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Just finished The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis this afternoon. I'm in the middle of The Elegance of the Hedgehog.

Trump’s Refugee Policy ‘Is Slamming the Door on Persecuted Christians’ - Christianity Today Faith organizations hope the Trump administration will reverse course after the announcement of a historically low refugee ceiling.

Trump admin focusing on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria .... but also no longer accepting persecuted Christian refugees.

from @harvestprude.bsky.social - www.christianitytoday.com/2025/11/refu...

Not just in my youth. My pastor recently described her as a woman who "traded sex for rent." (I pushed back- she likely had no agency to choose her position & even if she did, Jesus didn't speak to or about her in a dehumanizing way.)

Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas

Today with @haleaziz.bsky.social :
Most of the Korean workers detained during an ICE raid on a Ga. battery plant last week were on short-term businesses visas. In at least one case, ICE acknowledged a worker hadn't violated his visa, and forced him to deport anyway. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

Discovered this today 😥

Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures

No, President Trump.

Forcing seniors with traditional Medicare to get prior approval from AI companies before they can receive the health care they need won’t make America healthy again.

It will make AI companies even richer by denying care to seniors.

DON’T CUT MEDICARE.

Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

I'm guessing @margaretatwood.bsky.social didn't intend for the succession of Texas from the United States to be the most unbelievable part of The Testaments, and yet here we are. This is a fantastic audiobook, by the way!

The State of Illinois at this time has received no requests or outreach from the federal government asking if we need assistance, and we have made no requests for federal intervention.

@taskmaster.tv is exactly the show I need right now. I know it's been around for ages, but I'm so glad to have recently discovered it and to have hours of laughter to look forward to.

It’s really wild that Fox is calling Newsom’s tweets immature and unbecoming of a leader when he’s literally just mocking the way Trump tweets. 🤣🤣🤣

Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

Great piece by David French!

These cutesy names are incredibly dehumanizing.

There would be an immediate cease fire if Russia immediately ceases firing.

Opinion | Why a ‘Paleo-Confederate’ Pastor Is on the Rise

Your homeschooling materials might have been written by this person.

Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, belongs to his denomination.

Who is Douglas Wilson and why does he have so much influence over the church? @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/o...

It doesn't have to be this way 💔

Grocers warn SNAP cuts will wreck revenues, close stores, and starve vulnerable communities Maryland retailers warn that looming SNAP changes will harm their profits and have them potentially closing shop.

Over 27,000 SNAP-authorized retailers—including small grocers, farmers markets, and food shops—will be hit hard. For every $1 in SNAP, $1.50 in local economic activity is generated. These cuts hurt entire communities. www.baltimoresun.com/2025/08/06/g...

VA Just Terminated Most Federal Union Contracts, National Nurses United Included The VA has terminated union contracts for over 360,000 healthcare workers, including nurses—raising urgent concerns about staffing, patient safety, and veteran care nationwide.

NEW: The Department of Veterans Affairs just terminated union contracts including AFL-CIO (AFGE), NAGE, NFFE, SEIU, and nursing unions NNOC and NNU. nurse.org/news/va-term...

Pro-Trump group wages campaign to purge “subversive” federal workers Federal employees faced a barrage of intimidation and harassment after a group linked to the Trump administration posted their personal information on online “watchlists” denouncing them as liberals. Some have been fired. Two have moved abroad, fearing for their safety.

Good reporting. Ugly stuff. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Horrifying.

The head of the Anglican church in Korea had put out a statement calling for her release, so this escalated quickly.

If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.

If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.

Just awful.

- Investopedia - “Congress to Eliminate IRS Direct File Despite Popularity,” July 15, 2025 Source: Financial media analysis; confirms roughly 311,500 users benefitted from the program; outlines new legislative language replacing it with a capped-use public–private alternative.

The Trump administration has officially shut down the IRS’s Direct File program, a pilot initiative that allowed Americans to file their federal taxes online for free, directly through the IRS.

I keep coming back to all the powerful men who raped girls through Epstein, yet only one woman is in jail, and none of them have faced any consequences.

The $80 million was supposed to go back to active-duty military, veterans, Department of Defense employees, and their families who bank with the credit union. They were illegally charged fees by the bank. Give them their money back.