Paul Moses
@paulbmoses.bsky.social
Reporter, author, professor emeritus.
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"Newly released files by the Department of Justice show that convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein and former Trump aide Steve Bannon discussed strategies to undermine Pope Francis." religionnews.com/2026/02/11/e...
Epstein files reveal ties to Catholic conservatives' anti-Francis campaign
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The newly released Epstein files show that Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon discussed opposition to Pope Francis, including a move that Bannon claimed would ‘take down Francis.’
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February 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
"Newly released files by the Department of Justice show that convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein and former Trump aide Steve Bannon discussed strategies to undermine Pope Francis." religionnews.com/2026/02/11/e...
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...
Order on Motion / Application / Petition to Exceed Page Limit – #25 in Briceno Solano v. Mason (S.D.W. Va, 2:26-cv-00045) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER denying Government's 15 MOTION to Dismiss; granting Petitioner's 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; Respondents are directed to release Petitioner immediately from civi...
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February 11, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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...
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Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
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Poland to probe possible links between Epstein and Russia, PM Tusk says
Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tues...
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February 8, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
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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...
Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction AND Order on Motion for Temporary Restraining Order – #28 in Rodriguez Romero v. Ladwig (M.D. La., 3:25-cv-01106) – CourtListener.com
RULING AND ORDER: IT IS ORDERED that Petitioners' Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. 1) is GRANTED. Respondents shall release Petitioners from their custody within 3 hours of this order, under t...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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 !
Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.
@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Trump's propaganda posters:
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@paulbmoses.bsky.social on Trump's propaganda posters:
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ICE Wants You!
Under Trump, state propaganda marshals Americana in the service of nativism.
www.commonwealmagazine.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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...
Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
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February 2, 2026 at 2:42 AM
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...
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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.
Pax Christi International declaration on the so-called “Board of Peace”
On Thursday, January 22, President Trump announced the start of the "Board of Peace," which requires a $1 billion membership fee. According to Reuters, "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the board's focus would be on making sure the plan for peace in Gaza was fulfilled but that it could also 'serve as an example of what's possible in other parts of the world.'"
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January 24, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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.
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‘Is Bond Now Being Granted?’: Conflicting Orders Leave Detainees, Attorneys in Limbo - Documented
The Trump administration has continued to push mandatory detention despite a court order to stop.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM
My article: What the Trump administration's `open defiance' of a federal court order means for many thousands of immigration detainees.
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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.
January 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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.
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Kavanaugh tries to put the "Kavanaugh Stops" genie back in the bottle
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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...
Death Is Cheaper
New York governor Kathy Hochul has described herself a “social-justice Catholic.” Social justice demands that she veto the state's bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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...
ICE Uses Obscure 9/11 Rule to Keep Immigrants Detained After They’re Granted Bond - Documented
ICE's use of 'automatic stay' regulation to block detainees' release is being challenged in court, with judges ruling it violates constitutional rights.
documentedny.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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...
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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.
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.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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.
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.
Driven by bond policy changes and harsh detainment conditions, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373 percent this summer.
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Voluntary Departures of Detained Immigrants Have Surged 1,373 Percent - Documented
Driven by bond policy changes and harsh detainment conditions, the number of immigrants choosing voluntary departure over fighting deportation has increased 1,373 percent this summer.
documentedny.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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!
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"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.
Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese immigrant, was found dead in an ICE custody facility in Pennsylvania with his hands and feet bound. While the county coroner ruled his death as a suicide, his family is suing to obtain records that may explain the circumstances of his death.
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Queens Family Demands Answers After Chinese Immigrant Found Bound in ICE Jail
Chaofeng Ge, a Chinese immigrant, was found dead in an ICE custody facility in Pennsylvania with his hands and feet bound. While the county coroner ruled his death as a suicide, his family is suing to...
documentedny.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Latest article.
Not like the NY Post to try to defuse a sex scandal. They're much better at fanning one.
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November 13, 2025
Visit the post for more.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Not like the NY Post to try to defuse a sex scandal. They're much better at fanning one.
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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'
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@paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper'
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Saints in the City
In ‘The Last Supper,’ Paul Elie tells the stories of artists whose struggles with their own religious beliefs amid the AIDS pandemic inspired often-controversial art.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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
@paulbmoses.bsky.social reviews 'The Last Supper'
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@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/...
‘Silent majority’ of Catholics support Trump’s immigration enforcement efforts
Catholics who do not gather for anti-enforcement rallies organized by Catholic prelates are a “silent majority,” according to conservative Catholic immigration experts.
www.catholicnewsagency.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
@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.
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Geoff Bowser, my son-in-law, has done some very telling research on the propaganda art the US DOL has been posting on X.
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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.
Will the Next Mayor Freeze Rent? That Could Be Up to Eric Adams
The Rent Guidelines Board is readying a hike as high as 4.75% — and could favor landlords well into the next mayor’s term despite many candidates’ call for no increase.
www.thecity.nyc
October 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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/...
What Do the New Pentagon Press Reporting Rules Say?
The new rules codify strict limitations on access and raise the prospect of punishment for requesting information on matters of public interest.
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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/...
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"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-...
Text of Cardinal McElroy’s homily for World Day of Migrants and Refugees - Catholic Standard
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September 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"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-...