Oswald John Nira
@baldoj.bsky.social
Reflections on culture and the sacred. South Texas raised; lived on both coasts and fly-over states.
The Bully Trump Administration is embarrassingly shameful.
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Facing frozen funds, San Antonio and Catholic Charities will give up migrant information to feds
Federal reimbursements for the San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center are on hold until the city gives up information on migrants it aided.
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March 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Bully Trump Administration is embarrassingly shameful.
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Another example of the Trump Administration infringement on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly
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Colleges cut ties with a little-known nonprofit targeted by the Trump administration over DEI
The U.S. Education Department says it is investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination, citing ties to a nonprofit organization that has helped Black and Latino students pursu...
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March 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Another example of the Trump Administration infringement on freedom of speech and freedom of assembly
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The whitewashing of US history continues at Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense
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Amid ‘DEI’ purge, Pentagon removes webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
Pages celebrating Navajo code talkers and other minority service members were also erased.
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March 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The whitewashing of US history continues at Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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10/ Former Texas health chief Dr. John Hellerstedt puts it bluntly: "The loss of trust in public health is a serious risk to national security."
Read the full story here:
Read the full story here:
After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic
Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.
www.texastribune.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
10/ Former Texas health chief Dr. John Hellerstedt puts it bluntly: "The loss of trust in public health is a serious risk to national security."
Read the full story here:
Read the full story here:
How are the many different Texas Christian denominations responding to the Christian Right?
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In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive
Testifying this month against bills that would put more Christianity in Texas public schools, the Rev.
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March 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
How are the many different Texas Christian denominations responding to the Christian Right?
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'Trump administration holds funding from migrant serving groups and cities, including San Antonio' from '' on the TPR app!
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'Trump administration holds funding from migrant serving groups and cities, including San Antonio' from '' on the TPR app!
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Trump administration holds funding from migrant serving groups and cities, including San Antonio
FEMA is withholding $13.2 million in funding for migrant housing and services for allegedly 'inducing' migrants.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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'Trump administration holds funding from migrant serving groups and cities, including San Antonio' from '' on the TPR app!
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'Trump administration holds funding from migrant serving groups and cities, including San Antonio' from '' on the TPR app!
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This story cuts deep... my brother was diagnosed with cancer at 10. Thank God we had access to amazing doctors and healthcare resources during that time of crisis...
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U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer deported to Mexico with undocumented parents
The Texas family was on their way to an emergency medical checkup, they said, when they were detained at an immigration checkpoint.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This story cuts deep... my brother was diagnosed with cancer at 10. Thank God we had access to amazing doctors and healthcare resources during that time of crisis...
www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
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Shame on the USA & DJT.
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Russia attacks Ukraine's energy supplies as US cuts its access to satellite images
The bombardment took place hours after Zelenskyy said talks with the U.S. on ending the 3-year war will happen next week.
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March 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Shame on the USA & DJT.
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JD Vance recently converted to Catholicism. Why? In the name of which values? The editor in chief of the US Jesuit magazine America provides some clues on how the Vice-President should behave if he is serious about his faith....
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Trump the bully: Is this what the United States aspires to be?
At its best, the United States defines itself not primarily by its borders, but by its values and principles.
www.americamagazine.org
March 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
JD Vance recently converted to Catholicism. Why? In the name of which values? The editor in chief of the US Jesuit magazine America provides some clues on how the Vice-President should behave if he is serious about his faith....
www.americamagazine.org/politics-soc... @mediadiversity.bsky.social
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DC’s Archbishop Designate Cardinal McElroy in parting presser from San Diego: “The Pope would not be in favor of ICE raids…when you dehumanize and classify people as criminals, you have now but them into the category of the ‘other.’” #Immigration
February 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
DC’s Archbishop Designate Cardinal McElroy in parting presser from San Diego: “The Pope would not be in favor of ICE raids…when you dehumanize and classify people as criminals, you have now but them into the category of the ‘other.’” #Immigration
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"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane (1966)." #MLK #Healthcare #PrayForAmerica #SaveMedicaid
February 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane (1966)." #MLK #Healthcare #PrayForAmerica #SaveMedicaid
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Sunday’s Gospel included “Do unto others…”
After Mass, I asked the priest, “Are the policies of the new administration Christian?”
His response: “Oh! Very Christian!”
“The immigrants broke the law, which is a sin…”
I thanked him, and left.
This is what we are up against.
After Mass, I asked the priest, “Are the policies of the new administration Christian?”
His response: “Oh! Very Christian!”
“The immigrants broke the law, which is a sin…”
I thanked him, and left.
This is what we are up against.
February 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sunday’s Gospel included “Do unto others…”
After Mass, I asked the priest, “Are the policies of the new administration Christian?”
His response: “Oh! Very Christian!”
“The immigrants broke the law, which is a sin…”
I thanked him, and left.
This is what we are up against.
After Mass, I asked the priest, “Are the policies of the new administration Christian?”
His response: “Oh! Very Christian!”
“The immigrants broke the law, which is a sin…”
I thanked him, and left.
This is what we are up against.
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The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
Roberta Flack, singer of 'Killing Me Softly,' has died at age 88
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
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February 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
Praying for Pope Francis' health! And gratitude for his letter to the US Bishops on migration. Grateful for Pope Francis' shout out to Nuestra Senor de Guadalupe, who reconciles hearts and minds!
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Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United States of America (10 February 2025) | Francis
Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of the United Sates of America, 10 February 2025
www.vatican.va
February 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Praying for Pope Francis' health! And gratitude for his letter to the US Bishops on migration. Grateful for Pope Francis' shout out to Nuestra Senor de Guadalupe, who reconciles hearts and minds!
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
Where's Donald Trumps heart?
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Trump administration reverses on order for attorneys of unaccompanied minors to stop work
The order Tuesday to stop work left 26,000 children, some only months old, in legal limbo without representatives. Friday's decision leaves a wake of anxiety about future battles.
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February 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Where's Donald Trumps heart?
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Please follow and support former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe — an inspiring representation of our OPPOSITION movement.
Earlier this week, Kluwe appeared at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach City, California and exercised his right to peaceful civil disobedience —…
Earlier this week, Kluwe appeared at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach City, California and exercised his right to peaceful civil disobedience —…
February 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Please follow and support former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe — an inspiring representation of our OPPOSITION movement.
Earlier this week, Kluwe appeared at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach City, California and exercised his right to peaceful civil disobedience —…
Earlier this week, Kluwe appeared at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach City, California and exercised his right to peaceful civil disobedience —…
Bravo, President of Mexico Sheinbaum!
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Mexico will not stand US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels, president says
Claudia Sheinbaum’s warning follows Washington designating Mexican cartels as terrorist organizations
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bravo, President of Mexico Sheinbaum!
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my article for ABC Australia (the Australian equivalent of NPR and PBS, o la RAI in Italia) on Trump, religion, and Catholicism
www.abc.net.au/religion/mas...
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Donald Trump captured American Catholicism — the ramifications are being felt around the world - ABC Religion & Ethics
Once a refuge for socially conservative ideologues, American Catholicism is now a brand for sale to the highest bidder — and Trump’s political takeover has brought out within the Catholic Church divis...
www.abc.net.au
February 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
my article for ABC Australia (the Australian equivalent of NPR and PBS, o la RAI in Italia) on Trump, religion, and Catholicism
www.abc.net.au/religion/mas...
www.abc.net.au/religion/mas...