Why are some Christian clergy risking arrest at immigration protests?

Some pastors and priests see personal risk as part of their moral calling to “stand between” vulnerable communities and harm.

theconversation.com/why-christ…
#religion #protests

Why Christian clergy see risk as part of their moral calling

Clergy sometimes place themselves in harm’s way for moral and religious reasons. A scholar of religious ethics explains when – and why.

^{The Conversation}

Protesters dressed as handmaids went to the State of the State address in Nebraska and just stood there in peaceful protest. Gov. Jim Pillen called them "libtards" and-- this is rich-- complained that they didn't show their faces. His amazing insight: "Americans have the right to protest, but here in our state, people show their faces when they debate serious issues."

Just not when zip tying kids to engage in human trafficking, I guess.

#Nebraska #Protests #50501movement

Local coverage of the walkout and protests in Minnesota (which are, unsurprisingly, not getting a lot of national coverage... I believe the mass media is afraid, very afraid, of doing journalism now....)

mprnews.org/live-updates

#fascism #ice #minnesota #protests

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Iranian women's rights activist and journalist Masih Alinejad said Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "is scared of" US President Donald Trump and called for the Iranian leader's targeted killing. "Kill Ali Khamenei the way that you kill[ed] Qassem Soleimani," she said, referring to the US assassination of the top Iranian commander in 2020 during Trump's first term in office.
#Iran #Trump #Khamenei #protests #crackdown

youtube.com/watch?v=NR8JrUSnDL…

A stunned #Europe finally wakes up to #Trump’s #Greenland threat

An emergency meeting of #EU ambassadors will take place in Brussels on Sunday in response to Trump’s threat, which he made after an estimated quarter of the population of Greenland’s capital Nuuk joined #protests against any potential #annexation.

#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #trade #economy #tariffs #sovereignty #Denmark #Europe #NATO #NewWorldOrder #law #InternationalLaw
cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/euro…