@gibsonwrites.bsky.social takes aim at the "MAGA, si. Magistra, no!" version of Catholicism in @commonwealmagazine.org . Good read! www.commonwealmagazine.org/leo-gibson-d...

Despite a “ceasefire,” Israeli forces carried out widespread airstrikes and artillery shelling across southern Lebanon on Friday and Saturday, killing dozens. Over the past 24 hours, Israel has killed 41 people — bringing the total killed by Israeli attacks across Lebanon since March 2 to 2,659.

Important ruling--should mean that at least in NY, Connecticut and Vermont, ICE can't routinely deny many detained immigrants the right to a bond determination. 3-0 decision, written by a Trump appointee to 2nd Circuit.

They might want to focus on the many corporate tax breaks the city has authority over. Nothing wrong with trying to get help from Albany--every mayor does. But if the city cuts back its own tax breaks for the wealthy, it would be in a better position to argue the state should, too.

Who gave Trump the idea that he's the Anointed One? Well, maybe a certain former papal nuncio to the U.S. Archbishop Vigano told him he was an "instrument of Divine Providence." insidethevatican.com/news/newsfla...

This isn't the first time a pope has pushed a US president to stop a purposeless war. www.commonwealmagazine.org/vatican-dipl...

"Homan offers a uniformed-services, God-and-country conservatism that many American Catholics can identify with." @paulbmoses.bsky.social on the Catholic faith of Trump's 'border czar':

"The bishops’ support for immigrants began long before Homan took up his Catechism as a schoolboy." @paulbmoses.bsky.social: 'The Gospel According to Tom Homan'

It's quite a book.

Read our statement on the immoral and illegal bombing of Iran. These attacks by the US and Israel are catastrophic – they will profoundly undermine any attempt at diplomacy and peacebuilding. We pray for an end to the violence, a cessation of the bombing, and for an embrace of nonviolent solutions.

“President Trump has launched a war that offers opportunities to the Middle East and threatens constitutional freedom at home,” @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.

Traditional NY Times genre: Oh, those crazy tabloids! Does NYT also notice all the local news and sports the tabs have that they don't? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

Catholic bishops respond to Trump's "immoral" move to end birthright citizenship, which they say violates not only the Constitution but longstanding Western tradition. Worth reading.

Intrigue. www.alternet.org/bannon-catho...

👀The federal judges in West Virginia, where ICE has been pulling over and detaining people on the freeway, are literally screaming about ICE's tactics. "It is an assault on the constitutional order," Judge Goodwin says. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Federal judge in WVa: "This Court has no faith that the Government would comply with an order to hold a bond hearing" for a detained immigrant. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously. www.reuters.com/world/poland...

Fed judge in Louisiana orders ICE to release 72-yr-old Cuban man who has Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and 3 others. He was jailed for six months. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Thank you for your attention to this matter, @geoffbowser.bsky.social !

NYT lets DHS off easy in this particular story: Needed to drill down on the legality of what DHS is doing. Also, with DHS claiming adverse rulings are from "rogue" judges, some data on how many hundreds of judges ruled against it (and how few didn't). www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

Pax Christi International expresses its deep concern about the new "Board of Peace," which risks masking power politics and geopolitical interests under the rhetoric of peace without addressing the structural causes of injustice and violence, among many other troubling aspects.

My article: What the Trump administration's `open defiance' of a federal court order means for many thousands of immigration detainees. documentedny.com/2026/01/22/b...

Mayor Mamdani is not the first immigrant to be mayor of NY in more than a century, as AOC said in opening City Hall inauguration festivities. She overlooked Irtishman William O'Dwyer (1946-1950) and the Italian Vincent Impelliteri (1950-1953), who ran against two other Italian-born candidates.

Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle

New York ranks 50th in use of hospices--something Gov. Hochul may have considered improving on before signing assisted-suicide legislation. www.commonwealmagazine.org/santiago-ram...

Latest article. #ICE routinely using a once rarely invoked regulation to keep people in jail after an #immigration judge orders their release--even though its use was ruled unconstitutional in more than 50 federal court cases. documentedny.com/2025/12/08/i...

1. At least one of the WaPo reporters who broke the story is an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran. 2. Hegseth appears to be railing against journalists for scrutinizing government actions, which is a core value of journalism. 3. Hegseth could, you know, grant a reporter access to these operations.

Latest article, with Tim Healy. Thanks to DocumentedNY for publishing it.

"Quiet, piggy," the president told a reporter who asked some good questions. Reminds me of the day Ed Koch ridiculed him for greedily seeking tax breaks: piggy, piggy, piggy!

Latest article.

Not like the NY Post to try to defuse a sex scandal. They're much better at fanning one. nypost.com/cover/novemb...

Artists like Bono, Warhol, and Madonna sparked controversy in the 1980s for using religious images and motifs. Now, Paul Elie's new book recovers the artists' side of the story. @paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper' www.commonwealmagazine.org/saints-city

@ewtnews.bsky.social professes to offer "News from a true Catholic perspective" but this one-sided piece lamely defends the Trump immigration crackdown, ignoring the teachings of two popes as well as the reality of what's going on. www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/267469/...

Geoff Bowser, my son-in-law, has done some very telling research on the propaganda art the US DOL has been posting on X.

With the NY Post is reporting that Eric Adams will pack the Rent Guidelines Board on his way out the door to deny Mamdani the ability to dictate a promised rent freeze, please note that my colleague @smaldo.bsky.social called this back in May.

As I read the the Pentagon press policy, it asserts that reporters lack the legal right to probe the government's secrets. It's twisted into an act of criminal solicitation. Chilling stuff. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"We are witnessing a comprehensive governmental assault designed to produce fear and terror among millions of men and women." #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForAmerica www.cathstan.org/voices/text-...

If the president is going to be prosecutor-in-chief, shouldn't he have to follow federal court rules governing acceptable pretrial publicity? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...

I think the Comey case will be dismissed for selective prosecution. It's rare but my hunch, based on observing various selective prosecution motions while a reporter in federal court, is that this one would be likely to succeed. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/27/u...

Looks like the rare case that will be dismissed for selective prosecution. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

“As I write, my head is pounding from the cancer that is eating my skull. I am in extreme pain and have been for quite some time. Duwayne is all I have." Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife www.thecity.nyc/2025/09/22/d...

Jeffrey Stuart Falk, a Vietnam war-era conscientious objector, was one of the few to beat a federal criminal charge by arguing selective prosecution. But we may be seeing a lot more rulings like this if the DOJ follows Trump's orders. law.justia.com/cases/federa...

Interviewed a man ICE was able to keep in jail--despite a judge's orders to release him--under a federal reg so dubious that in the last 6 weeks alone, federal district judges have ruled 11 times that ICE had violated the Constitution through it.

Related Cos. is offering a job to Mayor Eric Adams to get him out of the mayoral race? I can't help noting the enormous tax breaks that company is getting from the city. www.thecity.nyc/2023/12/19/t...

The leader of this effort is an executive at Hudson Yards, which is heavily subsidized by the city and looking to expand. Anyone know what the candidates' views are on the expansion of Hudson Yards? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...