Melissa Herrera 🎃

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Notice how it’s somehow the government’s job to legislate a few Bible verses on human sexuality over our entire country, but it’s suddenly “not the government’s job” when it comes to the +2,500 Bible verses calling for a generous use of wealth that prioritizes the poor.

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

Rand Paul on Trump's strikes on boats: "I would call them extrajudicial killings. This is akin to what China does, what Iran does with drug dealers -- they summarily execute people without presenting evidence to the public. So it's wrong."

The Boxcar Children and the Mystery of the Missing Norms “The White House is demolishing the entirety of the East Wing to make way for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom, a construction project that ...

"What were 'norms' anyway? Was it really the responsibility of these four children to solve every mystery for the adults?"

Do “No Kings” Protests Work in Places Where Trump Is Indeed King? In a conservative stronghold, I found a lot to be hopeful about—and plenty of reasons to worry.

Incrediblely important essay. I’m from one ofnthose small towns too where we kept pur heads down and our grass tidy. No more.

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Fentanyl doesn’t come from Venezuela and other truths in front of your nose – Matter News Since early September, the Trump administration has ordered nine attacks in international waters, killing at least 37 people on boats that authorities claim without evidence are carrying drugs to be t...

“Fentanyl doesn’t come from Venezuela and other truths in front of your nose” matternews.org/voices/fenta...

A spooky story of witches and herbs | Anabaptist World As we approach Hallows Eve (a.k.a. Halloween), the evening before All Saints Day, I am reminded that this holy holiday (hallows means holy) is meant to be observance to commemorate the dead, including...

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a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.

Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.

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A must read thread.

“My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul. Otherwise you will breed dragons and devils in your heart.”

—Carl Jung

I’m a proud total lowlife.

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

Protest(ant) …reasons I wouldn’t have perished in a pyre

“I used to imagine myself being caught up by the evil Catholics and strung up at the stake.

“Melissa, do renounce your evil Anabaptist ways?”

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Oh it’s not appropriate for your program to air the president wearing a crown and shitting on American citizens?

You’ll talk about it in euphemisms? Maybe call it the “crown video” and ignore the shitting part? Because that’s appropriate?

Tell me, was it appropriate for the president to do it?

No relation, but I think I may know who that is? USPS on Tusc?

AWESOME!!! Wasn’t it fun to be amongst folks and be proactive??

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

Canton, Ohio #NoKingsRally

#NYC #NoKings 👑

I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.

Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.

The grayification of the world will go down as one of history's greatest follies.

Seen at the thrift store today.

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...

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

Always has to be the best.
Even at avoiding death.

Walking away with $20 billion of US taxpayer money so Scott Bessent’s Wall Street cronies don’t lose their investments in Argentina.