Susan Agel

"We can witness to the reality that a full, flourishing human life includes obligations to children you didn’t birth, elderly that didn’t raise you, and the poor and needy who cannot repay you." Kaitlyn Schiess, from her article, "What are Childless People For?"

"There's a big problem with Christian Nationalism, and that's that it's not Christian. Christian Nationalism appropriates symbols of Christianity, but it is a secular movement about power and bringing power to a specific group of people. That is not what Christianity is about." Jonathan Rauch, HP664

More pointedly, the pope said, "Someone who says, I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life."

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

Finally saw the new Superman movie and loved it. It said all the right things about adoption, immigration, and the value of life. Plus, Superman is hot.

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’ Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.

Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

Exactly this

Watch Brian Kilmeade casually suggest we should murder all the homeless people in the United States. Over half a million human beings.

He has no business being on TV talking to millions.

We cannot gloss over insanity like this.

Otherwise they will take it as permission to go ahead and do it.

Having a bad day?? Here's a pick me up... 😊

#bluesky #nature #animals

Thank you on this labor day!!

#LateNightThoughts

The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. — James Baldwin

"Christians are called to be apologists for the vulnerable; not apologists for Empire."

~ @joashpthomas.bsky.social

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Attendance drops, fear rises in immigrant churches as Trump takes over DC WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘I never thought I had one day to cancel Sunday worship because it is not safe for our Latino siblings to come to church. But here we are … ,’ wrote one pastor on Facebook.

NEW from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and me: As Trump seeks to flood DC’s streets with federal agents and troops, churches are seeing attendance drops, fear, and detentions.

Seven members of one church have been detained — including an usher on his way to worship. religionnews.com/2025/08/19/a...

same guy lmao

Oh no! I used to harmonize with the old one. Now I have to learn a new part.

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

What happens if you don’t do background checks or training for thousands of people and you give them all total authority?

ICE has been caught looting and destroying property at Pittsburgh restaurants. They even tried to break into the safes. They loaded food, supplies and equipment into vehicles

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I love everything he writes.

The Boy Genius Who Killed 14 Million Poor People What is the moral weight of responsibility for the men who carried out DOGE’s work?

"Before January 2025 there had been no—zero, zilch—interest in killing off USAID. It wasn't something Trump ran on. It wasn't envisioned in Project 2025. It was only once Elon Musk decided that USAID was evil that destroying the agency became a policy goal for the Republican party."

ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.

It's a bias amplification engine thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...

"Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more than they are doing now. Christians should take a stronger stand in favor of the weak rather than considering first the possible right of the strong." -Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I remember Hazel! Yikes, I’m old.

NEW statement from Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal:

"We have full confidence in the rigor and accuracy of our reporting, and will vigorously defend against any lawsuit."

Heads up! 🚨

Message from the Oklahoma Legislative Latino Caucus:

TL;DR?

🧊 warning for tomorrow and the next few days.

👀 ⬇️

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“Then they started to talk about cuffing me, and that if the kids were here legally, what do they have to lose by answering. I told them that they still have their fifth and fourth amendment rights, and that they don’t have to speak to you or help with any investigation.”

Three Things in Trump’s Budget That Aren’t Getting Enough Attention They might affect the bill’s fate… if more people learn about them and speak up.

open.substack.com/pub/petebutt...

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.