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Last Notes npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW from me: At least two clergy were among those shoved, shot at with pepper rounds and exposed to pepper spray while protesting the actions of in Minnesota after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman who had been observing them. https://religionnews.com/2026/01/07/minneapolis-clergy-pepper-sprayed-after-rushing-to-scene-of-deadly-ice-shooting/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW from me: For Rev. David Black, the Presbyterian minister from the viral video depicting DHS agents shooting him in the head and body with pepper balls, protesting ICE is part of an old Christian tradition. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW: So, if you looked around the courtroom at the "Broadview 6" arraignment in Chicago yesterday, you would've noticed a lot of Methodist pastors. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW: @nprofile…3jyt has tracked at least 10 incidents of apparent federal agents conducting immigration enforcement activity on church grounds or in the immediate area, with incidents spread across five states and Puerto Rico. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins What are you reading this weekend? npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Via Fiona André at @religionnewssvc: For years, persecuted Christians abroad — including Iranian Christians — has been a cause célèbre on the right, including Trump. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW: Faith leaders are ramping up pressure on lawmakers to reject the Republican-led budget bill currently before the U.S. Senate, rallying with lawmakers, meeting Senate staff, and arguing the proposal benefits the ultra-wealthy by hurting the poor. https://religionnews.com/2025/06/10/faith-groups-rally-with-lawmakers-against-gop-budget-bill/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins There’s another faith-led Moral Mondays protest in front of SCOTUS right now — this one noticeably larger than in weeks past. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins 1. Honestly, I think this is a pretty big deal. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins PSA: If you’re interested in a major federal court case, you can track it — every filing! — using Courtlistener, which is run by a nonprofit. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins As RNS’s own Claire Giangrave notes, this homily from Francis’ funeral marks at least the *third* time Trump has unintentionally sat for a sermon featuring the plight of refugees and migrants. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Religious groups who work with foreign aid have consistently told me the same thing, over and over, since the gutting of USAID: people — real people — are going to die, including children. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW: I spoke with people who attended a recent meeting between Trump admin officials and religious groups that work with USAID. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins The thing to keep in mind here: Per a court order from last week in a case brought by religious groups, refugees *should* be allowed into the U.S. again, at least for now. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW via Aleja Hertzler-McCain and myself: In an emergency hearing on Tuesday, a federal judge said he will order the Trump admin to produce a "status report" on whether it has restarted refugee admissions and resettlement per a recent court order https://religionnews.com/2025/03/04/trump-administration-must-produce-status-report-on-refugee-resettlement-judge-orders/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins In a striking change in tone, Vance used his speech at the Catholic prayer breakfast this morning to try and ease tensions with Pope Francis — while also suggesting Catholics shouldn't "obsess" over what Catholic prelates say: https://religionnews.com/2025/02/28/at-catholic-prayer-breakfast-vance-seeks-to-tone-down-tensions-with-pope-francis/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins In a lengthy statement, the president of the Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod, a denomination that is smaller and significantly more conservative than the ELCA, generally defends Lutheran aid groups criticized by Musk while also lauding DOGE and repeatedly criticizing the ELCA https://reporter.lcms.org/2025/lcms-president-harrison-letter-about-u-s-immigration-and-lutheran-organizations/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW from me: Faith-based aid agencies challenge Trump’s order 'realigning' refugee program —> https://religionnews.com/2025/01/21/faith-based-aid-agencies-challenge-trumps-order-realigning-refugee-program/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins PSA: I woke up in the middle of the night last night and looked out the window, and my eyes couldn’t quite make sense of what I was seeing. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins On this: I interviewed McElroy, the new Archbishop of Washington, in 2022 immediately before he was made a Cardinal. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Oh, wow. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Something deeply American about America’s Second Catholic President eulogizing America’s first evangelical president (both of whom are Democrats) at the Washington National Cathedral, which is an Episcopal Church. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/us/politics/jimmy-carter-funeral.html npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Christians in Bethlehem are once again scaling back Christmas celebrations in solidarity with those in Gaza, a repeat of a similar protest from last year — a significant step for a local economy that relies on tourism. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins This is huge. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins What are you reading this weekend? npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins @nprofile…h9qy @nprofile…3jyt Yup! That's my employer. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Question to Mastodon: Am I wrong, or is solar power the only widely available/scalable form of energy that isn’t ultimately just about spinning a turbine? npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins What are you reading this weekend? npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins 2. Several things of note here, among them: Wilson's older views — such as criticism of the Civil Rights Act — appear to be getting new traction. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins 1. My latest: In which I examine the re-emergence of Idaho pastor Doug Wilson among a growing number of influential right-wing voices. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins An odd thing about Alito's letter refusing to recuse himself over the flags controversy is the claim he did not know of the "Appeal to Heaven" flag's ties to Jan 6, and he doesn't provide any evidence his wife flew it *before* then. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins 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. https://religionnews.com/2024/05/19/catholic-diocesan-hermit-approved-by-kentucky-bishop-comes-out-as-transgender/ npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins This seems like an important section of this Jack Dorsey interview: it seems he backs decentralization in part because it removes the app/company from liability. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins What are you reading this weekend? npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Speaking of paternity leave: I jumped off Twitter as soon as my newborn arrived (we’re over the moon, btw!), and have only used the Competitor Twitters since. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins My personal tech conspiracy theory is that Apple's weird aversion to robot vacuums is because they KNOW SOMETHING WE DON'T. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Recently learned the guy who volunteered as a handyman at the South Carolina church I grew up in also worked on the Manhattan Project, which made him only one of many scientists/engineers in our congregation. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins My latest hot take is that the U.S. (including U.S. religion) is in a super weird transitional time for *many* reasons but what we are transitioning *into* remains wildly unclear and leaves almost everyone anxious. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins I suppose my question *behind* that question is whether there's been a slow (ongoing?) evolution as to how the average person *uses* the internet. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Question to Mastodon tech-heads: I know various social media companies have tweaked/eliminated algorithms that used to pump a lot of traffic toward news websites, certain media outlets, etc. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins NEW: For Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, an appeal to faith — or Christian nationalism — sells. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins 1. So, you've heard of Moms for Liberty. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins Earlier this week, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tweeted a quote falsely attributed to Patrick Henry that critics said promoted #ChristianNationalism. npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins 1. Via AP: Judge awards Black church $1 million after BLM banner burned by Proud Boys during protest https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-black-church-banner-burning-lawsuit-13dcfbd1a7ff8e5dd0486cdde0f911fb npub14xyzx2u4s4qc657q96kgysq7d3nz7ph7apnuq0d2kq4tstkmfehssynhst Jack Jenkins UPDATE: I spoke w/Bishop Mark Seitz of Diocese of El Paso, where a church was reportedly targeted by people working for DeSantis to recruit asylum seekers to fly them to CA.
