The Texas GOP's Attack on Catholicism Before President Donald Trump was picking fights with the pope, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was accusing Catholic ministries of human trafficking.

A great dispatch from the Texas border, where Texas Republicans, led by AG Ken Paxton, have targeted a key nemesis of the far right and Christian nationalists: Catholic Charities.

Story via @4nsmiley.bsky.social, who is worth a follow!

Why Are GOP Leaders Targeting Catholic Ministries? Before President Donald Trump was picking fights with the pope, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was accusing Catholic ministries of human trafficking.

While the battle of words between Trump and Pope Leo reached an inflection point over the past week, it’s worth looking back at the long history of Republican leaders’ attacks on Catholic social teaching.

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Former Nebraska law enforcement, veterans form coalition to fight ‘federal overreach’ • Nebraska Examiner A new coalition aims to push back against “federal overreach” by some agencies in the second term of the Trump administration.

Former Nebraska law enforcement and veterans have formed a new coalition to fight “federal overreach” by the Trump admin.

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Just now discovering this Iraqi Shoegaze band that sounds more like Sunny Day Real Estate than Sunny Day Real Estate

Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid water crisis That new amount is more than double the amount predicted four years ago. The new forecast comes as supply is already drying up.

Texas will need to spend an estimated $174 billion in the next 50 years to avert a severe water crisis — more than double the $80 billion projected four years ago.

I am not saying Austin is dead just that Ice Poseidon just drove past me streaming from the bed of a Cybertruck.

Chicago Theological Seminary stops admitting new students as financial pressure grows

The Chicago Theological Seminary has stopped admitting new students in its degree programs amid mounting financial woes at the 170-year-old institution.

The Deepfake Nudes Crisis in Schools Is Much Worse Than You Thought An analysis by WIRED and Indicator found nearly 90 schools and 600 students around the world impacted by AI-generated deepfake nude images—and the problem shows no signs of going away.

NEW: Teenage boys are pulling classmates' photos off Insta and running them through cheap nudify apps and the fallout has now hit nearly 90 schools across 28 countries with 600+ known victims since 2023, per a WIRED/Indicator analysis.

UNICEF estimates 1.2M children were targeted last year alone.

Another Colby White classic

Yes.

Unfortunately context was cancelled a long long time ago.

No way!

This is actually how I post on BlueSky:

Disagree but also I work for a magazine.

Over on the other site they are trying to cancel the anecdotal lede

I did not know this!!

Why is CNN filming this like my dad with a handheld camcorder in 1993

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Dan Patrick says GOP will have “tough time” holding Texas House The lieutenant governor’s remarks are the latest sign that Republicans are worried about the fall midterms. The GOP has controlled the state House since 2003 and currently has an 88-62 advantage.

‼️Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is worried the GOP could lose the Texas House, which they’ve controlled since 2003 and currently has an 88-62 Republican advantage.

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Or theyre low on interns

Once you pay them $8 for the blue check they actually just give you an intern to post for you

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal.

Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

💢 Israeli strike kills Lebanese radio journalist in her home, Committee to Protect Journalists reports Ghada Dayekh, a presenter with privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio, was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit her apartment building in the southern coastal city of Tyre, destroying it, according to the outlet’s director. Dayekh had worked at the station for decades and had been on air for 37 years. CPJ said her killing reflects a “continued pattern of harm against the press.” Her killing brings the number of journalists killed in Lebanon during the current conflict to six, including Mohammed Sherri, Hussain Hamood, Ali Shoaib, Fatima Ftouni, and Mohamad Ftouni. At least eight journalists have been killed since the Iran war began on February 28, according to CPJ.

💢 Israeli strike kills Lebanese radio journalist in her home, Committee to Protect Journalists reports

Ghada Dayekh, a presenter w/ privately owned Sawt Al-Farah radio, was killed when an Israeli airstrike hit her apartment building in the southern coastal city of Tyre, destroying it, according...

Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcement A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users.

A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire on April 7, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers.

Would be first time since the 2001 session. Dems got it back to 76-74 in 2009, but got wiped out in 2010 for the 2011 session.

Dan Patrick says GOP will have “tough time” holding Texas House The lieutenant governor’s remarks are the latest sign that Republicans are worried about the fall midterms. The GOP has controlled the state House since 2003 and currently has an 88-62 advantage.

‼️Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is worried the GOP could lose the Texas House, which they’ve controlled since 2003 and currently has an 88-62 Republican advantage.

Dan Patrick says GOP will have “tough time” holding Texas House The lieutenant governor’s remarks are the latest sign that Republicans are worried about the fall midterms. The GOP has controlled the state House since 2003 and currently has an 88-62 advantage.

‼️Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Wednesday that state Republicans could have a “tough time” holding the Texas House.