Nick
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Old enough that one of my early memories is of my mother listening anxiously to the Joe McCarthy hearings on the radio.
This will certainly be worthwhile. See you there!
How can people of faith stand up for democracy in 2026? What challenges are we facing in this critical moment? Join us on Zoom on Tuesday, January 6 from 7-8 pm Eastern/4-5 pm Pacific for the fifth annual interfaith event, "Faith in democracy: Facing the challenges of 2026.’’
Jan. 6: Faith in democracy online event
Pax Christi USA is partnering with Franciscan Action Network on Tuesday, January 6, 7:00 pm Eastern/4:00 pm Pacific for Faith in democracy: Facing the challenges of 2026, a digital panel moderated by Chris Crawford, the Senior Director of Civic Strategies at Interfaith America, and featuring Jim Wallis, the founding Director of the Georgetown University Center on Faith and Justice; …
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December 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This will certainly be worthwhile. See you there!
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
“A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly used his gun and badge to force his way into hotel rooms and rob and sexually assault at least four prostitutes in Chicago’s suburbs in 2022, according to federal charges made public Tuesday.”
Border Patrol agent charged with robbing, raping women in Chicago suburbs in 2022
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From 2005 to 2012, one CBP officer or agent was arrested for corruption, crimes, or misconduct EVERY SINGLE DAY. By 2019, it had slowed to just one every 35 hours. Still a huge problem:
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It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
It’s weird that news organizations like the BBC are covering this as if it’s a real thing with a real process behind it—and not clearly some nakedly invented “participation trophy” by a corrupt organization to curry favor with a corrupt and easily manipulated man-child. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Remember Jamal Khashoggi.
Yes indeed—many people are sick and/or starving while food and no medicine are rotting.
i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Yes indeed—many people are sick and/or starving while food and no medicine are rotting.
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Pax Christi USA is hosting a four-session book discussion group on Jim Thomas' memoir, "Atomic Pilgrim," starting November 4. Space is limited! Register to join us on Zoom. #atomicpilgrim #nucleardisarmament
Sign up for “Atomic Pilgrim” book discussion group
Starting Tuesday, November 4 at 8 PM ET Have you ever asked yourself any of these questions: Is the journey worth it? Is this what God wants me to do? Am I up to it? And, afterwards: How did it affect my life? Jim Thomas, co-chair of the Pax Christi USA Nuclear Disarmament Working Group, posed similar questions to himself more than 40 years ago when contemplating a walk across the United States, Europe, and then to Bethlehem to draw attention to the need for nuclear disarmament.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Pax Christi USA is hosting a four-session book discussion group on Jim Thomas' memoir, "Atomic Pilgrim," starting November 4. Space is limited! Register to join us on Zoom. #atomicpilgrim #nucleardisarmament
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Blaming Democrats for a shutdown when you control the House, Senate, and the White House only proves you can't govern.
September 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Blaming Democrats for a shutdown when you control the House, Senate, and the White House only proves you can't govern.
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It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
September 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
It is incredibly difficult to get folks to understand that there are literally 20-30 people in DC who could end all of this tomorrow, & all of them are Republicans in Congress, & no one in the National Conversation seems interested in paying attention to that.
Today is Nuclear Abolition Day! #nuclearabolitionday @paxchristiusa.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Today is Nuclear Abolition Day! #nuclearabolitionday @paxchristiusa.bsky.social
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Pax Christi USA national council member Josephine Garnem reflects on the dire need today for political leaders who recognize that power is not merely to be wielded but harnessed for service, for the protection of those who are marginalized, and for the pursuit of justice and peace.
Time to reclaim politics as a force for the common good
By Josephine GarnemPax Christi USA National Council Global consciousness is shifting, and with it comes an urgent call to reclaim politics as a force for the common good. What should be the norm — ethical leadership, service to those who are vulnerable, and stewardship of justice and peace — has too often been replaced by corrosive trends that threaten the very fabric of our societies.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Pax Christi USA national council member Josephine Garnem reflects on the dire need today for political leaders who recognize that power is not merely to be wielded but harnessed for service, for the protection of those who are marginalized, and for the pursuit of justice and peace.
Well, we now have an amoral Presidential Administration…
September 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Well, we now have an amoral Presidential Administration…
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A coalition of faith groups has launched the Complicit Corporations: Expose and Divest campaign. The goals are to leverage economic influence for robust humanitarian aid and a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and to stop Chevron and Palantir's contracts with Israel's government and fossil fuel industry.
Pax Christi USA endorses Complicit Corporations campaign
On Thursday September 18, the Global Day of Action for Palestine, Pax Christi USA and more than 20 other faith-based groups launched the Complicit Corporations: Expose and Divest campaign. This coalition has joined a broader network of organizations committed to exposing and divesting from the destructive role of Chevron and Palantir in the Israeli government’s mass atrocities and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the West Bank.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A coalition of faith groups has launched the Complicit Corporations: Expose and Divest campaign. The goals are to leverage economic influence for robust humanitarian aid and a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and to stop Chevron and Palantir's contracts with Israel's government and fossil fuel industry.
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Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/
So true!
Like the cruelty, the hypocrisy is the point. "Free speech" crusaders lining up behind state censorship. "Small gov" advocates orgasming over the federal invasion of states. I can't think of a 3rd example because there are too many many. The brazenness has cooked my brain. As it was designed to.
September 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So true!
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Sudan is enduring the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Learn more from Rosemarie Pace's article on Dr. Nada Fadul's excellent workshop offered during our national conference in Detroit in July, and register for the upcoming webinar offered by Pax Christi International, third in a series on Sudan.
Sudan: World’s worst humanitarian crisis
On July 26, Dr. Nada Fadul (University of Nebraska College of Medicine) led “The humanitarian crisis in Sudan” workshop during the Pax Christi USA national conference in Detroit. The following report on that workshop, which was attended by about 30 people, was written by Rosemarie Pace, Ed.D., coordinator of Pax Christi New York State. Sudanese-born Dr. Nada Fadul began the session using a PowerPoint slideshow to provide a brief introduction into the geography and history of Sudan.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sudan is enduring the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Learn more from Rosemarie Pace's article on Dr. Nada Fadul's excellent workshop offered during our national conference in Detroit in July, and register for the upcoming webinar offered by Pax Christi International, third in a series on Sudan.
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We have existing narrative for big hero with the gun.
We do not have very well engrained narrative in US for "Quiet community work making incremental changes and passing baton to next person to keep going after you die."
We've made the first one sound glamorous. The second one sounds like WORK 😆
We do not have very well engrained narrative in US for "Quiet community work making incremental changes and passing baton to next person to keep going after you die."
We've made the first one sound glamorous. The second one sounds like WORK 😆
Everyone wants to be the hero with the crossbow and fallout shelter, no one wants to be one of many uncredited community members doing the inconvenient work of daily civic engagement 🫠
September 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
We have existing narrative for big hero with the gun.
We do not have very well engrained narrative in US for "Quiet community work making incremental changes and passing baton to next person to keep going after you die."
We've made the first one sound glamorous. The second one sounds like WORK 😆
We do not have very well engrained narrative in US for "Quiet community work making incremental changes and passing baton to next person to keep going after you die."
We've made the first one sound glamorous. The second one sounds like WORK 😆
As expected from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, a thoughtful piece on the existential threat that is nuclear weapons.
Today, September 2nd, is the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the surrender ceremonies on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. As we remember the end of that horrific war, I wrestled with the question I've gotten more than any other on my book tour. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/were-the-a...
Were the atomic bombings necessary?
Today's 80th anniversary of the end of World War II revives a long-standing debate.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As expected from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, a thoughtful piece on the existential threat that is nuclear weapons.
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In response to the horrific shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the Pax Christi USA Gun Violence Prevention working group reiterates that our country must prioritize children over guns.
Statement: Our country must prioritize children over guns
The following statement is offered by the Pax Christi USA Gun Violence Prevention Working Group. August 29, 2025 Our faith tells us that every life is sacred. But the lives of children seem particularly blessed given the incredible potential that resides in each beautiful soul. This is one of the many reasons why the indiscriminate and horrific shooting of the children and adults at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on August 27 is so devastating…
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August 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
In response to the horrific shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday, the Pax Christi USA Gun Violence Prevention working group reiterates that our country must prioritize children over guns.
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Part of what frustrates me greatly right now is the idea that a better world is possible — and other countries are getting there! — and the US is increasingly just choosing not to be better.
“Over the past 20 years, Paris has undergone a major physical transformation, trading automotive arteries for bike lanes, adding green spaces and eliminating 50,000 parking spaces.
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Part of the payoff has been invisible — in the air itself.”
Leadership, strategy, real action, common sense. #Paris
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Part of what frustrates me greatly right now is the idea that a better world is possible — and other countries are getting there! — and the US is increasingly just choosing not to be better.
This latest from @vermontgmg.bsky.social is excellent in so many ways: the context for developing nuclear weapons, the technological and administrative obstacles and more.
Thrilled to see my book DEVIL REACHED TOWARD THE SKY as NPR's "Book of the Day" today: www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...
Eighty years after Hiroshima, a new book narrates the history of the atomic bomb : NPR's Book of the Day
It’s been 80 years since the United States detonated atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths. Garrett Graff’s new book The Devil Reached Toward the Sky is an or...
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August 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This latest from @vermontgmg.bsky.social is excellent in so many ways: the context for developing nuclear weapons, the technological and administrative obstacles and more.
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But it is the guns. Metal detectors and perimeter controls aren’t going to stop an armed maniac from shooting kids. Just like common sense won’t stop a Fox maniac from shooting his mouth.
August 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
But it is the guns. Metal detectors and perimeter controls aren’t going to stop an armed maniac from shooting kids. Just like common sense won’t stop a Fox maniac from shooting his mouth.
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Trump and his MAGA movement have mastered the art of projection, accusing the left of doing what they themselves have done. But now, Trump has taken that to a new level, becoming the manifestation of an oppressive state that the right has always warned against. So why aren't more sounding the alarm?
Trump Is The Bogeyman The Right Always Warned Us About
Where is the outrage now that Trump has manifested the right's deepest darkest fears about an oppressive state?
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August 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Trump and his MAGA movement have mastered the art of projection, accusing the left of doing what they themselves have done. But now, Trump has taken that to a new level, becoming the manifestation of an oppressive state that the right has always warned against. So why aren't more sounding the alarm?
Worth reading and even more worth doing!
August 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Worth reading and even more worth doing!