Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago (RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who w...

NEW: I spoke to clergy and faith leaders who've joined protests at the Chicago-area ICE facility.

Three say they've been shot with pepper balls, sometimes while praying.

All say ICE is also violating their religious freedom, and one is arguing it in court. religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

it’s 2025 and full grown liberals are still writing “tRump”

good. that’ll show him!

actually a lot of innocent people write birthday letters to child sex traffickers in which they repeatedly reference the secrets they share

At the DeSantis Everglades detention camp, people with green cards are being held in terrible conditions, with maggots in the food, the lights kept on 24 hours a day, and delayed access to medicine.

One guy had his Bible taken and was told "here there is no right to religion."

people love saying to not freak out and do productive action instead but it will eventually catch up to us all psychologically that we need to grieve our stolen futures

God is not on any throne that's a metaphor He's God He doesn't need any throne if He is not completely sufficient in and to Himself without adornment then He's not God when you offer thanks & praise it's for your good not His He doesn't need anything it's axiomatic ok that's all go in peace

Zohran Mamdani is saying things like “poverty is a policy choice and politicians have a duty to their constituents to make their lives affordable” and it is making a lot of politicians very very scared that they may actually have to start doing some actual service in their public service jobs.

The road here was paved by the last few years of cultural persecution from the right and a cowardly abandonment by the Democratic establishment, who ignored so many warnings.

Imperative that we loudly defend our trans siblings, and begin to organize together towards building safety and equality.

An editorial cartoon of MLK standing in front of chaos and wreckage with the words, "I plan to lead another non-violent march tomorrow"

Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.

Here’s what the Trump admin has done in 100 days....
vs.
What the Working Families Party has done 🧵

a sign with an M on it that is definitely Mario adjacent

an upside down m, also known as a "wario symbol"

I'm so used to bar bathrooms with cutesy signs that I had to stop here and ask myself if I was a Mario or a Wario

Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil Note from Juan Cole: I used to write letters to totalitarian governments on behalf of Amnesty International complaining about their detention of political prisoners for mere thought crimes. One of the worst offenders was Communist Czechoslovakia, which…

Letter from a Palestinian Political Prisoner in Louisiana: Mahmoud Khalil

Just for anyone else who had some confusion- the Posey Parker referred to above is not the White Lotus actress.

Can't believe that the US political party that was OK with capitulating to committing genocide is OK with capitulating to fascism, nobody could've seen this coming

Queer Christian Clergy person here- it's so easy not policing other people's genitals!

Mr. Musk plans to layoff 83,000 workers at the VA. That means lower quality care for our vets. Unacceptable.

I agree with the VFW: The VA must “reconsider its planned reduction of 83,000 employees & thoroughly review any proposed cuts prior to rolling out further announcements.”

Matt Walsh tweet: Bizarre decision by the NFL to have some guy come out and lethargically mumble a bunch of songs that 90 percent of the NFL audience has never heard

they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever

Drake is the all-time biggest loser of a rap feud and that includes people who have gotten shot and died as a result of rap feuds

As the expected Christian Nationalism EO came in, I’m seeing a bunch of “this isn’t real Christianity” noise in my mentions.

Nope.

Christian friends. 1/x 🧵

This is 💯 part of the history of Christianity, dating to Constantine, to the Holy Roman Empire, forced conversions, Inquisitions, +

Pete Hegseth isn’t DEI. Daniel Penny isn’t DEI. That’s not what DEI is.

They’re just grossly unqualified for their jobs and add no value that any replacement legacy job applicant wouldn’t bring.

So stop saying “it’s DEI” like it’s a clever commentary on the situation. It’s not.

Clackamas United Church of Christ in Oregon

remember stuff like this when they tell you that diversity means a lowering of standards

It's ok to use chatbots for everyday monotony like writing your wedding vows because this frees you up to use your creative energy for what truly matters: making powerpoints for work meetings

It may be a good time to recall that almost 100 yrs ago wealthy businessmen hatched a scheme to weaken progressive Christianity because the social gospel wasn’t conducive to corporate profits. They poured $$$ into Chr orgs that preached a different tune: the gospel of free market capitalism.

These emails, sent across agencies, compel all federal employees to snitch on any colleague whose work might have some vague DEIA inflection. Those who refuse to snitch will be disciplined.

Seems designed to put all workers who aren’t white men under a cloud of suspicion. Truly vile stuff.

Love Margaret Killjoy. Thanks for sharing.

It's similar for Chaplains already! We go through a lengthy board certification process that includes at least a year of residency and writing a series of essays on top of having an MDiv.