Amy Kienzle

Pizza making class in Napoli

Visited Pompeii

First night in Napoli = pizza for dinner and sambuca for a nightcap.

For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India

For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades

Opinion | The Trump Administration’s Chilling Efforts to Punish Free Speech If the American ideal of freedom means anything, it is that we can engage in an extremely wide range of political speech, including the tasteless and the offensive.

“If the American ideal of freedom means anything, it is that Americans can engage in an extremely wide range of political speech, including the tasteless and the offensive,” the editorial board writes.

Finished work.

It seems that Tim Apple is taking the company in a different direction.

Art therapy in these anxious times.

This is BS.

I guess people should stop applying to Columbia.

Columbia punishes students involved in pro-Palestinian protest It comes as Columbia seeks a deal with the Trump administration to reinstate millions in federal funding.

Columbia just expelled or suspended 80 students for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights. Suspended students can only be readmitted if they "apologize"--otherwise the suspension converts to an expulsion.

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United Church of Christ synod denounces ICE raids as 'domestic terrorism' (RNS) — The resolution also denounces the 'weaponization of the constitution' and urges UCC churches to divest from private incarceration companies that are participating in the White House crackdown ...

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Settlers' Fires Threaten Taybeh’s Heritage: Priests Urge Immediate International Intervention | Radio Nabd Taybeh - "Nabd ElHaya" – In a statement released today, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the priests of the Churches of Taybeh – Latin, Melkite Greek Catholic, and Greek Orthodox – issued a clear call to the wo...

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Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸

Why You Can (And Should) Opt Out Of TSA Facial Recognition Right Now Do you really want to be submitting a face scan to the current U.S. government?

Do you really want to be submitting a face scan to the current U.S. government?

Trump stands around waiting for a military flyover that never comes and Fox News cuts away lmao

It’s sobering to realize that there are powerful people in Washington and Silicon Valley who believe America’s biggest problem is that it has too many non-white people and they’ve been successfully executing on a decade long plan to “fix” it.

This post by Mekka Okereke from 2017 predicted the OBBBA

How do we celebrate the 4th of July when American freedom is disappearing? | Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm The yearly commemoration has always marked a contradiction. But despair is not a strategy: this is a moment to create change

How do we celebrate the 4th of July when American freedom is disappearing? | Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm

Defying a ban, Hungarians saved Budapest Pride and rebuked a prime minister Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s effort to ban Pride backfired, drawing a huge throng in support of LGBTQ+ rights and hurting him and his party ahead of elections next year.

Lovely WaPo piece on Hungary’s Pride parade going great wapo.st/4nqNvwr

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Get involved. Help with our court watch and our rapid response ICE verification. Via zoom 6/30/25 at tinyurl.com/NCRJune30

Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸

Opinion | Right-Wing Violence Is Not a Fringe Issue

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The gifts of the Atlantic; balm for a sad soul

Yes we are! Let’s go, Mets!