Note: there is only one non-Christian faith leader currently on the docket to speak: Rabbi Meir Soloveichik, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel in New York City, who sits on Trump's religious liberty commission.
happy #caturday!
I just submitted my dissertation on this very topic, so I have thoughts.
“There’s never been a WH faith office.” No, but there WAS a robust infrastructure of faith-based engagement offices that started under Bush, expanded under Obama, and were entirely dismantled under Trump. At the WH & across agencies. These offices engaged multi-religiously. Was that the problem?
I literally submitted my dissertation two days ago about the robust infrastructure of faith-based engagement offices across agencies that began under Bush, expanded under Obama, and were dismantled by Trump.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
"For the first time in France, and possibly for the first time ever, anywhere, an entire corporation had been put on trial and found criminally liable for enabling terrorism," our columnist M. Gessen writes.
A nationwide warrant has been issued in the first criminal charges against an ICE agent for on-duty actions during the enforcement surge in Minnesota.
THE SENATE IS VOTING ON THE BOUNDARY WATERS RIGHT NOW!
Tonight, while most people are watching TV or putting their kids to bed, the U.S. Senate is taking a vote that could permanently end protections for one of the most beloved wilderness areas in America.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota county is investigating the arrest of a Hmong American man by federal officers that was captured on video as a potential case of kidnapping, burglary and false imprisonment, officials announced Monday.
THE DALAI LAMA IS WEAK ON MONETARY POLICY.
Post from Dale Partridge claiming nobody wants to live in diverse neighborhoods
I quite happily live in a neighborhood where most people do not share my religion, where multiple languages are represented, and where people have come from a lot of different countries.
Bigoted assholes always assume everyone else actually shares their bigotries.
Well that blows the 3.5% target outta the water. And demonstrates its truth: you don’t need majority of the population engaged to affect structural change, but you do need sustained action that includes but goes beyond protest and, crucially, includes noncooperation techniques.
they are as Minnesotan as the Scandinavian, German, Hmong, Karen, Tibetan. All of us who have come here from afar, adopted this place, shared our cultures with one another & with those indigenous- the Dakota & Anishinaabe who are still here & teach us how to love this land & its waters.
Somali Minnesotans are such an exquisite and beloved part this state, who we are. I live in a neighborhood with them, three blocks up from the largest Somali mall outside Somalia. I love my neighbors, their smiles and warm Salaams, their sambusas and tea, their model of devotion.
NEW: For months, faith leaders have pushed for access to detainees at ICE facilities in Broadview, IL and outside Minneapolis.
This past month or so, clergy finally gained access in both places — bc judges ordered the govt to let them in.
Here’s what they saw. religionnews.com/2026/04/03/a...
this is the chaplain btw. wonder why he was fired.
Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.
JUST IN: A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to provide access to Holy Week religious services to immigrants held at the Chicago-area Broadview detention facility. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Two-year-old Kaleth is being locked away at the Dilley trailer prison. He is getting sicker with each passing day. He will not eat the food CoreCivc serves, which detainees have said sometimes has mold and worms. He now has a fever.
Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.
NEW via @yonat.bsky.social and myself: Progressive faith leaders found new power in protesting ICE. Can their movement survive success?
Our reported analysis of a hyper-local, grassroots religious left (broadly defined) that has caught fire in this political moment. religionnews.com/2026/03/22/p...
(RNS) — 'This is one important step in our struggle for justice and my call to live out Jesus’s command to care for the captives,' said the Rev. Susie Hayward, who is cited in the legal case and was in court for the ruling.
NEW from me: In a ruling from the bench this morning, a federal judge granted Minneapolis clergy access to immigrants detained by DHS in a federal facility as the case proceeds, allowing the faith leaders to provide pastoral care after denying them for months religionnews.com/2026/03/20/f...
Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, has used his perch in Congress to highlight sympathetic cases in his push to free detainees and call attention to the consequences of President Trump’s immigration agenda.
It’s not just Medicaid funding they’re withholding to MN. It’s food assistance, child care assistance, social services, job training, safety testing, public health, disaster relief. SNAP. Free lunch for kids in school.
They hate us for loving our neighbors, and are collectively punishing us for it.
The Supreme Court today heard arguments on a case about an oil pipeline under the Great Lakes.
While the immediate issue is about jurisdiction, the court decision could shape Native land rights, states’ ability to protect waterways, and the future of fossil fuels.
NEW: Three Minnesota faith groups/leaders — local ELCA and UCC bodies, and a Jesuit priest — are suing DHS over its refusal to grant them access to immigrant detainees at a federal building.
It's one of 2 related suits filed against the government in recent months. religionnews.com/2026/02/23/f...
If you haven’t yet listened to American Unexceptionalism- lessons in fighting religious nationalism & protecting democracy from overseas - find all episodes here: redcircle.com/shows/b92b74...
@matthewdtaylor.bsky.social & I recorded a postlude to our podcast American Unexceptionalism. I shared my experience in the resistance from Minneapolis, focusing on the role of faith. Thanks to @bradleyonishi.bsky.social for platforming the episode on SWAJ. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
