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I don’t blame anyone who closes the tab on me after reading that first sentence. I’m so exhausted with the current situation that I never want to read the word “musk” again. But bear with me, if you can. www.patheos.com/blogs/steelm...

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For some time now I’ve wanted to write an in-depth piece on immigration and deportation from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching and moral theology. At last I’ve written this.

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DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

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NIH layoffs. FAA layoffs. FDA layoffs. USAID dismantled. America isn’t just losing workers—it’s losing safety, science & stability. Jen Rubin argues the sooner Americans grasp the damage, the sooner Republicans feel the heat. Ignore it, and they’ll face a voter backlash.

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Hearing things today making me wonder how much it would cost a consortium of Catholic universities, dioceses, USCCB to join a 1A lawsuit seeking to defend DEI on religious liberty grounds. I think enough institutions are implicated that these costs could be bearable and they should do it.

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oh my fucking god

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I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes

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If you’ve been directly impacted by the Trump purge of government workers or his Executive Orders, please DM me. I’d like to highlight your story and also see if there are folks in your community that can provide help, if you’re in need. We’ve got to take care of each other.

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The article is entitled, "Neener Neener" and the full text reads, "I wanna do what I wanna do."

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Daily Haiku #1 A bank holiday Celebrating presidents. Who's really in charge?

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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post would not run this ad. This is the power of oligarchy.

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Both Vance and Musk are rude because it gets them giggles from their online pals, but it just makes them look like the emotional thirteen year old boys they are. On the world stage, it's obvious they default to insults because they're outclassed.

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"Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed." #DorothyDay #PrayForAmerica

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April Ryan, senior White House correspondent for BlackPressUSA, highlights the growing gap between past presidential ideals and today’s political reality. Three decades of escalating intensity have tested the office—so where’s the ceiling? How do we rebuild the democracy our founders envisioned?

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Inspired by #PopeFrancis, #EastAfrican Catholics seek foreign #debt cancellation religionnews.com/2025/02/14/i...

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Curious how much "rooting out waste and fraud" is costing the American taxpayer?

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Now is the time for Democrats to PUSH new ideas. Get on a stage and start talking about UBI, universal free healthcare, free public college, housing subsidized by taxes on advertising. OWN THE NATION CONVERSATION. What the hell could AIPAC possibly have on you that is keeping you so reactive and sad

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Excellent article!

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My valentine to each and every resister. "Live your life in such a way that when you open your eyes in the morning satan says, 'Oh no, she's awake'." 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

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Did you call Target? Wanna call them again? Did you not call before because you thought it wouldn't make a difference? Wanna call them now? ☎️ Target Employee Relations and Integrity Hotline: 1-800-541-6838

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Pope Francis admitted to hospital for bronchitis Please, with kindness, say a prayer for him. 🙏🏻

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I'm hearing now that every technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people. wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/

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also I promise you musk wrote "K. Maru" bc he was afraid of misspelling Kobayashi

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A note that may be of interest: @torbooks.bsky.social has placed the ebook of The Calculating Stars on sale this month for $2.99. If you're interested in diving into The Lady Astronaut books, this may be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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here's today's post: "what the fuck is going on?" — none of this is normal. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

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i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue I USUALLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY… but I have absolutely nothing to add to this. Hard to believe, I know.

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Folks trying to save USAID are trying to counterprogram Musk's $40 million Super Bowl ad. They're asking everyone to share this video as widely as you can today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...

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Somebody inform JD Vance

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Top 11 ways you can #Resist today: 11. Get educated on what is actually happening. Follow the news, but also insider accounts (#ALTgov) and others. 10. Be intentional about where you spend your money. Don’t support businesses that support this Administration or have caved to anti-DEIA rhetoric.

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Wow!

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Musk has no technical skills whatsoever, but he wants to appear smart. So he takes bits of information like this, told to him by junior engineers, and regurgitates it to appear smart. Musk did this with the Twitter stack and Twitter's senior architects called him out publicly, then he fired them.

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On February 6, Alabama tortured my former client, Demetrius Frazier, to death. Would you please consider reading—and sharing—my new essay called “Atrocity After Atrocity in Alabama”—published in The Times of Israel? Thanks so much for your attention! -Stephen blogs.timesofisrael.com/atrocity-aft...

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I have a story with the great Dennis Calero in this forthcoming @madcavestudios.com comics anthology to raise money for the victims of the L.A. fires. There are so many comics greats featured. Out March 12th. Pre-order it here: madcavestudios.com/product/la-s...

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Pope Francis at Angelus: Armed service "is to be exercised only in self-defence, never to impose domination over other nations, always observing international conventions on conflict and, first and foremost, with sacred respect for life and creation." www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

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