MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: Two Lorenzos from Mexico. One fulfilled his American dream. ICE killed the other. Share, porfas!

🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...

Alito’s standard for racial discrimination in the TPS ruling, that racism has to be the *sole* motivation to count as discriminatory, is so deranged that it could arguably cover neither Jim Crow nor slavery. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

No economist, Wall Street investor, policy wonk, or even undergrad econ student believes growth stops inflation — not even the cranks.

MY LATEST @latimes.com COLUMNA: Spencer Pratt says Jesus is his role model. His take on homeless people isn’t Christ-like. Share, porfas!

At least 79 kids have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s immigration crackdown. In most cases, they were going about their days when officers shot chemical munitions near their homes and schools and into their cars.

Via NCR Opinion - The divinization of Trump is precisely why the Church Fathers wrote the creeds. It hollows out Christianity by dissolving the singularity of Christ into a reusable political metaphor. #Trump #Christians www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

Must-read by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social “Identity politics are now just secondary, because we’re all Latino,” she said. “We should now be organizing under other issues that matter to all.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

As part of “America Reads the Bible,” Trump is reading 2 Chronicles 7:11-22. Here are 20 more verses we suggest for the president. sojo.net/articles/cul...

The Coachella music festival is in the news with the minimum price of sold out 3-day ticket costing $549. Contrast that with "Nicolas" who is currently harvesting onions in the Coachella area and getting paid $22 for a $900lb crate. #WeFeedYou #coachella2026

Before lecturing Pope Leo, arrogantly warning him to be careful about discussing theology, Vance might profit spiritually from investing a little time reflecting prayerfully on the Gospel. Vance’s argument isn’t with Pope Leo - it’s with Jesus!

“Of all the prevailing media narratives around @gavinnewsom.bsky.social, the one that is most conspicuous by its absence is how under its two-term governor California became the top performing economy not just among its 49 siblings but also any developed nation.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

With the excuse of not getting involved in politics, people stand with their arms crossed and do good only when it is easy or when doing good brings them glory and prestige —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Easter (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Catholics left and right blast Trump's threat to end Iran as “indefensible” and “Satanic” #Trump #IranWar #Iran #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/catholi...

Archbishop Coakley Invites All to Join Pope Leo XIV’s Vigil for Peace in Midst of Threats of Increased Military Action in Iran | Read the full release at: https://ow.ly/HFHg50YF3RT

Me tapping the icon "It's not an offense to God":

Every person who dies in ICE custody, every person killed by American bombs, every person executed, every person who dies because of poverty is Christ crucified. And on this evening we weep and mourn because of their suffering and deaths, and we remember that our salvation is bound to them.

If Christ is the representative of all the people in their pain and humiliation, then we must expose the suffering of our people who themselves are nailed to a cross —St Oscar Romero, Good Friday 1978 #StOscarRomero

You can see pretty clearly when the President decided to reassure a worried nation.

religionnews.com/2026/03/30/h... @jackjenkins.me

I invite you at this solemn entrance into Holy Week, not to live these days as remembrance of the past, but to experience them with the hope, anguish, projects, and with failures of our world and our nation as they are today —St Oscar Romero, Palm Sunday (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Via NCR - As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees. "We have a God who says, 'I want to be one of you.'" #immigration #deportation #Texas #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/border-...

Dow 50,000... But look around, and the real question is why isn't it 60,000?

Colleen Dulle @colleendulle.com challenges the temptation to treat #Lent like a New Year's resolution and instead invites us into #solidarity. Read the whole #Lenten reflection ➡️ ignatiansolidarity.net/blog/2026/02... #Catholic #StubbornHope #IgnatianSolidarity

US bishops warn ICE mega-detention plan is 'moral inflection point' for America www.ncronline.org/news/us-bish...

Letter of Cardinal Cupich to Archdiocesan priests: “We fail in living up to our faith if we claim to follow Christ, while dismissing the suffering of migrants.”

"Leaving could be faithful. Staying could be faithful. And everything in between could be faithful — so long as it is done out of a sense of freedom, a sense of free love, and service to others." sojo.net/articles/opi... sojo.net/articles/opi...

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ ESSENTIAL CALIFORNIA NEWSLETTER: How ICE insulted 28 Mexican immigrants who died in a 1948 plane crash. Share, porfas!

Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.

It’s a growing movement… Via @bfragancr.bsky.social - More US bishops condemn political tension, Trump immigration tactics #Trump #ICE #immigrants #Catholic www.ncronline.org/news/more-us...

On a day tens of millions of Americans are more sure than ever before that the leader of our nation is a serial sexual predator who's either a pedophile or aiding and abetting pedophiles, the idea that his party is investigating Spanish lyrics they don't understand is a near-alien level of weirdness

“.. The orders .. came from senior officials .. several of whom worried that pursuing a civil rights investigation .. would contradict President Trump’s claim that Ms. Good ‘violently, willfully, and viciously ran over the ICE Officer’ ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

Profound and courageous change is urgently needed so that we don’t end up weeping later because we failed to act in time, perhaps because of selfishness —St Oscar Romero, 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Santa Fe’s Archbishop Wester: “In recent days, we have witnessed Speaker of the House Mike Johnson publicly criticizing Pope Leo XIV’s position of welcoming the stranger”

“Though we are not all called to be martyrs, we are all called to be witnesses. If you are a person of faith, it is more important than ever to view politics through the lens of that faith, and not the other way around.”

“.. Not a single Republican member of Congress showed up to the public forum .. on the violence inflicted by federal immigration agents, featuring testimony from the brothers of Renee Good ..” @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/post/206100/...

MASSIVE CROWD PROTECTS FAMILIES FROM ICE! 400+ people flooded Cedar Rapids to surround 7 immigrant families with protection at their ICE check-ins. This is people power. This is how we keep each other safe! Escutcha Mi Voz & Iowa City Catholic Worker

Trump: “ICE is removing some of the most violent criminals in the World from our Country”

“.. Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, board a flight, Feb. 1, 2026, from San Antonio back to their home in Minneapolis after a federal judge ordered that they be released from a Texas immigration detention facility.” (via ABC) abcnews.go.com/US/5-year-li...

Woke up early this morning to the evil of Trump’s ICE Proud Boys - this text came in overnight from a friend in USA who’s now spending his retirement supporting persecuted immigrant families. His protection is he’s white and middle class. But this is what’s happening to the poor.

So I realize there are certainly local politicians who have this aim in practice, but has there ever been a political figure at the national level who openly declared their desire to make homeownership more expensive and unattainable?

cover of The Economist this week

MY LATEST @latimes.com ‬⁩ COLUMNA: Trump says he wants to get rid of 'the worst of the worst.' Start with Stephen Miller. Share, porfas!

Today, Rep. Castro and I visited precious Liam and his father, Adrian, at the Dilley Detention Center. My heart absolutely breaks for Liam, his family, and every person being wrongfully detained.