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In Minneapolis, clergy mobilize to manage ICE raids targeting Somali immigrants (RNS) — Preparing for ICE agents' presence in the city, an interfaith coalition shared best practices for dealing with law enforcement at houses of worship.

In recent days, faith leaders across the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area have organized to protect Somali communities and houses of worship as ICE agents launched an operation targeting undocumented Somali immigrants.
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More welfare for farmers, less food stamps for hungry families.

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It's oyster season!

If you're interested in what makes a good oyster, here's a thread on what makes an oyster delicious, and how you can generally tell by looking.

My husband and I farmed oysters in the beautiful waters off Cape Cod for 15 years, so we learned a lot.

Here's our farm.

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Despicable

Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱

The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.

Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.

John Roberts > Roger Taney.

Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.

Yes, the Supreme Court has failed to protect us from Trump. But it’s worse than that: The Supreme Court is imposing its own fascism. It invented presidential immunity. It has gutted the Voting Rights Act, passed by a bipartisan Congress. It’s as bad as Trump, and moving in the same direction.

#JuniorJackpot 💰

Of Course the Virgin Mary Would Trample ICE Queer Catholic artist Libby Kercher's recent depiction of Mary trampling a serpent labeled ICE emphasizes Mary's role as the patroness of the oppressed.

Emma and I co-wrote this piece looking at using the Virgin Mary within protest art for @sojo.net

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Muslim students warn of spate of harassment by far-right Christian agitators (RNS) — Over the last two months, at least seven Muslim student groups in the U.S. have been harassed by right-wing Christian activists, said Mohamad Altabaa, a Texas student who is tracking…

Over the last two months, at least seven Muslim student groups in the United States have been harassed by right-wing Christian activists, said Mohamad Altabaa, student who's tracking harassment cases with a group called MSA Unity.
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YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie Donald Trump’s racist attack on Somali Americans

i made a video about the president's gutter racism against somali-americans and how a scandal became a smear became a call for de facto ethnic cleansing

Thank you @samhelmick.bsky.social and colleagues!

ALL IMLS grants restored in every state & territory.

In response to a ruling from a federal judge in Rhode Island, the Institute of Museum and Library Services reinstated all previously canceled grants in every state and territory. It's a huge win for libraries and our communities.

"The reinstatement of all IMLS grants means that libraries across the country will be able to resume vital services for learning, imagination, and economic opportunity. We are breathing a sigh of relief, but the fight is not over." ALA President Sam Helmick. Show up for our libraries, American Library Association.

NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.

They’ve had their necks kneeled on.

They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.

At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.

Really appreciate the clarity of the president saying black people are ruining the country and this entire room of groveling empty suits saying nothing bsky.app/profile/just...

I hope people take two minutes to listen to this shocking display of bigotry. It brings clarity to what we are fighting against. We should all be sick to hear such un-American drivel from the President of the United States.

1. At least one of the WaPo reporters who broke the story is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran.

2. Hegseth appears to be railing against journalists for scrutinizing government actions, which is a core value of journalism.

3. Hegseth could, you know, grant a reporter access to these operations.

Prospera: Honduras' Bitcoin City Project Prospera is Honduras' Bitcoin City project. Located on the island of Roatan in the Caribbean Sea, it faces several challenges.

Prospera Honduras is a Zone for Employment & Economic Development (ZEDE) backed by Peter Thiel. Trump plans to pardon the former Honduran president who championed ZEDES b4 his drug trafficking conviction. Honduras current outgoing president has tried to eliminate ZEDES, an obstacle for Prospera.
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Some 20 immigrants have ICE check-ins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, tomorrow. More on Wednesday. Why they are fearful. open.substack.com/pub/lylemull...

ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.

The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence

$1.6bln: The amount of his fraud scheme

7: Years of his sentence

10,000: Victims of his fraud

1,000: Letters from victims to the court

13: Days he served

1: Pardon from Trump

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Anyone who treats violence perpetrated by the state as a joke should be nowhere near decisions regarding the use of force.

We have a cabinet level Secretary of State, a diplomatic corps, Special Envoys, and Defense team to do this work.

“Son-in-law” is not a government job. Kushner does not represent us.

Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends

They aren't working on behalf of Americans, just for themselves

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

There is absolutely no bottom. They will kill and murder and steal and break the law and laugh at every rule and institution until they are stopped. They think they are all-powerful and all conventional rules of morality and legality do not apply to them.

LWF 2025 Advent calendar: Messages of Faith Daily messages of encouragement from across the Lutheran communion (LWI) – Faith is the focus of The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Advent calendar in 2025, with people from around the communion shar...

As Advent begins, we are sharing messages of faith from across the Lutheran communion. 🕯️

#LutheranWorld #Advent

Respect to all we have lost
Fighting for all we can save
We celebrate #worldaidsday because we are closer to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic than ever before
We fight that much harder on #WorldAIDSDay2025 because we are closer to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic than ever before
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How one conservative Christian family is pushing back against ICE A coalition of activists, everyday citizens and people of faith — including theologically conservative Christians — who have pooled resources and learned new technologies to mount an effort they say…

Religious groups have played a role in pushback to Operation Midway Blitz since it began. According to faith leaders, the number of immigrant families being helped through such efforts numbered at least 100.
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Thanks be to God for African Lutheran leaders.

Namibia: Weaving wisdom into diaconal action across Africa A four-day workshop in northern Namibia equips women with skills to provide transformative leadership and service (LWI) - Women from Lutheran churches in nine countries across the African continent ha...

Women leaders from Lutheran churches across Africa gathered in Namibia, for a four-day workshop to reflect, connect, and create pathways for inclusive diakonia.

#LutheranWorld

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