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NEW: Trump’s approval among Catholics falls to a historic low.
A rising movement of Catholics, emboldened by Pope Leo, is turning against MAGA.
With over 20,000 members, we are the fastest-growing Catholic group in America.
To the MAGA purveyors of cruelty and lies — we will defeat you.
A rising movement of Catholics, emboldened by Pope Leo, is turning against MAGA.
With over 20,000 members, we are the fastest-growing Catholic group in America.
To the MAGA purveyors of cruelty and lies — we will defeat you.
Under Pope Leo XIV, American Catholics Are Uniting to Defeat MAGA Authoritarianism
Trump’s support among U.S. Catholics has plummeted to an all-time low of 39%, a stark decline over the year. This is no accident. Under Leo XIV, we're working to defeat Trump-Vance authoritarianism.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:59 PM
NEW: Trump’s approval among Catholics falls to a historic low.
A rising movement of Catholics, emboldened by Pope Leo, is turning against MAGA.
With over 20,000 members, we are the fastest-growing Catholic group in America.
To the MAGA purveyors of cruelty and lies — we will defeat you.
A rising movement of Catholics, emboldened by Pope Leo, is turning against MAGA.
With over 20,000 members, we are the fastest-growing Catholic group in America.
To the MAGA purveyors of cruelty and lies — we will defeat you.
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A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
January 28, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A lot of people gathered tonight outside the Department of Veterans Affairs in D.C. for a vigil memorializing Alex Pretti, who worked as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital.
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
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i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
BREAKING: Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US, a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, per Bloomberg.
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
i'm going to spend the rest of my life figuring out how a small band of elites decided that acting as the global currency and primary military hegemon was gay and feminine coded
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Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
January 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal warns ICE:
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
"No law enforcement professional wears a mask... Those that come into our communities wearing a mask to commit crime... You getting arrested".
"Fake wannabe law enforcement... The criminal in the WH will not be able to keep you from going to jail".
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The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
The National Catholic Reporter publicly labeled JD Vance a “moral stain” on the Roman Catholic faith. The blistering piece went on to point out Vance's “twisted and wrongheaded view of Christianity” for inflaming tensions by maligning a woman killed by ICE rather than promoting healing.
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We wear the crucifix to humbly affirm a core conviction: the righteousness of torturing the innocent.
by Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt
by Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt
December 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
We wear the crucifix to humbly affirm a core conviction: the righteousness of torturing the innocent.
by Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt
by Pam Bondi and Karoline Leavitt
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Bar none the greatest Christmas song of all time
Darlene Love will never stop thinking of her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” At this time of year, she couldn’t if she tried.
Darlene Love reflects on her enduring holiday classic, 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)'
Darlene Love can't escape her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” She hears it everywhere, from the post office to the grocery store.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Bar none the greatest Christmas song of all time
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
whos in the social media bubble now you gooncel freaks
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Rev. Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day pilgrimage Monday from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York to bring attention to the cause of immigrant children. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Rev. Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day pilgrimage Monday from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York to bring attention to the cause of immigrant children. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
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“My Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians.” - 2/6/25
9/20/25 Photo by Ashlee Rezin, Chicago Sun-Times
9/20/25 Photo by Ashlee Rezin, Chicago Sun-Times
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
“My Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians.” - 2/6/25
9/20/25 Photo by Ashlee Rezin, Chicago Sun-Times
9/20/25 Photo by Ashlee Rezin, Chicago Sun-Times
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Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again, says John Grosso.
Cardinal Dolan calls the late Charlie Kirk 'a modern day St. Paul.' I'm not making this up.
Cardinal Dolan joins the Catholic right's ever growing quest to lionize the late Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr.
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September 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Kirk is not a modern day St. Paul, despite what Cardinal Dolan says. The only thing that such myth-making achieves is fomenting resentment, curtailing dialogue, and stifling action to otherwise prevent this tragedy from happening again, says John Grosso.
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FORTUNE MAG: “.. Trump has seized control of private enterprise’s strategic decision-making and investment policies while invading corporate board rooms ..
“.. This is far more dangerous to capitalism than a city-run grocery store.”
@jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
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“.. This is far more dangerous to capitalism than a city-run grocery store.”
@jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/08/12/m...
August 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
FORTUNE MAG: “.. Trump has seized control of private enterprise’s strategic decision-making and investment policies while invading corporate board rooms ..
“.. This is far more dangerous to capitalism than a city-run grocery store.”
@jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/08/12/m...
“.. This is far more dangerous to capitalism than a city-run grocery store.”
@jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/08/12/m...
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The Trump administration bought $400m of stock in a mining business and now Apple has thrown in $500m to back up Uncle Sam as part of its attempt to get out from under tariffs.
But Zohran wants to pilot 5 grocery stores and that's the real socialism. www.thebulwark.com/p/lol-nothin...
But Zohran wants to pilot 5 grocery stores and that's the real socialism. www.thebulwark.com/p/lol-nothin...
LOL Nothing Matters 🫠
Inflation is back. The government is nationalizing one private company and blackmailing another. But no one cares because . . .
www.thebulwark.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Trump administration bought $400m of stock in a mining business and now Apple has thrown in $500m to back up Uncle Sam as part of its attempt to get out from under tariffs.
But Zohran wants to pilot 5 grocery stores and that's the real socialism. www.thebulwark.com/p/lol-nothin...
But Zohran wants to pilot 5 grocery stores and that's the real socialism. www.thebulwark.com/p/lol-nothin...
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Many so-called centrists have to habitually blame both sides to cover up the fact they value nothing more than conflict avoidance and their own moral relativism.
July 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Many so-called centrists have to habitually blame both sides to cover up the fact they value nothing more than conflict avoidance and their own moral relativism.
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Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
July 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Laughing in front of cages designed to hold migrants and refugees, many of whom came to this country fleeing extreme violence and poverty, and hoping to raise their children in a more compassionate country. And many of whom followed all the legal procedures to enter the country.
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A different but somewhat parallel example: in Albuquerque, there was a statue of the conquistafor Don Oñate in Old Town until 2020. Oñate's subjugation of the Acoma pueblo was so violent that the Crown banned him from returning to New Mexico.
Or, as Sister Catherine puts it,
Or, as Sister Catherine puts it,
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A different but somewhat parallel example: in Albuquerque, there was a statue of the conquistafor Don Oñate in Old Town until 2020. Oñate's subjugation of the Acoma pueblo was so violent that the Crown banned him from returning to New Mexico.
Or, as Sister Catherine puts it,
Or, as Sister Catherine puts it,
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“I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.” www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
June 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.” www.politico.com/magazine/sto...