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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16/02/2026

Note: DHS has repeatedly claimed the agency "does NOT raid churches." It's unclear what they mean by "raid," but @rns.org already tracked at least 10 reports *by last August* of apparent federal agents conducting enforcement activity on church grounds or nearby. There were videos and photos.

In a statement Monday, McLaughlin said the court order “is based on a false narrative,” adding, “Let me be clear: (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) does NOT raid churches.” McLaughlin argued the ruling is an attempt to “demonize our brave ICE law enforcement,” who she said were facing an increase in assaults and death threats, and referenced a recent protest at a church in Minnesota by demonstrators who claimed a pastor there worked for ICE. (Several of the demonstrators and two journalists who covered the protest have since been arrested.)

However, an RNS analysis last August found at least 10 reports of apparent federal agents conducting immigration enforcement actions on or in the immediate vicinity of church property. At least one in June included video evidence: A pastor in California filmed apparent federal agents as they detained a man in her church parking lot, as the pastor insisted they leave the property. The following month, San Bernardino Bishop Alberto Rojas lifted the obligation for Catholics in his diocese to attend Mass if are concerned aboutICE raids, citing what he said were recent instances of federal agents detaining parishioners at two churches in the region.

Photo of apparent federal agents in a church parking lot.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

There were a LOT of those questions tonight on my couch.

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Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I like to draw fish (suspect i'm better at that than horses but . . . ) drawafish.com

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

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Draw a horse, watch it run!

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Yeah, that commercial was creepy.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I'm still not exactly sure what we will be doing... But I'm honored to be asked to serve in this way with so many amazing leaders from across the worldwide church!

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 03/02/2026

The first paragraph of this story begins with referencing "church-supervised hubs to house and care for children separated from their parents" and ends with "training on what to do if agents breach one of the churches planning to provide sanctuary to immigrant families."

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Indivisible Southeast CT @indivisiblesect.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Your First Amendment rights when protesting Here are key rights every Connecticut resident should know, whether a U.S. citizen or not. ctmirror.org/2026/01/27/y...

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Opinion: Your First Amendment rights when protesting

Government has a responsibility to ensure that people can exercise their constitutional rights without fear of retaliation.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Thank you for finally covering this.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them. www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...

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ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents

Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.

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United Methodist News @umnews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

United Methodist clergy from across the U.S. joined in an interfaith protest Jan. 23 against federal violence in Minnesota. Now with federal agents responsible for another person’s death, pressure for accountability is mounting. www.umnews.org/en/news/us-p...

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US pastors stand against federal crackdown | UMNews.org

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A testimony of transformation.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Thank you. Please vote no on this funding!

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Sometimes they pass up too many good shots.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I feel like it's been a metaphor for this whole last year in the US. But I'm not gonna wake up with an apology email and a refund.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

How have I not seen this acronym before?!

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

It's always a good night for Hawkeye Basketball :)

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

They've missed a lot of calls tonight so far.

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United Methodist News @umnews.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The #UMC Council of Bishops stands in full solidarity with Latin American Methodists and wholeheartedly affirms their Pastoral Letter in the Face of the Military Action of the United States of America Against Venezuela.

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UMC Bishops Support Latin America and Caribbean Bishops on Venezuela | ResourceUMC

The United Methodist Church Council of Bishops expresses solidarity with CIEMAL, affirming its pastoral letter opposing U.S. military action against Venezuela. The bishops condemn violence and…

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Lol, it got a sophomoric chuckle out of me.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Since I came across this version, it has become my go to for the new year. May your 2026 be blessed! youtu.be/v8w2Z1QCbIs?...

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RING OUT WILD BELLS

YouTube video by Alana Levandoski

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Kyle Huesmann @huesmannkyle.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

FINAL SCORE Iowa 57 Baylor 52 Gritty, wild win for the Hawkeyes. They move to 5-0. Ava Heiden - 18 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast Taylor Stremlow - 12 pts, 4 ast Hannah Stuelke - 10 pts, 8 reb

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 14/11/2025

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

“Faith leader, Michael Woolf, minister at Lake Street Church of Evanston, is detained by Illinois State Police during a protest against immigration actions, outside the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., November 14, 2025. REUTERS/Jim Vondruska”

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Just got back from the federal building in downtown San Diego where our local bishop and other church leaders were leading a vigil for the immigrants unjustly incarcerated there. The leadership the church has shown on this issue is inspiring.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Aurora in the middle of the city! DSM, IA

Bright pink and light green sky with black silhouette tree branches in front.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

I Want You to Understand Chicago
Politics Chicago
2025-11-08

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st.

Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/11/2025

Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain? MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.

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Deb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Marianette Miller-Meeks is holding an in-person townhall tomorrow. Here are the details Time: 11/10/2025 at 2 PM Location: Roberts Memorial Center, 20497 IA-1, Keosauqua, IA 52565 #Iowa #IA01

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 08/11/2025

UPDATE: Reached out to the Rev. Hannah Kardon, a United Methodist minister who was there that day and has been active in religious demonstrations at Broadview. “They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer … it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil.”

They are making it clear that they are scared of prayer and all the diverse faith witness that has been at Broadview
because it is powerful - it speaks the truth that what they are doing in that building is evil. But we will not stop until the evil stops.
They have stolen our neighbors, they cannot steal our love and prayers for their return.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

It is fun watching this #Hawkeye basketball team. And, it is so weird to really not know who any of them are after watching religiously the last decade +

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Collected zinnia and marigold seeds, packaged up pepper and zucchini seeds, and wrapped up geraniums in paper to overwinter. That last is a first for me and will be a fun experiment to see if it works! 🌱

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 06/11/2025

Brother Warnock lays it plain.

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Liam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

For those who may not realize, it's a really important moment in the United Methodist Church. We are expecting final results on a potentially historic restructuring, so here's a 🧵 on what that is and why we went to Zimbabwe last week... #UMC

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

I'm really grateful for all the fantastic reporting here!!! #umc #beumc

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Liam Adams @liamsadams.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A report on a critical malaria research center housed on the campus of the UMC-affiliated Africa University. The research center suffered from USAID cuts, but UMC Global Ministries stepped in to revive the work. www.tennessean.com/story/news/r... #UMC

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A top Zimbabwe malaria research center killed by USAID closure, resurrected by UMC

A malaria research center in Mutare, Zimbabwe helps test insecticide resistance. The critical work almost ended with USAID closure.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Another glimpse at what regionalization means: www.umnews.org/en/news/new-... #beumc

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A I creates regional equity across the world-wide denomination. A II adds gender and ability as protected classes in the constitution. A III reframes our racial justice statement in a way that confronts colonialism (among other things). A IV provides clarity on edu. for clergy.

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Katie Z. Dawson @amomono.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Because of the world-wide nature of the #UMC, we got voting results this afternoon from constitutional amendments that have been voted on over the last eleven months. These amendments significantly reshape the denomination for the better!!!! www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/u...

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UMC Bishops finish Canvassing of Amendments; All Four are Ratified

The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church has completed canvassing the votes of annual conferences on the four constitutional amendments that were approved by the 2024 General Conference. ...

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Tens of millions of people are suffering from the shutdown, but at least Donald Trump is doing well with the money his family has made off the presidency. deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-fami...

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Trump Family Wealth Accumulation and SNAP Benefits

The Trump family's post-election gains would cover a year's food stamps for more than 2 million people

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