Stephen Prothero

My boss now and forever
Thank you!

Channeling Guthrie, Cooke, Simone, Holiday, and Dylan, @brucespringsteen.net reminds us that what we are seeing with our own eyes is history in the making. A deep bow here to the people of Minneapolis, and to Bruce, for keeping making it.

I remember that so clearly now. I was a 7-year-old sports fan. Made a huge impression on me. Still does.

This matters b/c religion matters: The Catholic Church is refusing to goose step with the T***p administration.

Hundreds of clergy descend on Minneapolis and go on lookout for ICE MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

Terrific reporting, as usual by @JackJenkins.me: “You can only preach against ICE for so long before God calls you to get out of the pulpit and get to the streets,” says one OK priest now in MN to protest ICE and help its victims: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...

Could this happen? Europeans love their football, but they are sick and tired of T***p.

Hope

Amazing! Way to go Minneapolis!

GOP congress is entirely responsible for EVERYTHING awful that happens. THey could stop this madness in a day. Yet, they chose not to. How is this not treason??

A poem by Amanda Gorman For Renee Nicole Good Killed by ICE on January 7th 2026

A poem by Amanda Gorman
For Renee Nicole Good
Killed by ICE on January 7th, 2026

🤷🏽‍♂️

180 degree turnaround from "no regime change" to "regime change."

Live updates: Multiple explosions rock Venezuelan capital Caracas | CNN A CNN team witnessed several explosions on Saturday night in Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity. Follow for live updates.

How far from Trump's alleged noninterventionism. First-strike war. Capturing a chief executive. With no idea where it all will lead. Such a short road from the US as a country widely emulated to a rogue state with no concern for international law or the rules of war. edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Ugh. No words. Thinking of you all.

Opinion | How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats’ 2028 Front-Runner

For decades the GOP has been on the right side of a "God Gap" untouched by Dems God talk. Now comes @gavinnewsom.bsky.social's profession to Ezra Klein that he is a "Christmas Catholic," "spiritual, probably, more than religious." A winning formula? Probably? Perhaps? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...

Justice Department fails to reindict Letitia James for a second time | CNN Politics A grand jury, for a second time, declined to bring a new indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated President Donald Trump and his company in court, according to mult...

Who had this on their Bingo Card? Key constituency to stand up to MAGA fascism? Grand Juries! www.cnn.com/2025/12/11/p...

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

How low can you go? With these idolaters in chief, the answer is always lower. May they all be punished for their war crimes, in this life and the next.

Netanyahu Orders Strikes in Gaza, as Israel Says Hamas Violated Cease-Fire

Is there a Nobel War Prize?

Someone should run the actual Reagan speech unedited on a continuous loop for a day or two. Is it available in its entirety online?

Cool!

I'll second that!

Thanks!

Cool! How about the segment with ME!? "Stephen Prothero." I don't think I have it any more. And where do you search for old clips like this?

He saw "truthiness" coming before the rest of us. Warned us about it. I hope he lands on his feet with folks who won't bow and scrape to the Truthy Police. @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @stephencolbert.bsky.social

Why use the passive voice here? Who enabled him to run again?

When asked which country is the most important ally to their own, many people around the world name the United States. This is the most common response in 12 of the 24 non-U.S. countries included in a new Pew Research Center survey. It is tied for the top response in three additional countries. But others say the U.S. is their nation’s greatest threat. This is the most common response in six countries and tied for top in two others. In neighboring Canada and Mexico, as well as in Argentina, Brazil and Kenya, the U.S. is the top response on both the ally and threat questions.

Most people in Mexico and Canada say the United States is their country's greatest threat
www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/...

Live updates: Supreme Court limits ability of judges to stop Trump | CNN Politics The Supreme Court backed President Donald Trump’s effort to curtail lower court orders that have hampered his agenda for months. However, it signaled that the president’s controversial plan to effecti...

When the Supreme Court is in on the game--"rewarding lawlessness" in the executive branch as Justice Sotomayor put it in her dissent--does it even make sense any more to say we are "one step closer" to autocracy?https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/supreme-court-decisions-06-27-25

Nonprofits, Tribes and Local Governments Sue Trump Administration for Terminating EPA Grant Programs Terminating these programs leaves communities more vulnerable to pollution and disasters

Proud to see a family member working w/ tribes, local governments and nonprofits in bringing a class-action lawsuit against the T***p administration for illegally terminating Congressionally-funded grant programs meant to keep our air clean and water safe to drink. earthjustice.org/press/2025/n...