 to remain in the NDAA. We need calls and we need them now. Script at the end of the video. Please watch and share.

Day 486.2 Read & spread! "Let’s talk about the Republican Party. A party that worships one man above the Constitution in a cult of personality..A party that calls the free press the enemy of the people & sics the Justice Dept on journalists who they don’t like..." x.com/RepMcGovern/...

Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) on X

Republicans have a new favorite talking point: calling anyone who disagrees with them a “communist” instead of addressing the affordability crisis—or the fascist MAGA takeover eating their own party alive. I’ll keep calling them out.

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Day 486 Fascists “make their own rules & change them when they choose..maintain themselves in power by use of force..w propaganda based on..‘blood’ & ‘race,’ by skillful manipulation of fear & hate.. propaganda..insists it is..‘realistic’ to be pitiless & violent.” open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

July 22, 2026

“The Republican Party’s new favorite talking point is calling Democrats communists,” Representative Jim McGovern (D-MA) said yesterday on the floor of the U.S.

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