NRA reaction to misinformation about the murder of Alex Pretti. Worth noting that no such defense was issued for the murder of Philando Castile.

may i offer you some space in this trying time?

“A pedophile cabal run by an orange guy from home alone 2 has taken over the US government and is using the the levers of power to enrich themselves while simultaneously destabilizing the current global order so that billionaire technocrats can bring about the coming of the antichrist via chatbots.

Repeal the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

evergreen, apparently

Republicans like to talk about "masculinity crisis," but if you think that "masculinity" is better captured by a masked man shooting a woman in the face rather than a dad doing ICE watch outside of a preschool, the crisis is you.

In 1775 a lot of people were unhappy with the King but they weren’t necessarily ready to commit treason. That changed when the King’s troops started shooting their neighbors, stealing food, and raping women.

This random, unrestrained violence and lashing out at criticism and protests is the work of a weak administration with bullets, not a strong one capable of suppressing dissent. The White House is fueling a powder keg

All this administration knows how to do is to escalate and not back down because Trump and co perceive it as weak. At this point, further escalation will not give the administration a "win" but will further anger more ordinary Americans.

You can't legislate this problem away because we have a lawless executive that ignores laws it doesn't like

This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit. It's all white supremacy and greed.

It’s Conversion of St Paul tomorrow for our patronal feast, and thinking a lot about how the last words of Acts are about him sharing the gospel unimpeded - while he was in prison, soon to die by state violence.

this reminds me of the way i’ve seen susan bro speak about her daughter, heather heyer. when a fascist murders your child, you aren’t allowed to just grieve. you have to defend their memory, even their very grave.

This is solidarity.

They’re arresting toddlers and killing nurses.

Eh more like they believe hell is for everyone else, they're betting in getting raptured

ah so the 2A is only for republicans

I'm reminded of the fact that the book and 1990 made for tv film of the Handsmaid Tale mentioned forced relocation of ethnic minorities. Apparently the writers of the tv show thought American Religious Authoritarians were beyond that.....🫤

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

It really baffles me that they think going after Minnesota, Maine, and Pennsylvania would be a good idea, given that like... the 1st Minnesota, 20th Maine, and Pennsylvania Reserve Division were like... pretty instrumental at Gettysburg?

It's unthinkably demoralizing to me how many of my coreligionists seem to believe the Gospel is a divine seal of approval on bourgeois morality and that the Church is a mutual admiration society for property-owning husbands and fathers, thus all state violence is praiseworthy.

the children are protesting from inside the camps. i hope they know that we hear them.

mostly unrelated but "thank you for your attention to this matter" is rapidly becoming one of the most obnoxious and odious phrases in the english language

So when Republicans say they are for "freedom," what they mean is the freedom for them to kill Americans without consequences.

Reading Oscar Romero:

the nyt style section vs. der spiegel

I traveled to this place last summer with my rector, our bishops, people from the diocese, and a caravan of Episcopal priests who were conducting vigils at detention centers across the Southwest.

The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for ICE agents to kill a 37-year-old nurse, who was only there because another ICE agent killed a 37-year-old mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors

Like, the NBA was a huge bellwether at the beginning of COVID. This feels like a different level.

Per his colleagues: The victim’s name was apparently Alex Pretti and he was an ICU nurse caring for severely injured veterans at the VA Hospital. He was acting as an observer, filming the raid. Any suggestion that he was there with violence on his mind is horrific gaslighting.

So now they are just executing who they want?

The US is murdering their own citizens. Stop pretending that it is not fascism.

The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

Over 100 priests arrested in Minneapolis for protesting ICE in Minnesota where it's -21 degrees outside MSP Airport. #cdnpoli

ICE is just Proud Boy domestic terrorists equipped and deputized by the lawless thug in the tacky, gilded Oval Office.

Trump knows Carney spanked him at Davos and is now having a predictable petty despotic meltdown. But what he will never understand is that in doing so he is proving the points Carney made in his landmark speech.

Devastating news. Why even play now?

I’m not going to dwell on any of this stuff today, but the “Governor Carney” stuff feels all the more petulant and pathetic after the humiliations of Davos and Greenland.

May everyone protesting today in the streets, and protesting in their hearts, finally beat down Satan under their feet.

And every time I see the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, I think of “The 38 Tears of Bishop Whipple” by the Rev. Robert Two Bulls. As this first Bishop of Minnesota once wrote to President Abraham Lincoln, ". . . we cannot afford . . . by injustice . . . to purchase the wrath of God." ⚓️

ICE attacked an observer after they tailed a group of clergy on a spiritual pilgrimage. Our digital producer @sam.vp just so happened to be with the clergy on their journey. He spoke with the observer who was attacked and others who witnessed the assault.

ICE is targeting food shelves to catch people because they are desperate + starving - when you think to yourself about bygone eras, how could one human justify enslaving another or justify taking the job of slave catcher? here is your modern understanding laid bare. this is evil

Good for the City of Philadelphia. apnews.com/article/slav...

Drop an alien that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek