Ellen Voss McDonald

My church is this very Chapel of Democracy Joan Allen in The Contender americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/…

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BREAKING: HALLELUJAH! A federal judge rules that the Trump administration MUST allow clergy members into an ICE facility in Broadview for Holy Week and Easter — destroying the MAGA effort to cut migrants off from their religion. This is another massive victory for Pope Leo XIV who has been calling for this access... “The religious interests far outweigh any interest the government has articulated,” said U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman. The government has been restricting access to the migrants for clergy despite them historically having more consistent access to the facility. It's clear that the administration is hoping to demoralize these migrants by cutting them off from their faith, a deeply cruel thing for a so-called Christian president to support. Additionally, Judge Gettleman ruled that people must be allowed to pray outside the facility while on federal property. The decision comes after an alliance of faith leaders filed a lawsuit back in November asking the judge to ensure that clergy were given access. "We're going to be asked, you know, how did you receive the foreigner?" Pope Leo said back in November after agents refused to allow faith leaders into the Broadview facility to distribute holy communion. "Did you receive him and welcome him or not? And I think that there's a deep reflection that needs to be made in terms of what's happening. Many people who've lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what's going on right now." “I would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs of those people,” he added. “Many times they’ve been separated from their families for a good amount of time; no one knows what’s happening, but their own spiritual needs should be attended to.” The lawsuit from the faith leaders argued that the restrictions on clergy visiting were a clear violation of the right to practice one's religion. “The plaintiffs are kind of at a loss as to why the government is taking such a hard line,” said Thomas Geoghegan, an attorney representing the faith leaders. “The Pope himself urged the government to allow … clergy in this case to minister to detainees at Broadview,” he added. We commend the judge for making the right decision. Migrants deserve to practice their faith just like anyone else in this country! Please ❤️ and share to thank the judge!

I can’t stop laughing about the fact that Trump’s “presidential library” is gonna be a fucking hotel. 😂

JD Vance using a photo of a Methodist church on the cover of his book about CATHOLICISM is some real Veep-level shit.

@Lawrence @TheLastWord Perfect day for Trump to attend the Supreme Court on Birthright Citizenship, April Fools Day.

He is the 1st President of the United States in history to sit in the Supreme Court of the United States to watch his Solicitor General, who used to be his criminal defense appeals lawyer, deliver the stupidest Supreme Court argument of the 21st century. He knows he lost.

Chief Justice John Roberts presses Trump Solicitor General John Sauer on how common "birth tourism" is. Sauer says "no one knows for sure" but cites some media reports. He adds, "It's a new world now." Roberts responds, "It's a new world; it's the same Constitution."

No U.S. President should be able to withdraw from NATO without Senate approval. Thankful my colleagues in Congress passed this bipartisan measure.

It is not only an embarrassment when the President begs for help, and our allies say no—it is a national security threat. Trump’s go-it-alone approach to diplomacy has alienated many of the United States’ allies, and those costs are becoming clear.

.@ChefJoseAndres: Birthright citizenship is not a loophole, it is a promise. It is a promise that if you are here, you belong here. It is a promise that if you love America, America will always love you back.

Kavanaugh: Congress had two shots, 1940 and 1952, to limit birthright citizenship. They didn't. Your whole case ignores that. Trump's own pick said it out loud.

Sauer relying on the fact the slave states said even slaves who ran away were still domiciled in their states, to justify taking away birthright citizenship, is the Trumpiest thing ever.

BREAKING Federal judge rules AGAINST Donald Trump in my January 6 lawsuit (with @BarbaraLee_CA and Jan 6 officers). We are headed to trial. And yes, we FULLY expect him to retaliate. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_p…

@thejackhopkins Trump was in the gallery, until he wasn’t. Boredom, diaper change time, or temper tantrum? Discuss.

@thejackhopkins @BarbaraMain07 The Supreme Court shouldn't have taken this case. The first judge said it best, Easiest decision I've ever had to make from the bench. Denied.

Happening right now: SCOTUS justices are lighting Trump's birthright citizenship argument on fire. His team is stumbling. Every lower court said no. The math isn't improving.

Just so we're clear, Israel is now the first state to have an ethnicity-based death penalty since Nazi Germany.

BREAKING: Iran says Israel will never be allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, even if the war ends.

It turns out that sitting in the Supreme Court with his arms folded and a pout on his face may not have been the genius move Donald thought it was. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

BREAKING: Trump is sitting front row at the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments on his unconstitutional order to end birthright citizenship. He’s the first sitting president ever to attend oral arguments. Feels like this stunt could backfire bigly

I know more than most people about vaccines and infectious diseases (because it's my job and I've studied it for nearly 30 years) I got my kids vaccinated with the full schedule What possible reason would there be for me as parent to do that if it was not the right thing to do