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Sociologist studying media, culture, and religion

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ICE OUT!
NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN!
NO WORK. NO SCHOOL.
NO SHOPPING.
JAN 30, 2026
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ICE OUT! NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN! NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. JAN 30, 2026 SIGN ON TO JOIN US: NationalShutdown.us

National Shutdown today. No work, no school, no shopping (least of all at complicit businesses).

See you in the streets today and tomorrow for the ICE Out of Everywhere protests πŸ“£πŸ“£πŸ“£

30.01.2026 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 598    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 19

This poll is the worst high-quality poll for Trump that I’ve seen this term.

29.01.2026 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2559    πŸ” 538    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 28
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greekreporter.com/2026/01/27/a...

27.01.2026 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).

27.01.2026 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.

BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

26.01.2026 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10495    πŸ” 3193    πŸ’¬ 1278    πŸ“Œ 3652
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Beautiful sign supporting the people of Minnesota. Photo taken at a protest today in Las Vegas.

25.01.2026 06:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The general strike is happening today. www.iceoutnowmn.com

23.01.2026 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1041    πŸ” 304    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 9

❀️❀️❀️

23.01.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 15320    πŸ” 3555    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 121
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β€œImmigrants Are Welcome Here”: Thousands of Minnesotans Take to the Streets to Stop ICE Extreme cold couldn't stop the Minnesota shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested in an act of civil disobedience and scores of residents participated in the work stoppage, a massive...

Subzero temps, mass arrests, and a shutdown that is still swelling the streets.

Thousands across Minnesota are marching, on work stoppage, and risking arrest to say: immigrants are welcome here.

From @sarahlazare.bsky.social with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

23.01.2026 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Ben Luhmann, who filmed this, is one of the two high schoolers from a conservative Christian family I rode along with in Chicago when they were searching for ICE agents there.

When I asked him how his faith informed his efforts to document ICE/DHS, he told me this. religionnews.com/2025/11/25/h...

22.01.2026 02:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2567    πŸ” 845    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 39
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He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. β€”Β Martin Luther King, Jr.

19.01.2026 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.

If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.

15.01.2026 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 17865    πŸ” 8387    πŸ’¬ 302    πŸ“Œ 491
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Two Months After Cease-Fire, Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis. Israel says it is demilitarizing Gaza.

Israel Is Still Demolishing Gaza, Building by Building www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

12.01.2026 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former Rep. Mary Peltola jumps into Alaska Senate race The former Alaska congressmember will likely face off against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and is a recruitment coup for national Democrats.

Former Rep. Mary Peltola jumps into Alaska Senate race

12.01.2026 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 43
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Kristi Noem: "Renee Good was a domestic terrorist."

08.01.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3110    πŸ” 1161    πŸ’¬ 371    πŸ“Œ 108
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The illegal attack on Venezuela is not foreign policy; it’s gangsterism on an international scale.

04.01.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10

He is completely deranged…

03.01.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

03.01.2026 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 59815    πŸ” 20312    πŸ’¬ 1564    πŸ“Œ 1137

Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this.

How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?

03.01.2026 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 543    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 21
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World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel The World Council of Churches has called on the European Union to impose sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel over what it described as a war of genocide in the Gaza Strip and violations against…

World Council of Churches calls for sanctions on Israel

31.12.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Venezuela is not completely surrounded by an armada, because Venezuela is not an island.

Also, Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, when Hugo ChΓ‘vez was 21 and NicolΓ‘s Maduro was 13.

17.12.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 655    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 7
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Bethlehem πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ is celebrating Christmas for the first time in two years

07.12.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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@weeknightmsnow.bsky.social

Great interview @aftynbehn.bsky.social joined @aliciamenendez.bsky.social to talk about tomorrow’s election and how her opponent and MAGA Republicans are so afraid and desperate that he is going to lose. Best of luck tomorrow! #TN07 #Tennessee

youtu.be/BZyIyDhsaCM?...

02.12.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.

Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to β€œkill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.

28.11.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1402    πŸ” 746    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 477
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The "Orthodoxy as Masculinity" Narrative According to the New York Times, young, conservative men are flocking to the Orthodox Church because it provides an all-too-rare space that celebrates masculinity. This β€œOrthodoxy as Masculinity” narr...

Insightful reflection on the New York Times article that explains the problem of the β€œmasculinity” narrative among Orthodox converts.

publicorthodoxy.org/2025/11/22/o...

22.11.2025 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It begins. Clearly incriminating evidence against president of the United States.

Epstein to Maxwell, April 2, 2011:

"i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc."

12.11.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3984    πŸ” 1324    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 109
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC Today is only the beginning.

Today is only the beginning.

Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.

04.11.2025 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 21525    πŸ” 3968    πŸ’¬ 512    πŸ“Œ 353
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New Report Details the Potential Impact of Deportations on American Christian Families Today, President Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program for at least four months.

I guess MAGA folks want to make America great by deporting Christians??

"The report finds that, as of the end of 2024, more than 10 million Christians are vulnerable to deportation, accounting for roughly 80 percent of all of those at risk of deportation.”

worldrelief.org/pr-new-repor...

03.11.2025 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œEvery word that you’ve read about him from people who know him is a true word,” said Elizabeth Diop, who worked alongside Soliman as a chaplain. β€œEven in fucking detention, he’s counseling people who are locked up right now … He’s got work to do here, he’s got work to do to help heal the world.”

10.10.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

anyways attend NO KINGS this weekend!

bsky.app/profile/plas...

14.10.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 637    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

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