Reposted by Rev. DecatúrChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/11/2025It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th. Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.” 458128174322
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 27/11/2025I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood. She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.bostonglobe.comA Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston GlobeAny Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane. 535091557
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrRev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 25/11/2025My aunt died last night. Only humor can save me now. New on the ‘Stack: ‘Damn, No Invite: On Losing Family During the Holidays’ More: alishagordon.substack.com/p/damn-no-in...alishagordon.substack.comDamn, No Invite?On Losing Family During the Holidays 011
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPolitico @politico.com · 25/11/202520 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing fundingdlvr.it20 states sue the Trump administration over cuts to homeless permanent housing fundingA coalition of attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's new conditions and cuts to a Department of Housing and Urban Development permanent housing program. 613438
Rev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 25/11/2025My aunt died last night. Only humor can save me now. New on the ‘Stack: ‘Damn, No Invite: On Losing Family During the Holidays’ More: alishagordon.substack.com/p/damn-no-in...alishagordon.substack.comDamn, No Invite?On Losing Family During the Holidays 011
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrProPublica @propublica.org · 24/11/2025When Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old from Texas, asked doctors about terminating her high-risk pregnancy to save her life, they assured her she had nothing to worry about. Then she died of preeclampsia.propublica.org“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. 581327709
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/11/2025Many parenting books and articles advise “It takes a village” and “Don’t be afraid to ask for help.” The problem is, @olgakhazan.bsky.social writes, “I didn’t have a village,” and many other moms don’t either:bit.lyThe Most Useless Piece of Parenting AdviceThe problem with telling moms “It takes a village” 98210
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 07/11/202540 billion to Argentina. 40 billion. 522276647
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrMother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/11/2025If the Trump administration wants more babies, it shouldn’t let poor families go hungrymotherjones.comIf the Trump administration wants more babies, it shouldn’t let poor families go hungryDenying food and health benefits to single moms doesn't exactly scream: "pro-natalism." 2224043
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 04/11/2025In a shocking reversal, Trump said federal food benefits won’t be distributed during the shutdown, despite a court orderhuffpost.comTrump Says He’ll Defy Court Order And Won’t Give Out SNAP BenefitsThe president appears to want to ignore a court order to pay the benefits. 120696316
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrThe Not Chaotic Cherub 😇 @biensur-jetaime.blacksky.app · 02/11/2025Me seeing Adams in the club vs me seeing Mamdani in the club 26125
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 31/10/2025In this election, the people have two separate but equally important choices: a city they can afford or the billionaire-backed politics of the past. Our new ad just aired during Law & Order. 784499865
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/11/2025“If you can’t get a vote on your record, don’t play us against each other.” I’m grateful for the Rev. Sharpton’s powerful words of unity this morning and against the cynical politics of fear and division. 9264151256
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 01/11/2025أنا اسمي زهران ممدان وعم رشّح حالي لأكون العمدة الجديد في مدينة نيويورك 261107671495
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/11/2025A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to continue paying for food stamps during the government shutdown. But it is unclear if or when food stamps will soon reach those who rely on them to purchase groceries. Here’s what we know. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u... 1415340
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPolitico @politico.com · 01/11/2025Mamdani targets Cuomo’s Black base in final days of campaigndlvr.itMamdani targets Cuomo’s Black base in final days of campaignThe frontrunner made appearances with Al Sharpton and Letitia James, and spoke with Barack Obama, on Saturday. 37013
Rev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 31/10/2025www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...cnn.comTwo federal judges require Trump administration tap into emergency funds to partially cover food stamp benefits | CNN PoliticsTwo federal judges said Friday that the Trump administration must tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to at least partially cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in N... 000
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Nobel peace prize winner: give war a chancebloomberg.comNobel Peace Prize Winner Says Maduro’s Time Is Up in VenezuelaMaría Corina Machado, the latest Nobel Peace Prize recipient, said the Venezuelan opposition has exhausted all of its efforts over the last 26 years. In her view, the country’s authoritarian leader, N... 34810177
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/10/2025Due to the ongoing government shutdown, SNAP is set to run out of money for the first time in its history. “It’s not that the administration can’t pay up” to fill the gap—“it’s that it has chosen not to,” @willgottsegen.com argues in The Atlantic Daily.bit.lyThe Deadline for a Major Shutdown CasualtyRoughly 42 million Americans may not get their SNAP benefits on Saturday. 58236
Rev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 29/10/2025New on Substack: "I Don't Be Knowing" and Other Declarationsopen.substack.com'I Don't Be Knowing' and Other DeclarationsWhat the inner self has to say in her own words. 000
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/10/2025“Tell your children who the cowards were.” 11698203600
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 28/10/2025More on - How connected Americans feel to their neighbors: www.pewresearch.org/... - Americans’ trust in one another: www.pewresearch.org/... - Americans’ most common source of local news:pewresearch.orgHow connected do Americans feel to their neighbors?When it comes to trust, 44% of adults say they trust all or most of the people in their neighborhood. 132
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrMaya Wiley @maya4rights.bsky.social · 28/10/2025It isn’t just illegal. It’s straight up unconstitutional for Trump to threaten a third term. Threatening the rights of citizens to vote, demolishing the East wing of the White House like he owns it… These aren’t Trump’s decisions to make. They aren’t the decisions of any POTUS! 410024
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 20/10/2025Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works (15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna... 170100162620
Rev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 21/10/2025It took 3-4 different police departments being contacted before airport police knew ol’ boy was up there planning to shoot up the place. That’s 3-4 too damn many. 020
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 21/10/2025Using an AI-generated video of himself, Donald Trump sought “to mock and smear millions of Americans, literally depicting them covered in excrement, precisely so that none of his own supporters would want to join them,” @anneapplebaum argues:bit.lyWhy Trump Turned to the SewerThe president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign. 3216356
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Billy Joe Cagle, of Cartersville, Georgia, had described his plan to shoot up the world’s busiest airport on a social media livestream, authorities saidapnews.comMan who planned to shoot up Atlanta's airport is arrested in a terminal following a tip, police sayPolice have arrested a man accused of threatening to open fire at the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta and say an assault rifle was found in his car. 13228119
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrColby Smith @colbylsmith.bsky.social · 20/10/2025New w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: Wealthy Americans, buoyed by a booming stock market, are spending freely. Lower-income households, stung by inflation and a slowing labor market, are pulling back www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com 15365119
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrIan Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Congresswoman Lisa McClain’s appearance on CNN's The Situation Room was a bit of a car crash. 7051575
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrZeteo @zeteo.com · 07/10/2025“If you are an expansionist Israeli government, you don't want peace with the Palestinians… You don't want peace in the region.” @mehdirhasan.bsky.social joins ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ to explain how Netanyahu supports the idea of a ‘Greater Israel,’ occupying more territory illegally. 431177
Rev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Girl, stressing us TF out!! Don't do this again! 000
Rev. Decatúr @dstarwriter59.bsky.social · 08/10/2025This is my seminary classmate. He's always been about that life. This some bullshit. 22411
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I grew up going to Zabar's. So many of my childhood memories center around the best lox in NYC (which is saying something). With Saul Zabar's passing today, the Upper West Side has lost a legend who turned his parent's humble store into a culinary institution.nytimes.comSaul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97 15384351087
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 07/10/2025Yeah, no. The law is clear: federal workers must receive back pay. AND I have a bill to ensure federal contractors get it as well. 1327560
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 28/09/2025In Their Own Words: Asian Immigrants’ Experiences Navigating Language Barriers in the United States www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnic… 091
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 28/09/2025A shameful fact which tells its own story. 161111370
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 27/09/2025A few years ago, my team looked at household sizes around the world. The household size experienced by the average person ranged from 2.7 people (in Germany) to 13.8 people (in Gambia). www.pewresearch.org/religion/201... 32211
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrBig Weight Connichameleon @connichameleon.bsky.social · 28/09/2025Cardi did good. Start at 3:46:54. www.youtube.com/live/5qSBZBz...youtube.comGlobal Citizen Festival 2025YouTube video by Global Citizen 102
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/09/2025The Comey indictment "is an indication of how thoroughly Trump has been able to corrupt" the Justice Department, Quinta Jurecic writes. "In any other political moment, this would be obviously impeachable conduct": theatln.tc/dlP4mhCt 27646161
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2025Walmart has long been a facilitator of fraud on a mass scale, a ProPublica investigation found. More than $1 billion in fraud losses were routed through the company’s financial services between 2013 and 2022. (Published Jan. 2024)propublica.orgHow Walmart’s Financial Services Became a Fraud MagnetScammers have duped consumers out of more than $1 billion by exploiting Walmart’s lax security. The company has resisted taking responsibility while breaking promises to regulators and skimping on tra... 19913401
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrAmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 28/09/2025somebody's granddaddy came back 🔥🔥🔥🔥 14469139
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrRevTitiKym @revtitikym.bsky.social · 27/09/2025www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...theatlantic.comWhy Rich People Don’t Cover Their WindowsAn unexpected status symbol has become a fixture of high-end homes. 0116
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPhilip Mai @philipmai.com · 27/09/2025"Historians hurriedly photograph national park signs at risk of removal" www.sfgate.com/national-par...sfgate.comHistorians hurriedly photograph national park signs at risk of removalThe project has garnered more than 10,000 submissions from concerned visitors. 03227
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 26/09/2025Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department. Violent crime is at a 50-year low. This is amazing. www.inquirer.com/news/camden-...inquirer.comCamden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department.As of Monday, the city has seen a 43% decrease in homicides compared to this time last year. And violent crime has reached a 50-year low. 91003385
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.whatimreading.netAssata Shakur, political activist and ex-Black Liberation Army member, has diedAssata Shakur “died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age,” according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9544701988
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrLindsay Lee Wallace @lindsayleewallace.bsky.social · 25/09/2025For @motherjones.com, I wrote about the political pressure & coercion faced by teachers & staff at Success Academy. "They explicitly started with naming Mamdani and how he is the villain in our story," one teacher told me. "It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate."motherjones.comThe charter school pressuring teachers to get involved in politics“It makes me feel like we will be fired if we don’t participate," one Success Academy educator said. 917587
Reposted by Rev. DecatúrNPR @npr.org · 26/09/2025Federal regulators say Amazon has agreed to pay a historic sum to resolve their allegations that its web designs manipulated millions of people into paying for Prime subscriptions, which were also purposefully hard to cancel. Affected shoppers are slated to receive payouts.n.prAmazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle U.S. lawsuit that it 'tricked' people into PrimeFederal regulators say Amazon has agreed to pay a historic sum to resolve their allegations that its web designs manipulated millions of people into paying for Prime subscriptions, which were also purposefully hard to cancel. Affected shoppers are slated to receive payouts. 3034875