Christy Staats

Ridley.

I saw The Way We Were last night in light of Robert Redford’s death (thinking I hadn’t seen any of his films.. but later… realized I had).

1. It was so good. 2. He looks like Brad Pitt! They could have been brothers! 3. I was devastatedddd by the ending. I was not prepared for that.

Tell Brendan Carr this is wrong & unAmerican. The federal government does not police speech. Speak more not less.

Emails. Phone calls. Letters.
Brendan.carr@fcc.gov
202-418-2200
Federal Communications Commission
45 L st NE 20554
Washington DC 20554

#1A #Kimmel #firstamendment

Can empathy lead to sin? Some conservative Christians argue it can Some voices on the Christian right are arguing the virtue of empathy has become a vice. Those Christians claim empathy can manipulate people into accepting what they see as sins, like abortion access ...

The world is waking up to the tragic chaos happening in the church where Christians are calling empathy a sin. But we should step back & say, do these folks even know Christ? Instead of asking why empathy is a sin, maybe we should ask, do they know Jesus? Likely not.

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Newspaper photo of a group of cats huddled together on a satellite dish with the headline, "Outdoor cats are using $500 Starlink satellite dishes as self-heating beds."

Cats are and always have been cyberpunks

Solutions Focused Immigration Reform The U.S.

America we have watched fear driven ideas of immigration that have ripped apart families, taken our neighbors and stripped our workforce. I think we are all ready for something different… we could instead have solutions based immigration reform.

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ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.

Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.

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Just think about this statement. It should send chills to your core:

We're not an evil country. But our government does a lot of evil things.

I think more attention needs to be given to the fact that ICE has effectively criminalized noncitizens having certain tattoos, which is yet another blatant violation of the 1st amendment. Congress has not and may not pass any law limiting free expression in the US.

The US Institute of Peace is back after a judge ruled that DOGE illegally shuttered it & seized its building. But guess what? 40 years of research was erased so they are now having to rebuild it all. Also, they found rats (& reefers) in their seized building.

HT: @maddow.msnbc.com

www.usip.org

In Florida, an immigrant pastor's detention sends a community reeling In one weekend in May, more than a 1,000 immigrants were arrested in Florida. The massive crackdown has Trump supporters asking why their neighbors were detained and must be deported.

Pastor Maurilio Ambrocio, a 20-year U.S. resident with a stay of removal, was detained upon showing up for an immigration check-in last month. "You're gonna take you know a community leader, a pastor, a hardworking man," said Greg Johns, Ambrocio’s neighbor. "What, did you need a number that day?"

MISSING CHILDREN?

After an increase in unaccompanied children arriving at the US/Mex border in ‘12, Mosaic Compassion opened a high-skilled shelter for vulnerable children.

Pope Leo XIV Echoes Francis in His First Mass, Aligning Himself With ‘Ordinary People’

At Pope Leo XIV's first Mass as leader on Friday, he pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and not with the rich and powerful. Many see the first American pope as a continuation of his predecessor, Pope Francis, in his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church.

Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world

genuinely feel insane

Yes, when you back Russia, you are taking the side of Iran and North Korea.

Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act is a profound risk to everyone's civil liberties. By invoking the AEA and insisting migrants are part of an “invasion,” POTUS is:
❌ flouting the law
❌ abusing power against Congress’s intent
❌ seeking more unchecked authority
Read our thread for why ⬇️

YouTube video by Michael Hunn Bishop Michael Hunn Responds to Department of Homeland Security: Defending Our Border Ministry

Oh: Episcopal Diocese of Rio Grande apparently received a letter from DHS suggesting they were involved in human trafficking.

In a video, Bishop Michael Hunn fervently rejects the claims and declares: "We …have been practicing our Constitutionally guaranteed faith." www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wl4...

Schumer should have shut the government down.

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Geez

Around half of the €200 million funds for the Tallinn Mechanism — a key effort by the U.S., EU and NATO to provide cyber support to Ukraine — have evaporated after the US pulled its funding, Estonia’s cyber ambassador told me today. More in NatSecDaily: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Brave Ukraine defender Natalia Grabarchuk, a former kindergarten teacher, stopped a Russian cruise missile from killing civilians, including children in 2024. #3E #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

Read Brian Klaas’s well earned wisdom.

Why is your dog spoilt Christy?

Well she sleeps like a baby like this for starters.

The cruelty is simply awful to watch. I grieve that the U.S. has become this. That the party of Bush, McCain and Reagan has become this. So awful.