How do UN experts see the Epstein files? “So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,” they said. #SheShed 🧵

I am grateful to @paxchristiusa.bsky.social for the invitation to write about the 250th anniversary. paxchristiusa.org/2026/07/08/r...

Worth watching this chilling account from Amb. Samantha Power about Elon Musk & Trump ignoring evidence in plain sight that destroying USAID would lead to deaths around the world: “There was no regard for human lives at stake.”

"Not comprehending the love we heard, our elders' words were planted deep where safe and dormant until…." www.leslyecolvin.me/leslyeslabyrinth1/2026/7/6/wisdom-in-our-bones

"Knowing the true truth of our identity, we are affirmed interiorly, as we learn to see with greater clarity and depth…." open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...

Just learned of the Save America Movement…appreciate the diversity of the steering committee… @saveamericamvmt.bsky.social thesaveamericamovement.org

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, I have ordered my Christians Against Christian Nationalism t-shirt! Have you?https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/

It seems appropriate to share this song from the Avett Brothers entitled “We Americans” before the 250th anniversary weekend ends. youtu.be/0MKm9TB9b6s

I nominate this photo for the Pulitzer Prize.

The same Republicans who were hysterical when asked to wear masks to prevent the spread of COVID19 have no problem wearing masks to spread their White Nationalist Christian hatred.

Our next steps... open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...

America turns 250 today. To mark the occasion, join the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony rewatch party. Join us now:

Have you ordered your merch from Christians Against Christian Nationalism? Here is the link… impactmerch.com/shop/bjc-cacn/

If you listen to but one recording this 250th anniversary weekend, this is the one. Adam Klasfeld reads Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s opinion on the recent birthright citizenship case. #250th #JusticeJackson substack.com/@klasfeldrep...

My resolution proposing a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision now has 88 co-sponsors! (You can view the full list at: congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/122) I won’t stop fighting to get it across the finish line.

"The US-based National Constitution Center announces it will award Pope Leo XIV with the 38th annual Liberty Medal on July 3, 2026, in an award ceremony on Independence Mall in Philadelphia.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

This evolved from a post I made yesterday morning. It is longer than most of what I write for Leslye’s Labyrinth, but there was so much stirring within me that I needed to release. I invite your comments. www.leslyecolvin.me/leslyeslabyrinth1/2026/7/2/building-our-democracy-anew-at-250

This evolved from a post I made yesterday morning. It is longer than most of what I write for Leslye’s Labyrinth, but there was so much stirring within me that I needed to release. I invite your comments. leslyeslabyrinth.substack.com/p/building-o...

Major Jason Watson, Air Force, patriot youtu.be/k2-AyA3SLEs

Shannon LaNier is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Deep gratitude for Major Jason Watson. 🇺🇸 www.mediaite.com/media/news/u...

After a hiatus, I attended Mass this morning in my childhood parish of St. Columba in southeast Alabama. The first reading began with Amos 5:14-15, “Seek good and not evil…Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate…”

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” The Constitution settled this long ago. No president gets to decide who is and isn't an American.

New website: climate.us #climate www.climate.us/news-feature...

When the nation and the world feel heavy, we can still praise. www.leslyecolvin.me/leslyeslabyrinth1/2026/6/28/praise

Gift Link: Justice Alito could not bring himself to quote a single example of 47’s statements about deporting Haitians in his majority opinion ― remarks "so repellent & racially inflected that the majority declines to put them in print." ―Justice Elena Kagan👇🏾 www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/u... #PINKS

The Buffoon is most Likely the Cause….

They warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d get a new deal with the Iranian regime worse than the JCPOA. I voted for Kamala, and they were right.

📖 How can human rights support environmental action? Discover ISHR Academy’s new online course for environmental human rights defenders and hear from Astrid Puentes Riaño, #UN Special Rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment 🍃 🌍 #HealthyEnvironment

We had 4 opinions today and 3 of them were 6-3 written by Alito. :(

BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of the Trump admin on Temporary Protected Status, blocking the lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds, allowing DHS to strip over 350,000 people of legal status even though they utterly failed to follow the required legal procedures.

Sotomayor: "Because the Court today blesses the Executive Branch’s decision to slam the door shut on all who are fleeing persecution, despite the detailed inspection and asylum system that Congress enacted and commands, I respectfully dissent."

SCOTUS: Immigrants who arrive at the border but don't (or cannot) cross it are not entitled to apply for asylum. Another 6-3 Alito joint www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

There are times when the system does work as intended. apnews.com/article/trum...

During my first year on the Board of Directors for NETWORK, I met Tom Cordaro as our terms overlapped. I look forward to reading his book, “Falling into God." paxchristiusa.org/2026/06/19/r...

My latest... www.leslyecolvin.me/leslyeslabyr...

A prayer for this season... open.substack.com/pub/leslyesl...

“When the U.S. overhauled foreign aid at the start of President Trump's second term, there were major cuts to global health — and disruptions to the U.S.'s flagship efforts to combat HIV/AIDS...” www.npr.org/2026/06/18/g...

Unpretentious decency… have been pondering it since yesterday. It cannot be purchased by anyone.

"Before the sun sets on this day, you witness the universe’s moral arc…" leslyeslabyrinth.substack.com/p/your-hope-...

What to the Slave is the 4th of July? written by Frederick Douglass and read by James Earl Jones. youtu.be/WtfZBV0aJ3M