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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When you see yourself in the mirror and you’re not sure if you like what you see…

A wild turkey, with its feathers flared, is staring at a reflection of itself in a black car parked in a parking lot.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

ground.news/article/us-j...

• On Monday, U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Castel restricted federal agents from making arrests at three Manhattan immigration courts
—26 Federal Plaza, 201 Varick Street, and
290 Broadway-except under exceptional circumstances.
• Government lawyers recently reversed their position, conceding that 2025 policies regarding arrests near courthouses set by the administration of President Donald Trump did not apply to immigration courts after all.
• Castel ruled that while the government has an interest in enforcing immigration laws, there is a "serious interest in letting individuals attend removal proceedings and pursue asylum claims before a judge" without fear.
• Beth Baltimore, deputy director of The Door's Legal Services Center, called the decision an
"enormous win for noncitizen New Yorkers," with advocates continuing to support members impacted by courthouse arrests.
• Federal agents may still detain individuals at locations away from immigration courts and can intervene during serious public safety threats, though the ruling concludes a lawsuit brought by the NYCLU, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Make the Road NY.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Patchogue, Long Island, New York “No Kings Day” 3/28/26

A crowd of protesters, peacefully protesting together on “No Kings Day” in Patchogue, Long Island, New York.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Good morning, Bluesky 😘💞 Our first snow of the season fell on Long Island overnight, and the world held a moment of peace worth sharing. I hope your day is sweet, and easy, but if it’s not, I pray for peace to fill you along the way. 💞😎💞

Early morning. The weather outside is snowy. The shot is taken from inside an apartment, which is dark, while the window provides the only light source. Through the window, the trees are covered in snow, with a main tree providing a contrast of dark wood.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Stats and facts to equip you…

Trump's masked agents aren't keeping us safe-they're just terrorizing immigrant communities.
PROPORTION OF IMMIGRANTS TAKEN BY ICE, BY CRIMINAL RECORD

7%
violent convictions
28%
no violent convictions
65%
no convictions
ICE isn't going after criminals. It's breaking up families.
Source: CATO Institute, *85 Percent of People Taken by ICE. Had No Convictions, 93 Porcent No Violent Convictions
(2025). Photo. Getty Images

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

After midnight conversations… 💞😎💞

A screenshot of a response to a post.
The first response: “He’s not wrong.”
Second response: “No offense to you personally, but can we just say, “He is right.”, instead of “not wrong”. One of the worst non-committal phrases, and it needs to go away forever.
Third response: You’re not wrong.
Final response: A GIF of Snoopy, from “The Peanuts” covering his mouth in a giggle, saying “teehee”.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

It is the result of the prior decade, (63-73) and stands in accusation against those who refused to listen; resulting in 50 years of racism, misogyny, and bigotry being laid down as a false narrative and foundation being taught in the Church. 3/4

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I know that Hosea 5:15-6:3, which says that national repentance is the prescription, and the result is healing for the nation. It’s vital that we communicate it with our family and friends who ascribe to MAGA. This morning I traveled down a rabbit trail, and ran across this: 2/4

A DECLARATION OF EVANGELICAL SOCIAL CONCERN As evangelical Christians committed to the Lord Jesus Christ and the full authority of the
Word of God, we affirm that God lays total claim upon the lives of his people.
We can- not, therefore, separate our lives in Christ from the situation in which God has placed us
in the United States and the world.
We confess that we have not acknowledged the complete claims of God on our lives. We acknowledge that God requires love. But we have not demonstrated the love of God to
those suffering social abuses. We acknowledge that God requires justice. But we have not proclaimed or demonstrated his justice to an unjust American society. Although the Lord calls us to defend the social and
economic rights of the poor and the oppressed, we have mostly remained silent.
We deplore the historic involvement of the church in America with racism and the conspicuous responsibility of the evangelical community for perpetuating the personal attitudes and institutional structures that have divided the body of Christ along color lines. Further, we have failed to condemn
the exploitation of racism at home and abroad by our economic system. We affirm that God abounds in mercy and that he forgives all who repent and turn from their
sins.
So we call our fellow evangelical Christians to demonstrate repentance in a Christian
discipleship that confronts the social and political injustice of our nation. We must attack the materialism of our culture and the maldistribution of the nation's wealth
and services.
We recognize that as a nation we play a crucial role in the imbalance and injustice of international trade and development. Before God and a billion hungry neighbors, we must rethink our values regarding our present standard of living and promote more just
acquisition and distribution of the world's resources. We acknowledge our Christian responsibilities of citizenship.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Just in case you don’t subscribe to “Ground News”, I’m sharing this summary. It’s important to document the abuse coming from this administration. While there are certainly far more important reasons for alarm than this, this threat from DJT is still noteworthy. 💔 #Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen calls for Trump to be impeached
• On Thursday, Time published a cover interview with Bruce Springsteen, who said he will continue touring with the E Street Band, saying Of course! I just want to keep going.*
• Springsteen, 75, has long aligned with progressive politics and, during his May 14
Manchester concert, called President Donald Trump's administration *corrupt, incompetent and treasonous.
• Springsteen told Time, 'He's the living personification of what the 25th Amendment and impeachment were for and added, ' If Congress had any guts, he'd be consigned to the trash heap of history.
• On social media, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Springsteen is Highly Overrated pushy, obnoxious JERK*, 'dumb as a rock and should 'KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country*.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I think this might add more context 👍🏼

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

💞😎💞I can’t help but think that some dad squealed with glee when God smiled upon them with the perfect punportunity😉😁💞

Summary
Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare
• On Friday morning, a tractor-trailer overturns on Interstate 83 in Shrewsbury Township, spilling about 1,000 pounds of hot dogs and closing both directions.
• Pennsylvania State Police said the tractor-trailer had an unspecified mechanical problem that pushed it into a passenger vehicle and scraped along a concrete divider.
• In the aftermath of the crash, Shrewsbury Volunteer Fire Company used a front-end loader to scoop up the hot dogs, and PennDOT called in a truck to spread sand.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

PM Netanyahu nominated DJT for the Nobel Peace Prize today. I must be breaking internally, because I find this both horrific and mildly amusing. smdh

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace
Prize
• At the White House on Monday, Netanyahu presented a letter nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during their meeting.
• After supporting Israel's military response and pressing at Monday's White House dinner to end the 21-month Gaza war, Trump earned praise for his "brilliant vision."
• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sent a letter nominating Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize during their White House meeting, citing recent Middle East military successes and diplomatic efforts.
• Trump is confident a Gaza ceasefire and hostage releases can be achieved amid ongoing diplomatic efforts, with
demonstrators pressing for action outside the
U.S. Capitol.
• Beyond the Middle East, Trump's efforts in brokering the Abraham Accords and past nominations for India-Pakistan and Serbia-Kosovo highlight his global diplomatic legacy.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

According to Ground News, the momentary change in ICE directives is moot.🤢💔 ground.news/article/trum...

• On June 16, the Department of Homeland Security rescinded previous instructions and directed agents to continue enforcement operations targeting workers in agricultural, hospitality, and food service sectors nationwide.
• This reversal followed an earlier pause on worksite raids issued just a week prior amid industry complaints about labor shortages.
• Officials directed ICE agents during a
Monday call with 30 field offices to continue enforcement actions targeting agricultural businesses, hospitality, and restaurant sectors.
• President Trump stated on Truth Social that
ICE should "do all in their power" to deliver the largest mass deportation program in history, citing harm to farmers and hotel workers.
• The resumption of raids highlights increased enforcement pressure despite protests in Los Angeles and concerns about ICE's budget and arrest quotas.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

“Hands Off” protesters in Patchogue, New York. Be encouraged! The average age was over 50. Seniors were out in force! More than half were 70 and older, while cars drove by with those too old to walk, but they were still there! #HandsOff

“Hands Off” protesters in Patchogue, New York. Signs say “You know it’s bad if introverts are out and hold signs” and Curb Your DOGe”

“Hands Off” protesters in Patchogue, New York. The sign says “Love Poutine, Not Putin!!!”

“Hands Off” protesters in Patchogue, New York. Signs say “Hands Off” and “Go, Corey Booker”

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

How those who are seeking asylum are being treated…

It was Ms. Ghasemzadeh who told a reporter "only a miracle can save us."
She said she was an English teacher who, in Iran, had converted to Christianity in an underground church. According to Iran's Islamic Shariah law, converting from Islam is considered apostasy and is a crime punishable by death.
She left Iran in December, she said, hoping to build a new life in the United States. She knew that Mr. Trump was deporting migrants, she added, but thought, "I'm i.» a criminal, I am educated, I will show them my qualifications, my conversion to Christianity papers."
Ms. Ghasemzadeh took a series of flights to Mexico, she said, and then headed for the southern border, paying a smuggler around $3,000 to help her climb over the border wall. She was soon picked up by border officials.

After five days in federal custody, Ms.
Ghasemzadeh said, all the deportees except for the children had their hands tied and their feet shackled by U.S. authorities.

Artemis Ghasemzadeh fled Iran, where she could face a death sentence for converting to Christianity. At the hotel in Panama, she wrote "Help us" on a window with lipstick.
Her group was placed on a gray military

Her group was placed on a gray military airplane - more than 100 people from Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, China and other nations, according to the Panamanian government.
Once on board, an Uzbek woman who was with her two young children fainted, according to Ms. Ghasemzadeh and a couple who were sitting next to them. The children were crying.

Ms. Ghasemzadeh said that she and nine other Iranian Christians, including three children, ages 8, 10 and 11, had spent their days in the hotel, frantically trying to get help from the outside. At night they read from a copy of the Bible she had on her cellphone.
Mr. Ruiz-Hernández, Panama's deputy foreign minister, said the migrants were being held in the hotel as a stopgap measure, because the Trump
administration had asked Panama to take the migrants quickly and a separate facility for migrants was still being prepared.
Panama, Mr. Ruiz-Hernández said, is "a ^ leader and strategic partner in migration management," adding that his government and the United States had an agreement and were "respecting human rights."

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

A really encouraging read!👇🏼👍🏼👇🏼

“Every generation faces a moment when it is called upon to redeem democracy from an existential threat. We must not bemoan the fact that we are playing our part in the long arc of redemption that has safely delivered us to this point. Our task is to serve as a bridge in the arc to the next generation. If all we do is hold back the forces of darkness, that will be enough. If all we do is endure and outlast the bastards, that will be enough. But I am confident that we can and will do much more.”

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Good morning, Bluesky💞 This was Long Island last night. Just something to communicate peace on a painful day. I am praying for a day of peace for us, gratitude for a ceasefire in Gaza, the return of hostages, and the inspiration of MLK JR.💞🙏💞

A lamppost shining white light in a dark night, while snow falls. The ground has an
inch of snow. It is deep in the picture. There are evergreen trees behind it that are covered in snow. The picture is framed by a tree that is close, and front left, that also leans left, and then another tree to the right that is set a bit back from the first, but is still closer than the lamppost.

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tmccarthy @teemccarthy.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Dear @msnbc , If you would like us to trust you with the news, please aspire to accuracy. It’s the simple things, folks…And if you don’t know WHY I am sharing this, ask yourself, “Self, what year is it?” And how old was the President when he passed?”🤔💭

The is a side view of President Carter, on the right side of the picture, looking out, toward the left side, and pondering, with his fist under his chin. The words, in big letters, say, “Jimmy Carter”. Under the words, it says 1924-1923.

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