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EXCLUSIVE: A Catholic diocesan hermit has come out as transgender — believed to be the first in the Roman Catholic Church to do so — with permission of his bishop, John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky. religionnews.com/2024/05/19/ca

Extremist Militias Are Coordinating in More Than 100 Facebook Groups
After lying low for years post Jan 6 militia extremist groups & profiles have been quietly reorganizing & ramping up recruitment & rhetoric on Facebook.

wired.com/story/extremist-mili

This should go both ways. In the other States that are banning use of gender affirming policies teachers who disagree with that should just claim their religion does not permit them to comply. What religion is that? Doesn't matter - religious policies and rules for their members in this are just made up.

nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/c

7) Throughout their confirmation hearings the six Federalist Society justices pledged allegiance to stare decisis, the doctrine that courts will adhere to precedent in making their decisions. They also claimed allegiance to originalism (a Trojan Horse whose utility is its privileging “original intent” over precedents).

But their commitment was not to stare decisis, nor originalism, but to ipse dixit (“he himself said it”)—it’s the law because we say it’s the law.

Because the GOP is planning to steal the 2024 election.

Sen. Marco Rubio won't commit to accepting 2024 election results nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elec

Benny #Gantz, a centrist member of #Israel’s War Cabinet, threatened to resign if Israel doesn’t adopt a new War plan by June 8.

He laid out a 6-point plan:
1. return of hostages
2. ending #Hamas’ rule
3. demilitarizing #Gaza
4. establishing intl admin 👀
5. normalize relations with #SaudiArabia 👀
6. widen military service to all #Israelis

“If you choose the path of fanatics and lead the entire nation to the abyss — we will be forced to quit the government,” he said 🔥

apnews.com/article/israel-pale

7oct 

@littlemiao They knew what they were doing. They knew where it would lead. I don’t have the words to express the horror.

Via #RawStory

Congressional staffer #AaronFritschner pointed out that Alito's excuse that his wife was upset about vulgarity near a school bus stop doesn't add up: "Justice #Alito says his wife #MarthaAnnAlito had an altercation with neighbors about a ''F--- Trump' sign that was within 50 feet of where children await the school bus in Jan 21.' Except... #FCPS and #ACPS were all remote in January of 2021. No children were waiting for buses," he wrote.

#FuckTrump

rawstory.com/alito-interview-q

Let me wrap my head around this. Members of Hamas killed three people on October 7 and took the bodies with them to use as leverage? That’s really depraved.

Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy #Pelosi’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years apnews.com/article/b41b6c776fb

Today, President Biden met with five members of the Little Rock Nine – the first Black students to desegregate Little Rock Central High. Our nation will never forget their courage and heroism.

Damn. #RIP Award-winning actor Dabney Coleman -- who starred in hit movies such as Melvin and Howard, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond, and Tootsie -- has reportedly passed away at the age of 92.

He won an Emmy in 1987 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his role Sworn to Silence, but was nominated six times. He also won a Golden Globe Award. local12.com/news/entertainment

Corrupt Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is continuing his gross political attack on a faith-based organization and its volunteers.

"In a filing seeking to shut down an El Paso migrant shelter, the attorney general displays his ignorance of the religious beliefs held by a quarter of Texans.”

texasmonthly.com/news-politics

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