We learned long ago (Vietnam, Iraq) that war is more than firepower and macho posturing, But the morons currently in charge, with their adolescent video game view of war, don't know what they don't know: no military experience, no understanding of geopolitics, no appreciation for history, no ethics.
It was sad to see the menβs hockey team allowing themselves to be exploited by Trump and his fascist regime.
NEW: Three Minnesota faith groups/leaders β local ELCA and UCC bodies, and a Jesuit priest β are suing DHS over its refusal to grant them access to immigrant detainees at a federal building.
It's one of 2 related suits filed against the government in recent months. religionnews.com/2026/02/23/f...
Still believe that killing USAID was the greatest moral atrocity of the Trump administration
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
Breaking: The Olympic gold-winning U.S. women's hockey team DECLINES Trump's invitation to his State of the Union address after he was caught on video mocking them.
βItβs about time to have Christians standing up for what Jesus said,β including welcoming immigrants,β he said.
βPeople being pushed into unmarked vans by masked men isnβt it,β added his wife...
www.chicagocatholic.com/web/chicago-...
Where are the U.S. bishops on immigration?
www.newwaysministry.org/2026/02/19/w...
Challenging PR assignment: Make concentration camps look good.
Happy PΔ czki Day to all who celebrate!
Good reminder in the age of genAI: The hard part of writing is the important part, the part you shouldn't skip (or outsource to genAI).
Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It used to be called βbasic human decency,β and it was the minimum expected. #ethics
Since October, hundreds of judges have ruled more than 4,400 times that the Trump administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully. Despite those rulings, the administration continued jailing people indefinitely, a Reuters review of court records found reut.rs/40gfILP
#goodrhetoric requires naming things accurately.
#regressivebias
Amen. Condemn itβbut for god's sake don't repost it.
βUniversities have for decades struck a tacit bargain with the federal governmentβ (student loans, research $$), which has made them vulnerable to the mobster shakedown that Trump embodies.
www.commonwealmagazine.org/barba-kay-hu...
Great, but when is Commonweal going to start putting a Bluesky share icon on its articles? Oh, and btw, get rid of the X one. If you want to connect with your actual readership.
Useful template for media wanting to generate responsible news headlines: [Trump Administration official] says [X]βlikely another lie.
Go Blue!
@umich.bsky.social
U-M is Time magazine's No. 1-ranked public university in America
www.freep.com/story/news/e...
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Extend TPS for Haitian Immigrants. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/sp...
Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. Itβs dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
On the Feast of St. Thomas of Aquinas, a renowned theologian in church history, weβd like to remind you he asserted that life began well after conception and abortion was permissible in certain circumstances.
IF ITS SUCH A GOOD IDEA WHY NOT EXTEND THIS LOGIC TO YOUR ATHLETIC RECRUITMENT?
One of the reasons this is so under-appreciated is that our university presidents have been & continue to be almost totally absent from the public square in loudly & collectively condemning this existential assault on our institutions & our industry coming from the far right authoritarian party.
