Immoral Political Practices
- Profiles in Catholicism
- Apr 5, 2020
- 6 min read
Updated: Apr 12
Articles and Commentaries
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights by J. David McSwane and Hannah Allam ProPublica
23 states, DC sue Trump administration over billions in lost public health funding by Jacqueline Howard CNN
Filipinos are buying books to preserve the truth about the Marcos regime by Kathleen Magramo CNN
Ortega government orders dissolution of Missionaries of Charity in Nicaragua by Catholic News Agency
Jan. 6 committee was told that Trump spoke approvingly of calls to 'Hang Mike Pence': report by Bart Jansen USA TODAY
Trump Hand-Wrote Strategy Notes for Overturning the Election, Lawyer John Eastman Reveals in Court Filing by Rachel Olding The Daily Beast
Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed by Extra Bulletin
GOP Leaders Criticized for Enabling ‘White Supremacy’ After Buffalo Shooting by Kaia Hubbard U.S.News
Election Workers He Hopes Their Children Get Molested: DOJ by Katie Werms Newsweek
Republicans Are Rewarding People for Refusing the Vaccine by Peter C. Herman Newsweek
Pro-Trump Group Invented Voter Fraud Claims Months Before Election by Kelly Weill The Daily Beast
Newsmax Says Reporting on Trump Vote-Rigging Claims Justified by Erik Larson Bloomberg/Microsoft News
How Steve Bannon Has Exploited Google Ads to Monetize Extremism by Craig Silverman and Isaac Arnsdorf ProPublica
The Digital General. How Trump Ally Michael Flynn Nurtured — and Profited From — the QAnon Conspiracy Theory by Candace Rondeaux The Intercept
Donald Trump Jr. praises European 'riots' over COVID-19 restrictions and claims Americans sit back 'like sheep' by Alia Shoaib Business Insider/Yahoo News
Trump Committed 'Multiple Crimes' With Georgia Election Interference, Analysis Suggests by Jason Lemon Newsweek/Microsoft News
'Making the Taliban Great Again!': Man behind Pennsylvania billboards trolling Biden revealed by Matthew Miller Microsoft News
Steve Bannon admits he helped plan 6 January Trump rally to ‘kill the Biden presidency in the crib’ by Gustaf Kilander Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Southerners May Shoot Vaccination Volunteers by Daniel Villarrea Newsweek
Carl Bernstein: Trump is a 'war criminal' by Alexis Benveniste CNN/Microsoft News
Emails show Trump pressured Justice Dept. over 2020 election by Michael Balsamo and Coleen Long The Associated Press
Trump Has Reportedly Been Telling People He’s Going to Be President Again by August, Which Would Suggest He’s Planning a Coup (Or Has Fully Descended Into Madness) by Bess Levin Vanity Fair
Charges after US Capitol insurrection roil far-right groups by Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer The Associated Press
Michael Flynn's Call for 'Martial Law' Comes Amid Violent Threats Over Trump Election Defeat by David Brennan Newsweek
Former priest and activist shot dead in Philippines. Left-wing groups accuse govt of executing Rustico Tan while he slept at his home by Joseph Peter Calleja UCA News
As pandemic spread pain and panic, congressman chased profit by Brian Slodysko The Associated Press
UK to face to legal challenge over arms sales for war on Yemen by Independent Catholic News
Children ‘pay the highest price’ in Yemen war, says Save the Children as seven injured while leaving school by ReliefWeb
New York Times: Matt Gaetz associate has been cooperating with Justice Department since last year by Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Trump showed off photos of naked women at a shiva, report says by Ron Kampeas The Forward
Russia's Kremlin critic Navalny condemns detention amid more protests by Stefan J. Bos Vatican News
Philippine bishops question killings of tribal leaders, Visayas prelates say official accounts contradict eyewitnesses who say nine men were unarmed when shot by govt forces by Joseph Peter Calleja UCA News
The Philippines’ Antiterror Bill Will Stifle Dissent by Aaron Sobel Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Doctor Who Joined Capitol Attacks Leads a Far-Right Campaign Against Covid-19 Vaccine by Sharon Lerner The Intercept
Filipino priest to stand trial for sedition charges after speaking out on president’s drug policies A protest against the Philippine war on drugs outside the Philippines Consulate General in NYC. by Catholic News Agency
Republican Congressman Legitimizes Violence as Response to Election Dispute by Lee Fang The Intercept
What Happens If Trump Actually Refuses to Accept the Election Results? by Molly Jong-Fast Vogue
Lessons from embedding with the Michigan militia – 5 questions answered about the group allegedly plotting to kidnap a governor by Amy Cooter The Conversation
Federal Agents Used Toxic Chemical Smoke Grenades in Portland by Sharon Lerner The Intercept
Border Patrol agents raid faith-based immigrant aid camp for second time in two months by Jack Jenkins Religion News Service
Why it's impossible to believe Trump simply misspoke about the Proud Boys by Chris Cillizza CNN
Trump's ambassador to the Netherlands tweets photo of Nazi cemetery, calling it a 'terrible reminder' of the cost of war by John Haltiwanger Business Insider
Pope seeks to liberate Virgin Mary from mafia. The mafia has hijacked images of the Virgin Mary in an attempt to convince people that they are doing God's work. by Shane O'BrienIrishCentral
AP Exclusive: More migrant women say they didn’t OK surgery by Normal Merchant Associated Press
Activists to hold protest rally after reports of ICE officials forcing Muslim detainees to eat pork by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service
Muslim woman sues Los Angeles Police Department for forcibly removing her hijab by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service
Jared Kushner Not Sure Why You Chickenshits Are So “Hysterical” About a Virus That’s Killed 195,000 Americans by Vanity Fair
"A Silent Pandemic": Nurse at Ice Facility Blows the Whistle on Coronavirus Gangers. Irwin Detention Center, run by LaSalle Corrections, has refused to test detainees and underreported Covid-19 cases, the nurse says. by José Olivares, and John Washington The Intercept
Claim of unwanted hysterectomies at ICE detention center by Father Pahlo Migone Patheos
Honduras: One year on environmental defenders still in jail without trial by Independent Catholic News
“THERE IS NO MERCY” As the Coronavirus Descended. As the Coronavirus Descended on the Border, the Trump Administration Escalated Its Crackdown on Asylum by Ryan Devereaux The Tablet
Trump Comes Up Empty When Pressed for Evidence of Election Fraud in Court by Richard Salame The Intercept
Joe McCarthy’s Controversial Catholic Faith by Larry Tye America
Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. from WHO 'deeply regrettable,' CHA says by Catholic News Service/National Catholic Reporter
Trump’s Impeachment Revenge: Alexander Vindman Is Bullied Into Retiring.The Army lieutenant colonel’s patriotism cost him his career. by Robin Wright The New Yorker
Trump’s Language of Hate by John Connelly Commonweal
Catholic activists warn of new family separation policy by Nick Mayrand Crux
Vatican Summons U.S. And Israeli Ambassadors Over Plans To Annex Palestinian Territories by Gerard O’Connell America
Why Facebook Censored an Anti-Trump Ad by Steven Levy Wired
Philippine official brands Catholic nun a 'terrorist.' Duterte spokesperson says red-tagging of Sister Mary John Mananzan is permitted under freedom of speech by Joseph Peter Calleja UCA News
Facebook removes Trump ads with symbols once used by Nazis by Erix Tucker and Barbara OrtutayAssociated Press/7KLPC
John Bolton’s Book Claims Trump’s Foreign Policy Consists of Mostly Cheap Gifts and Supporting Concentration Camps byLuke Darny GQ
Vatican prelate calls fences around White House 'unacceptable' at vigil for George Floyd by Claire Giangravé Religion News Service
Widower Asks Jack Dorsey to Remove Trump’s False Tweets. Twitter Says No. byThe New York Times
Philippines: President Duterte gives "shoot to kill" order amid pandemic response by Amnesty International
Voters’ Partisan Responses to Politicians’ Immoral Behavior by Annemarie S. Walter and David P. Redlawsk Political Psychology Volume 40, Issue 5
Trump under pressure over claims he ignored CDC warnings about early lockdowns by Alex Woodward Independent
Kushner Squeezes Tenants While Lining Up for Bailout Money.Despite eviction bans in New York, the real-estate firm owned by the president’s son-in-law is telling tenants to pay up. by Alexamnder Sammon The American Prospect
Amid Critical Supply Shortage, FEMA Is Spending Millions to Protect Trump Properties by The Intercept/Reddit
Is Donald Trump Criminally Responsible for Coronavirus Deaths? by The Intercept/Deconstructed
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