(Side note: If you've read my book, you'll know Occupy was the first large protest movement I covered as a religion reporter, because the religious elements of that movement were significant.)

Via RNS: As Israel continues its assault into Gaza that has killed thousands and displaced most of the strip's 2 million residents, Israeli settlers are already vying to reestablish settlements in the region —> religionnews.com/2024/04/24/isr…

Today in Christian (in this instance, specifically Catholic) nationalism.

The alliances being forged by recent political trends make sense on context, but from a 10,000 foot view, U.S. politics is just…wild, man.

Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock comments on his meeting with #PopeFrancis over the weekend.

On the one hand, great to hear that the FDA is diligently tracking this.

On the other hand, if we could all just avoid another pandemic, that would be, you know, ideal. washingtonpost.com/health/2024/04…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate gives final approval to aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending long-delayed bill to Biden for his signature.

Electorally speaking, this might be the single worst news for Trump I've seen all year.

Totally possible most GOP voters fall in line come November. But if Trump can't convert Haley voters in the general election, he's in real trouble.

Humbled to be honored alongside such heroes from AP and GSR!

GREAT job alert: My old one! Apply to to be the Congress editor at The Washington Post and work with the best Hill team in the biz. Happy to answer Qs you might have! washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpost…

“Friends still get a kick out of a story about how Johnson once told Trump that he was praying for him, to which the then-president responded: ‘Thank you, Mike. Tell God I said hi.’” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Conservative faith leaders praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid

My, Jack Jenkins RNS story:

religionnews.com/2024/04/22/lob…

Gonna dabble in some wild speculation and predict this idea isn’t gonna get a lot of support among the Harvard student body thehill.com/homenews/senat…

Via Adelle Banks and me: Conservative faith leaders (among others) praise Johnson for House’s approval of foreign aid —> religionnews.com/2024/04/22/lob…

FYI: I'm back on the religion beat, so send me your stories.

(Still gonna be a lifelong contributor to BNS, though)

#PopeFrancis met today with his US ambassador, Cardinal Christophe Pierre.

Well, I'm an introvert raised in a (mostly) hyper-extroverted family, so I didn't get advice on being an introvert so much as learned a myriad of ways to passionately perform extroversion while discretely finding ways to cope and recharge from all the time with people.