"We should be done with religion. We should be done with. I'm like, yes, got it.

But religion isn't done with America. And religion plays a very powerful force. And if you cede the ground and the moral ground and the religious ground and the stories, if you cede it, then the right wing has come in, used it to, if you will, give it a sheen and a covering to advance this hateful agenda."

#Trump #churches #religion
/5

"They are trying to reclaim their faith and narratives from a fascist movement that always seeks to crush universities, storytellers, academics, and critics, who have always been the most powerful bulwarks. …

The mistake progressives and Democrats have made, of the many mistakes, is I understand people who believe in God like me, we're silly. We're dumb. We're stupid. We're antiquated. There is no God. You're an idiot."

#Trump #churches #religion
/4

"MLK Jr, Malcolm X, Romero, and Gandhi were all deeply religious individuals whose faith commanded them to rise against tyrants. The Civil Rights Movement would not have been possible without a multi-cultural and multi-faith coalition assembling to march for progress and justice.

In 2026, we’re witnessing faith-based leaders involved in the protests against ICE in Minneapolis and using their immense influence to marshal the best angels of their communities."

#Trump #churches #religion
/3

"Tragically, the Church and the Gun in America have gone hand in hand, often using Jesus as a mascot, to rationalize and legitimate their imperialism and reign of white supremacist terror.

However, that’s only part of the story.

Faith and faith-based communities, in particular, have always risen and stood against fascism and the hijacking of their religion by hypocrites, criminals, and liars."

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #churches #religion
/2

"White Evangelical Christians remain steadfast in their support for criminal Donald Trump even after he incited a violent insurrection and was held liable for raping E. Jean Carroll. His close friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein hasn’t made a dent in their affirmation of him as God’s imperfect instrument chosen to lead them towards a Christian dominion in America."

~ Wajahat Ali

#Trump #WhiteEvangelicals #churches #religion
/1

https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/how-faith-can-defeat-fascism

"Liam isn’t the only child or even the only 5-year-old jailed where he is now. Lawyer Eric Lee, who saw detainees with ashen faces when he went inside the Dilley, Texas detention center last week, told me his clients are dealing with bugs and dirt in their food, putrid water mixed with baby formula, and denial of medical care."

~ Adam Carrasquillo

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #ICE #MaskedThugs #churches #Christianity #cruelty #inhumanity #children #LiamRamos
/16

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/liam-ramos-scared-5-year-old-boy-minnesota-national-conscience

"Two clients he visited last week, a boy and a girl who are twins, turned 5 in the detention center. He explained that the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which calls for kids to be treated humanely and for their release to be prioritized, says they can only be in detention for twenty days. The twin 5-year-olds, and their family members who are 9, 16, and 18, have been there for an appalling eight months, Lee said."

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #churches #cruelty #inhumanity #children
/17

"Two clients he visited last week, a boy and a girl who are twins, turned 5 in the detention center. He explained that the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which calls for kids to be treated humanely and for their release to be prioritized, says they can only be in detention for twenty days. The twin 5-year-olds, and their family members who are 9, 16, and 18, have been there for an appalling eight months, Lee said."

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #churches #cruelty #inhumanity #children
/17

"Liam isn’t the only child or even the only 5-year-old jailed where he is now. Lawyer Eric Lee, who saw detainees with ashen faces when he went inside the Dilley, Texas detention center last week, told me his clients are dealing with bugs and dirt in their food, putrid water mixed with baby formula, and denial of medical care."

~ Adam Carrasquillo

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #ICE #MaskedThugs #churches #Christianity #cruelty #inhumanity #children #LiamRamos
/16

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/liam-ramos-scared-5-year-old-boy-minnesota-national-conscience

"MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: 'Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!'

So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it."

~ TN Holler

Linked posting has video footage of the masked thugs grabbing the mother and whisking her away as she makes a desperate call for help for her children.

#KristiNoem #Trump #MAGA #DHS #ICE #CBP #immigrants #violence #deportations #Christianity #churches
/10

https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mdmbsmem7k2c

"'Every sermon from the pulpit should be denouncing very clearly this injustice, this cruelty, this barbarity,' said a participant at the vigil on the street honoring the 37-year-old nurse who had been shot and killed earlier that day by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

#AlexPretti #Trump #Minnesota #murder #execution #immigrants #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/12

"Welcoming the stranger is central to who we are as Catholics and who we must be as a nation. At a time when fear speaks loudly in politics, workplaces and neighborhoods, the church's prophetic voice must rise above the noise. ...

This moment will test the moral imagination of our country and our church."

~ Rigoberto Caloca Rivas

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #ICE #MaskedThugs #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/14

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/catholic-churchs-prophetic-voice-immigration-must-rise-above-noise-fear

"The choices we make now, in our parishes, our communities and our public life, will reveal whether we truly believe what we proclaim.

If we say every person is made in the image of God, then we cannot remain silent when that dignity is denied. If we say families are sacred, then we cannot look away when they are torn apart. If we say the Gospel still speaks to our world, then we must allow it to speak through us."

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #ICE #MaskedThugs #churches #Catholic
/15

"Welcoming the stranger is central to who we are as Catholics and who we must be as a nation. At a time when fear speaks loudly in politics, workplaces and neighborhoods, the church's prophetic voice must rise above the noise. ...

This moment will test the moral imagination of our country and our church."

~ Rigoberto Caloca Rivas

#Trump #Minnesota #immigrants #ICE #MaskedThugs #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/14

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/catholic-churchs-prophetic-voice-immigration-must-rise-above-noise-fear

"The participant at the Jan. 24 vigil was an Iraq War veteran from Kansas City who taught in a Catholic school there. He did not want his name used for fear of retribution but he encouraged other Catholics to become actively involved, saying: 'There is a power in our presence.'"

#AlexPretti #Trump #Minnesota #murder #execution #immigrants #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/13

"'Every sermon from the pulpit should be denouncing very clearly this injustice, this cruelty, this barbarity,' said a participant at the vigil on the street honoring the 37-year-old nurse who had been shot and killed earlier that day by a U.S. Border Patrol agent.

#AlexPretti #Trump #Minnesota #murder #execution #immigrants #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/12

"At an outdoor vigil service honoring Alex Pretti and Sunday Masses in Catholic pcarishes in the Twin Cities, Catholics spoke urgently of the need to stand up against injustice in the current immigration crackdown and vowed to continue to offer practical help to the local immigrant community."

~ Tim Montgomery

#AlexPretti #Trump #Minnesota #murder #execution #immigrants #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/11

https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-minnesotans-stand-against-intimidation-killings-immigration-crackdown

"MINNESOTA — Mom goes outside to warm up her car, ICE grabs her: 'Please, my car kids are all alone in the house!'

So nothing has changed and Homan was just to put a new face on the cruelty, got it."

~ TN Holler

Linked posting has video footage of the masked thugs grabbing the mother and whisking her away as she makes a desperate call for help for her children.

#KristiNoem #Trump #MAGA #DHS #ICE #CBP #immigrants #violence #deportations #Christianity #churches
/10

https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3mdmbsmem7k2c

"For these reasons, we cannot support legislation that expands or sustains enforcement practices without adequately addressing their consequences for families and communities."

#KristiNoem #Trump #MAGA #DHS #ICE #CBP #immigrants #violence #deportations #Christianity #churches #Catholic
/9

Noting that over half of mainline Protestants voted (with white Catholics and white evangelicals) in a majority for Trump three times, Ryan Burge offers a graph of the Republican affiliations of mainline Protestants as compared to their clergy.

#Trump #MainlineProtestants #WhiteChristians #churches
/3

https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/how-big-is-the-political-divide-between