Komala Hayes
@komalaahayes.bsky.social
Proud Auntie, Sociology professor / Chicago Nerd about town. LGBTQIA Ally / Food Geek and lover of books. Stephanie Miller show " Mook." A Twisted Little Cruller" 😊
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The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, citing moral opposition
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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In case no one has mentioned it in a while....
Tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off for no reason and our institutions are collapsing.
Tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off for no reason and our institutions are collapsing.
May 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
In case no one has mentioned it in a while....
Tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off for no reason and our institutions are collapsing.
Tens of thousands of federal workers were laid off for no reason and our institutions are collapsing.
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I heard the day after Mother's Day is Dog-Mom's day.... so here's this.
May 12, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I heard the day after Mother's Day is Dog-Mom's day.... so here's this.
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
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"A backlog of more than 3,000 requests has built up on Lutnick’s desk as of last week..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
The hidden ways Trump, DOGE are shutting down parts of the U.S. government
Limits on spending have incapacitated parts of agencies as varied as the National Park Service and the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
"A backlog of more than 3,000 requests has built up on Lutnick’s desk as of last week..."
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
May 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If South Africa is a sovereign nation, how are we able to send our own planes we paid for to transport white Afrikaners to the U.S., but simultaneously unable to send a plane to return Abrego Garcia et al?
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Celebrated US photographer Vivian Maier (1926-2009) known for her social documentary and candid street portraits #WomensArt
May 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Celebrated US photographer Vivian Maier (1926-2009) known for her social documentary and candid street portraits #WomensArt
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“We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.”
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.”
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
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Aww, thanks, John!
John Mulaney Wants Weird Al in the Rock Hall Yesterday
Because the curly-haired legend “brought more people to music than is recognized at all.”
www.vulture.com
May 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Aww, thanks, John!
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Aaaand there it is.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Aaaand there it is.
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Saying the quiet part out loud.
Deputy SOS Christopher Landau was greeting the group of 59 Afrikaners who arrived in Washington Monday, when he told a reporter that Afrikaners had received an exception to the president’s order because they could be “assimilated easily” into the United States.
Deputy SOS Christopher Landau was greeting the group of 59 Afrikaners who arrived in Washington Monday, when he told a reporter that Afrikaners had received an exception to the president’s order because they could be “assimilated easily” into the United States.
May 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Saying the quiet part out loud.
Deputy SOS Christopher Landau was greeting the group of 59 Afrikaners who arrived in Washington Monday, when he told a reporter that Afrikaners had received an exception to the president’s order because they could be “assimilated easily” into the United States.
Deputy SOS Christopher Landau was greeting the group of 59 Afrikaners who arrived in Washington Monday, when he told a reporter that Afrikaners had received an exception to the president’s order because they could be “assimilated easily” into the United States.
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Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 113 is out!
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 113
May 12, 2025
trumptyrannytracker.substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 113 is out!
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
The daily tracker documenting the latest in corruption, power consolidation, civil & human rights abuses, and weaponization of government news.
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We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.
May 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
We strongly advise the public not to do this, it’s unsafe. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted photos of himself and his grandkids swimming in Rock Creek, a Washington waterway so contaminated with sewage runoff that swimming has been banned citywide for over 50 years.
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So now we learn that Pam Bondi was paid over $100,000 A MONTH as a Qatar lobbyist prior to joining the administration.
I don’t remember hearing about that before her appointment.
I don’t remember hearing about that before her appointment.
May 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
So now we learn that Pam Bondi was paid over $100,000 A MONTH as a Qatar lobbyist prior to joining the administration.
I don’t remember hearing about that before her appointment.
I don’t remember hearing about that before her appointment.
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So House Republicans are fighting about the Medicaid cuts in the tax bill for the rich - not because it kicks nearly 9 million people off Medicaid - but because it doesn't kick *enough* people off Medicaid. Vote accordingly.
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
So House Republicans are fighting about the Medicaid cuts in the tax bill for the rich - not because it kicks nearly 9 million people off Medicaid - but because it doesn't kick *enough* people off Medicaid. Vote accordingly.
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May 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there | CNN Politics
The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey Immigrat...
www.cnn.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.'
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..."
www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
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@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“They’re trying to kidnap someone”
On the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Deja Vu of other shameful Era. #TrumpGestapo
May 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Deja Vu of other shameful Era. #TrumpGestapo
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it IS their point. remember it was foretold …
May 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
it IS their point. remember it was foretold …
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My painting LONE JUNIPER
May 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My painting LONE JUNIPER