Robyn Pennacchia highlights the kind of religion undergirding Republican cruelty under Trump: as she notes, yesterday speaker Mike Johnson, a Southern Baptist, told journalists,

"His presidency and his life are the fruits of divine providence."

As German Christian leaders said re: Hitler, Johnson says God has sent Trump to save the nation.

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #deportations #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #cruelty #BigBeautifulBill
/19

https://www.wonkette.com/p/mike-johnson-trump-appointed-by-god

"'Religion simply as a form of worship, an empty ceremony, and not a vital principle, requiring active benevolence, justice, love and good will towards man.' I fail to see how you can shout glory to God one minute and laugh about the harsh conditions of Alligator Alcatraz the next."

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #deportations #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #cruelty #BigBeautifulBill
/18

"For too long this administration has presented itself as the only defender of Christianity while it engages in merely symbolic gestures like posting Bible verses or publicizing worship services in the White House. Frederick Douglass described this type of performance:"

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #deportations #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #cruelty #BigBeautifulBill
/17

"Their issues with the legislation vary, but they seemingly all note that the ravenous greed at the core of this law threatens to devour the poor.

I am glad to see this pushback, but none of these policies can be called a surprise. What many feared has become a reality: treating diversity as a threat, dehumanization of migrants & policies that favor the wealthy at the expense of the poor."

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #deportations #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #cruelty #BigBeautifulBill
/16

"In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline Protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders agree that there’s no glory to be found in this legislation. They have leveled distinctively religious criticism at Mr. Trump’s signature piece of legislation."

~ Esau McCaulley

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #deportations #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #cruelty #BigBeautifulBill
/15

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/trump-republicans-christians.html

"Amazing. New CNN poll has Trump's approval on immigration absolutely tanking. It's down to 42-58. A 19-point net swing against him on this issue in just the last few months.

Curious what those who keep saying we're in the midst of a huge societal backlash to 1965 immigration law think of this."

~ Greg Sargent

#Trump #StephenMiller #immigrants #deportations #ICE #ConcentrationCamps #cruelty
/14

https://bsky.app/profile/gregsargent.bsky.social/post/3lu3qaoqr222y

In an email obtained by ProPublica, De Mello said he had identified multiple legal “deficiencies” in the agency’s request.

2 days later, on June 27, De Mello was forced out of his job, people familiar with the dispute said. The addresses have not yet been released to #ICE. De Mello did not respond to requests for comment, & the admin did not address questions sent by ProPublica about his departure.

The #IRS is building a #ComputerProgram that would give #deportation officers unprecedented access to confidential #tax #data.

ProPublica has obtained a blueprint of the system, which would create an “on demand” process allowing #ICE to obtain the home addresses of people it’s seeking to deport.

Last month, in a previously undisclosed dispute, the acting general counsel at the IRS, Andrew De Mello, refused to turn over the addresses of 7.3M #taxpayers sought by ICE.

Like an unhinged Zoomer, they’ve relentlessly posted #sadistic memes about policy decisions in the style of #socialmedia trends. A highlight reel of #ICE arrests set to “Ice Ice Baby.” An ASMR style video that features people in shackles boarding a #deportation flight. An image of a woman being arrested, rendered in the style of a Hayao Miyazaki movie.