Jessica Pieklo

15 States Sue H.H.S. Over Revisions to Vaccine Schedule

Breaking: Aiming to reverse recent changes to federal vaccine recommendations, 15 states led by Democrats announced on Tuesday that they were suing the Trump administration.

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A new generation of birth control skeptics leans right More young women are embracing fertility tracking methods long popular among Catholics, looking to influencers, questioning doctors — and finding a home in MAGA.

Casey Means’ Surgeon General confirmation hearing is tomorrow.

Means holds a number of extremely disturbing views, including that hormonal birth control is “disrespect for life”.

She isn’t a “fringe” or “alternative” healthcare provider. She is a person who blithely ignores scientific facts.

Minnesota faith groups sue DHS over access to immigrant detainees It's at least the second lawsuit challenging the federal government's policy of barring faith leaders from accessing some DHS facilities.

NEW: Three Minnesota faith groups/leaders — local ELCA and UCC bodies, and a Jesuit priest — 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...

YouTube video by Rewire News Group What’s Going On In the Fight Over Abortion Pills

A federal court will hear arguments in a case brought by Louisiana designed to upend medication abortion access nationwide. Boom! Lawyered has everything you need to know about the case here

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My young adult children still get us up by 6 am on Xmas and I honestly love it.

Anyway I’m sure I’ll regret this later lol in the meantime… may you all find peace and community and shared resistance in the face of petty exercises of authoritarianism. That’s what’s holy about tonight.

This is the xmas miracle I’m talking about! ❤️

And I think it’s a Midwest sensibility. The humility of the liturgy hits different. We saw it in the resistance to and at Broadview. *THIS* is the Catholicism I have in my veins

I’ve been lost in American Catholicism for most my adult life despite being raised in the most radical of Dorothy Day centered American parishes. I don’t do cult of personality and also Leo is different

It’s Xmas Eve and yet I’m still gonna be a little spicy. The fact that the first American pope is from Chicago matters because unmooring power and perspective from the coasts especially east coast is an imperative for building something new and better

Thank you! No yogurt just whole milk

Thank you! I’m annoyed at the crack but hey we’re all a little weathered these days lol

Thanks!

Thank you!

No it’s from a Greek-adjacent cookbook I’ve had for years and never really broke out

I made a lemon olive oil cake for dessert this Xmas eve and she is *gorgeous*

It’s why Republicans are working double time to ensure there’s never another free and transparent election again

I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems.

And it’s already pretty fucking bad!

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This sentiment/argument was then repeated in the SCOTUS decision upholding state level bans on gender affirming care for youth, citing the NYT as its citation.

This is what the week between Christmas and new years is FOR

We all take care of each other even as we’re all a fucking mess

We historically put The Godfather on Christmas Eve too

It’s at its core a movie about shit going sideways with family in a *season* and every Catholic can relate

Berwyn! I got family there

Resuming my Christmas movie watch with Goodfellas. Yes this is Christmas movie you wanna fight about it

Why is that the perfect snapshot though ❤️

As I was saying 🥴🥴🥴

My favorite part of tonight has been inadvertently sparking regional discourse around ‘jagoff’

Lolol I’m from Omaha but my Italian family came here via Cicero and I married into Bensenville

It’s Chicago then! My family comes through there